Biography:
Thomas Fulks
1891 –1909
Thomas Fulks
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Unmarked grave Thomas Fulks (1891-1909)
According to the census Thomas was born in 1891 in Boxmoor. However, there is no record of anyone of that name being born in the area around that time.
In the 1901 Census he was recorded living at 14, Red Lion Yard. With his father David Fulks (aged 75) and his mother Elizabeth Fulks, aged 50, a charwoman. Given David’s age and the discrepancy of ages between the couple it is possible that Thomas was Elizabeth’s son, but was not born Fulks. There is no record of the marriage of David and Elizabeth.
At the time of his death Thomas was living in The Wilderness and was employed. He must have suffered some work-related injury which proved fatal and he died in October 1909, aged 18, in West Herts Hospital.
In January 1910 an application was made under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of Thomas and Elizabeth Fulks. A sum had been paid in to Court of £15 and the application was about the administration of the money. The couple were receiving parish relief and Thomas, who had been earning 3s 6d per week, had been giving them 2s 6d. (Although it is difficult to make direct comparisons, 3s 6d in 1910 equals approximately £17 now and £15 equals approximately £1,460) The couple wished the money to be held by the Court and paid out to them at the rate of 10s per month, perhaps feeling unable to cope with such a sum all at once. David Fulks was described as an elderly man who had trouble following the proceedings and who felt dissatisfied with the amount that had been awarded in the first place.
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Unmarked grave Thomas Fulks (1891-1909)
According to the census Thomas was born in 1891 in Boxmoor. However, there is no record of anyone of that name being born in the area around that time.
In the 1901 Census he was recorded living at 14, Red Lion Yard. With his father David Fulks (aged 75) and his mother Elizabeth Fulks, aged 50, a charwoman. Given David’s age and the discrepancy of ages between the couple it is possible that Thomas was Elizabeth’s son, but was not born Fulks. There is no record of the marriage of David and Elizabeth.
At the time of his death Thomas was living in The Wilderness and was employed. He must have suffered some work-related injury which proved fatal and he died in October 1909, aged 18, in West Herts Hospital.
In January 1910 an application was made under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of Thomas and Elizabeth Fulks. A sum had been paid in to Court of £15 and the application was about the administration of the money. The couple were receiving parish relief and Thomas, who had been earning 3s 6d per week, had been giving them 2s 6d. (Although it is difficult to make direct comparisons, 3s 6d in 1910 equals approximately £17 now and £15 equals approximately £1,460) The couple wished the money to be held by the Court and paid out to them at the rate of 10s per month, perhaps feeling unable to cope with such a sum all at once. David Fulks was described as an elderly man who had trouble following the proceedings and who felt dissatisfied with the amount that had been awarded in the first place.
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