Thomas William MILSTED^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1838 - 1881  (42 years)

• Name	Thomas William MILSTED
  Born	23 Oct 1838	Brent Town, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England   [5]
  Christened	18 Nov 1838	Preston-Faversham, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Post-1881
  Person ID	I2618	Young Kent Ancestors
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas MILSTED,   c. 22 May 1808, Ospringe, Kent, England
  Mother	Ann GREGORY,   c. 21 Mar 1812, Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. 16 Aug 1863, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1831	Preston-Faversham, Kent, England
  Family ID	F1034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann MILLEN,   b. 1840,   bur. 9 Dec 1884, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1858	Ospringe, Kent, England   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Annie ^ MILSTED,   b. Sep Qtr 1859, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England ,   bur. 23 Oct 1873, Faversham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 14 years)   2. Edith MILSTED,   c. 14 Apr 1861, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England   3. George MILSTED,   c. 29 Jun 1862, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England ,   d. 11 Feb 1918, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 55 years)   4. Eleanor aka Ellen MILSTED,   b. Mar Qtr 1864, Faversham, Kent, England   5. Thomas MILSTED,   b. Dec Qtr 1865, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England   6. Emily MILSTED,   c. 7 Jul 1867, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F1095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas William Milsted had married and started his family five year prior to the loss of his mother (1863). He and his family lived on Bridge Place in Preston at the time of the 1861 census. Thomas was then working as a fisherman. By 1871 Thomas and family had moved over to The Brents. He was still working as a fisherman and had had four more children. Thomas had also taken on the job as the local beer retailer at the Albion in Preston. As of 1881 the family had moved again, this time to 5 Manor Place. Thomas was still working as a mariner but had relinquished his stint as beer retailer. Living with them was a woman by the name of Elizabeth Bushnell, referred to as Thomas' aunt. I suspect that, in fact, she was the aunt of his wife. Elizabeth Bushnell was born at Shepherdswell, kent and was a widow. Sarah Ann, Thomas's wife, did not life to see any of her grandchildren, she having died during December of 1884. The 1891 census found Thomas living at 1 Mendfield Street with his in-laws, Thomas and Frances Millen. George had married and had two children of his own - Frank Thomas and Dorothy Ruth. In 1891 they were living at 46 St. John's Road and George was working as a railway porter. Emily was still at home in 1891 along with her daughter, Lilly, who had been born during 1888. Also, as of 1891 Thomas, III was working as a porter at the workhouse in Herne.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0542655, Preston-next-Faversham, 7 Apr 1861. 59 Bridge Place, Lower Brents, Preston: Thomas Milstead [sic], head, married, 22, fisherman, born at Faversham Sarah A., wife, married, 21, born at Osbourne, Kent Annie, daughter, 1, born at Faversham Edith, daughter, 2 months, born at Faversham [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0838717-0838718, Preston-next-Faversham, 2 Apr 1871. 42, Brents, "The Albion", Preston: Thomas Milsted, head, married, 33, fisherman and beer retailer, born at Faversham Sarah Ann, wife, married, 32, born at Faversham Edith, daughter, 9, born at Faversham George, son, 8, born at Faversham Ellen, daughter, 7, born at Faversham Thomas, son, 5, born at Faversham Emily, daughter, 3, born at Faversham [S54] 1881 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1341231, Faversham, 3 Apr 1881. 5 Manor Place, Faversham: Thomas Milsted, head, married, 43, mariner, born at Faversham Sarah, wife, married, 41, born at Ospringe Edith, daughter, unmarried, 20, born at Preston Ellen, daughter, unmarried, 18, born at Faversham Thomas, son, 15, born at Faversham Emily, daughter, 13, born at Preston Elizabeth Bushnell, aunt, widow, 72, born at Shepherdswell. [S9] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Fiche #6095823, Faversham, 5 Apr 1891. 1 Meadfield Street, Faversham: Thomas Milsted, head, widower, 52, mariner on sea, born at Preston Emily, daughter, single, 23, dress milliner, born at Faversham Lilly, grand-daughter, 3, born at Faversham [this is Emily's illegitimate daughter] Thomas Millin, father-in-law, married, 75, general labourer, born at Eastling Frances Millin, mother-in-law, married, 69, born at Ospringe [S7] Certified copy of an entry of Birth, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Certificate #BXBZ129495 issued 23 February 2001, 13 Nov 1838. Birth registration of Thomas William Millsted [sic], birth occurred on the 23rd of October 1838 at Brent Town, Preston, son of Thomas Millsted and Ann Millsted formerly Gregory, father's occupation shipwright. Information was Thomas Millsted, father, usual residence being Brent Town, Preston. A copy of this registration was kindly provided to me by the Trumans. [S122] Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage, (England, Kew: General Register Office), Certificate #MXA799376 issued 22 March 2001, 6 Nov 1858. Marriage solemnized at the parish church of Ospringe, between Thomas Millsted, full age, bachelor, fisherman of Faversham, father Thomas Millsted, fisherman and Sarah Ann Millen, spinster, 19 of Ospringe, father Thomas Millen, labourer. Witnesses were Charles Dane and Emma Millsted. A copy of this certificate was kindly provided to me by the Trumans. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1836273, 1858, 6 Nov 1858. Married November 6, 1858, Thomas Millsted [sic], bachelor, full age, fisherman, residence at Faversham, father Thomas Millsted, fisherman, to Sarah Ann Millen, spinster, 19, no occupation, residence at Ospringe, father Thomas Millen, labourer. Witnesses: Charles Dane, Emma Millsted.