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Note: 1. 1901 UK Census: Thomas was a Cloth Master Cop
2. According to Rootsweb.com RI Historical Cemeteries Trasncription Project we have the following info: ECCLESTON THOMAS E 1882 - 1962 RD020 and this plot is located WOOD RIVER CEMETERY RICHMOND NOOSENECK HILL ROAD - ROUTE #3 ->25 ft. E of tele. pole # 679.
3. According to the 1920 US Census, Thomas and Frances owned their home and lived in Westerly - he was 37 (Frances 32, Thomas Jr 9 and Donald 4 1/2). He came to the US in 1913.
4. The 1930 Census shows they live in Smithfield and the ages are respectively 48, 44, 19 and 14. They own their home worth $20,000 and own a radio set. Ages when Tom and Frances were married were 27 and 23. His mother was from Wales. He came to the US in 1912 but Thomas and Frances arrived in 1913 (Donald was born in RI). His occupation was Manager in the "Bleachery" industry - hard to read the word on the census.
5. On Golden Pond Movie Website:
Thomas Eccleston Sr. was the 7th of nine children, born in 1882 into a struggling family of textile workers in Lancashire, England. From his very beginning as a bobbin-boy, Thomas Sr. was the sort of worker for whom the hands of the clock had no meaning. For him, the day was done when the job was finished, whether it took ten, fifteen, or twenty-four hours. He became an expert in textile finishing, and rose rapidly up the management ladder until there was no further to go in Great Britain. In 1910, a few months after the birth of his first son, Thomas Jr., he came to the United States as boss finisher at a factory in Bradford, Rhode Island. His wife, Frances, and little Thomas Jr. joined him two years later. Thomas Jr. and his brother Donald would not leave school for work until both were graduates of Rhode Island�s Brown University.
<http://www.onfrozenpond.com/film-eccleston.htm>.
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