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One of the ingredients of matches was white phosphorus which was very dangerous. If you Google there is quite a lot about it.

Nasty stuff - must have been awful working with it

Back to the Thomsons!!

Much earlier on this thread I had Mary Ann Eliza Thomson - born circa 1845 according to Census info. I had the choice from 3 possibles in 1845

Mary Ann Eliza Thomson - St George in the East - Mar 1845 (most likely)
Mary Ann Eliza Thomson - Chelsea - Dec 1845
Mary Ann Eliza ThomPson - Stepney - Sep 1845

I sent for a cert (GRO check) and received one which seems to fit with the information - it is the March 1845 cert, father named as William Thomson (Mariner), mother Eliza Ann Thomson, formerly Carson - so looks like it is the correct one, and supports the information already provided by helpers on this thread.

So what is my problem? I am stuck again - I cannot find a marriage - is anyone else able to find one anywhere please?

J-A

I forget if you have access to Ancestry:
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about William Thompson
Name: William Thompson Occ:Mariner
Spouse Name: Eliza Ann Kulburn
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Mar 1843
Parish: Christ Church, Watney Street
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: John Thompson
Spouse Father: James Cosson
Register Type: Parish Register

She's a widow and I really can't make out what her married name was.

Maureen

Oh!
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about John Nutburn
Name: John Nutburn
Spouse Name: Eliza Cosson
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 Apr 1833
Parish: Bethnal Green St Matthew
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Register

Maureen

Wow MaureenNY, you always find the good stuff! Thank you

I don't currently have Ancestry - but when I have something specific can get to the Library to check it out. I ordered my Mary Ann Eliza birth cert (estimated despatch was 11/4/14) which wasn't issued until 16/4/14 - so must have had a problem reading it at GRO.

So it looks like it could be MMN Cosson and not Carson. I'd wondered if it might have been Cannon as some appear earlier in the thread on a census, will be able to try to follow up the Cosson connection (quite like the name Cosson, it is a bit different for a change)

Thank you

J-A

?????
Census 1851:

Name: Eliza Thomson
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1807<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William Thomson
Gender: Female
Where born: Chatham, Kent, England<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Civil Parish: Poplar
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Household Members:
Name Age
William Thomson 44
Eliza Thomson 44
Mary A Thomson 6
William Thomson 4

Christening?

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Eliza Ann Cosson<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 5 Oct 1806
Christening Place: Chatham, Kent, England
Father's Name: James Cosson<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Mother's name: Mary

Tallies with father's name on the 1843 marriage to William Thompson that Maureen posted.

???

Not sure about this marriage?


Name: James Cosson
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Mary Boughton
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 13 Dec 1790
Event Place: Hascombe,Surrey,England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13528-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 991754
Reference ID:

Hi Kucinta

Yes that Chatham christening for Eliza Cosson certainly seems to fit the Eliza married to William. The James Cosson marriage looks likely too. All the dates seem to fit in nicely too

Thank you for finding them for me

J-A