1900

The turn of the century brings a new hope - and a change in ownership - to the house. Emma Bingham sadly died in the spring last, and my new owners - Kate and Harold Thomas - have taken up residence. Mr. Thomas is a Sheffield born barrister, and his wife, Kate (nee Algar) is the daughter of a Sheffield printer …

Introduction to … The Thomas Family

born:
1847 in Sheffield
parents:
Henry Thomas (b. 1806 - Solicitor)
Ann Maria Thomas (b. 1809 - nee Rodgers)
siblings:
Arthur Thomas (1839)
Sophia Thomas (1841)
Maria Elizabeth Thomas (1842)
married:
Kate Gemina (Geminus) Algar on September 6th 1896 in Crookes, Sheffield
residences:
Rossall School, Fleetwood [pupil] (1861 - census)
53 Burlington Road, Paddington [lodger] (1871 - census)
Endcliffe Terrace, Fulwood Road, Sheffield (1880-1887 - Electoral Registers)
315 Fulwood Road, Sheffield [lodger with future wife (Kate's) family] (1881 - census)
60 Marlborough Road, Sheffield (1888-1901 - Electoral Registers)
55 Westgate (Bull Hotel), Wakefield [visitor] (1891 - census)
born:
1855 in Sheffield
parents:
Thomas Stannard Algar (d. 1888 - printer)
Elizabeth White Perry (d. 1860) / Eliza Algar West (m. 1863 - step mother)
siblings:
Mary Louise Algar (1850?)
Ellen Leda Algar (1851?)
Anne Geminus Algar (1855)
Frederick William Algar (1858?)

Harold Thomas (Barrister)

Image reproduced with the kind permission of Guildhall Collection: Hull Museums

1901

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph on Friday 3rd May, 1901, published the article:

ROTHERHAM RECORDERSHIP
MR. HAROLD THOMAS
APPOINTED.

Mr. Harold Thomas has been appointed first Recorder of Rotherham. As stated at the meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday, the King recently granted a Court of Quarter Sessions for the borough, and it is over this that Mr. Thomas, whose many friends in Sheffield and the neighbourhood will heartily congratulate him upon his appointment, has been called upon to preside.
Mr. Harold Thomas was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, in 1874, and from that time to the present has occupied chambers in Sheffield. In 1886, he was appointed Treasury Counsel in Mint prosecutions, at the Assizes in Yorkshire, and at the Quarter Sessions in the West Riding. Seven years later he became one of the Treasury Counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit. He has been engaged in many important cases at Leeds Assizes. In July, of 1891, he was leading counsel for the prosecution of the Horseforth murder case, and for his conduct of it he received a special letter of thanks from the Director of Public Prosecutions. On several occasions Mr. Tomas presided over the Leeds Quarter Sessions as deputy for Mr. J. E. Barker, Q.C., the then Recorder. He once acted in the same capacity at Sheffield in the absence of Sir F. Lockwood, and has on various occasions acted as Deputy County Court Judge at Hull and Sheffield. Mr. Thomas is a staunch supporter of the Conservative cause. Its supporters in Sheffield and the district have long looked upon him as one of their champions, but keen fighter as he is, he has the happy gift of fighting a political question without making personal enemies, and the legal profession in Sheffield, and the citizens generally, will hear with genuine pleasure of this latest honour bestowed upon him.

The 1901 Census

The 1901 census was taken on Sunday March the 31st. Present in the home on that date were:

Harold Thomas (54), Head of the house
Kate G Thomas (45), his wife
Annie H Algar (45), his sister-in-law.

Domestic servants Edith Hensworth (22, cook), Maud Hemsworth (21, parlour maid), Cecily Hensworth (16, housemaid) and Elizabeth Wood (21, housemaid) are also in residence that night.

Also ...

No. 2 Broomgrove Road - The Reckless Family
The house is still occupied by Alfred Reckless (49) although he is now a surgeon. he is joined by wife Helena Herbert (44) and daughter Dorothy Herbert (22). Two domestic servants are also present.

