Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton

The search for Thomas Dutton (part 3)

 Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton, a widower, and salesman, married Ann Elizabeth Porter, a minor, on 9 May 1866 in Holy Trinity parish church, Islington.[i]^,[ii]  Thomas’ father is listed as Henry Dutton deceased and Elizabeth’s father is listed as George Porter deceased. [iii]  Ann Elizabeth died at the age of 26 after giving birth to three children, two of which died before Ann.  Ann died in 1873.[iv]

Children of Thomas & Ann Dutton

Name of child	Birthdates	Place of Birth Or Church	Bapt dates	Mother’s name	Mother’s surname given by GRO index[v]	Father’s name	residential address	Father’s occupation	Possible death of marriage of child
Catherine Elizabeth Dutton.[vi],[vii]	29 April 1867	St Mary, Islington	26 May 1867	Elizabeth	Porter	Thomas	Holloway	Drover	1867 Aged 0.[viii]
Emily Dutton.[ix],[x]	2 May 1868	St Mary, Islington	7 June 1868	Ann Elizabeth	Porter	Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton	4 James Rd	Drover	Married Robert Charles Melbourn in 1888. [xi]
Thomas Henry Dutton[xii],[xiii]	3 Oct 1870	St Mary, Islington	1 May 1870	Ann Elizabeth	Porter	Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton	? Davies(?) Road	Drover	1873 Aged 3[xiv]

In the 1881 census, Thomas Dutton, a widower aged 60, listed as Master Drover was living with his 13-year-old daughter Emily (said to have been born in Islington), living in Caledonian Road, London.[xv] To date, I have not been able to locate any birth or death records for Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton.

We know according to parish records that he remarried, in 1866 in Islington, to a young woman who was a minor without a father.   This was almost nine years after Mary Ann Dutton nee Dillon turned up in Australia.  It is possible that Thomas alone and without a wife for nine years declared himself a widow, and tinkered ever so slightly with his name to hide his deception.

Why the two Thomas Dutton men could be the same person:

1.       The naming patterns of his offspring to each wife - the eldest boy to each wife was a Thomas, and the eldest girl was a Catherine Elizabeth  [see the previous post to compare the children of Thomas Dutton & Mary Ann Dillon]
2.       His occupation, for the most part, a Drover

Of course, we may never know, but I will keep on trying until I can either or confirm Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton as Mary Ann Dillon’s first husband.

To read more about the search for Thomas Dutton see

1.         Did Kate Dutton’s father serve in the 39th Regiment of Foot of The British Army?
2.        The Second Marriage of Thomas Dutton

Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton was born about 1821 in St Pancras, Middlesex, a suburb of London in England.[xvi] He is thought to have died in between the 1881 and 1891 Census as he has not yet been located in the 1891 census after his daughter gets married.

Now to decide where to go next in my search for Mary Ann Dillon’s husband.  Any ideas?

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[i] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p83/tri/011 Marriage of Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton & Ann Elizabeth Porter on  9 May 1866 in Holy Trinity, Islington p.80 entry 160.

[ii] Index entry for the death of Ann Elizabeth Dutton aged 26  GRO Reference 1873 Dec Quarter in Islington Volume 1b page 182

[iii] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p83/tri/011 Marriage of Thomas Henry Hanley Dutton & Ann Elizabeth Porter on  9 May 1866 in Holy Trinity, Islington p.80 entry 160.

[iv] Index entry for the death of Ann Elizabeth Dutton at the GRO unable to be located, however, the entry does appear on Freebmd http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=A9qPcCu2Fh%2F%2FXVtifvzwRQ&scan=1 accessed 3 July 2018

[v] General Register Office for England and Wales online ordering service https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp accessed 2 July 2018

[vi] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Catherine Elizabeth  Dutton baptized 26/05/1867, St Mary, Islington   p.168  entry 1340

[vii] Index entry for the birth of Catherine Elizabeth Dutton born to mother with the maiden name of Porter. GRO Reference 1867 June Quarter in Islington Volume 1b Page 250

[viii] Index entry for the birth of Catherine Elizabeth Dutton died aged 0.  GRO Reference: 1867  J Quarter in ISLINGTON  Volume 01B  Page 162

[ix] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Emily  Dutton baptized 7 June 1868, St Mary, Islington   p.362 entry 2895

[x] Index entry for the birth of Emily Dutton to mother with the maiden name of Porter. GRO Reference 1868 June Quarter in Islington Volume 1B page 24

[xi] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p83/mry1/1254 marriage of Emily Dutton & Robert Charles Melbourn on 19 May 1888, St Mary, Islington Parish register: 1801-1910. Year 1888, Page 28, entry 56

[xii] Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Thomas Henry Dutton baptized 1 May 1870, St Mary, Islington   p.220 entry 1759

[xiii] Index entry for the birth of Thomas Henry Dutton born to mother with the maiden name of Porter. GRO Reference 1870 June Quarter in Islington Volume 1B page 241

[xiv] Index entry for the death of Thomas Henry Dutton aged 3 GRO Reference 1873 June Quarter in Islington Volume !B page 137

[xv] Ancestry.com, 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census, Islington Class: RG11; Piece: 240; Folio: 27; Page: 48 Household of Thomas Dutton

[xvi] Ancestry.com, 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census, Islington Class: RG11; Piece: 240; Folio: 27; Page: 48 Household of Thomas Dutton