Thomas Blackwell
General
c1804 Born in Harrow
1835 Founder of Crosse and Blackwell
1851 Living at 21 York Terrace, Westminster (age 47 born Harrow), Italian Warehouseman. Living with wife Jane A. (age 49 born London) and children Samuel (age 9) plus two visitors and two servants. Living in next abode to Edmund Crosse [1]
1861 Living at 'Mr Blackwell's Mansion?', Harrow (age 57 born Harrow), Oilman employing 102 men, 16 boys, 84 women at Crosse and Blackwell, Soho Square, London. Living with wife Jane A. (age 59 born Marylebone) and children Thomas Francis (age 22 born St. Giles, Mddx), an Oilman, Emily E. (age 28), daughter-in-law, Charles E. (age 21 born St Annes, Mddx), Clerk at Colonial Broker, Samuel J. (age 19 born St. Annes, Mddx), Cherk in Merchant's Office, Charles R. (age 10 months, grandson) plus a Companion and three servants. [2]
1879 December 16th. Died
1870 Will proven. Mentions sons Thomas Francis and Samuel John, his brother Robert, Bertha Georgina Blackwell the widow of his late son Charles Edmund and their three daughters. [3]
Children
- Thomas Francis 1829
- Charles E. 1830
- Samuel J. 1832