No. 4 Broomgrove Road - The Cockayne Family
No. 4 is now the home of William James Cockayne (49), wife Eliza (43) and sons George Foster (16), William Reginald (14) and Victor Lomax (13). The family are looked after by three domestic servants.
No. 6 Broomgrove Road - The Waterhouse Family
John William Waterhouse (65) is present at the house on the night of the census along with Henry Louis Bull (25) and two domestic servants.
No. 8 Broomgrove Road - The Cam Family
Hardware importer John Henry Cam (55), wife Fanny (55) and one domestic servant make up the Cam household.
No. 10 Broomgrove Road - The Bennett Family
Now in residence is solicitor Charles Fredrick Bennett (40), wife Alice Mary (37) and daughters Doris Mary (12) and Margaret Elsie (8). There is also two domestic servants with the family.
No. 12 Broomgrove Road - The Wilks Family
Ironmonger Edward Bernard Wilks (30), wife Kate (30), son Edward Howard (5) and daughter Kathleen Margaret (2) now occupy No. 12, and share the house with two domestic servants.
No. 14 Broomgrove Road - The Barnascone Family
No. 14 is now the home of widow Savina Barnascone (69) and un-married daughters Constance (39) and Emily (34). Two domestic servants look after the family.
No. 16 Broomgrove Road - The Pike Family
Dental surgeon James Francis John Pike (49) and wife Frances Fawcett (45) are in residence now at No. 16 along with daughters Frances Maud Winnie (17), Beatrice Margaret (11) and Ida Mary (7). They have three domestic servants looking after the family.
No. 18 Broomgrove Road - The Binney Family
Head of the household, Katherine Binney (44) shares her home with her un-married children Katherine Mary (20) and Arthur Thompson (19) as well as younger daughters Dorothy (17) and Marjorie (16). There are two domestic servants also present on the night of the census.
No. 20. Broomgrove Road - The Nicholson Family
Still in residence at No. 20 are solicitor David Morton Nicholson (47), wife Lucy Sophia (47) share the house with two domestic servants. There is also a visitor, Isobel Hutchinson (44), present on the night.
No. 22 Broomgrove Road - The Smith Family
Iron merchant widower Robert Smith (63) is now in residence at No. 22. He shares his home with sister-in-law, Mary-Ann Grace Smith (62) and two domestic servants.
No. 22 Broomgrove Road (Room over Stable) - The Unwin Family
Gardener George Unwin (62) lives above the stable. Although married, his wife is unknown.

59 Clarkehouse Road - The Branson Family
Again, still in the ownership of the Branson family, the head of the house is now widow Henrietta Branson (71) who is at home with her single daughter Mary C. (44). There are now three domestic servants looking after them.
No. 7 Broomgrove Road - The Harwood Family
Single woman Elizabeth A. Harwood (69) is still in residence at No. 7 and still has two domestic servants .
No. 9 Broomgrove Road - Unoccupied
No. 9 Broomgrove Road (Lodge) - The Kernaghan Family
Never listed before, the Lodge is home to gardener Samuel Kernaghan (58), wife Maris (32) and daughter Amy (3),
No. 11 Broomgrove Road - The Marsh Family
Steel manufacturer and head of house Harry P. Marsh (44), wife Anne J (44), and sons Harry E. (19) and William (14) are at home, along with four domestic servants.
No. 23 Broomgrove Road - The Williams Family
The head of the household is away, but wife Sarah E Williams (49) and daughter Ethel C. (16) are at home - along with two domestic servants also in residence.
No. 25 Broomgrove Road - The Blatherwick Family
The family of retired grocer John Blatherwick (75) are still in residence at No. 25. Un-married daughters Mabel (29) and Nora (27) plus two domestic servants also share the house.
No. 27 Broomgrove Road - The Binney Family
There’s another Binney family now on Broomgrove road - solicitor and county court registrar Joseph Binney (59) and wife Charlotte S. (50) live slightly away from the other Binney family and are joined by single daughter Margaret (22), mechanical engineer son Joseph T. (20), surveyor son William R. (19) and daughter Sybil M. (14). There is just one domestic servant looking after the family.
No. 29 Broomgrove Road - The Scott Family
The Scott family moved into No. 29 shortly after the last census, with Clement A. Scott (44), wife Annie M. (35) , daughter Phyllis M. W. (9) and son Burton J. (5) being cared for by four domestic servants - one of whom was a medical surgical nurse.

1903

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1903.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in Hillsborough Ward of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *PH 128

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1904

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1904.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in Hillsborough Ward of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *PM 121

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph reported on Monday the 4th of April, 1904:

NEW RECORDER OF HULL

MR. HAROLD THOMAS APPOINTED.

It is officially announced that the King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the Home Secretary, to appoint Mr. Harold Thomas to be Recorder of Hull in room of the late Mr. John Forbes, K.C.
Mr. Thomas, who was called to the Bar in Lincoln’s Inn in 1874, is on the North-Eastern Circuit, and was appointed the first Recorder of Rotherham in 1901. In 1886, he as appointed Treasury Counsel in Mint prosecutions at the Assizes in Yorkshire and at the Quarter Sessions in the West Riding. Seven years later he became one of the Treasury Counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit. He has been engaged in many important cases at Leeds Assizes. In July, of 1891, he was leading counsel for the prosecution in the Horsforth murder case, and for is conduct of it he received a special letter of thanks from the Director of Public Prosecutions. On several occasions Mr. Thomas presided over the Leeds Quarter Sessions as deputy for Mr. J. E. Barker, K.C., the then Recorder. He once acted in the same capacity as Sheffield in the absence of Sir F. Lockwood, and has on various occasions acted as Deputy County Court Judge as Hull and Sheffield.
Since the time that Mr. Thomas was called to the Bar, he has occupied chambers in Sheffield, where he he has taken an active part in public and political work, being one of the Town Trustees. He is a strong supporter of the Conservative cause ; but although a keen fighter, in his case political contest have not the effect of reducing the number of his friends, and to-day the citizens will be ready, with the members of the legal profession, to congratulate him on his new appointment.

