Family
Thomas was born on 6 March 1836 at Leeds, Yorkshire, to parents Christopher, an inn keeper (1836), and Margaret. He was baptised on 6 April 1836 at St Peter, Leeds.
Thomas and family emigrated to Canada where Thomas became a Baptist minister.
He married Maria Davies (1841-1922) in early 1865 at Swansea, Glamorgan, Census returns identify five children.
- Margaret Marie (1866-1950)
- James Irwin (b1872) – a commercial traveller (1921)
- Thomas Todhunter (1873-1955) – a Baptist minister (1911)
- Ernest Edgar (1877-1952) – a Baptist minister (1921)
- Ethel Marion (1879-1954) – a sales lady (1911)
Thomas died on 1 October 1902 at Wentworth, Ontario, Canada.
Circuits
- 1861 Swansea
- 1863 St Austell
- 1865 Pontypool
- 1867 Bath
- 1870 Bristol
- 1875 St Austell
- 1878 Pontypool
- 1880 Blaenavon
- 1882 Bristol II
- 1888 St Austell
- 1889 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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