See also
Husband:
(unknown)
Wife:
Martha Ransome (1817?-1860)
Children:
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
stay minder3
Birth:
1817 (app)
Baptism:
4 Oct 1818 (age 0-1)
St. Andrew's Church, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England2
daughter of William (labourer) and Mary Ransome
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 23-24)
Norton Corner, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England4
aged 24, living with her husband and two children. Born in Norfolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 33-34)
Buckingham Place, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3
wife aged 34 married, stay minder living with her husband and three children. Born in Wood Dalling Norfolk
Death:
Sep 1860 (age 42-43)
Burial:
5 Sep 1860
Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5
aged 44
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Occupation:
Birth:
Oct 1838
Baptism:
4 Nov 1838 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Reepham Road, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England1,8
illegitimate son of Martha Ransome
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 2)
Norton Corner, Wood Dalling, Norfolk, England4
aged 2 as Thos Potkins, living with mother, stepfather and a sister. Born in Norfolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 12)
Buckingham Place, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3
son aged 13 as Thomas Potkins, attending school and living with mother, step father and two siblings. Born in Wood Dalling Norfolk
Employment Start:
1856 (age 17-18)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England14
signing on as Thomas Potkins as a ships boy on Dilligence
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 22)
Alert, Havre Dock, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France15
aged 23 single as Thomas Potkins, AB Seaman living on board The Alert, a 99 ton brigatine coasting trade. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Criminal Witness:
20 Aug 1866 (age 27)
Ipswich Magistrates, Town Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
in a case where a fellow crew man from the Heroine was trying to recover unpaid wages
Census absence:
2 Apr 1871 (age 32)
presumably away at sea
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 40)
5 Handford Square, Handford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10
married head of the household working as a sailor and living with his wife Mary Ann, daughters Ada, Edith and Alice, and son William. Born in Wooddalling Norfolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 49)
6 Handford Square, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11
married head of the household working as a mariner and living in four rooms with his wife Mary Ann, daughters Ada, Edith and Alice, and sons William, Frederick and Herbert. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census absence:
31 Mar 1901 (age 62)
whole family away at sea? John Crick and family living in the family home
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 69)
5 Handford Square, Handford Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12
married head of the household working as a mariner and living in one room with his wife Mary daughter Bessie. Born in Woodollin (sic), Norfolk
Death:
Q4 1912 (age 71)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17
Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:I07384-1 sys:England-EASy film:1596458 ref:item 3-6 p 56.
Norfolk Baptism Project, (on-line at www.tinstaafl.co.uk/nbp/index.htm). Wood Dalling St. Andrew entry:78.
England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1800 folio:614 page:11.
England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:764 folio:2A page:3.
The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1860 quarter:3 volume:4a page:200.
Steven John Ransome personal communication. Family Tree via email. Cit. Date: January 2003.
Norfolk Baptism Project, (on-line at www.tinstaafl.co.uk/nbp/index.htm). Wood Dalling St. Andrew.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10815 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:36.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1871 folio:16 page:26 schedule:473. Cit. Date: 20 February 2022.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1468 folio:71 page:5. Cit. Date: 7 June 2017.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10815 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 14 September 2019.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Aylsham 1838 quarter:4 volume:13 page:7.
FindMyPast Merchant Navy Seamen 1835-1941, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). series:BT116 date:1853-1857 piece:71.
England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:4462 folio:59 page:1.
FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 25th August 1866 page:7.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1912 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1098.