1905

The first appearane of the Sheffield and District Who’s Who published in 1905 contained the entry:

Mr. Harold Thomas.

Recorder of Hull. Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1874. Appointed the first Recorder of Rotherham in 1901. In 1886 he was appointed Treasury Counsel in Mint prosecutions at the Assizes in Yorkshire and at the Quarter Sessions in the West Riding. Seven years later he became one of the Treasury Counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit. Has been engaged in many important cases at Leeds Assizes. Has acted as Deputy Recorder at Leeds and Sheffield, and as Deputy County Court Judge at Hull and Sheffield. Appointed Recorder of Hull, 1904. Since the time he was called to the Bar has occupied chambers in Sheffield, where he was taken an active part in public and political work. Is one of the Town Trustees, and a strong supporter of the Conservative cause. Residences : Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, and The Cottage, Derwent, Derbyshire.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1905.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in Hillsborough Ward of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *PP 123

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

OS Map of Extent of Broomgrove Lodge - 1905

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

OS Map of Broomgrove Road and Area - 1905

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

My neighbours - 25, Broomgrove Road - c1905

Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1905 lists the following:

Thomas, Harold (, Barrister-at-law & recorder of Hull).
Address: Bank Buildings, 9 Bank Street; h. Broomgrove Lodge, 13 Broomgrove Road.

Source: sheffieldindexers.co.uk

1907

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication of Saturday 9th February, 1907 listed the following:

WANTED-DOMESTIC SERVANTS.

HOUSEMAID, young, Wanted. - Apply 13 Broomgrove rd.

The Sheffield Evening Telegraph publications of Thursday 27th, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of June, 1907 each carried the following advertisement:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

COOK-GENERAL, also BETWEENMAID Wanted ; small family. - Apply after 6 to Mrs. Thomas, 13 Broomgrove rd.

1908

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1908.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in Hillsborough Ward of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *QF114

Name of each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1908.
SHARROW POLLING DISTRICT-DISTRICT QU.

Parliamentary Electors.-Continued.

Number:
QU 400

Name of each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1909

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1909.
SHARROW POLLING DISTRICT-DISTRICT QU.

Parliamentary Electors.-Continued.

Number:
QU 399

Name of each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

View looking up Broomgrove Road - if turning right out of my gateway

1910

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1910.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in Hillsborough Ward of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *QF 107

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1911

By the census of 1911, the Thomas' family also have another property - the Cottage, in Derwent, Derbyshire. Broomgrove lodge is still the main residence for the family though …

The 1911 Census

The 1911 census was taken on Sunday, 2nd April. Present in the home on that date were:

Annie G Algar (55), Harold’s sister-in-law
Eliza A Algar (78), Harold’s mother-in-law
Emma Rayner (90), unrelated.

Domestic servants Dora Westerman (21, cook), Lillian M Cummins (18, parlour maid) and Edith Tew (15, housemaid) are also in residence that night.

Harold and Kate are at their Derbyshire residence on the evening of the Census:

Harold Thomas (64), Head of the house
Kate Gemina Thomas (55), his wife of 14 years.

Domestic servants Florence Ethel Cummins (20) and Mathea Emma Verkrman (16) are also there that evening.

Also ...

No. 2 Broomgrove Road - The Reckless Family
Again occupied by G.P Alfred Reckless (49) and wife Helena Herbert (54), but this time daughter Ruth Alys (25) is at home. Two domestic servants are also present.

