Biography:
Thomas Hicks
1857 –1904
Thomas Hicks
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Unmarked grave Thomas Hicks (1857-1904)
Thomas was born in 1857 in Wiggington, the son of James and Sarah Hicks. His father was an agricultural labourer and his mother a straw plaiter and he had three older siblings. James and Sarah had moved to the near-slum Red Lion Yard in Berkhamsted by 1871 by which time they had three sons and two daughters.
Thomas was illiterate and had to make his mark on documents. He does not appear to have married.
In 1874, aged 17, Thomas signed up for the Hertfordshire Militia as a volunteer for a period of six years. He was employed as a labourer by a Mr Ridley in Hemel Hempstead and he was living in Red Lion Yard, probably with his parents.
On 20 January 1897, when living at 2, Thompsons Row, and aged 40, he was called up to the Militia again. He gave his occupation as labourer and his employer as Mr Brown at the Crown Hotel.
Thomas died in the Union Workhouse in December 1904 aged 47.
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Unmarked grave Thomas Hicks (1857-1904)
Thomas was born in 1857 in Wiggington, the son of James and Sarah Hicks. His father was an agricultural labourer and his mother a straw plaiter and he had three older siblings. James and Sarah had moved to the near-slum Red Lion Yard in Berkhamsted by 1871 by which time they had three sons and two daughters.
Thomas was illiterate and had to make his mark on documents. He does not appear to have married.
In 1874, aged 17, Thomas signed up for the Hertfordshire Militia as a volunteer for a period of six years. He was employed as a labourer by a Mr Ridley in Hemel Hempstead and he was living in Red Lion Yard, probably with his parents.
On 20 January 1897, when living at 2, Thompsons Row, and aged 40, he was called up to the Militia again. He gave his occupation as labourer and his employer as Mr Brown at the Crown Hotel.
Thomas died in the Union Workhouse in December 1904 aged 47.
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