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LIFE GOES
ON: AN INTRODUCTION
MY
GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
THE SIXTEEN
FAMILIES
KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER
CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN
CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR
MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF
CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT
THE
WORKHOUSE
WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II
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LIFE GOES
ON
Thomas Waters
born Newington, Kent,
February 1804
died Newington Kent, 23rd May 1887
on the Knott family tree
part of the Waters family story
married to Mary
Vokes
Father of George
Waters
Thomas Waters (1804-1887).
My Father's Father's Mother's Father's Father. My
Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.
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1804: Thomas
Waters was baptised at St Mary's church,
Newington, Kent on 19th February, the
son of John and Elizabeth Waters. His father's
occupation was labourer. It is possible that
Thomas was no longer an infant when he was
baptised; at censuses he would regularly give an
age too old for it to be correct if 1804 was his
birth date.
1828-9: Thomas and Mary Waters's
daughter Mary was born in about 1829, suggesting
a marriage date of 1828-29 when Mary was in her
late teens. The marriage was not at Newington,
but may have been at Mary's home parish of
Borden.
1832: The baptism of Thomas and
Mary's daughter Sarah is recorded in the
Newington registers.
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1841 census:
Thomas
was forty-four at the time of the 1841
census. The Waters family were living at Libet
Wells, Newington, Kent.
Thomas
is shown as an agricultural
labourer. His wife Mary was 30.
There
were four children. Mary aged 12, Sarah
aged 8, Thomas aged 4 and Frances, aged
3.
All
members of the household were born in
Kent.The transcript for their entry is here.
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1849: Thomas's youngest son, my
great-great-grandfather George Herbert Waters was
born in Lower Halstow, Kent, just outside of
Newington. He was baptised (and recorded as
George Albert) at St Margaret's church on 4th
February, the son of Thomas and Mary Waters.
Thomas's occupation was shown as a labourer.
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1851 census:
Thomas was fifty at
the time of the 1851 census. The
Waters family were living at Lower
Halstow, Kent.
Thomas is shown as a
labourer. His
wife Mary was 40.
There were three
children. Thomas was 13, Frances
(presumably a different Frances
from the 1841 census - she was
baptised at Newington in 1839)
was 2 and George was 2.
Thomas was born in Newington,
Kent, as was the younger
Thomas and Frances. Mary was born
in Borden, Kent. George was born
at Halstow in Kent.The transcript
for their entry is here.
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1861
census:
Thomas was sixty-one
at the time of the 1861 census.
The Waters family were living at Lower
Halstow, Kent.
Thomas is shown as
an agricultural labourer.
His wife Mary was 50.
George was the only
child living at home, and he was
12 years old.
Thomas was born in Newington,
Kent. Mary was born in
Borden, Kent. George was born at
Halstow in Kent.The transcript
for their entry is here.
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1871
census:
Thomas was
seventy-five at the time
of the 1871 census. The
family were living in Church
Lane, Newington, Kent.
Thomas was
shown as unemployed.
His wife Mary was 63.
Thomas was
born in Newington,
Kent. Mary was
born in Borden, Kent. The
transcript for their
entry is here. Thomas and
Mary's son Thomas Jr was
also living in Newington,
with his wife Jane and 1
year old daughter Emma.
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1871: Thomas and Mary's son
George, my great-great-grandfather,
married Mary Ann Harrall at St
Mary's church, Newington, Kent
on the 15th October. He gave his
occupation as engineer. The parents of
the couple, Thomas Waters and John
Harrall, were both described as
labourers. The witnesses were R Croucher
and Emily Elliott. George marked the
register with a cross - that is to say,
he was illiterate. Nobody else signed the
register, which was filled in entirely by
the minister.
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1881 census:
Thomas was
eighty-two years old at
the time of the 1881
census. The Waters family
were living at Church
Lane, Newington, Kent.
Thomas is
shown as an agricultural
labourer. His
wife Mary was 70.
Thomas was
born at Newington,
Kent. His wife
Mary was born at Borden,
Kent. Their entry is here.
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1887: Thomas died on the
23rd May in Newington, Kent. He was said
to be 88 years old.
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