Thomas Arthur Bloomfield (1887-1953)

Dates

Birth: 26 August 1887 Diddlebury, Shropshire, UK
Father: George Bloomfield 1860-1918
Mother: Martha Maria Ellis 1862-1917

Christening: 2 October 1887 St Peter, Diddlebury, Shropshire, UK

Marriage: 11 April 1908 St Werburgh, Spondon, Derbyshire, UK
Wife: Florence Meek 1888-1932

Death: 22 April 1953 City Hospital, Derby, Derbyshire, UK

Children

Joseph Arthur Bloomfield 1909-1969
George Bloomfield 1911-1972
Andrew Thomas Bloomfield 1918-1975
James Bloomfield 1920-1972

Notes

Birth of Thomas Arthur Bloomfield in FreeBMD in October-December 1887 in Ludlow (6A 557).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Thomas Arthur Bloomfield baptised 2 October 1887 in Diddlebury, Shropshire, parents George and Martha Bloomfield.

Entry in Ancestry Shropshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1900 for Thomas Arthur Bloomfield baptised 2 October 1887 in Diddlebury, Shropshire, parents George and Martha Bloomfield.

His first sister was baptised on 24 August 1890 at Diddlebury, Shropshire.

In the 1891 census as Thomas Bloomfield aged 3, born in Diddlebury, Shropshire, and living with his widowed grandfather (Thomas Ellis), parents (George and Martha), brother (Andrew), sister (Mary), aunt (Rosa Ellis), cousin (Edith Ellis), cousin (John Davies) and a lodger (Edward Jones aged 40, born in Diddlebury, Shropshire, single and a farm servant) in Lower Westhope, Diddlebury, Shropshire.

His second sister was baptised on 30 October 1898 in Longford, Derbyshire when they were living in Smalley Mile.

In the 1901 census as Thomas Bloomfield aged 13, born in Shropshire, a butcher's boy, and living with his parents (George and Martha) and two sisters (Emily and Edith) in two rooms at Smalley Mile, Smalley, Derbyshire.

Marriage of Thomas Bloomfield and Florence Meek in FreeBMD in April-June 1908 in Shardlow (7B 1101).

Entry in Ancestry Derbyshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for Thomas Bloomfield aged 20, father George Bloomfield, and Florence Meek on 11 April 1908 in Spondon, Derbyshire. "Page 72 1908. Marriage solemnized at the Church in the parish of Spondon in the County of Derby. [No.] 143 11th April 1908 Thomas Bloomfield [aged] 20 [a] Bachelor [and] Collier [of] Stanley [father] George Bloomfield [a] Woodman, [and] Florence Meek [aged] 20 [a] Spinster [of] Spondon [father] Joseph Meek [a] Joiner. Married in the parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence".

His son was born in Shardlow on 18 January 1909.

In the 1911 census as Thomas Blomfield (sic - on the original) aged 23, born in Batch, Shropshire, a waggoner on farm at Locko Park, and living with his widowed father-in-law (Joseph Meek), wife (Florence) and son (Joseph) in three rooms at 35 Locko Road, Spondon, Derby.

His son wassborn in Sharlow on 31 October 1911.

His son was born on 2 March 1918 and registered in in January-March 1918 in Shardlow

His son was bptn on 24 February 1920 and registered in in January-March 1920 in Shardlow.

In the 1921 census as Thomas A Bloomfield born in Shropshire in 1887 and living with Florance Bloomfield (wife?), and Andrew, George, James M and Joseph A Bloomfield (sons?) in Spondon, Shardlow, Derbyshire.

His wife died in Shardlow in July-September 1932.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Thomas A Blomfield (sic - in the index, Bloomfield on the original) born 26 April 1885 (sic - on the original), widowed, a refuse tep? general labourer, and living with Andrew and Jim Blomfield (sic -sons?) in Locks (sic - in the index, Locko on the original) Road, Spondon, Derbyshire.

Death of Thomas A Bloomfield in FreeBMD in April-June 1953 aged 65 in Derby (3A 238).

Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Thomas Arthur Bloomfield died 22 April 1953 in Derbyshire, Derby probate 2 July 1953 London. "Bloomfield Thomas Arthur of 145 Locko-road Spondon Derbyshire died 22 April 1953 at The City Hospital Derby Probate London 2 July to Joseph Arthur Bloomfield licensed victualler and James Bloomfield Painter."

There are twenty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Thomas Arthur Bloomfield.

Diddlebury is 4 miles north of Ludlow. Derby is 83 miles NE of Ludlow. Smalley is 8 miles NE of Derby. Spondon is 4 miles east of Derby.

Relationship

Thomas Arthur Bloomfield was the husband of Florence Meek, Felicity's half second cousin three times removed.

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