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Hi JoonieCloonie. Thanks for your suggestion; I'll bear it in mind, although Henry's father Joseph was a labourer at the time of his son's marriage.

I wonder whether this is his baptism

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=baptisms&id=3579334

Day Month 17-Jan
Year 1838
Parish Or Reg District Redruth
Forename Henry
Surname THOMAS
Sex
Father Forename Joseph
Mother Forename Ann
Residence Trewergie Downs
Father Rank Profession Miner


the 1841 census above shows the family resident at Trewergie Downs and father Joseph a miner

Hi Catherine, kindly enlighten me as to which record provides the date that my ancestor returned to the UK from India.

Name: Henry Thomas
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Jan 1873
Event Place: Bishopston, St Michael and All Angels, Gloucestershire, England
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Single
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: Joseph Thomas
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Hannah Pipe
Spouse's Residence Place: Bishopston, St Michael and All Angels, Gloucestershire
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Pipe
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Digital Folder Number: 004220712
Image Number: 00039



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Many thanks for this Catherine. Unfortunately, I already have much of this info but I am most grateful for your efforts. Sorry, Henry & Hannah actually had four children: Hannah, Henry, Rebecca & William Alfred, although Rebecca died in India.
I find two snippets of info particularly interesting though. You give a date of their return home from India (25 Jan 1883). Which document is this info from? Also, would you recheck the version of marriage in Bristol Parish Register to see if the father is definitely Robert and not Joseph.
Thanks also to Argyll/Gran for the info. Unfortunately, neither of the census entries fit, as confirmed by later records.

Ken

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Parents' marriage??


England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 about Joseph Thomas
Name: Joseph Thomas
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1830
Marriage Place: Redruth,Cornwall,England
Spouse: Anne Pollard
FHL Film Number: 916958, 916959

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1851 England Census about Henry Thomas
Name: Henry Thomas
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Relation: Pupil
Gender: Male
Where born: St Just, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Madron
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
Town: Penzance
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Street address: Penair House, Madron
Registration district: Penzance
Sub-registration district: Marazion
ED, institution, or vessel: 4d
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 109
Piece: 1918
Folio: 619
Page Number: 34

(Lots of pupils listed)


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1841 England Census about Henry Thomas
Name: Henry Thomas
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Gender: Male
Where born: Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Redruth
Hundred: Penwith <<<<<<<<<(St Just is in Penwith area)
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England

Registration district: Redruth
Sub-registration district: Redruth
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 143
Book: 17
Folio: 24
Page Number: 7
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Thomas 30
Anne Thomas 30
Jane Thomas 11
Elizabeth Thomas 9
Caroline Thomas 7
Joseph Thomas 5
Henry Thomas 3
Richard Thomas 1

Army record also shows he had 4 children but one looks to have been born 11 April 1880 and died in 1882 but can't make out the name (looks to be ? Robert)

Returned home on 25 jan 1883 and died in Woolwich on 7th March 1883 of (what looks to be) Pneumonie.

His marriage:-

Marriages Mar 1873 (>99%)
PIPE Hannah Clifton 6a 185
Thomas Henry Clifton 6a 185

The district Clifton is in the county of Gloucestershire

Army record states marriage date as 1st January 1873
at the Parish Church Bishopston, Gloucestershire

Another version of marriage:-

England, Select Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900 about Hannah Pipe
Name: Hannah Pipe
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1873
Marriage Place: Bishopston, St Michael and All Angels, Gloucestershire, England
Father: Robert Pipe
Spouse: Henry Thomas
FHL Film Number: 4220712

This is more likely to be him:-

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 about Henry Thomas
Name: Henry Thomas
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1839
Birth Place: St Just, Cornwall, England
Age at Enlistment: 23
Document Year: 1862
Regimental Number: 1117
Other Regimental Numbers: 4872
Number of Images: 19
Form Title: Other
Other Records: Search for 'Henry Thomas' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Henry Thomas Self (Head)

Description:-
Age 23yrs
Height:- 5ft 6inch
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Light (?)

This one was born correct time and joined Royal Aartillery in 1861 but birth place is not the same so probably just a coincidence:-

First name(s) HENRY
Last name THOMAS
Birth year 1841
Birth parish SHOEBURYNESS
Birth town ROCHFORD
Birth county ESSEX
Birth country ENGLAND
Service number 545
Rank -
Regiment Royal Artillery
Document Type Attestation
Attestation year 1861
Attestation Day 23
Attestation Month 7
Attestation age years 20
Attestation age months -
Attestation Corps Royal Artillery
Attestation service number 545
Discharge Corps Royal Artillery
Series chelsea pensioners british army service records 1760-1913
Box 1839
Box Record Number 152
Record set British Army Service Records 1760-1915
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection Regimental & service records
Collections from Great Britain

Hi Ken, you seem to know about his family so what information exactly are you looking for?
Do you know if he had any siblings?
If you have his marriage certificate, then what does his father give as occupation?

I am seeking info on Henry born in St Just, Cornwall c1840. Father was Joseph - mother's name unknown. Henry enlisted in Royal Artillery in 1861 as a gunner and had several tours of duty in India. He married Hannah in 1873 and took her to India where they had 3 children. They returned in 1883 and he died shortly afterwards in a military hospital in Kent, aged 43. Anybody recognise any of this?