Thomas Church
Thomas Church (c1825-1905) of Church and Co
Born the son of William Church, a shoemaker, and his wife Jane Bullock
1849 Married at Northampton to Eliza Susanna Dudley
1850 Birth of son Alfred Church
1854 Birth of son John William Church
1857 Birth of daughter Ellen
1860 Birth of daughter Eliza
1865 Birth of son Thomas Dudley Church
1901 Residing at Ryecroft, St. Gregory Avenue, Kingsthorpe, Northants: Thomas Church (age 76 born Northampton), Retired Shoe Manufacturer (and Widower).[1]
1905 Died. 'Mr. Thomas Church, formerly one of the leading boot and shoe manufacturers of Northampton. He was the founder of the well-known firm of Church and Co., Duke-street, and retired from the business about twelve years ago. He was eighty years of age, and was rich in the number of his friends, many whom gathered were from a wide circle...'[2]