Thomas Dignum

Abt 1785 - 1844  (~ 59 years)

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• Name	Thomas Dignum
  Born	Abt 1785	Cheshire, UK   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	3 Dec 1839  [2]
  flatman
  Census	6 Jun 1841	Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK   [3]
  Age: 55y
  Address: York Buildings, Davenham, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation BirthDate BirthPlace Age Gender Status Years Married Children Born Children Living Occupation Immigration Year Nationality Religion Comments 22 6 Thomas Dignam 1786 Cheshire 55 M flatman 23 6 Lettice Dignam 1801 Cheshire 40 F 24 6 Betsey Dignam 1826 Cheshire 15 F 25 6 Thomas Dignam 1827 Cheshire 14 M 26 6 James Dignam 1831 Cheshire 10 M 27 6 Martha Dignam 1833 Cheshire 8 F 28 6 Edward Dignam 1833 Cheshire 8m M  PRO Class:  HO107  Piece:  121  Folio:  5  Page:  56   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=f3mr_690
  Occupation	6 Jun 1841	Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK   [4]
  flatman
  Age: 55y
  Died	29 May 1844	Workhouse, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK   [5, 6]
  	Age: 61y
  	Cause: diseased spine
  	The informant was J W Beckham, the master of the workhouse.
  		Thomas Dignum death, 1844. Thomas died in the workhouse at Leftwich, Cheshire on 29 May 1844. His much younger wife Letitia outlived him by just 6 months.
  Buried	1 Jun 1844	St Wilfrid Church, Davenham, Cheshire, UK   [7]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. Edward Dignum,   b. Cal 1780, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. 28 Jan 1874, Frodsham, Cheshire, UK
  2. Elizabeth (Betty) Dignum,   b. Abt 1788, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
  3. William Dignum,   b. Abt 1790,   d. 20 Sep 1792, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
  Person ID	I5664	Foster
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Dignum,   b. Bef 5 Jun 1760, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
  Mother	Sarah Percival,   b. Bef 12 Jul 1759, Appleton, Cheshire, UK ,   bur. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 May 1781	St Helen Church, Witton, Northwich, Cheshire, UK   [8]
  	Winesses to the marriage were William Dale and (a regular) James Swindall. The bride certainly, and possibly the groom, signed the register.
  		Thomas Dignum/Digman and Sarah Percivall marriage, 1781 Thomas and Sarah married on 12 May 1781, at St Helen Church, Witton, Northwich, Cheshire.
  Family ID	F1565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse	Letitia Vero,   b. Abt 1799, Cheshire, UK ,   d. 13 Dec 1844, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1815	St Wilfrid Church, Davenham, Cheshire, UK   [10]
  	Banns Witnesses were Samuel Drinkwater ()a regular witness) and Thomas Booth. [9]
  		Thomas Digman marriage to Lettice Verough, 1815 Tom and Letitia were the 4* gt grandparents of Dave's daughter Judy. They were married on Christmas Day 1815, at St Wilfrid Church, Davenham, Cheshire.
  Children	1. William Dignum,   b. Abt 1817,   d. 15 Oct 1817, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. Sarah Dignum,   b. Abt 1819, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Bef 21 Mar 1876, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 57 years) + 3. Ann (Nancy) Dignum,   b. Cal 1820, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Bef 27 Jul 1901, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 81 years) + 4. Betsy Dignum,   b. Abt 1826, Northwich, Cheshire, UK + 5. Thomas Dignum,   b. 11 Apr 1827, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Bef 4 Sep 1870, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age < 43 years)   6. James Dignum,   b. Cal 1829, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Abt Dec 1905, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 76 years) + 7. Martha Dignum,   b. Abt 1833, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1900, Stockport, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 67 years) + 8. Edward Dignum,   b. Aug 1840, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK ,   d. Abt Mar 1877, Northwich, Cheshire, UK  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F1509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1785 - Cheshire, UK Married - 25 Dec 1815 - St Wilfrid Church, Davenham, Cheshire, UK Child - Sarah Dignum - Abt 1819 - Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - Ann (Nancy) Dignum - Cal 1820 - Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - Betsy Dignum - Abt 1826 - Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - Thomas Dignum - 11 Apr 1827 - Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - James Dignum - Cal 1829 - Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - Martha Dignum - Abt 1833 - Northwich, Cheshire, UK Child - Edward Dignum - Aug 1840 - Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Census - Age: 55y,Address: York Buildings, Davenham, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK - 6 Jun 1841 - Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Occupation - flatman,Age: 55y - 6 Jun 1841 - Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Died - Age: 61y,Cause: diseased spine - 29 May 1844 - Workhouse, Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK Buried - 1 Jun 1844 - St Wilfrid Church, Davenham, Cheshire, UK  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S23] Census 1841 - 7 Jun 1841, HO107 piece 121 folio 5/5 page 4 (Reliability: 2), 21 Dec 2009. [S146] Cheshire, UK Parish Register Project, from the marriage of his daughter Sarah. (Reliability: 3), 21 Dec 2009. [S1046] UK Census 1841 Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK HO107-121-5_5-4+5 (Head is Thomas Dignum.), (HO107-121-5_5-4+5), HO107-121-5-5-4+5, 6 Jun 1841. [S1046] UK Census 1841 Leftwich, Northwich, Cheshire, UK HO107-121-5_5-4+5 (Head is Thomas Dignum.), (HO107-121-5_5-4+5), HO107-121-5_5-4+5, 6 Jun 1841. [S4] CRI, Dec 1844, Northwich, vol 19, p139 (Reliability: 3), 21 Dec 2009. [S148] George Dignum, GR (Reliability: 3), 17 Feb 2010. [S146] Cheshire, UK Parish Register Project (Reliability: 3), 17 Feb 2010. [S140] Cheshire, UK Parish Records, Ref film 55/6 P53/4/3 (Reliability: 3), 19 Feb 2010. [S2] Parish Records, Cheshire Archives and Local Studies (Reliability: 3), 24 Nov 2011. Record Group: Part 1 - 1, Record Number: [S146] Cheshire, UK Parish Register Project (Reliability: 3), 19 Feb 2010.