No. 4 Broomgrove Road - The Harrison Family
Now occupied by retired journalist Samuel Gardener Harrison (53) and wife Emily (43). The couple are looked after by two domestic servants.
No. 6 Broomgrove Road - The Waterhouse Family
John William Waterhouse (75) is again present at the house on the night of the census along with four domestic servants.
No. 8 Broomgrove Road - Unoccupied
No. 10 Broomgrove Road - The Strong Family
Eli Charles Strong (40), wife Amy (40) and sons Eli Cecil (20), Harold (12), and Stanley Sydney (5) are now in occupation of No. 10. There is also one domestic servant with the family.
No. 12 Broomgrove Road - The Wilks Family
Ironmonger Edward Bernard Wilks (40), wife Kate (40), daughters Kathleen (12), Barbara (7) and Hilda (3) still call No. 12 home, and share the house with two domestic servants.
No. 14 Broomgrove Road - The Barnascone Family
Widow Savina Barnascone (79) and un-married daughters Constance (49) and Emily (44) are still at No. 14 along with two domestic servants.
No. 16 Broomgrove Road - Unoccupied
No. 18 Broomgrove Road - The Stockham Family
Civil servant Thomas Stockham (47) now calls No. 18 home and is joined by wife Susan Hope (50) and daughter Lilian Doris Hope (15). There are two domestic servants also present on the night of the census.
No. 20. Broomgrove Road - The Beal Family
No. 20 is now occupied soley by head teacher Zoe Mary Beal (34).
No. 22 Broomgrove Road (Front) - The Smith Family
Still in the Smith family, No. 22 is now occupied by estate agent William Frederick Smith (37), wife Amy Elizabeth (34), son Wilham Cotton (8) and daughter Kathleen Cotton (5). There is one domestic servant also present.
No. 22 Broomgrove Road (Rear) - The Smith Family
Just four domestic servants are present on the night of the census.
No. 22 Broomgrove Road (Room over Stable) - Unoccupied

59 Clarkehouse Road - The Branson Family
Again, still in the ownership of the Branson family, the head of the house is now widow Henrietta Branson (71) who is at home with her single daughter Mary C. (44). There are now three domestic servants looking after them.
No. 7 Broomgrove Road - The Harwood Family
Single woman Elizabeth Ann Harwood (79) is again still in residence at No. 7 and still has two domestic servants.
No. 9 Broomgrove Road - The Burnby Family
Coal merchant Charles Burnby (57), wife Annie (51), son Matthew (25) and daughters Mary (22), Marguerite (15), and Irene (13) now occupy No. 9. They have two domestic servants with them.
No. 11 Broomgrove Road - The Marsh Family
Just four domestic servants are present on the night of the census.
No. 23 Broomgrove Road - The Dixon Family
Director of steel works, William Henry Dixon (45) is the new owner of No. 23. He shares his home with wife Harriett Elizabeth (43) and son Maurice Ward (10) as well as three domestic servants.
No. 25 Broomgrove Road - The Stevenson Family
Widow Emma Stevenson is now the owner of No. 25 and shares his home with married son, mechanical engineer Thomas Joseph (43) and his wife Blanche Louise (30).
No. 27 Broomgrove Road - The Lloyd Family
Now owned by the Lloyd family, head of house, chemical engineer Edward (36) shares his home with wife Hilda (33) and sons Edward (11), Garnet (11) and John Dale (5). There is just one domestic servant looking after the family.
No. 29 Broomgrove Road - The Ault Family
Helena D. Ault (40) shares her home with her widowed mother Lucy (80) and two domestic servants.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1911.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in HILLSBOROUGH WARD of the City of Sheffield, &c.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS.-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. QG 99

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1911.
SHARROW POLLING DISTRICT-DISTRICT QV.

Parliamentary Electors-Continued.

Number:
QV 384

Name of each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

Whites Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1911 lists the following:

Thomas, Harold (, Barrister-at-law & recorder of Hull).
Address: Bank Buildings, 7 Bank Street; h. 13 Broomgrove Road.

Source: sheffieldinders.co.uk

In May, Harold, Annie and cook - Dora Westerman - attend the grand bazaar at Derwent church school. The proceeds of the day were presented to the school, and Harold performed the opening ceremony …

The Derbyshire Times publication of Saturday 13th May, 1911 reported:

A grand bazaar was held in, and in aid of, Derwent Church Schools, on Saturday. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr Harold Thomas, K.C. (Recorder of Hull). The stall-holders were Mrs Harold Thomas, Miss Algar, Miss A. Wharton, Mrs W. Rouse, Miss Dora Westerman, Miss Martha Westerman, Miss Fisher, Miss Florry Cummins, Miss Gussio Evans, and Miss Emily Thorpe. Mr David Thorpe and Mr Luther Walker acted as stewards. The proceeds for the day amounted to £42.

On Saturday, 23rd September, 1911, the Sheffield Daily Telegraph carried the advertisement:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

HOUSEMAID ; also GENERAL, Wanted ; country girls preferred.-13, Broomgrove rd.

1912

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication of Saturday 1st June, 1912 carried the following notification:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

GENERAL, about 22 years, good references required. - 13 Broomgrove rd.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1912.
Sharrow Polling District-District QZ.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS-Continued.

Number:
QZ 367

Name of each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1913

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1913.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in HILLSBOROUGH WARD of the Municipal City of Sheffield, etc.-Continued.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS.-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors-Continued.

