Son of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Uncle,
James Howey
Thomas was born on
6th June 1904, he was the second child of
James Howey (a miner) and his wife Annie (nee Hodgson).
His birth was registered in the Chester le Street
Registration District. He was baptised on
29th June 1904 and his baptism was recorded in the
Primitive Methodist Register for the Jarrow Circuit. The
record says that the family lived at 21 Albert Terrace,
Usworth Station and that Thomas' Dad was a miner. The 1911 census
recorded Thomas with his family at 1 Westgarth Terrace,
New Washington, Co. Durham. He was six years old.
His Dad was 33 and worked in the mine as a 'Stoneman'.
his Mam was 36. The census return said that his parents
had been married for 14 years and they'd had two
children. Thomas's older brother Stephen had died not
long after he was born. Thomas was to
have a sister, Annie who was born in 1915. Sadly his Mam
died about a month after Annie was born. Thomas was only
about ten years old. Thomas's father
re-married in 1917, to Sarah J Pigg. I
don't yet have any more information about Thomas. |
