See also
Husband: | William Thomerson (1799-1869) | |
Wife: | Rachel Holland (c. 1803-1872) | |
Marriage | 1852 | Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
Name: | William Thomerson | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Richard Thomerson (1774-1853) | |
Mother: | Mary Wilkinson (1780-1866) | |
Birth | 2 Dec 1799 | Great Baddow, Essex |
Occupation | 29 Feb 1824 (age 24) | -; Carpenter, 11 Rose Alley, Bishopsgate (baptism of son George) |
Census | 1841 (age 41-42) | Carpenter, 5 London Street, Hackney Road, Bethnal Green |
Census | 1851 (age 51-52) | Carpenter, 5 London Street, Bethnal Green (widower, 1 son & 5 daughters) |
Census | 1861 (age 61-62) | Retired builder, Chestnut Cottage, Shore Road, S. Hackney |
Death fact | 1869 (age 69-70) | 1869 Sep Qtr, Hackney, 1b/320 (aged 70) |
Death | 29 Aug 1869 (age 69) | Hackney, Middlesex |
Name: | Rachel Holland | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | c. 1803 | Beccles, Suffolk |
Census | 1871 (age 67-68) | Housekeeper, 24 Banbury Terrace, Hackney ("Rachel Thompson", widow) |
Death fact | 1872 (age 68-69) | 1872 Dec Qtr, Hackney, 1b/273 (aged 69) |
Death | 28 Nov 1872 (age 68-69) | Hackney, Middlesex |
In December 1850 William Thomerson concluded an agreement with John Parr (the land owner) for the laying out of New Church Road (now Balcorne Street) and for the demolition and rebuilding of "two ancient messuages" on the site. In the following year, Thomerson took 90 year leases of some 40 houses facing each other east and west across the street of which numbers 25-35, complete with pediment, are all that is left to demonstrate the scale and charm of the street as it must have originally been. The remaining half dozen are typical, with the exception of the eight houses south and west of the eastward swing of the road which were envisaged as having only 3 rooms, the stipulated minimum otherwise being five.
Source: Isobel Watson, "Gentlemen in the building line. The development of South Hackney", Padfield Publications, 1989 ISBN 09515003 09
With grateful acknowledgements to Peter Langford.