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Note: 1. According to William Eccleston, Thomas was born in 1844. 2. According to FreeBMD, Thomas died at age 60 and this info is recorded in the district of Bury (Radcliffe) 8c 424 (GRO volumes : XXI (1837-51); 8c (1852-1930) and records info kept at Town Hall Manchester Road, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0SW Tel +44 (0)161 253 6026; Email: registrars@bury.gov.uk Registration and Census District (1852 - 1946) 8c. Cheques payable to 'Bury MBC'. 3. Perhaps he was working for a mining company when he met Mary in Ruabon because Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales is a mining town. Ruabon church is St. Mary's. 4. Perhaps no connection but found: Ships List has SS Samaria, Liverpool to Boston, MA Feb. 4, 1874 - Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Place of Birth, Last Place of Residence. Thomas Eccleston 34 male Labourer England England 5. Death Certificate: Died 17 Oct 1903 at 246 Ainsworth Rd. Mary Chatburn (daughter) signed for death). Cause was Fibroid Phthisis/General Debility. Research regarding "Fibroid Phthisis": (a) Phthisis: PHTHISIS wasting away of the body due to tuberculosis or consumption And (b) POTTER'S (or Poliopotter's) ASTHMA: fibroid phthisis 6. In 1881 living with family at 360 Ainsworth Rd, Radcliffe, Lancs., England. His family moved to 246 Ainsworth for the 1891 and 1901 censues but he doesn't appear in the census. 7. He is listed on the 1898 Voters List for the Nanaimo, BC, Canada. 8. In 1891 Thomas Eccleston is a boarder in the household of Darby Rooney (a miner) in Wellington (near Nanaimo). 9. The listing for the 1901census is: Lathem, Thomas date of birth: Jul 3 1836 born in England head arrived in Canada in 1887 Eccleston, Thomas Dec 12 1842 England partner arrived in Canada in 1887 In 1901 he is living with another coal miner from England who is actually from Ince-in-Makerfield which I believe is not too far away from Radcliffe. 10. 1871 Census for Ruabon Wales Mary age 5, daughter Mary Ann 24 wife Theophilus 1 month son Thomas 30 head coal pit sinker 11. In North Wales BMD the following children are listed which may also be Thomas and Mary's - also listed one's I proved were NOT theirs: Sarah Ann 1868-1871 Theophilus 1871-1873 Arthur 1877 (same year as Orlando and Orlando is listed as well) - NOT his son, father is Roger Ernest 1879 - NOT his son, father is Roger. 12. 1861 Census I think Thomas is here: Thomas Eccleston 1841 born Standish with the James Jackson family. Living on Park Hill in Rainford, Lancashire. He is a coal miner. 13. According to Bill Eccleston (per Gladys Chatburn) he was often away for work and made a middle class salary as a contractor (for sinking mines).
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