Thomas Drinkwater aged 101

[Tom Tom]

Hi. Thanks for looking.

I have found the burial entry for Thomas Drinkwater. He is buried 3 March 1886 in Aston, Warwickshire, aged 98. I believe this is slightly out as he was christened in 1791 in Leigh, Gloucestershire.

In 1881 he is in Birmingham Workhouse (aged 90 - Pauper Inmate)
In 1871 he is in Gloucester with his nephew and his family (aged 80). His wife is still alive and living away from him in Wheatenhurst.
In 1861 he is in Easington, Gloucestershire.
In 1841 and 1851 he is in Hartpury, Gloucestershire.


He married in 1815 and his wife went to prison in 1821 and in the early 1850s.

Ancestry has thrown up this Find A Grave as a hint.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133496886/thomas-drinkwater

The parish matches. The date of death would link with the burial I have.

But I am unsure - the age is given as 101. This family were poor - would they have been able to afford a gravestone?

There is another name on the grave too - John C Westwood, died 19 May 1886. The index tells me he was age 5.


Any thoughts?

[Tom Tom]

Think I have found the link.

John C Westwood's grandmother was Emma Drinkwater - the daughter of my Thomas Drinkwater.

So, he is buried with his Great Grandfather.

[Olde Crone]

Well he may not have been baptised immediately after birth, maybe as toddler. But I wouldn't set too much store by actual age, he was a very old man, that is clear and there aren't likely to be two very old men with the same name.

I found a parish register entry for someone who died aged "144, a very great age" and yes, I tried to find a baptism to correspond but couldn't, lol.

OC

[Tom Tom]

Well he may not have been baptised immediately after birth, maybe as toddler. But I wouldn't set too much store by actual age, he was a very old man, that is clear and there aren't likely to be two very old men with the same name.

I found a parish register entry for someone who died aged "144, a very great age" and yes, I tried to find a baptism to correspond but couldn't, lol.

OC

I remember you saying about that one before OC.

I am only taking the "101" from the transcript of the grave. The photo isn't very clear.

I think I just needed to cross reference a few bits and pieces to try and persuade myself that it was him!