Number:
Sharr. *QL 33

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1913.
Sharrow Polling District-District RA.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS-Continued.

Number:
RA 359

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1914

On Tuesday, 27th of January, 1914, the Sheffield Daily Telegraph carried the following:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

HOUSEMAID, young, tall, Wanted.-Apply Mrs. Thomas, 13, Broomgrove rd.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1914.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield.

the part in HILLSBOROUGH WARD of the Municipal City of Sheffield within the following boundary, namely, a line commencing at the junction of the River Don within the City boundary opposite the gates of the South Yorkshire Asylum, thence in a South-Westwardly direction along the City boundary to a point opposite the end of Marlcliffe Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Wadsley Lane to its junction with Far Lane, thence along the centre of Far Lane to its junction with Dykes Hall Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Dykes Hall Road to its junction with Middlewood Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Middlewood Road to its junction with Holme Lane, thence in a North-Eastwardly direction along the boundary between the Hallam Parliamentary Division and the Hallamshire Division of the West Riding of the County of York to the River Don, thence in a North-Westwardly direction along the centre of the River Don to a point opposite the gates of the South Yorkshire Asylum aforesaid.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors

Number:
Sharr. *QR 31

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1914.

Sharrow Polling District-District RG.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS-Continued.

Number:
RG 352

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

Saturday 24th October, 1914, saw Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication listing the requirement:

SITUATIONS WANTED.

YOUNG WOMAN, 30, seeks Situation as Sewing or Useful-maid, light house-work, neat and thorough ; wage 5s. weekly ; good references ; height 4ft. 5in. - Apply M. S., 13, Broomgrove rd, Sheffield.

1915

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publications of Friday 15th and Saturday 16th January, 1915 carried the following:

DOMESTIC SERVANTS WANTED

WORKING HOUSEKEEPER Wanted for the country.-Apply, before 11 or after 6, Mrs. Thomas, 13, Broomgrove rd, Sheffield.

The West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 show Harold Thomas being on the Electoral register:

1915.
Hallamshire Division of the Southern Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire-Burrowlee Polling District

Township of Sheffield,

the part in HILLSBOROUGH WARD of the Municipal City of Sheffield within the following boundary, namely, a line commencing at the junction of the River Don within the City boundary opposite the gates of the South Yorkshire Asylum, thence in a South-Westwardly direction along the City boundary to a point opposite the end of Marlcliffe Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Wadsley Lane to its junction with Far Lane, thence along the centre of Far Lane to its junction with Dykes Hall Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Dykes Hall Road to its junction with Middlewood Road, thence in a South-Eastwardly direction along the centre of Middlewood Road to its junction with Holme Lane, thence in a North-Eastwardly direction along the boundary between the Hallam Parliamentary Division and the Hallamshire Division of the West Riding of the County of York to the River Don, thence in a North-Westwardly direction along the centre of the River Don to a point opposite the gates of the South Yorkshire Asylum aforesaid.

OWNERSHIP ELECTORS-Parliamentary and Parochial Electors

Number:
Sharr. *QR 29

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1915

Sharrow Polling District-District RG.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS-Continued.

Number:
RG 336

Name if each Elector at full length, the Surname being first:
Thomas Harold

Place of Abode:
13, Broomgrove road, Sheffield

Name of Qualification:
Freehold Ground Rent, producing £19. 5s. 9d. per annum, payable by David Stanley

Description of Qualifying Property:
Burrowlee road and Broughton road

Source: ancestry.co.uk

1916

The Institute of Civil Engineers Members List published on the 1st of July 1916 lists:

STUDENTS ATTACHED TO THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

Date of Admission. STUDENTS.
…
1914 Mar. 24. DAVIES, ARTHUR BLAKE ..
Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove Road, Sheffield

Source: ancestry.co.uk

The Police Gazette's publication of Tuesday 18th April, 1916, carried the following:

ABSENTEES under the MILITARY SERVICE ACT

No. NAME Number Age Trade LAST KNOW ADDRESS Place
1486 Siggs, Walter 610 21 Engineering Labourer 13, Broomgrove Rd., Sheffield Sheffield

The Sheffield Evening Telegraph of Thursday 7th September 1916 reported:

Offences by Boys.

Charged with stealing a quantity of apples from the garden of Mr. Harold Thomas, of 13, Broomgrove Road, a 15-year-old boy was bound over to be of good behaviour for twelve months.

1917

Sad news for everyone in the Thomas household. Whilst at the cottage, Derwent, Harold passes away on March 26th 1917 - aged 71. His death is reported in several publications, including the Hull Daily Mail …

The 27th of March 1917 edition of The Hull Daily Mail carried the following announcement:

DEATH OF RECORDER OF HULL.

