Thomas Barron

Thomas Barron was born in 1823. His parents were Lancelot Barron and Elizabeth Rawling. He was christened on 4 March 1823 at Sedgefield, Durham. Thomas became an apprentice to John Rymer, a cordwainer of Stockton, Durham. He worked as a shoe and boot maker for the remainder of his life. The indenture secured by his father for his son to learn his trade was dated 28th December 1836. It was signed, in their handwriting by Lancelot Barron -Thomas's father, John Rymer and Thomas. Thus:

"This indenture made between Lancelot Barron of Sedgefield in the county of Durham, Tailor, and Thomas Barron, his son, of the one part and John Rymer of Stockton, in the said county of Durham, Cordwainer, of the other part that the said Thomas Barron (with the consent of his said father) doth put himself Apprentice to the said John Rymer to learn his Art with him after the Manner of an Apprentice from the 28th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. Until the full End and Term of Six Years from thence next following to be fully complete and ended During which Term the said Apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his secrets to keep his lawful commands every where gladly do he shall do no damage to his said master nor see to be done by others but to his Power shall tell or forthwith give warnings to his said Master of the same he shall not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any he shall not commit fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said Term shall not play at Cards Dice Tables or any other unlawful Games whereby his said Master may have any loss with his own goods or others during the said Term without Licence of his said Master he shall neither buy nor sell he shall not haunt Taverns or Playhouses nor absent himself from his said Master’s service day or night unlawfully But in all things as a Faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said Master and all his dealings in the said Term and the said John Rymer his said apprentice in the Art of a Cordwainer which he useth by the best means that he can shall teach and Instruct or cause to be taught and instructed Finding unto the said Apprentice sufficient Meat Drink and wearing linen and apparel and it is hereby agreed that if the said Thomas Barron shall on Account of Sickness be unable to follow his employment for more than four weeks at any one time during the said tern that the said John Rymer shall not be liable to find him with meat drink and lodging for more than the said four weeks Any thing herein before contained to the contrary not withstanding And for the true And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreement each of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by these Presents In Witness whereof the Parties above names to these Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the 28th day of December and in the second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the united Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty eight."

The formalities completed for the start of his apprenticeship, Thomas left home in Sedgefield to live at the home of his Master. The next six years were to be spent in Stockton, his father's agreement, for which the boy's father may have paid down a sum of money or what seems more likely regular small amounts of money from those times when his own trade was doing well, in return for which John Rymer that he would school the boy in the art of making boots and shoes learning the Cordwainer's trade and beginning three days following Christmas 1836. Thomas was thirteen. Shoemaking -Cordwaining, had become a trade long before -in the Middle Ages, when leather-working separated to different crafts, the Saddler made and repaired saddles, the Glover, gloves and Cordwainer, shoes. In his workshop John Rymer made shoes to order, perhaps in his shop window. There was much to keep up with as times were changing, and he had a young family to clothe and feed. The business changed in this the early years of the Nineteenth Century. Once beholden to the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers -its authority mainly in and around London, an act of parliament had brought an end to the livery company's regulation in shoe-making; it no longer inspected the work of the craftsmen nor imposed quality control upon products. John Rymer, his shop on the busy High Street, nevertheless had a reputation to keep up; Isaac Singer's sewing machine had brought mechanisation -needing to turn out new shoes quickly, cheaply and water-proof leather, patented a few years before for better lasting wear brought a need for different skills. The demand for heavy-duty wear in Stockton arose from the new factories and workshops in the locality. There was much to turn out in his small workshop, an unending supply of footwear, much of it heavy duty clogs -irons calkers, nailed under the sole and heel, traditionally associated with Lancashire but then worn throughout the industrial north. In June 1841 and into his fifth year of learning up, Thomas was the younger of the two apprentices Rymer employed helping to turn out the clogs; the boys lodging in a garret in the family's tenement and shop. The Census for Stockton's High Street in early June that year recorded John Rymer aged 30 (born 1811) -[a Master -added] Cordwainer; his wife, Margaret, 30 (also born in 1811); the five little Rymers: Thomas, 10 (1831), John, 7 (1834), Mary, 5 (1836) Margaret, 3 (1838) and the youngest, a baby, George, just 1 (1840); Henry Lamb the older apprentice was 20 (1821) and Thomas Barron, noted as 15 (1823) -actually 16 years old).

