Birth: 18 September 1858 Carr Hill, Heworth, Durham, UK
Father: Thomas Thirlaway (Thirlawell, Thirlow, Thirlwall) c1823-1900
Mother: Ann Bell 1826-1904
Marriage: 22 May 1881 St. Edmund, Gateshead, Durham, UK
Wife: Margaret Leck (Lech) 1855-1912
Death: October-December 1939 Gateshead, Durham, UK
Annie Jane Thirlaway [Allinson] 1883-1956
Lily Thirlaway 1889-1957
John Willie (William) Thirlaway 1894-1965
Four more unknown children died before 1911
Birth of Thomas Thirlawell (sic - on the handwritten original) in FreeBMD in October-December 1858 in Gateshead (10A 475).
In the 1861 census as Thomas Thirlway (sic - on the original) aged 2, born in Heworth, Durham, and lliving with his parents (Thomas and Ann), brother (John J) and two sisters (Elizabeth and Priscilla) in Carr Hill, Heworth, Durham.
His sister was registered in April-June 1864 and brother in July-September 1870, both in Gateshead.
Marriage of Thomas Thirlwall and Ann Bell in FreeBMD in January-March 1850 in Newtle Tyne ((25 366) - his wife's entry is in Newcastle T.
In the 1871 census as Thomas Thirlow (sic - on the original) aged 13, born in Gateshead, Durham, and living with his parents (Thomas and Ann), three brothers (John, Thomas and William), and sister (Sarah) in Durham Place, Heworth, Durham.
In the 1881 census as Thos Thirlaway aged 22, born in Carrs Hill, Durham, single, a mason (stone), and living with his parents (Thos and Ann) at 9 Durham Place, Heworth, Durham. His brother John and family were living at the same address.
Three entries in FreeBMD for the marriage of Thomas Thirlaway to Margaret Lech in two and Margaret Leck in one in April-June 1881 in Gateshead (10A 1042) - there are two entries on the typed original, one for Lech and one for Leck.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Thomas Thirlaway aged 22, father Thomas Thirlaway, and single, and Margaret Leck on 22 May 1881 at St. Edmund, Gateshead, Durham.His two daughters were born on 8 June 1883 and 22 October 1889 in Gateshead.
In the 1891 census as Thomas Thirlway (sic - on the original) aged 32, born in Gateshead, Durham, an ironworker's labourer, and living with his wife (Margaret), two daughters (Annie J and Lille), brother (John J Thirlaway), nephew (John J) and neice (Sarah A) in three rooms at 43 Shipcote Terrace, Gateshead, Durham.
His daughter was born on 17 October 1894 in Gateshead.
In the 1901 census as Thomas Thirlaway aged 43, born in Gateshead, Durham, a plumbers labourer and living with his wife (Margaret), son (John Willie), two daughters (Lily and Marie Jane), mother (Ann), nephew (John James) and neice (Sarah Ann) in four rooms at 217 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead, Durham.
In the 1911 census as Thomas Thirlaway aged 52, born in Gateshead, Durham, a plumber's labourer, and living with his wife (Margaret), son (John Willie) and two daughters (Annie Jane and Lily) in four rooms at 217 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead, Durham.
His wife died in January-March 1912 in Gateshead.
In the 1921 census as Thomas Thirlaway born in Gateshead, Durham in 1858, and living with Annie and Lily Thirlaway (daughters?) in Gateshead, Durham.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Thomas Thirlaway born 18 September 1858, widowed, a retired tinsmiths labourer, and living with Lily Thirlaway (daughter?) at 215 Eastbourne Avenue, Gateshead, Durham.
Death of Thomas Thirlaway in FreeBMD in October-December 1939 aged 81 in Gateshead (10A 1472).
There are seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Thomas Thirlaway/Thirlway/Thirllow..
Heworth is 2 miles east of Gateshead with Carr Hill between the two.
Thomas Thirlaway was the brother of John James Thirlow, husband of Alice Johnston, first cousin of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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