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Thomas HERBERT (1811 - 1876)
scale maker
Sarah BRINKHURST Herbert HERBERT
Thomas HERBERT
Thomas HERBERT
b. 1811
m. Sarah BRINKHURST (1809 - 1901)
d. 11 May 1876 at 115 Caledonian Road aged 65
Near Relatives of Thomas HERBERT (1811 - 1876)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas HERBERT 1741 1817 76
Grandmother Alice NICHOLAS 1746 Y

Father in Law Benjamin BRINKHURST
Mother in Law Mary FINCH

Father Thomas HERBERT 1767 1829 London 62
Mother Elizabeth NEVILLE 1768 1858 90

Self Thomas HERBERT 1811 11 May 1876 115 Caledonian Road 65

Wife Sarah BRINKHURST 1809 1901 92

Son Thomas Benjamin HERBERT 17 Nov 1837 24 Oct 1887 49
Daughter Sarah Ann HERBERT 1839 1886 47
Son George HERBERT 1842 St George In The East Stepney, London 1926 84
Son William A HERBERT 1844 1936 92
Son Herbert HERBERT 10 Jan 1847 39 Cannon Street, Parish Of St George, Mid 17 Mar 1906 41 Gresham Road, Brixton 59
Son Edwin HERBERT 1850 1857 7

Brother George HERBERT 1814 1870 56

Daughter in Law Mary Ann JAMES 1849 St Pancras
Daughter in Law Mary Ann STEPHENS 1840 Newington 1913 73
Daughter in Law Mary OLDAKER 1846 1922 76
Daughter in Law Charlotte BREWER 26 Jul 1851 Alphington 1940 Pinhoe 89

Granddaughter Annie Georgina HERBERT 1867 1884 17
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Granddaughter Mary Sophia HERBERT 1873 1938 65
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Granddaughter Winifred HERBERT 1884 1885 1
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Grandson Aubrey Arthur HERBERT 12 Sep 1886 Upper Holloway 1934 Lambeth 48

Aunt Margaret HERBERT 1775 1851 76
Uncle John CLARKE 1770 ? Y

Sister in Law Susannah HALKER 1799 Y
Events in Thomas HERBERT (1811 - 1876)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
scale maker
1811 Thomas HERBERT was born Note 1
1829 18 Death of father Thomas HERBERT (aged 62) London Note 2
17 Nov 1837 26 Birth of son Thomas Benjamin HERBERT Note 3
1839 28 Birth of daughter Sarah Ann HERBERT
1842 31 Birth of son George HERBERT St George In The East Stepney, London
1844 33 Birth of son William A HERBERT
10 Jan 1847 36 Birth of son Herbert HERBERT 39 Cannon Street, Parish Of St George, Mid
1850 39 Birth of son Edwin HERBERT
1857 46 Death of son Edwin HERBERT (aged 7)
1858 47 Death of mother Elizabeth NEVILLE (aged 90) Note 4
11 May 1876 65 Thomas HERBERT died 115 Caledonian Road ex Probate
Note 1: 7 Nov 1811 and bap 29 Dec 1811 St Mary Whitechapel,Stepney son of Thomas amd Elizabeth ex Ancestry
Note 2: of Beer Lane, Barking buried 15 MAr 1829 aged 63 ex Ancestry PR
Note 3: baptised 24 Dec 1837 - St George in The East, Middlesex ex Ancestry
Note 4: RH has died 13 Jan 1858 at 1 Catherine St, St George in the East,
Personal Notes:
Thomas Herbert is the first generation of the family to run the company setting up the business in 1842. He was the second son of Thomas Herbert, a tidewaiter or customs officer. He married Sarah Brinkhurst in 1836 and they had six children.

He started working for a scalemaker in London as he claimed on his early letterheads '17 years with Pallet's'.

1841 census living at 2 Catherine Street, St George, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex HO107 piece 697 folio 6/54 page. Thomas' mother in law and father in law were living with him and his family.

In 1842 at the age of 31 he set up on his own account in Cannon Street, St George in the East at the home of his father-in-law Benjamin Brinkhurst, whose daughter Sarah he had married in 1836.

1851 census living St George in the East.


He clearly prospered, and in 1857 bought the business of George Birch in Chichester Place, Kings Cross [later renamed Grays Inn Road], for 200 pounds.

Then in December 1867 he signed an agreement to purchase the 100+ year old business of the Wood's trading at 6&7 West Smithfield. His timing was excellent, as the new Smithfield Meat Market opened in November 1868.

His three sons all started in the business, but his eldest son, Thomas Benjamin Herbert, left in 1863 to fight in the American Civil War.

Thomas retired in 1873, and his two other sons George and William continued in the firm, but dissolved their partnership only 9 days before their father's death in May 1876.