Fourth Generation

8. Thomas William⁴ WATKINS (Thomas³, Thomas², Thomas¹) (#165) was born in Burghill, Herefordshire 21st September 1830. Thomas died 16th October 1882 in Burghill, Herefordshire, at 52 years of age. His body was interred 22nd October 1882 in Burghill, Herefordshire.

He married Elizabeth RADNOR in Hereford, Herefordshire, Monday 20th May 1861. (Elizabeth RADNOR is #166.) Elizabeth was born in Orleton, Herefordshire, England 1837. Elizabeth was the daughter of William RADNOR and Charlotte PREECE. At 25 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Charlotte WATKINS 1862. At 26 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Thomas William WATKINS 1863. At 29 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Emily Maria WATKINS in Burghill, Herefordshire, Thursday 7th March 1867. At 32 years of age Elizabeth became the mother of Mary Ann WATKINS 1869.

At 31 years of age Thomas became the father of Charlotte WATKINS 1862. At 32 years of age Thomas became the father of Thomas William WATKINS 1863. At 36 years of age Thomas became the father of Emily Maria WATKINS in Burghill, Herefordshire, Thursday 7th March 1867. At 38 years of age Thomas became the father of Mary Ann WATKINS 1869.

Historical events during the life of Thomas William WATKINS: The resignation of the Duke of Westminster puts an end to nearly half a century of Tory rule on October 16, 1830; Prince Albert, husband of the Queen, dies of typhoid on December 14, 1861; The world's first underground railway opens beneath the streets of London on January 10, 1863; James Maxwell develops a theory on electromagnetism on October 6, 1863; A barrel of gunpowder explodes outside Clerkenwell prison in London, killing twelve on December 13, 1867; birth of Lenin on April 22, 1870; Karl Marx dies in London on March 14, 1883.

Thomas William WATKINS and Elizabeth RADNOR had the following children:

10 i. Charlotte⁵ WATKINS (#169) was born 1862.

11 ii. Thomas William WATKINS (#170) was born 1863.

12 iii. Emily Maria WATKINS⁽⁹⁸⁾ (#15) was born in Burghill, Herefordshire Thursday 7th March 1867.

St. Mary's Parish Church, Prestwich. The resting place of Emily, Tom, Fanny (Tom's first wife) and Polly.

Emily died Thursday 14th January 1943 in Prestwich, Manchester, England, at 75 years of age.⁽⁹⁹⁾

The Weslian Methodist Church, Salford, where Tom and Emily's marriage was solemnized.

She married Thomas CREACALL in Salford, Lancashire, Wednesday 16th September 1891.⁽¹⁰⁰⁾ (Thomas CREACALL is #14.) Tom was born in Salford, Lancashire Wenesday 1st July 1863.⁽¹⁰¹⁾ Tom was the son of Thomas CREACALL and Emma CLARK. Tom died Wednesday 19th February 1913 in Salford, Lancashire, at 49 years of age.⁽¹⁰²⁾ His body was interred Saturday 22nd February 1913 in Prestwich, Manchester, England, St. Mary's Church. He was listed as head of household in the 1871 census in Salford, Lancashire. He was listed as Thomas CREACALL's son in the 1871 census in Salford, Lancashire. Tom's occupation: Gardener in Salford, Lancashire, 1891.⁽¹⁰³⁾ At 30 years of age Tom became the father of Fanny Elizabeth CREACALL 1893. At 31 years of age Tom became the father of Edith CREACALL 1894. At 31 years of age Tom became the father of Mary Emily CREACALL in Prestwich, Manchester, England, Saturday 24th Feruary 1894. At 34 years of age Tom became the father of Florence CREACALL in Prestwich, Manchester, England, May 1898. At 36 years of age Tom became the father of Ernest CREACALL in Prestwich, England, Sunday 7th January 1900. At 40 years of age Tom became the father of Albert BEVERLEY in Prestwich, England, Monday 22nd February 1904. A victim of an accident. The following report appeared in The Manchester Evening News, Friday, February 21, 1913, page five:

A SALFORD MOTOR CAR FATALITY

An inquest was held at Salford this afternoon on the body of Tom Creacall (49), of Armitage Street, Cheetham. On Sunday last, when crossing Bury New Road at the junction with Great Cheetham Street West, he was knocked down by a motor-car. He was badly injured and death took place at Salford Royal Hospital on Wednesday last.

