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His father's name (if he knew it) and occupation will be on his marriage cert

Marriages Mar 1847 (>99%)
Holmes Mary Ann Coventry 16 373
SPENCER Thomas Coventry 16 373

Do you know Thomas's occupation? There is this one in the 1841 census that could be yours - quite normal for someone of 16 or 17 to have left home in those days (I have 10 year olds in service even later in the 19th century):-

Agnes Lane, Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place

James Ward Male 38 1803 Warwickshire, England
Ann Ward Female 42 1799 Warwickshire, England
David Ward Male 19 1822 Warwickshire, England
Ann Ward Female 11 1830 Warwickshire, England
Sarah Ward Female 10 1831 Warwickshire, England
Harriett Ward Female 8 1833 Warwickshire, England
Thomas Spencer Male 16 1825 Warwickshire, England<<<<<<<<<<<
William Porter Male 23 1818 Warwickshire, England
William Hill Male 23 1818 Warwickshire, England

He is an apprentice weaver.

Kath. x

Hi, I have had some previous conversations but, in looking up Census information, it does not look right. I accidentally deleted my Spencer tree on there but that's no bad thing as i'm double checking everything as i've hit a brick wall and it got a bit messy!

1. In the 1851 Census, we have him having married a Mary Anne. We have a daughter Emma. They are living in Coventry St Michael.

2. As of the 1861 Census, We have Thomas listed as a Son alongside Mary Anne and kids Emma, Thomas (as above), William and John. Coventry St Peter.

3. We have a death record for Thomas Spencer (born 1825, subject of this message) having died in 1914, born in Coventry.

4. We then have a marriage in 1847 between Mary Anne Holmes and Thomas Spencer in Coventry.

We get to the Question but I wanted to prove my research as far as possible.

5. We look for parents, ideally in Coventry or as close to. The records are extremely scarse to say the least. It would seem that George and Ann are the parents. We have Thomas baptised in 1824 in Coventry (not 1825 as otherwise suggested) and according to his baptism record, his parents are George Spencer and Ann Spencer.

6. I do an Ancestry.com search of George Spencers living in Coventry born around 1800 but I leave the year on broad search. No births that fit. I do a search on the county, I get a George born in Aston in 1801, an 1801 birth in Southam.

7. I look at the 1841 Census for George of Aston, I find no Thomas Spencer who would be on there given that he was born in 1824. I suppose he could have left home at the age of 17. Unlikely. I look at George Spencer in Southam on 1841 Census, I don't have Thomas on there either.

8. I do a wider area search of surrounding counties, I get a George Spencer marrying Ann Eaves in Coventry in 1815. I have a 1790 birth of a George Spencer in Birmingham but he dies the following year at 1 year old.

9. Next best seems to be George Spencer born about 1791 in Shipston on Stour in the 1841 Census but that would have Thomas down as two.

Uggghhh, i'm stuck! Sorry about the long post! Kind Regards,

Beanie.