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I'm looking for info about John W Thompson Snr b 1834 Portsmouth. He was the postmaster (1861 census) and registrar (1891 census) in Sedgley, from the other side of the world in Au it is a bit confusing trying to sort things out. I have been able to find no record of him in Portsmouth and wondered if his parents were just visiting

Hiya Graeme and welcome!

I take it this is him...

1861: Bullring, Sedgley, Staffordshire
John W Thompson 27 Head Marr Chemist & Druggist & Postmaster b.Portsmouth
Sarah Thompson 27 Wife b.Sedgley
Mary Thompson 3 Dau b.Sedgley
John W Thompson 10 Mths Son b.Sedgley
James Hughes 14 App to Chemist b.Upper Penn
Elizabeth Evans 17 Serv b. Sedgley

Poss
Marriage 1856
THOMPSON John W MILNER Sarah Sedgley, All Saints Dudley Register Office 216/009/159

Do you have this info Graeme?

1851: High Street, Sedgley, Staffs
Anthony Tamlyn 67 Head Marr General Practitioner in ?
Jane Tamlyn 63 Marr Medical Mans Wife
John Dullam Tamlyn 35 Son U Chemist & Postmaster
John William Thompson 17 U Appentice Hampshire
William Hamyes 25 Serv U Groom Hereford
Mary Eliza Brodie 19 Serv U Middlesex

mallosa wrote:1851: High Street, Sedgley, Staffs
Anthony Tamlyn 67 Head Marr General Practitioner in ?
Jane Tamlyn 63 Marr Medical Mans Wife
John Dullam Tamlyn 35 Son U Chemist & Postmaster
John William Thompson 17 U Appentice Hampshire
William Hamyes 25 Serv U Groom Hereford
Mary Eliza Brodie 19 Serv U Middlesex

Being apprenticed to a Chemist/Doctor/Postmaster you might be lucky and find some trade documents -- indentures etc that will give you more info -- difficult to know whether to search Hampshire/staffordshire or somewhere in between for 1841

If that marriage is the right one it might give more info on father and his occupation -- that would help

1881 4 Dean Street, Sedgley, Stafford

John W. THOMPSON 47 Portsmouth, Hampshire, Chemist & Druggist
Sarah THOMPSON 46 Sedgley, Stafford,
John W. THOMPSON 20 Sedgley, Stafford, Chemists Assistant
George M. THOMPSON 18 Sedgley, Stafford, Chemists Assistant
Frederick H. THOMPSON 13 Sedgley, Stafford, Scholar
Edward C. THOMPSON 12 Sedgley, Stafford, Scholar
Albert THOMPSON 9 Sedgley, Stafford, Scholar
Sarah A. HICKMAN Serv 45 Sedgley, Stafford, General Servant

mallosa wrote:Poss
Marriage 1856
THOMPSON John W MILNER Sarah Sedgley, All Saints Dudley Register Office 216/009/159

Do you have this info Graeme?

if not can it be looked up ?

I'm sure some kind person will do it Pete, I'll add it to look ups for you Graeme

Thanks to all who have replied.
All the details mentioned I have found. It seems a bit odd for a young lad to move from Portsmouth to Sedgley to take up an apprenticeship, so it would seem logical that his parents either came from or moved to Sedgley
I have found 2 John Thompson s b1834&1835 christened in Sedgley either or neither may be him. It is at this point that I have hit the brick wall

Graeme

marriage look up will give you his father name and poss wit might help

no one fine an 1841 bit difficult without father name i know ?

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