Great Great Uncle of W.P.
'Bill' Richardson
Thomas Richardson was born on the 21st of February
1840, the fifth child of Thomas Richardson and his wife
Mary (nee Robinson)
He was baptised at the parish church of St Hilda in
South Shields on the 29th March 1840.
The 1841 census recorded Thomas in the family home in
Union Alley, Westoe, South Shields age 15 months. His
father, Thomas, was a brickmaker.
By the time of the 1851 census, Thomas was 11 and the
family had moved from South Shields, spent some time in
Barnard Castle Moor and were recorded on this census as
living in Usworth Colliery Village. As well as Thomas
and his parents, there were six of his brothers and
sisters in the house. John was 20 and working as a
brickmaker, Mary Ann was 13, Margaret was 9 and like
Thomas was listed as a scholar. Eleanor was 7, Robert
was 4 and Anne was the baby at 17 months.
The family were still in Usworth for the 1861 census.
Thomas was 20 and working as a coal miner. I assume he
was working in the colliery at Usworth. They lived in
Inkerman Terrace and his father was still making
bricks for a living.
At some stage between 1861 and 1870, Thomas left home
and was back in South Shields.
In 1870, at the age of 30, he married Hannah Wilson.
Hannah was 20 when they married and was born in West
Rainton, the daughter of a coal miner.
The 1871 census showed the couple living at number 30,
North Street, Jarrow. Thomas was 31 and Hannah was 21.
His occupation was listed as 'Engineman in Works', his
mother in law, also called Hannah Wilson lived with
them, she was listed as a 57 year old widow.
Thomas' first child, Hannah Mary was born in West
Rainton, in 1872, so I assume they moved back there for
a time. His second child, Elizabeth Ellen was born in
Hebburn in about 1876.
By 1881 they had moved again. They were at 55, North Street
back in Jarrow again. . Thomas was
40 and his occupation was listed as 'Brakesman, steam
hammer'. His wife Hannah was 31 and they had two
children. Hannah Mary was 8 and Elizabeth Ellen was 5.
Thomas's mother in law, Hannah, was still living with
them, she was listed as a 69 year old 'Coal Hewer's
Widow'. Three generations of Hannahs in one house must
have been confusing!
They also had two boarders, Daniel Commersale, 32 and a
'Brakesman, Iron' from Carlise and Thomas Gillespy a 61
year old labourer in the shipyard, from Northumberland.
In the 1891 Census, Thomas and his family were shown as
living at number 5, Lime Street, Jarrow. He was listed
as a 53 year old 'Engineman' and his wife Hannah was 41.
His mother in law, Hannah Wilson had died in 1888. The
children, Hannah Mary (18) and Ellen (16) were both at
home and working as domestic servants.
They still had lodgers, though not the same ones as the
previous census. John Harrison was a 55 year old coal
miner (a widower) from Bishop Auckland and George
William Lamb was 18 , born in Jarrow and his occupation
was 'hydraulic crane driver'. This young man, George
William Lamb, was to marry John's daughter Hannah Mary,
later in 1891.
The 1901 census showed that, for the first time in their
marriage, Thomas and Hannah were living on their own in
a house. Thomas was 62, still working and his occupation
was 'Engineman in Rolling Works', Hannah was 51.
Thomas died in the second quarter of 1910, he was 70
years old. His death was registered in the South Shields
District, His wife Hannah died in the last quarter of
1918, again registered in South Shields and she was 69.
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