We regret to announce the death of Mr Harold Thomas, of The Cottage, Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Recorder of Hull, which took place on Monday in Derwent. Mr Thomas was in his 71st year. Called to the Bar in 1874, it was not long before Mr Thomas made for himself a prominent position in the various courts in Yorkshire, and particularly at the West Riding Assizes of Leeds. He was for a long period one of the Treasury counsel of the North-Eastern circuit and was at various times engaged in some of the most important trials and civil actions heard by the judges at Leeds. In 1901 Mr Thomas was appointed the first Recorder of Rotherham. He also filled the office of Deputy-Recorder at Leeds and Sheffield, and on many occasions occupied the position of deputy County Court judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1904 he was appointed Recorder of Hull, and that position he held up to the time of his death. He occupied for many years chambers in Bank-street, Sheffield , and devoted a large amount of his spare time to public work in this city, where he was held in the highest esteem. In Holmfirth and the Colne Valley divisions Mr Thomas contested seats for the Conservative Party, but on each occasion he was defeated, and the valuable work which he would have done in Parliament was lost to those constituencies.
Mr Thomas was a member of the Board of Management of the Deakin Institution, and a trustee of the Withers Pension Fund. During the last few years Mr Thomas had not taken quite so active a part in local affairs, but his interest in the city and its welfare was marked up to the end. - “Sheffield Telegraph.”

The Sheffield Independent on the same day reported:

MR. HAROLD THOMAS.
DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN SHEFFIELD CONSERVATIVE.

A prominent figure in Conservative circles in the Central Division of Sheffield has been removed by the death of Mr. Harold Thomas, which occurred yesterday at his Derwent residence, The Cottage, in his 71st year. As Recorder of Hull and prior to that first Recorder or Rotherham, he was a well-known member of the Bar, and at various times acted as Deputy County Court Judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1886 he was appointed Treasury counsel in Mint prosecutions at the York Assizes and west Riding Quarter Sessions, and seven years later became one of the Treasury counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit, and was engaged in many important cases. He occupied chambers in Sheffield, where he also had a residence, Broomgrove Lodge, and was very popular with everyone he met in social and political life because of his invariable bonhomie.

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Meanwhile, the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer reported on Wednesday, 28th March, 1917:

OBITUARY.

MR. HAROLD THOMAS, RECORDER OF HULL.

The death took place at The Cottage, Derwent, Derbyshire, yesterday, in his 71st year, of Mr. Harold Thomas, who for more than twenty-five years was a well-known barrister in the North-Eastern Circuit, while in Sheffield, of which city he was a native, and where lie had his chief residence, he had been one of the most popular men associated with Conservative politics.
Mr. Thomas was railed to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1874, and from that time onward occupied chambers in Sheffield. In 1886, he was appointed Treasury Counsel Mint prosecutions in Yorkshire, and seven years later he became one of the Treasury Counsel in prosecutions generally on the North-Eastern Circuit. He was engaged in many important cases at Leeds Assizes. In July, 1891, he was leading counsel for the prosecution of the Horsforth murder case, and for his conduct he received a special letter of thanks from the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr. Thomas had also considerable experience in a judicial capacity, for he has on many occasions presided over the Leeds Quarter Sessions as deputy for Mr. J. E. Barker, Q.C.. a former Recorder. He once acted in the same capacity at Sheffield, in the absence of Sir F. Lockwood, and on various occasions he has been deputy County Court Judge at Hull, at Scarborough, and at Sheffield. In 1901 he was appointed the rst Recorder of Rotherham, and six years later he was made Recorder of Hull, in succession to the late Mr. John Forbes, K.C., holding that position until his death. Mr. Thomas was twice a candidate for Parliament, first in the Holmfirth Division in 1892, when he fought a plucky contest against Mr. H. J. Wilson, the sitting member ; and later in the Colne Valley Division, for which he stood in 1895, in opposition to Sir James Kitson.

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The Sheffield Independent's publication on Wednesday 28th of March 1917 read:

DEATHS.

THOMAS. - At Derwent, on March 26th of "The Cottage," Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Harold Thomas, Recorder of Hull, in his 71st year. Funeral at Ecclesall Church, on Thursday, at noon. No flowers, by request.

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The Sheffield Daily Telegraph also reported on the same day:

SHEFFIELD NEWS.

LATE MR. HAROLD THOMAS.

The funeral of the late Mr. Harold Thomas, who died on Monday at his residence at Derwent, will take place at noon to-morrow at Ecclesall. The cortege will leave Broomgrove Lodge at half-past eleven.

