# Thomas Dodkins

Thomas Dodkins (29 JAN 1840 – 27 MAY 1905); child of Mary Elizabeth Boulden; born in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England; parent of 1 child; died in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

**Lifespan:** 29 JAN 1840 – 27 MAY 1905

## Parents
- [Mary Elizabeth Boulden](/p/mary-elizabeth-boulden-83131.md) (mother)

## Spouses
- _unknown partner_ — m. 1864

## Children
- [Edith May Dodkins](/p/edith-may-dodkins-82911.md)

## Timeline
- 29 JAN 1840 — **Born** at Barkway, Hertfordshire, England
- 23 FEB 1840 — **Christened** at Barkway, Hertfordshire, England — Baptised at Barkway St Mary Magdalene, entry 132, son of John Dodkins, shepherd, and Elizabeth Mary Dodkins, of Barkway. The register records his birth date as 29 January 1840, which is why his recorded birth moves from ABT 1840 to that day.
- 1851 — **Residence** at Barkway, Hertfordshire, England — Aged about 10, in his father's household at Barkway at the 1851 census: John Dodkin, head, born Braughing; Mary his wife, born Great Chishill; his brother John; and his sister Zilpah, indexed as 'Litha'
- 1861 — **Residence** at Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England — A lodger at Bethnal Green, Middlesex, at the 1861 census, aged about 21. Fanny Stacey, whom he married three years later, was a servant at Melcombe Place, St Marylebone, in the same census - the likeliest explanation for two people from one Hertfordshire village marrying in Somerset.
- 1871 — **Occupation** at Huntspill, Somerset, England — Railway porter at Huntspill, Somerset, aged 30, at the 1871 census
- 1871 — **Residence** at Huntspill, Somerset, England — Head of household at Clyce, Huntspill, Somerset, at the 1871 census (RG10 piece 2389, enumeration district 1, folio 17, page 27, schedule 131), with his wife Fanny Eliza, 28, born Newsells, Hertfordshire, their daughter Kate Annie, 4, born Highbridge, and their son Thomas, 4 months, born Huntspill
- 27 MAY 1905 — **Died** at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- 28 MAY 1905 — **Buried** at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa — Buried the day after his death; entry in the Church of the Province of South Africa register for East London, Cape Province. Born at Barkway, Hertfordshire, England.

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