Person: NOBLES, Tommy (1847-1933)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Thomas NOBLES

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

lanternist and temperance campaigner

Main period of activity

1880s-1930s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

24 August 1847

born at

Kettering, Northamptonshire, England

1891-1933

resident

18 Palmerston Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

5 April 1891

census record

1891 Census of England and Wales, RG12/1197.45.2
– occupation “Shoemaker”

2 April 1911

census record

1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/8407
– occupation “Boot Maker and Repairer”

13 April 1933

died at

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

29 June 1933

archive entry

National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations, 1933 L-P p. 541

Reference

Nicholas Hiley, ‘'See that he has plenty of room for his lantern': the career of Thomas Nobles’ in Magic Lantern 27 (June 2021)

Lucerna ID 6005477

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 27 June 2021

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Person: NOBLES, Tommy (1847-1933)