Hill Manson Family History
Thomas Sooley Blackith
1814 - 1887 (73 years)-
Name Thomas Sooley Blackith Birth Jan 1814 Whaplode, Lincoln, England 
Christening 23 Jan 1814 Whaplode, Lincoln, England - On original baptism record, parents are Joseph and Ann. Father's occupation is listed as "Farmer" and address is "Fields below the Town"
Gender Male Death 21 Dec 1887 Pinchbeck, Spalding, England Burial 26 Dec 1887 St Mary's, Pinchbeck, Spalding, England Address:
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Pinchbeck PE11 3UA
United KingdomPerson ID I68 Hill Last Modified 12 Mar 2023
Father Joseph Blackith, b. 2 Nov 1792, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Nov 1838, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England (Age 46 years) Mother Ann Roberts, c. 6 May 1784, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England Marriage 8 Apr 1813 Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F92 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Harrison, b. Mar 1821, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England d. Mar 1885, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England (Age 64 years) Marriage 1843 Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England Children + 1. Mary Jane Blackith, c. 10 Mar 1844, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England d. Jun 1899, London, England (Age ~ 55 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 2. Ann Harrison Blackith, b. 5 Dec 1846, Whaplode,Lincolnshire d. 23 Jul 1935, 18 Thorby Street, Wellington,New Zealand (Age 88 years)3. Joseph Staveley Blackith, c. 29 Jul 1850, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England d. 1855 (Age ~ 4 years)Family ID F22 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jan 2021
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"French Drove was spoken of as the place where Thomas Blackith was station master when she (Grandma)was young." Anne Blackwood in letter dated 3 June 1987
"French Drove was, as one book put it, an bizzarely optimistic stop between March and Spalding. Situated in the middle of the lowland Lincolnshire Fens, it is two miles from Gedney Hill…
Stamford Mercury - Thomas Sooley Blackith.jpg
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Notes - Occupation is listed as 'Station Master' on marriage certificate dated 4 Oct 1873 of his daughter, Ann Harrison Blackith
- "The Thomas Sooley Blackith in my tree was born in c1814 in Whaplode, and died in 1887. He married Mary Anne Harrison in 1843, He was a butcher, but his business was liquidated (reported in the Stamford Mercury 31 July 1846 - solicitors notice 28 July 1846). He became a railway porter and his death was reported in the same newspaper. He is buried in Pinchbeck. His parents were Joseph Blackith and Ann Roberts, Joseph was the brother of my 3 times great grandfather, Staveley Blackith. I have written extensively in some of the Blackiths on my tree in life stories. Hope this helps."
Jan Smith, Portsmouth via Ancestry.com.uk - In 1861 census, Thomas Sooley Blackith ("railway guard") and wife Mary Ann (nee Harrison) are living at 12 Salisbury Terrace, Islington, London with 17 year old daughter Mary Jane Blackith ("servant"), 14 year old Ann Harrison Blackith, and three lodgers (all employed on the railways)