Quite where and when Thomas first met Jane Drougan - Stockton or in Manchester, it seems more likely the latter though it is possible Jane who had been born in Northern Ireland, at some stage was a servant employed by the Marquis of Londonderry's estate on Teeside -Wynyard Hall [this was TBW's recollection within the Walker family]. They married in Manchester Cathedral, 14 Jul 1845. A young man, by Christmas 1842, freed of his apprenticeship, he had been living and working in Cottonopolis; the mill population of Manchester burgeoning, footwear constantly in demand for the many working in the mills. Indeed it may have been something of a business opportunity for a young shoe-maker. Jane was recorded on the marriage record, spinster living along a Cotton Street terrace (off the East India Road) in Manchester's northern quarter, the daughter of Peter Drougan, a labourer. Thomas a shoemaker had been residing at 8 Cornwall Street; 'son of Lancelot Barron, tailor'. Both full age, previously unmarried; Jane putting her mark to the record.

Again in Stockton the Census his young family occupying a tenement at Gents yard. He and Jane had three children, Elizabeth, their eldest, who was christened in Sedgefield Parish Church in 1846, Thomas and Mary Jane. Mary Glowgan, a servant, who may have been Jane's sister was living with them. By 1861 they had five more children and lived at 12, William Street, Stockton. With Thomas and Jane were the children, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary Jane, Lancelot (transcribed ‘Lawrence’), Eleanor, William and George. Robert Spence, a Shoe Maker who may have worked with Thomas Barron was boarding.

In 1871 they lived at 17 Lower Street, Stockton On Tees. Thomas and Jane and of their children, Thomas, Mary, Lancelot, William, George and another son, Henry. Their nephew, William Newton, was staying with the family. In 1881 some of the children had left home, which was by then 3, Tower Street, Stockton upon Tees, Stockton, Durham. Lancelot, William, George and Henry were recorded with their father and mother. Thomas and Jane were still living in Tower Street, Stockton On Tees, Durham in 1891 with their youngest son, Henry.
Jane Barron died in February 1896. By 1901 Thomas, a widower, was living alone at the family home at No. 3 Tower Street, Stockton On Tees.
Thomas passed way in 1904.

Census Returns:

[2] 1851 - Gents Yard, Stockon-On-Tees, Durham -Thomas Barron 28 (1823) Head Sedgefield, Durham Shoe Maker, Jane Barron 28 (1823) -Wife bn. Armagh, Ireland, Elizabeth Barron 5 (1846) Daughter, Pendlebury, Lancashire Scholar Thomas Barron 3 (1848) Son, Stockton, Durham Mary Jane Barron 1 (1850) Daughter Stockton, Durham Mary Glowgan 23 (1828) Servant Armagh, Ireland House Servant
[3] 1861, 12, William Street, Stockton, Durham, England : Thomas Barron Head Married, 38 (1823) Shoemaker, Sedgefield, Durham, England; Jane Barron Wife Married, 37 (1824) Ireland; Elizabeth Barron Daughter, 14 (1847) Manchester, Lancashire, England; Thomas Barron Son - Male 13 (1848) Scholar Stockton, Durham England; Mary Jane Barron Daughter, 10 (1851) Scholar, Stockton, Durham, England; Lawrence Barron Son - Male 8 (1853) Scholar Stockton, Durham, England; Eleanor Barron Daughter, 2 (1859) Scholar Stockton, Durham, England; William Barron Son - Male 0 (1861) - Stockton, Durham, England; George Barron Son - Male 0 (1861) Stockton, Durham, England; Robert Spence Boarder - Male 25 (1836) Shoe Maker Yorkshire, England
[4] 1871 - 17 Lower Street, Stockton On Tees, Durham. Thomas Barron, Head, 49 (1822) Sedgefield, Durham Boot & Shoe Maker, Jane Barron 46 (1825) Wife, Manchester, Lancashire, Thomas Barron 23 (1848) Son, Stockton, Durham, Corn Merchant's Clerk; Mary G Barron 20 (1851) Daughter, Stockton, Durham General Servant; Lancelot Barron 18 (1853)Son Stockton, Durham Printer; William Barron 10 (1861) Son, Stockton, Durham Scholar; George Barron 10 (1861) Son, Stockton, Durham Scholar Henry Barron 7 (1864) Son Stockton, Durham Scholar & William Newton 22 (1849) Nephew Sedgefield, Durham, a Bricklayer
[4] 1881 - 3, Tower Street, Stockton upon Tees, Stockton, Durham. Thomas Barron Head Married Male 60 (1821) Sedgefield, Durham, England Shoemaker, Jane Barron Wife Married, 60 (1821) Ireland, Lancelot Barron Son Single Male 28 (1853) Stockton, Durham, England Painter, William Barron Son Single Male 20 (1861) Stockton, Durham, England Painter, George Barron Son Single Male 20 (1861) Stockton, Durham, England Plumber, Henry Barron Son Single Male 18 (1863) Stockton, Durham, England Wite Smith
[5] 1891 - Tower Street, Stockton on Tees, Stockton, Durham [9] Thomas Barron Head Married Male 70 (1821) Durham, England Shoe Maker, Jane Barron Wife, Married, 70 (1821) Durham, England Henry Barron Son Single Male 27 (1864) Durham, England, Boilersmith
[6] 1901 - 3, Tower Street, Stockton upon Tees, Stockton, Durham Thomas Barron Head, Widower Male 81 (1820) Sedgefield, Durham, England Shoe Maker, living on his own means.

