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ID:441 Thomas Alcock 1820-1897
Gaz's 4th Great Uncle
Birth	1820	Leigh, Staffordshire
Death	1897	Leigh, Staffordshire
Mother	Esther Brown (b.1789) /ID:382
Father	Thomas Alcock (b.1784) /ID:383
Siblings	Sarah Alcock (b.1809) /ID:440
	John Alcock (b.1811)/ID:511
	Elizabeth Alcock (b.1815)/ID:2015
	Mary Alcock (b.1817)/ID:2011
	Thomas Alcock (b.1820) /ID:441
	William Alcock (b.1822)/ID:2012
	Edward Alcock (b.1823)/ID:2016
	James Alcock (b.1824)/ID:2013
	Ann Alcock (b.1826)/ID:2014
	Edith Alcock (b.1831) /ID:50
Spouse	Ellen Croxton (b.1830)/ID:2137

We have been unsuccessful in determining Thomas’s birth/baptism.
There are a number of records for Thomas Alcocks born in that area in 1821 but they have different parents.

We think from records in the National Archives that Thomas enlisted in the Royal Marines, Portsmouth Division in 1841 and remained in the Royal Marines until 1862.

1841

1851 Census for 'Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, Alverstoke, Hampshire'

Name	Position	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Thomas Allcock	Private	20	1821	Male	Unknown	Private Soldier

1851

1851 Census for 'Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, Alverstoke, Hampshire'

Name	Position	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Thomas Allcock	Private	30	1821	Male	Leigh, Staffordshire	Labourer

1871

1871 Census for 'Well Lane, Leigh, Staffordshire'

Name	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Thomas Alcock	87	1784	Male	Leigh, Staffs	Formerly Labourer
Esther Alcock	82	1789	Female	Stone, Staffs
Thomas Alcock	51	1820	Male	Leigh, Staffs	Pensioner Domestic House

Thomas Alcocks parents both died later in 1871.

1872

23 January 1872 - Marriage of Thomas Alcock , 51 and Ellen Evans, 41 at Leigh, Staffordshire

1881

1881 Census for 'Leigh, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Thomas Alcock	Head	Married	60	1821	Male	Leigh, Staffords	Grocer
Ellen Alcock	Wife	Married	51	1830	Female	Kingstone, Staffs
Constance Sherwin	StepDaughter	Widow	22	1859	Female	Rickerscote, Staffs
William Sherwin	Step GrSon		2	1879	Male	Leigh, Staffs

1891

1891 Census for 'Lower Leigh, Staffordshire'

Name	Relationship	Status	Age	Est YOB	Gender	Birth County	Occupation
Thomas Alcock	Head	Married	70	1821	Male	Leigh, Staffords	Grocer
Ellen Alcock	Wife	Married	61	1830	Female	Kingstone, Staffs
William Sherwin	Grandson		12	1879	Male	Leigh, Staffs
Harold W Woodyatt	Grandson		2	1889	Male	Ashbourne, Derbs

*William and Harold were children of Constance, Ellens daughter,

1897

13 June 1897 - Burial of Thomas Alcock, 77, at Leigh, Staffordshire.