Genealogical Memoirs of Various Families of Tomkinson (1620-1904) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...born.probably in Cheshire, England; d., probably same place. Had issue: at least Martha and John. flARTHA TOHKINSON, b., in Cheshire, England; d.. Married. Settled near Liverpool. Descendants in Cheshire, or Lancashire, England. JOHN TOMKINSON, b. February 24, 1793, in Cheshire, England; d. January, 1859, at Tunstall, Staffordshire, England. Born during the Reign of Terror; ten years after the first balloon ascended from Lyons, France; twenty-one after the first life insurance company was established in London. He was thirteen years old when Gladstone and Pitt died; twenty-two at the time of the battle of Waterloo; thirty-two when the first railway was built in England; thirty-seven when George IV. died; thirty-eight when the New London Bridge was opened. Married Hannah Aggart (b. Sunday, November 30, 1800, in Staffordshire, England; d. Monday, January 1, 1866, at Tunstall, Staffordshire; buried at Tunstall), daughter of Aggart and Sarah. Slip Maker. Had issue: at least Anne and John. ANNE TOMKINSON, b.; d. at the age of twenty-one years. Buried at Tunstall, Staffordshire. Never married. JOHN TOHKINSON, b. Sunday, October 31, 1824, at Tunstall, Staffordshire, England; d., same place. Buried at Tunstall. Married Eliza Cartwright (b. Friday, December 24, 1824, at Trentham, Staffordshire; d., at Tunstall). The most of his life was spent at Tunstall, Staffordshire. Potter: Turner & Tomkinson, Victoria Works, Tunstall. Lumber Merchant. Had issue: Ann, John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Louisa, Arthur, George Frederick and Charles. (1) ANN TOMKINSON, b. Wednesday, March 15, 1848, at Tunstall, Staffordshire, England; d. Monday, July 9, 1877, at Gorsty Hill Hall, Crewe, Cheshire, England. Married Ralph Lees. (2) JOHN TOMKINSON, b. Sunday, April 15, 1849, at...