In the past most people lived in or near one place for all their lives - but it is important to realise that some were pretty mobile because of their work.
Cindy had a simple question "Who was the Thomas Whitehouse this clock presented to?" and I was able to track down Thomas.
What is of interest here are the locations where Thomas turns up. He was born in
Staffordshire in 1856/7 and by 1861 his parents had moved to
Worcestershire but he was with his grandparents in
Carmarthenshire. In 1871 he was with his parents in
Warwickshire and in 1881 he was in
Gloucestershire. He married in the
Dudley area in 1884 (
Worcestershire/
Staffordshire) but by 1885 he was living in
Baldock,
Hertfordshire, where the clock was presented in 1890. However before the 1891 census he had moved to
Norfolk where he stayed for a few years before moving to
Staffordshire in time for the 1901 census, and then on to
Lincolnshire for the 1911 census. He had moved on (location not yet determined) by 1919. He eventually died in
Dorset in 1942. In each case from 1885 he seems to have had a fixed address and lived and worked there, with his family, for several years before moving on.
In the past most people lived in or near one place for all their lives - but it is important to realise that some were pretty mobile because of their work. Cindy had a simple question "Who was the Thomas Whitehouse this clock presented to?" and I was able to track down Thomas.
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