Thomas Dumville (1843-1925): Source Documents

In chronological order

1843

Birth certificate. Registration District: Leyburn, 1843, sub-district of Middleham in the County of York. Column no.165, twenty-fifth September 1843 at Ellingstring at half past one o'clock (next word is unclear) Thomas, boy, father Thomas Dumville, agricultural labourer, mother Mary Dumville formerly Horsman. Informant: Mary Dumville, mother, Ellingstring, thirtieth of September 1843. Registrar Thomas Topham.
(NB Exactly the same registration reference: third quarter 1843, Leyburn, vol xxiv page 402, is given for Thomas's sister Elizabeth, which indicates they must be twins)

1851

Census 1851 in Ellingstring

Name	Relation to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age last birthday	Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Thomas Dumville	Head	Married	45	Farmer	Hunton, Yorkshire
Robert	Son	Unmarried	13	Scholar	Ellingstring, Yorkshire
Isabella	Daughter	-	9	Scholar	Ellingstring, Yorkshire
Thomas	Son	-	7	Scholar	Ellingstring, Yorkshire
John	Son	-	4	Scholar	Ellingstring, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Horsman	Visitor	-	40	-	Myton, Yorkshire

1860

USA 1860 census city of Kingston, New York, Ulster County, 21July
dwelling 1142, family 1591 (page 219 or 715)

Name	Age last birthday	Profession or Occupation	Where Born
James Tongue	41	Ship Carpenter	England
real value 800, personal value 100
Elizabeth	42	-	England
James	15	Clerk	England
William	13	Attended School	England
Ann	11	Attended School	England
Sarah	9	Attended School	England
John D	5	Attended School	New York
Frank	3	-	New York
Chas A	1	-	New York

Sarah Tongue later became the wife of Thomas Dumville/Dunville

1880

USA 1880 census, St Louis, Missouri

Name	Relation to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age last birthday	Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Thomas Dunville	Self	Married	34	Machinist	England
Sarah Dunville	Wife	Married	25	Keeping House	England
Lizzie Dunville	Daughter	Single	8	At School	Missouri
John Dunville	Son	Single	6	At School	Missouri
George Dunville	Son	Single	3	-	Kentucky

for all five individuals, birthplace of father and of mother is shown as England
census place: St Louis, Missouri, First Enumeration, Page 409B
Family History Library Film 1254718, NA number T9-0718

1921

Certificate of Death, Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Registration District No. 791, Primary registration District No. 1003, Registered No. 148
Place of Death: St Louis, 6217 Minnesota Ave
Full name: Sarah Dunville, Female, White, Married, Wife of Thomas Dunville
Date of Birth: Oct 12th 1852
Age: 68 Years, 2 Months, 24 Days
Occupation of Deceased: Housewife, Birthplace: Brantwood (sic), England
Name of Father: James Tongue, Birthplace of Father: England
Maiden Name of Mother: Unknown, Birthplace of Mother: England
Informant: Thomas Dunville, 6217 Minnesota Ave
Date of Death: Jan 5, 1921, Cause of Death: Arthritis Deformans and Auto Intoxication
Place and Date of Burial: Park Lawn Cemetery, Jan 8, 1921

1925

Certificate of Death, Missouri State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Registration District No. 791, Primary Registration District No. 1003, Registered No. 10007
Place of death: St Louis, Lutheran Hospital
Residence (Usual place of abode): 7108 Michigan Ave
Full name: Thomas Dunville, Male, White, Widowed, Husband of Sarah
Date of Birth: Sept 25, 1842 (sic - it looks as if '3' was originally written)
Age: 83 Years, 1 Month, 2 Days
Occupation of Deceased: Retired Machinist, Birthplace: England
Name of Father: Unknown Dunville, Birthplace of Father: England
Maiden Name of Mother: Unknown, Birthplace of Mother: England
Informant: Walter F Dunville, 6910 Minnesota Ave
Date of death: Oct 27, 1925, Cause of death: Broncho-Pneumonia, Contributory: Chronic Nephritis and Arterio-Sclerosis
Place and Date of Burial: Park Lawn Cemetery, Oct 31, 1925

Note

Mary Craighead Nolte has more information about the family of Thomas and Sarah Dunville, and about Sarah's parents and siblings (James and Elizabeth Tongue and family). The Tongues emigrated from Brentwood, Essex, England in 1853/54 and Sarah's parents died in the 1890s in Rondout, Ulster County, New York.