Genealogy Chat

Thank you Maureen, I've just had a look for him. Gosh what a messy page that is where Thomas is recorded. I think his surname ends with ?.....elove but the age and occupation are right. I would have thought that the lost Thomas would show up in 1841 or 1851 in Sussex. Perhaps workhouse books might reveal more about him. I am trying to find out where he was born so that hopefully we can fit him into a known family. Sussex was a stronghold for that surname, ...although of course he could have come from anywhere. Gwyn

1851 I did not post this originally as I can not read the name on the image but I think it is not Belchamber. Probably too far along the coast but the occupation looks like vagrant sweep !!! Name: Thomas Age: 35 Estimated birth year: abt 1816 Gender: Male Civil parish: Wartling County/Island: Sussex Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Hailsham Sub-registration district: Hailsham ED, institution, or vessel: 4a Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 9 Household Members: Name Age ?? 20 Thomas 35 Harriett Collins 52 John Collins 66 John Collins 33 Maureen

Thank you everyone who has helped. Can anyone find Thomas the chimney sweep, he is still missing? I wonder if the fact that he was buried in Broadwater is significant? In 1851, there was a Benjamin Belchamber, 24, living in Broadwater and he was a chimney sweep but in view of the ages I do think they are separate people. Gwyn

I am trying to help a friend and she is most impressed by your speedy answers and help.... Thank you. Unfortunately we can rule out the 1841 census Thomas, ...he was a bricklayer and died 1903.... He was the one on the IGI record, son of Stephen and Anne. Thomas who married Catherine Scovell died in 1856, Catherine in 1858 ( as posted)... but they are farming in Sussex in 1851, so he can't be the coalwhipper elsewhere in 1851 census. I don't know who Thomas and Catherine are in Shadwell... I can't find them in 1861. So we are still left with the chimney sweep to find in a census, please. Gwyn

Possible marriage? Marriages: THOMAS BELCHAMBER Spouse: CATHERINE SCOVELL Family Marriage: 31 JAN 1842 Goring, Sussex, England

Possible death for wife.......... Name: Catherine Belchamber Year of Registration: 1858 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Chichester County: Sussex Volume: 2b Page: 227 Reg

From the IGI... THOMAS BELCHAMBERS Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 27 FEB 1814 Westerham, Kent, England Death: Burial: Parents: Father: STEPHEN BELCHAMBERS Mother: ANNE Georgina.

1851? Name: Thomas Bell Chambers Age: 35 Estimated birth year: abt 1816 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Catherine Gender: Male Where born: Chatham, Kent, England Civil parish: St Paul Shadwell County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Registration district: Stepney Sub-registration district: Shadwell ED, institution, or vessel: 2b Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 131 Household Members: Name Age Catherine Bell Chambers 34 b. Coventry Thomas Bell Chambers 35 Occ: Coalwhipper? Reg

Could this be him in 1841? Name: Thomas Belchamber Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1816 Household: View other family members Gender: Male Where born: Kent, England Civil parish: East Farleigh Hundred: Maidstone County/Island: Kent Country: England Street address: Occupation: View image Source information: HO107/457/11 Registration district: Maidstone Sub-registration district: Loose ED, institution, or vessel: 13 Folio: 39 Page: 1 (click to see others on page) Line number: 23 GSU Number: 306852 Ann Belchamber abt 1838 Kent, England East Farleigh Kent Elisa Belchamber abt 1840 Kent, England East Farleigh Kent Mary Belchamber abt 1816 Kent, England East Farleigh Kent Stephen Belchamber abt 1836 Kent, England East Farleigh Kent Thomas Belchamber abt 1816 Kent, England East Farleigh Kent Georgina.

LOST ...One chimney sweep in 1841 and 1851, - probably in Sussex...... Thomas BELLCHAMBER died on 15 October 1860 in East Preston Workhouse age 45years, registered by John HARDING,the master of the workhouse..... Thomas, ..of Preston House, buried on 18 October 1860 in Broadwater, Sussex