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The morning of Thursday the 29th of March 1917 approaches and the day of Harolds funeral arrives. Today is another sad day at Broomgrove Lodge …

Thomas Grave - All Saints Church, Ecclesall, Sheffield

ALSO IN MEMORY OF

HAROLD THOMAS

BORN DECEMBER 26TH 1846, DIED MARCH 26TH 1917
GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE ROBERT RODGERS

Friday the 30th March 1917, and the Sheffield Daily Telegraph reports:

LATE MR HAROLD THOMAS.

Notable Gathering at Interment at
Ecclesall Churchyard.

The funeral of the late Mr. Harold Thomas, one of the stalwarts of the Conservative Party in Sheffield, and Recorder of Hull, took place yesterday morning from his residence, Broom-grove Lodge, Sheffield.
The chief mourners were Mrs. Thomas (widow), Miss Thomas (sister), Miss Algar, Mr. Davies, and Mr. C. E. Vickers.
Amongst those attending in All Saints’ Church, Ecclesall, where prior to the internment a service was conducted by the Rev. Canon T. Houghton and the Rev. W. E. Rouse, Vicar of Derwent, were Mr. H. B. Sandford, representing the Deakin Institution and the Withers Pensions Fund; Mr. C. E. Vickers (Clerk to the Town Trust), representing the Town Trustees, of which Mr. Thomas was a member (Alderman W. H. Brittain, the Town Collector, would have been present but for the inclemency of the weather) ; Alderman W. C. Fenton and Mr. A. E . Jameson, representing the Central Division Conservative Association (the latter also representing Mr. James F. Hope, M.P., whose important Parliamentary duties prevented him from being present); and Mr. S. F. Walling. Apologies were received from Alderman Charles F. Bennet, who was away in Nottingham on Corporation business connected with the Derwent Valley Water Board ; Alderman Catell and Councillor G. E. Stembridge. Councillor Ernest Wilson represented the Sheffield Conservative Association ; Mr. C. J. Preston Attercliffe Division Conservative Association; and others included Messrs S. Whiteley, W. E. Grey, and Mr. F. G . Cornhill, representing De-Furnival Preceptory Knights Templar, the Provincial Grand Lodge of west Yorks, the Royal Brunswick Lodge 296, and the Red Cross of Constantine; Mr. R. H. Dunbar, Mr. R. P. Fisher, Mr. J. E. Royston, Mr. Albert Green, Messrs. H. I. Morris, Samuel Gill, G. E. Powell, H. Pursehouse, A. B. Davies.
Carriages were sent by Lady Franklin and Lady Wilson.
Among those who were prevented by other engagements from attending was Mr. Joseph Binney, Clerk of the Peace and County Court Registrar.

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The Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal's publication also on this day wrote:

Mr. Harold Thomas, K.C., Recorder of Hull since 1904, died suddenly at his residence, The Cottage, Derwent, near Bamford, on Monday. Mr. Thomas was the son of a Sheffield solicitor, and was born in 1847. He was called to the Bar in 1874, and was Recorder of Rotherham 1901-04. A Conservative, he took a prominent part in the political life of the High Peak division, and was also a keen supporter of the Hope Valley Agricultural Society.

The Hull Daily Mail of Saturday 31st March 1917 reported:

We regret to announce the death of Mr Harold Thomas, of The Cottage, Derwent, and Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, Recorder of Hull, which took place on Monday at Derwent. Mr Thomas was in his 71st year. Called to the Bar in 1874, it was not long before Mr Thomas made for himself a prominent position in the various courts in Yorkshire, and particularly at the West Riding Assizes at Leeds. He was for a long period one of the Treasury counsel on the North-Eastern circuit and was at various times engaged in some of the most important trials and civil actions heard by the judges at Leeds. In 1901 Mr Thomas was appointed as the first Recorder of Rotherham. He also filled the office of Deputy-Recorder at Leeds and Sheffield, and on may occasions occupied the position of deputy County Court judge at Hull and Sheffield. In 1904 he was appointed the Recorder of Hull, and that position he held up to the time of his death. He occupied for many years chambers in Bank-street, Sheffield, and devoted a large amount of his spare time to public work in this city, where he was held in the highest esteem. In Holmfirth and the Colne Valley divisions Mr Thomas contested seats for the Conservative Party, but on each occasion he was defeated, and the valuable work which he would have done in Parliament was lost to those constituencies.
Mr Thomas was a member of the Board of Management of the Deakin Institution, and a trustee of the Withers Pension Fund. During the last few years Mt Thomas had not taken quite so active a part in local affairs, but his interests in the city and its welfare was marked up to the end. - "Sheffield Telegraph."

The Hull Daily Mail published the following on 3rd May 1917:

CITY COUNCIL.

