Thomas Pickering  1790 - 1866

 

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Kilnwick Village, East Yorkshire

    

(main data source extracted fromSource IGI Batch number:  7907934-1260504 Film Sheet: 50)

Thomas Pickering  Christened 18th July 1790,  at Kilnwick, East Yorkshire.  The third child of William Pickering and Mary Speck.  

   He married Sarah? b.c.1800 (still researching) They had at least five children between 1826 - 1841.  

First Child.   Daughter Ann Pickering Christened at  Kilnwick, East Yorkshire on 16th October 1826 (Source IGI  #: 7907934, Sheet #: 49) 

Ann Pickering b.c.1826- married John Carter born in 1831 residing at  Kilnwick, son of William Carter of Kilnwick,  Labourer.  (source Killick Parish Register Page 14 Item 28)   This couple appear to have had nine children between 1849 - 1866.

Ann Carter (Pickering) died 22nd January 1895 aged 68 and was buried in the cemetery of Kilnwick church.    John Carter died in 1906 aged 77 and rests in the same plot with his wife Ann. The graves at Kilnwick, Yorkshire were visited in June 2001.  

Second Child.  Daughter Leah Pickering b.c.1829 at Kilnwick East Yorkshire.  Leah is shown residing with her parents at the census of 1841 - but thereafter there is no trace at this time.

Third Child.    Son William Pickering Christened 10th April 1831, at Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England.  At the census of 1861 William was living at home with his father and younger brother Robert.  He was unmarried at this time.  His occupation was that of Ag Lab.   

(Source IGI Batch #: 7907934, Sheet #: 48)

     William had probably married Mary Elizabeth Varley in 1864, Mary, born Yorkshire, c. 1834,  by 1881 they were residing at, Kilnwick Lodge, Beverley Road, Kilnwick, Yorkshire.   This couple probably had the following six children between 1869 - 1880.

Fourth Child.    Son Robert Pickering born Kilnwick c. (1834-1877).  At the census of 1861 Robert was living at home with his father (now aged 71) and elder brother William.   He was unmarried at this time, aged 27 years. 

 Robert Pickering married Harriet Dunn at Beverley in 1863, she was born at Brandsburton, East Yorkshire c. 1845, In 1871 they were residing at Kilnwick in East Yorkshire with their first three children.

Fifth Child.   Son Thomas Pickering Christened on the 14th February 1841 at Kilnwick, Yorkshire, England. (Still researching) (Source Batch #: 7907934, Sheet #: 52)

The census of 1841 shows the family as follows: Second  child, Daughter Ann Pickering, is not shown at home at this time:

  Pickering Thomas 50 - Agricultural Labourer Yes Village of  Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R
  Pickering Sarah 40 - Yes Village of  Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R
  Pickering Leah 12 - Yes Village of Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R
  Pickering William 10 - Yes Village of Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R
  Pickering Robert 8 - Yes Village of Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R
  Pickering Thomas 4M - Yes Village of Kilnwick, Yorkshire E R

(Source 1841 UK Census  HO107/1218/8)

Thomas Pickering Census 1841

Wife Sarah probably died prior to 1851, for at the census of 1851 the family is shown as follows:

  Pickering Thomas 64 Head Kilnwick, Yorkshire Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Er   
  Pickering Ann 24 Daur Employed At Home Kilnwick, Yorkshire Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering Thomas 10 Son Scholar Kilnwick, Yorkshire Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering Rebecca 6 Grand Daur Scholar Kilnwick, Yorkshire Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering Sarah A 2 Grand Daur Driffield, Yorkshire Town Farm, Kilnwick, Yorkshire Er

 Daughter Ann Pickering 1826 is the mother of the grandchildren shown; Rebecca and Sarah.

(Source 1851 UK Census HO107/2359/694).

In 1861, Thomas is shown as a widower residing at 22 Village Street Kilnwick.   ( It is interesting to note here that living next door to Thomas at this time is John Carter and his wife Ann (Daughter of Thomas) and their children.

 

  Pickering Sarah A 12 Grand Daur Scholar Driffield, Yorkshire 24 Village Street, Kilnwick On The Wolds, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering Thomas 71 Head Agricultural Labourer Kilnwick, Yorkshire 22 Village Street, Kilnwick On The Wolds, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering William 29 Son Agricultural Labourer Kilnwick, Yorkshire 22 Village Street, Kilnwick On The Wolds, Yorkshire Er
  Pickering Robert 27 Son Agricultural Labourer Kilnwick, Yorkshire 22 Village Street, Kilnwick On The Wolds, Yorkshire Er

(Source RG9 Piece 3572 Folio 56). 

   Thomas Pickering died aged 76 years and was buried in Kilnwick Church cemetery on 21st November 1866. 

 

For historical purposes the Village of Kilnwick in Yorkshire is pronounced Kill'ik

 Pickering-Carter Index

 Carter Family Index

Roll of Honour

Kilnwick Village

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