Thomas Duffin

Thomas married his wife Julia Partington (b. 4 February 1885) on 7th October 1905 at the parish church of St John Carrington, Nottingham. They went on to have four children: Charles Frederick born 6th November 1906, Audrey Evelyn born 23rd October 1907, Francis Ronald born 8th September 1909 and Kathleen born 13th July 1914. All the children were born in Nottingham. At the time of the 1911 census the family is living at 18 Hall Street, Sherwood, and shown as Thomas 36 yrs a conductor electric tram, he is iiving with his wife Julia 26 yrs and their children, Charles 5 yrs, Audrey 4 yrs and Francis 2 yrs. Their youngest child, Kathleen, was born three years later, a month before war was declared. Following Thomas' death his widow was awarded a pension of 23 shillings and 6 pence a week for herself and her four children from 8th May 1916. Julia married Frederick Roadley in 1920 (A/M/J Nottingham). The later CWGC record gave her address as 18 Hall Street, Sherwood, Nottingham. However, by 1939 at the time of the compilation of the England & Wales Register, Julia and Frederick, a greengrocer branch manager, were living at 62 Victoria Road, Nottingham, with three of Julia's four children: Charles, a grocer's assistant, Audrey who was unemployed and Kathleen who was a shop assistant (gowns). Julia's second son Francis had married Ivy Simpson (b. 2 November 1910) in 1935 (J/A/S Nottingham) and in 1939 they were living at 91 Danethorpe Vale, Nottingham; Francis was a greengrocery roundsman. Julia died in 1952 (O/N/D Nottingham). Charles Frederick died in 1980 (A/M/J Basford) Audrey Evelyn died unmarried in 1989 (O/N/D Basford) Francis Ronald died in 1988 (O/N/D Nottingham), it is probable that his first wife, Ivy, had died in 1967 (J/A/S Nottingham) and he had remarried in 1970 (O/N/D Nottingham, Lais Stout). Kathleen married Charles F Severn in 1940 (O/N/D Nottingham) and died in 1997 (J/A/S Nottingham).