Thurmaston Heritage Group Thurmaston Family Names

The Families of Thurmaston When Thurmaston Heritage Group hosts local history exhibitions, often those parts of displays that touch on family history promote most interest. At exhibitions one may often hear comments such as 'my family have lived in Thurmaston for generations' or 'my family are descended from an old Thurmaston family'. Sometimes these comments are based on diligent family history research, sometimes not. One might ask then who were or are the 'old Thurmaston families', those whose names have been associated with the parish for many years. Perhaps one of the best sources of information that gives a snapshot of history are the census returns. Since 1801, with the exception of the war year 1941, the census has been taken in England every ten years. However, it was not until 1841 that the census began to record the names of individual people - earlier censuses had sought numerical information about a parish. It is therefore extremely interesting when snapshot information survives for a parish that pre-dates the 1841 census. Below is a list of family names that are taken from a document that survives in the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. It is "A List of all the inhabitants residing in the South End of Thurmaston in the County of Leicester, taken July 8th 1814". Although not a complete listing of the parish families, as it does not include those living in the North End of the village, it consitutes around 80% of those living in Thurmaston as a whole. It is therefore a useful listing of many of the family names associated with the parish in the early 19th century. The names given below are taken from the list, each being the head person of a household. Against each name was recorded the number of male and female people in each home, the list therefore represents 700 individuals. Comparing the numbers of people recorded in the document to those recorded in the censuses of 1811 and 1821, the total population of Thurmaston would have been around 875 individuals.
Allen, Elizabeth Allen, Samuel Barfoot, Catherine Barfoot, Thomas Bates, Mary Baum, Joseph Bently, Edward Bently, John Bently, Thomas Bently, Thomas Berridge, John Berridge, William Berridge, William Birch, Samuel Bird, Thomas Bishop, Edward Bishop, Elizabeth Bishop, Samuel Blount, James Blount, John Blount, William Boyer, John Breward, Samuel Bright, Mary Brown, John Brown, Thomas Carr, Thomas Cart, Swift Clark, Cornelius Coltman, James Coltman, Thomas Coltman, Thomas Cooke, Henry Cooke, Tyers Croxton, John Daft, Thomas Deakin, John Drakes, John Elliott, Samuel Evans, Thomas Faulknall, Eleanor Felstead, Elizabeth Felstead, Samuel Foister, Charles Fox, James Fox, William Gandy, Jarvis	Gent, Abraham Gilbert, John Glover, William Goddard, John Goodman, William Gretton, George Grundy, John Hall, William Hammonds, Mary Harrison, William Harrison, William Hartshorn, John Hartshorn, Richard Hartshorn, Thomas Hartshorn, William Haywood, Thomas Henson, Thomas Henson, Thomas Hinson, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Hughs, Edward Hurst, William Hurst, William Iliffe, John Johnson, John Kirby, Thomas Kirk, Thomas Kirk, William Lane, John Lane, Thomas Levice, Barnabas Levice, Samuel Lewin, Elizabeth Linthwait, William Liquorish, Benjamin Lord, Joseph Lunn, Isaac Martin, John Martin, Samuel Mason, William Mills, John Newton, Ann North, Thomas Oswin, Thomas Parker, Thomas Pepper, Mary Pick, John	Pick, William Platts, Elizabeth Pole, Robert Preston, John Pymm, William Reffin, Richard Roberts, Richard Roddle, Mary Sarson, William Saunderson, William Sharman, John Sharp, Ann Sharp, John Sharp, Joseph Shelton, John Simpson, William Sisson, Edward Sisson, William Sisson, William Smith, Edward Smith, John Smith, John Smith, John Smith, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, Mary Smith, Mary Smith, William Smith, William Smith, William Stevens, John Stevens, John Swann, Thomas Swift, Alice Swift, John Swift, William Toe, Joseph Toon, Samuel Tyers, William Watts, Edward Watts, Thomas Weale, James Weston, John White, Benjamin Wilbon, Sarah Wright, John Wright, John
The list shows that there were 347 males and 353 females living in the South End of Thurmaston. Six women and three men were living alone. Just over 40% of households had between 4 and 7 people living in them. The largest households were those of William Berridge, Samuel Allen, Joseph Toe and John Johnson, with 12, 13, 13, and 20, persons in each houshold, respectively. Christian names in the original list were abbreviated, but have been expanded in the above list for the sake of clarity. Surnames are given according to the list. Some names like Toe and Wilborn are likely to be familiar today with spellings such as Towe and Welborne. If you would like to display information relating to Thurmaston families on this website please contact the website author by clicking on the following link- Contact Thurmaston Heritage Group


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