John Thacker 1812-1858

Framework knitter. Church sexton.

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Date   Event   Source
27 Oct 1812   John Thacker was born and baptised on the same day. He was the seventh child of Samuel Thacker (39), framework knitter and Methodist, and Ann Weston (30 - it was her 30th birthday), also a Methodist.   Parish register, All Saints' Church, Sapcote
Feb 1814   His sister, Caroline, was born.   Assumed from next
8 May 1814   His sister, Caroline, was buried 'aged about 12 weeks'.   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
1815   His brother, Benjamin, was born in Sapcote.   1851 census
1816   His brother, Thomas, was born.   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
21 Nov 1816   The family was living in a house in Sapcote rented from 'Mr Turner'.   Property valuation list, Sapcote
1817-20   The family moved to Sharnford, another Leicestershire village, about a mile from Sapcote.   Assumed from Feb 1821
1819-20   He was 7 when his last sister, Ann, was born (possibly at Sharnford).   Assumed from Feb 1821
7 Feb 1820   His sister, Ann was christened by Methodists.   Baptisms, Hinckley WMC
20 Feb 1820   His sister, Ann, was christened at All Saints church, Sapcote (Anglican).   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
23 May 1820   His eldest sister, Mary, was married at St Helens, Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
26 Feb 1821   His sister, Ann, 'of Sharnford' [sic] was buried 'aged 1 year'   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
4 Apr 1821   His elder brother, James, was buried, 'aged 14 years'.   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
3 Oct 1821   'Ann Thacker of Sharnford buried aged 39 years'. This must have been his mother.   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
16 Oct 1828   His older brother, William, married at All Saints, Sapcote.   Parish register, All Saints', Sapcote
4 Oct 1831   His older brother, Richard, married at St Helens, Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
25 Dec 1832   When he was 19, he married Hannah Ellis of Sharnford at St Helen's church, Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
12 Sep 1833   His first son, Thomas, was christened at St Helen's, Sharnford, 8 months 18 days after the wedding.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
3 Nov 1833   Thomas was re-christened by Methodists, the same day as his cousin William (son of his brother Richard).   Baptisms, Hinckley WMC
24 Mar 1835   His second child, Caroline, was christened at St Helen's, Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
Sep 1837   His third child, Eliza, was born in Sharnford   Assumed from 6 Mar 1839
5 Nov 1837   Eliza was christened at St Helen's, aged about 2 months.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
6 Mar 1839   Eliza died in Sharnford of scarlet fever aged 18 months.   Death certificate
8 Mar 1839   Eliza was buried at St Helen's, Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1839   His fourth child, Jane, was born.   1841 census
1840   His brother, Richard, was a shopkeeper in Sharnford.   Wright's Directory, 1841
Feb 1841   His fifth child, fourth daughter, Mary Ann, was born in Leicestershire.   1841 census
Jun 1841   He was living in Sharnford earning his living as a stocking maker.   Census
20 Sep 1841   Mary Ann was christened at St Helen's seven months after her birth.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1 Oct 1843   His sixth child, Joseph, was christened at St Helen's.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1 Jun 1845   His seventh child, Elizabeth, was christened at St Helen's.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
17 Jun 1849   His eighth known child, William, was christened at St Helen's. The 1851 census suggests a birth date of 1846-1847.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
4 Jun 1850   His ninth child, John, was born in Sharnford. A christening has not been located.   Birth certificate
Mar 1851   His occupation was now farm labourer. He was still living at Sharnford.   Census
18 Oct 1851   At 37, his tenth and last child, Stephen, was born in Sharnford   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
9 Nov 1851   Stephen was christened at St Helen's, Sharnford 22 days after birth. The register records John's occupation as 'sexton and labourer'.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1852-1853

   The family moved from Sharnford to Leicester, probably Junior St, All Saints district (see next).    
23 Aug 1853

   His youngest son, Stephen, died 'suddenly, from convulsions caused by irritation of the bowels', aged 2. John was now recorded as a framework knitter, of Junior Street, Leicester. The certificate was signed by John Gregory, Leicester coroner.   Death certificate
25 Aug 1853   Stephen was buried aged 22 months at Welford Road, plot UM 248 (see below).   Welford Road burial register
25 Mar 1856   His brother, Richard of Sharnford, a 45-year-old widower, married Fanny Wade, a domestic servant from Lutterworth, in the Wesleyan chapel at Sharnford.   Marriage certificate
27 Oct 1857

   His 19-year-old daughter, Jane, died at 22 Wilton Street, Leicester, on her father's 45th birthday of 'mitral disease of the heart'. She was buried on 1 Nov in plot UM 248, Welford Road.   Death certificate;
Welford Road burial register
24 Dec 1857

   His 17-year-old daughter, Mary Ann, died on Christmas Eve in Leicester Royal Infirmary, of 'diarrohea; ulceration of bowels'. She was buried on 28 Dec in plot UM 248, Welford Road.   Death certificate
13 Jun 1858   The following year, John Thacker died at 76 Russell St, Leicester of consumption ('phthysis') aged 45.   Death certificate
16 Jun 1858   He was buried at Welford Road, in plot UM 248. There was no sign of a headstone by 2002.

   Register of burials - Leicester cemetery, Welford Road