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| Thomas was born on 31 January 1821, the son of Christopher Wawn and Margaret Twizell, at South Shields, County Durham. He started his shipbuilding apprenticeship at the age of 16. He and Elizabeth Ann Middlemost eloped to be married in Jarrow in 1842. He started his own shipbuilding business in 1846 in South Shields. It closed when the Northumberland and Durham District Bank failed in 1852 and he became a Surveyor of the Whitehaven District for Lloyd's | Register of British and Foreign Shipping. When he died, he was Senior Surveyor for Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping with an office in White Lion Court, Cornhill. His son Middlemost was also trained as a naval engineer and was a cofounder of Wawn & Wilcox, Sunderland, an engineering and ship surveyors firm. It was succeeded by M. Wawn & Sons, consulting engineers and propeller makers, Sunderland. |
| Middlemost | Born 2 Jun 1845 | South Shields | Married Jenny Eudora Deneulain | ||
| Margaret Akenhead | Born 22 Nov 1847 | South Shields | Married Capt. Theodore Gordon | ||
| William Thomas | Born 19 May 1849 | South Shields | Married Elizabeth Ferris "Lillie" Biggs | ||
| Mary Ward | Born 24 Aug 1850 | South Shields | Married George Twizell Wawn |
| Thomas William Wawn |
b: 31 Jan 1821 c: 17 Feb 1821 St. Hilda's, South Shields, County Durham son of Christopher Wawn and Margaret Twizell, Albion Terrace |
| Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
b: abt 1822 c: 28 Aug 1822 St. Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire daughter of John Relph Middlemost and Mary Ward |
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12 Jul 1842 Thomas William Wawn Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
St. Paul's, Jarrow 1842 3Q South Shields 24 145 |
| Middlemost Wawn |
b: 2 Jun 1845 South Shields, County Durham 1845 2Q S Shields 24 220 son of Thomas William Wawn and Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
| Margaret Akenhead Wawn |
b: 22 Nov 1847 South Shields, County Durham 1847 4Q S Shields 24 216 daughter of Thomas William Wawn and Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
| William Thomas Wawn |
b: 19 May 1849 South Shields, County Durham 1849 2Q S Shields 24 282 son of Thomas William Wawn and Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
| Mary Ward Wawn |
b: 24 Aug 1850 South Shields, County Durham 1850 3Q S Shields 24 243 daughter of Thomas William Wawn and Elizabeth Ann Middlemost |
| 1851 Census | HO107-2399 | 31 March 1851 | Westoe, County Durham | ||
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Thomas W. Wawn Elizabeth A. (Wife) Middlemost Margaret A. William T. Mary W. |
Age 30 Age 28 Age 5 Age 3 Age 1 Age 8 Mo |
Ship Builder |
South Shields South Shields South Shields South Shields South Shields South Shields |
Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham |
31 Jan 1821 23 Aug 1822 2 Jun 1845 22 Nov 1847 19 May 1849 24 Aug 1850 |
| Elizabeth Ann (Middlemost) Wawn |
Died 21 Jan 1872, age 49, at Chase Villa, Forest Hill, London 1872 1Q Lewisham 1d 569 |
| Thomas William Wawn |
Died 11 Apr 1874, Age 53, Catford Hill, Catford, Kent 1874 2Q Lewisham 1d 471 |
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WAWN, Thomas William, Administration of the effects of Thomas William Wawn, late of Catford Hill, Catford, in the County of Kent, a widower, who died 11 April 1874, at Catford Hill, was granted at the Principal Registry, to Middlemost Wawn, of Salem Hill, Sunderland, in the County of Durham, Consulting Engineer, The Son, and one of the next of kin. Effects under £200 |