In June 1841, Thomas Hallett was a mason living in his parents’ home at Oil Moor.

Life at Hardington

Thomas was born at Hardington in about 1813, the second son of John and Rachel Hallett, who lived in Weavers Cottage, Moor Lane.

Life at Alverstoke

By March 1851, Thomas had moved to Alverstoke, where he was a plasterer lodging at Chester Place with Henry Bonfield, a stone mason.

In 1854, Thomas married Elizabeth Thorne, a house servant originally from Swanage. Thomas was about 41, and Elizabeth was 38.

In April 1861, they lived at 6 Britannia Terrace, Alverstoke, with two lodgers. Thomas was a plasterer.

Thomas died in 1868, aged 54. Elizabeth may have died shortly afterwards aged 55.