Thomas Atkinson Angus, IV
1836 - 1878 (42 years)
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Name Thomas Atkinson Angus [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Suffix IV Born 1836 Lancaster, Lancashire, England 
[2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Name Thomas Angus Atkinson [6] Residence Lancaster, Lancashire, England [7] Residence 1841 Lancaster, Lancashire, England [4] Residence 1851 Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire, England [8] Residence 1861 Ribchester, Lancashire, England [2] Relation to Head: Head Residence 1871 Barrow, Lancashire, England [5] Relation to Head: Head Died Sep 1878 Lancaster, Lancashire, England [3] Person ID I33 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Thomas Angus, III, b. 31 Jul 1811, Bulk, Quernmore, Lancashire, England , d. 1880, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Ann Atkinson, b. 1818, Keighley, Bradford, Yorkshire, England , d. 19 Mar 1873, Lancashire, England (Age 55 years) Relationship natural Married Abt 1835 Family ID F102 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah Ann Unknown, b. 1847, Back Barrow, Lancashire, England , d. Jun 1908, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 61 years) Children 1. Thomas Atkinson Angus, V, b. 18 Jun 1878, Lancaster, Lancashire, England , d. Jul 1955, Littleborough, Lancashire, England (Age 77 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7971 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Letitia Masica, b. 1837, Blackburn, Lancashire, England , d. Jan 1863, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 26 years) Married Jan 1857 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Married Jan 1857 Lancaster, Lancashire, England [9] Married 21 Feb 1857 Lancaster, St Mary, Lancashire, England [6, 7, 10] Children 1. Mary Ann Atkinson Angus, b. 20 Apr 1859, Caton, Lancashire, England , d. Sep 1903, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Age 44 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7963 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thomas Atkinson Angus was born in 1836 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. He occasionally went by Thomas Angus Atkinson, using his mother's surname, for reasons unknown. His mother, Mary Ann Atkinson, came from a wealthy landed family, while the Angus family were not wealthy. Thomas' uncle John was so poor that he and his family were removed from Lancaster and forcibly returned to Over Wyresdale as a pauper without the means to provide for themselves. So, it is suspect that Thomas may have wanted to trade on his mother's family's good name.
In 1841, at age 5, Thomas Angus was residing at Black Cat Yarn near St. Leonard's Gate in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and baby sister. Black Cat Yarn is not found on any maps and is presumed to be the name of a yarn factory with residential apartments located near St. Leonard's Gate.
In 1851, at age 15, Thomas Angus was residing on Wood Street in St. John's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a cotton corder.
On 21 Feb 1857, at age 20. Thomas Angus Atkinson, a cotton carder, son of Thomas Atkinson, a labourer, residing at Brewery Lane in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, married in St. Mary’s parish church in Lancaster, to Letitia Masica, daughter of Thomas Masica, a labourer residing on Bath Street in Lancaster.
On 20 Apr 1859, Thomas Atkinson Angus and his wife Letitia had a daughter, Mary Ann Angus. The were residing in Caton, Lancashire, England and Thomas was employed as an overlooker at the time.
In 1861, at age 25, Thomas Angus (going by the surname Atkinson) was residing at Knowles Green in Ribchester, Lancashire, England, with his wife, Letitia and their newborn daughter, Mary Ann Atkinson Angus. Thomas was employed as a corder.
In Jan 1863, Letitia Angus died in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
Sometime between 1863-1871, Thomas married to Sarah Ann. Her surname is unknown.
In 1871, at age 30 (sic), Thomas Angus was residing in Barrow, Lancashire, England, with his second wife, Sarah, who was born in Back Barrow, and Thomas' two younger brothers, William and John. All three brothers were employed as labourers
Thomas Angus is presumed to have married sometime around 1876 to Sarah Ann. Her surname is unknown. She is found in the 1881 census (below).
On 18 June 1878, Thomas Angus and his wife Sarah Ann had a son named Thomas A Angus in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
In 1878, sometime between July to Sept, mere weeks after his son was born, Thomas Angus died in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
In 1880, Thomas' daughter, Mary Ann Atkinson Angus, married James Bleasdale.
In 1881, Thomas' widow, Sarah A. Angus, was residing at 8 Brewery Lane (Yard) in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Her daughter and son-in-law, James and Mary Ann Bleasdale, were residing with her. Sarah was born in 1847 in Backbarrow, Lancashire, England. She was employed as a cotton throstle spinner. Sarah had a two year-old child, Thomas Angus, born in 1879, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, presumed to have been born posthumously.
No record has been found for Thomas second marriage to Sarah. Her birth surname is unknown.
- Thomas Atkinson Angus was born in 1836 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. He occasionally went by Thomas Angus Atkinson, using his mother's surname, for reasons unknown. His mother, Mary Ann Atkinson, came from a wealthy landed family, while the Angus family were not wealthy. Thomas' uncle John was so poor that he and his family were removed from Lancaster and forcibly returned to Over Wyresdale as a pauper without the means to provide for themselves. So, it is suspect that Thomas may have wanted to trade on his mother's family's good name.
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