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Rather confusingly later census returns indicate that he came originally from Worcester. Their exile in Birmingham probably has to do with the birth of their son (also Thomas) in the same year only a few months after the marriage took place. He is also shown on the 1851 census in Birmingham giving his birthplace as Worcester 20 years previously (1831). Thomas was mainly a shoemaker throughout his lifetime, although briefly quoted as a labourer early on. Sometime between 1872 and 1881 he became a bookbinder which could be seen as a natural progression. He passed this latter trade on to his son Thomas and possibly his other sons too.
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