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Askew) presided at the meeting of the Hull City Council-this afternoon. A letter was read from Mrs Harold Thomas, thanking the Council for their sympathy in her bereavement.
…

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph of Saturday, 5th May 1917 reported:

PUBLIC NOTICES

Re HAROLD THOMAS, Esq., Deceased.

Pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the 22nd and 23rd Vict., c. 35.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all creditors and other persons having any DEBTS, CLAIMS, or DEMANDS against the Estate of Harold Thoma late of Broomgrove Lodge Broomgrove Road in the City of Sheffield, and of "The Cottage" Derwent in the County of Derby Esquire Barrister at Law Recorder of Kingston-upon-Hull, deceased (who died on the 26th day of March, 1917, and whose Will is in course of being proved by Kate Gemina Thomas and Christopher Barber the Executors therein named) are hereby required to send in the particulars of their Debts, Claims or Demands to us the undersigned, the Solicitors for the said Executors, on or before the 16th day of June 1917, after which date the said Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice ; and they will not be liable for the assets of the said deceased or any part thereof, so distributed to any person or persons of whose Debts, Claims or Demands they shall not then have had notice.
Dated this 4th day of May, 1917.

RODGERS and CO.,
30, Bank-street, Sheffield,
Solicitors for the said Executors.

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The London Gazette reports on the 8th of May, 1917:

Re HAROLD THOMAS, Esq., Deceased.
Pursuant to the Act of Parliament of the 22nd and 23rd Vict., c. 35.

NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any debts, claims or demands against the estate of Harold Thomas, late of Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove-road, in the city of Sheffield, and of "The Cottage," Derwent, in the county of Derby, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Recorder of Kingston-upon-Hull, deceased (who died on the 26th day of March, 1917, and whose will is in course of being proved by Kate Gemina Thomas and Christopher Barber, the executors therein named), are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts, claims or demands to us, the undersigned, the Solicitors for the said executors, on or before the 16th day of June, 1917, after which date the said executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which they shall then have had notice; amid they will not foe liable for the assets of the said deceased, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person or persona of whoso debts, claims or demands they shall not then have had notice.—Dated this 4th day of May, 1917.

RODGERS and CO., 30, Bank-street, Sheffield,
Solicitors for the said Executors.

Source: thegazette.co.uk

The National Probate Calendar later reported:

THOMAS Harold of Sheffield and of The Cottage Derwent Derbyshire died 26 March 1917 at The Cottage Probate London 3 July to Kate Gemima Thomas widow and Christopher Barber stock and share broker. Effects £ 54979 4s.

Source: ancestry.co.uk

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publication on Monday 24th June, 1918, had the following article:

The Wostenholm Hall having been taken over by the military authorities, it has been necessary for the various organisations for social service in connection with the Sheffield Cathedral to seek new quarters. Premises have been secured in Paradise Square, for the purpose of a boys’ and girls’ club, which is to be opened on Thursday next. In aid of the club funds a garden party and American tea was held on Saturday at Broomgrove Lodge, lent by Miss Algar (hon. treasurer of the club) and Mrs. Thomas. The Misses Cattell and friends gave a concert, and a similar entertainment was arranged by Mrs. Nicholls.

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1919

Sheffield Daily Telegraph's publications of Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th April, 1919, carried the following notification:

APPRENTICES AND BOYS WANTED

(Copies only of Testimonials to be sent.)

…
YOUTH Wanted, to assist in garden.-Apply Gardener, 13, Broomgrove rd.
…

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In November 1919, Kate receives more sad news - her Sister-in-law, Harold’s sister, has passed away. The last of Harolds siblings, and last child of the late Mr. Henry Thomas, a highly respected Sheffield doctor …

The Sheffield Daily Telegraph published the following notice on Saturday 22nd of November, 1919:

DEATH MISS THOMAS.

Many Sheffield friends will learn with regret of the death, which occurred yesterday at 10, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, of Miss Sophia Thomas. She was the last surviving child of the late Mr. Henry Thomas, a highly-respected Sheffield doctor, and sister of the late Mr. Harold Thomas, the well-known Sheffield barrister and Recorder of Hull, and of the late Mr. Arthur Thomas; niece of the late Mr. Thomas William Rodgers and Mr. Henry Rodgers, and grand-daughter of the late Mr. Robert Rodgers, founder of the firm of Rodgers and Co., formerly Rodgers, Thomas and Sandford, solicitors. For many years she was a prominent and ardent worker for the Primrose League, and her house was always open at election times for workers to carry on their organisation. She was a strong Churchwoman, a regular attendant at St. Mark’s, and for many years conducted a Bible class for young women at her house. She also took a deep interest in all missionary work. Of a generous and kindly disposition, Miss Thomas was held in high esteem by a large number of people in Sheffield. She had been in failing health for a few months past.

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