Thomas John Joseph – Welsh Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Private Thomas John Joseph – Welsh Regiment, 2nd Battalion Early Life and Family Background Thomas Joseph and Mary Ann Watkins marriage certificate Parish Church of Swansea Thomas John Joseph was born in 1884 in Morriston, Swansea, the son of Thomas Joseph and Mary Ann Watkins , who had married in 1881 at the Parish Church of Swansea . 1891 Census The 1891 Census records the family living at Pentre’avn, Llangyfelach , where Thomas, aged thirty‑seven, worked as a moulder , and Mary Ann, aged twenty‑six, managed the home. Their children present were Sarah Jane, nine; Thomas John, seven; Philip, three; and Charlotte Ann, aged one, with the two eldest attending school. 1901 Census – A Growing Morriston Household 1901 Census By 1901 , the Joseph family were living at 54 Cwmbath Road, Morriston . Thomas, now forty‑seven, continued working as a moulder , while Mary Ann, aged thirty‑six, oversaw the household. Their children present were Thomas John, seventeen, employed as an assorter ...
