See also
| Husband: | William Thomerson (1799-1869) | |
| Wife: | Phoebe Black (c. 1801-1848) | |
| Children: | Mary Thomerson (1834- ) | |
| Marriage | 9 Jun 1822 | St Botolphs, Bishopsgate |
| 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: | Phoebe Black | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1801 | |
| Death fact | 1848 (age 46-47) | 1848 Jun Qtr, Bethnal Green, 2/31 |
| Death | 25 Apr 1848 (age 46-47) | Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
| Name: | Mary Thomerson | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Walter Joseph Benham (1834-1872) | |
| Birth | 21 Dec 1834 | Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 30 Aug 1835 (age 0) | St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex |
| Census | 1851 (age 16-17) | Living with father |
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.