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Thomas Oliver Woodhurst was born in Rye in 1854 to parents Tom Woodhurst and his wife Naomi Oliver. The GRO reference is [Birth Index: Rye 2b 5, 1854 (Dec)].
The 1861 Census finds him at age "6" living with his parents in Romsey Extra, Hampshire.
The 1871 Census finds him at age 15 as the sole lodger in the Dormitory annex of the John Pounds Ragged School in Oyster Street, Portsmouth. He was occupied as a general labourer.
He married Jane Matilda Blewett at Portsea, Hampshire in 1877 [Marriage Index: Portsea 2b 865, 1877 (Dec)]. She was born in Wales in 1858 [Birth Index: Swansea 11a 471, 1858 (Dec)].
In August 1878, when their first child was born, they were living at 3, North Place in Portsea, and he was then occupied as a bricklayer's labourer.
The 1881 Census finds them living at 1, North Place in Portsea with two children. He was still occupied as a bricklayer's labourer. All his children were given three forenames.
The 1891 Census finds the family living at 5, Youngs Court in Portsea. Thomas Oliver was still occupied as a bricklayer's labourer.
Jane Matilda died at Portsea aged 40 in 1899 [Death Index: Portsea 2b 404, 1899 (Sept)].
The 1901 Census finds Thomas Oliver widowed and living at 72, Cresswell Street in Portsmouth with his son Donald John W. and again occupied as a bricklayer's labourer.
He died at Portsmouth aged '54' in 1910 [Death Index: Portsmouth 2b 281, 1910 (June)]. All three of his sons died without issue.
Ann Relf died in infancy [Death Index: Portsea 2b 272, 1887 (Sept)].