A witness stated that the car was on the right side of the road and the vehicle was travelling at a speed of between eight and nine miles an hour. The man stepped into the roadway and then hesitated. The driver of the car sounded the horn and then slowed down, but the car skidded on the wet tramway rails. Mr S. W. Roe-Rycroft represented the driver of the car and Mr Noel Rycroft the relatives of the deceased.

The jury returned a virdict of accidental death.

A much fuller account of the inquest appears in the Salford Reporter, Saturday, March 1st, 1913, Items of interest are as follows:

"She (wife,Emily) saw him (Tom) on Monday at the hospital and he could not tell her how the accident had occured. The deceased was slightly deaf, but in the witness's (Emily) opinion he could have heard the sound of a motor horn at twenty yards".

"He seemed to get bewildered and stepped backward in front of the motor car. The left side of the car struck the deceased and knocked him down. The car skidded and carried the deceased about ten or twelve yards and then stopped with the deceased under it" (Percy Labron, witness).

"He was no judge of speed and could not say how fast the car was travelling" (Paul Hoffman, licencee of the Mitre Hotel, Cathedral Gates, Manchester, passenger in the car with his wife and niece).

"The speed of the car was about six or seven miles an hour" (James Sutton , driver, employee of Mr Fred Brook, Prestwich).

"Inspector Morgan, who is in charge of the Manchester Hackney Carriage Department, said he was walking along ..... and saw a crowd of people ... (he) took the deceased in the motor car to the hospital. ....he had known this particular driver (Sutton) for 15 months, and in his opinion, he was a very careful and compitent driver ..... I saw him (Sutton) passing nearly ever day".

A coroner's inquest was held regarding Tom's death in Pendleton Town Hall, Salford, Lancashire, Friday 21st February 1913. "The Coroner said the question the Jury had to consider was whether or not the deceased met his death owing to culpable negligence on the part of the driver. The driver had given a very clear account of what had taken place, and had stated that he was goimg at a reasonable speed and that he had a clear road in front of him. There were four sets of rails at this crossing into which water was run to assist traction, into this overflowing onto the sets no doubt had caused the road to become wet at this point. The driver, according to his evidence, swerved to avoid the deceased, but there was a tramcar approaching from the opposite direction, and apparently he could not turn far enough round without the risk of running into the tram car". (Salford Reporter, Saturday, 1st March, 1913)

The grave of Tom, Emily (Tom's second wife) and Polly, their daughter who died at the age of 19, in St Mary's Church Yard, Prestwich. Also burried here is Tom's first wife Fanny.

Tom also 1913 in Prestwich, Manchester, England. (See Thomas CREACALL for the continuation of this line.)

She was the informant for Thomas William WATKINS's death in Burghill, Herefordshire, 16th October 1882. At 26 years of age Emily became the mother of Fanny Elizabeth CREACALL 1893. At 27 years of age Emily became the mother of Edith CREACALL 1894. At 27 years of age Emily became the mother of Mary Emily CREACALL in Prestwich, Manchester, England, Saturday 24th Feruary 1894. At 31 years of age Emily became the mother of Florence CREACALL in Prestwich, Manchester, England, May 1898. At 32 years of age Emily became the mother of Ernest CREACALL in Prestwich, England, Sunday 7th January 1900. At 36 years of age Emily became the mother of Albert BEVERLEY in Prestwich, England, Monday 22nd February 1904.

21-23 Knoll Street, Higher Broughton, Lancashire

Emily's occupation: Fruiterer in 21/23 Knoll Street, Salford, 1914. She made a will in 9 Ambleside Rd. Flixton, Manchester, Monday 13th May 1940.

13 iv. Mary Ann WATKINS (#171) was born 1869.

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