Sources

[1] "England Births & Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB7C-LP1 : 11 February 2018, Thomas Barron, 04 Mar 1823); citing : index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 91,134.
Name Thomas Barron
Father's Name Lancelot Barron : Mother's Name Elizabeth
Event Type Christening
Event Date & Place 4 Mar 1823, Sedgefield, Durham, England, U.K.
(ii) Elizabeth Barron, born Manchester [Census 1851], christened Sedgefield
England & Wales Select Births & Christenings 1538-1975
Name Elizabeth Barron : Baptism Date 2 Aug 1846 : Bapt. Place Sedgefield, Durham, England
Father Thomas Barron : Mother Jane
FHL Film Number 91134
[2] Census
(i) For census 1841 -John Rymer's household incl. Thomas Barron
accessed: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/4480847:8978?ti...
Source details: 1841 England Census -Household of John Rymer
Class: HO107; Piece: 317; Book: 24; Civil Parish: Stockton Upon Tees; County: Durham; Enumn. Dist. 3; Folio: 8; Page: 11; Line: 21; GSU roll: 241357 : Enumn. Dist. 3
Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data:Census Returns of England & Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey: The N.A. of UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841.
(ii) In 1851 England Census, listing -Mary Glowgan [Grogan] servant, 73, born Armagh, N.I.
Class: HO107; Piece: 2383; Folio: 552; Page: 6; GSU roll: 87061 : Enumn. Dist. 2d
Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data:Census Returns of England & Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: N.A. of UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/14430196:8860
(iii) Thomas Barron in 1861 England Census
Class: Rg 9; Piece: 3693; Folio: 23; Page: 39; GSU roll: 543173 : Enumn. Dist. 10
Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data:Census Returns of England & Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: N.A. of UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged: N.A., Kew, Surrey, England
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/12310937:8767?t...
(iv) In 1871 Thomas Barron at 17 Lower Street, Stockton On Tees, Durham.
Census 1871: N.A. Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 4906; Folio: 41; Page: 19; GSU roll: 848012 Enumn. Dist. 38
Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data:Census Returns of England & Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: N.A. of UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871 &
(v) 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. Tower Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham
Class: RG11; Piece: 4900; Folio: 61; Page: 21; GSU roll: 1342179
Enumn. Dist. 49
Ancestry.com & The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999
(vi) 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census &c. Tower Street, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham (www.findmypast.co.uk)
(viii) 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census &c. 3, Tower Street, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, England (www.findmypast.co.uk)
[3] Manchester, England, Marriages & Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral)
Yr. Range: 1845 : Ancestry.com. Manchester, England, Marriages & Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral) [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Cathedral. Images produced by permission of Manchester Cathedral & Manchester City Council.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/747930:2967
[4] Oxbridge Lane Cemetery, Stockton-on-Tees : https://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/cemeterylist.php?cemetery=3...
[5] National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of Grants of Probate & Letters of Administration in Probate Registries of High Court of Justice in England. London, England. BARRON Thomas of Stockton-upon-Tees died 19 July 1904. Probate London 17 September to Thomas Barron corn-merchant & Lancelot Barron, painter. Effects £717 4s 10d. (www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 March 2019)
[6] General Register Office Online index BARRON, THOMAS 84 GRO Reference: 1904 S Quarter in Stockton Vol.10A, p. 24 12. England & Wales,

& for the 1843 print of Collegiate Church, Manchester https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/manchester-c...

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/manchester...