Jacob THOMAS {M} = Elizabeth {F}

Married BEF 1855¹

Elizabeth :

Alias Elizabeth THOMAS
Alias Elizabeth BESESVETHERICK (AFT 1855)
Born ABT 1821, Roach, Cornwall, England²
Occupation: Housekeeper³

Katherine Hannah Vercoe THOMAS {F} = William COLLINS {M} > Family

Married Saturday 9 May 1874, Lanivet, Cornwall, England⁴

Katherine Hannah Vercoe THOMAS:

Alias Catherine
Alias Katherine Hannah Vercoe COLLINS (Saturday 9 May 1874)
Born ABT 1855⁵
Died 1881, Netherfield, Sussex, England⁶
Buried Monday 7 March 1881, Netherfield, Sussex, England⁷


William COLLINS:

Born Sunday 28 September 1851, Lanivet, Cornwall, England⁸
Died USA
Occupation: Miner⁹

1 : ; Secondary evidence
Catherines birth year is 1855 so assume marriage before this?
2 : ; Primary evidence
1881 census for Netherfield, Sussex has age as 60 and occupation Housekeeper
3 : ; Primary evidence
Housekeeping for her son in law, William Collins, in the 1881 census for Netherfield, Sussex
4 : ; Primary evidence
Copy of Lanivet marriage register obtained, page 112, entry 223
5 : ; Primary evidence
Age on marriage register is given as 19
5a: ; Primary evidence
Aged 27 at burial in 1881
6 : ; Secondary evidence
William is a widower in 1881 census for Netherfield, youngest child, Gilbert, is 1 month, living with his uncle John. Perhaps Katherine died in childbirth?
6a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March Quarter 1881, Battle district, Aged 27, Volume 2b, Page 38
7 : "Netherfield Burials Register"; Primary evidence
#101; Catherine Collins aged 27 Abode Netherfield
8 : ; Primary evidence
No record found of baptism, although he appears as 10 years old on the 1861 Census return, matching his age shown at marriage.
8a: ; Primary evidence
1881 census for Netherfield Village has age as 30 and birth place as Lanivet, Cornwall
9 : ; Primary evidence
Occupation is shown as Gypsum Miner in the 1881 census for Netherfield