Jane Thompson

1821 – 1862

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-10

Jane Thompson was baptised at Goxhill, in the Lincolnshire farm country south of the Humber, on the 25th of February 1821 — a daughter of John Thompson, a labourer, and Mary Brown. In 1841 the census finds her at Skitter Lane, Goxhill, with an older Elizabeth Thompson who was probably her grandmother.

In 1845 she married William Oates at Hope Street Chapel in Hull — a match of some literacy on both sides, for she signed the register in her own hand, as did William. She followed him through the wandering years of his building trade: her eldest child, Mary Elizabeth, was born at Manchester in 1847, her son Henry there too, and the children after them at Boston and in Bedfordshire before the family returned to Hull.

She did not grow old. Jane died in the spring of 1862, at forty-one, and was buried at St Mary's, Sculcoates, leaving William with the children. The Thompsons of Goxhill are a line of their own, for a later pass; through Jane's daughter Mary Elizabeth this one runs on to the Richmonds.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-10

Birth: February 29 1821 Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Marriage: June 22nd.1845 to William Oates at Hope Street Chapel, Hull
Burial: May 11th 1862, St. Mary's, Sculcoates aged 41 years
Parents: John Thompson and Mary Brown
Siblings: Robert Thompson baptised November 26th 1815, Goxhill Elizabeth Thompson baptised November 2nd 1817, Goxhill Jane Thompson baptised February 29 1821, Goxhill Mary Thompson baptised December 29 1827, Goxhill Henry Thompson baptised August 1 st 1830, Goxhill Eliza Thompson baptised April 1838, Goxhill
Children: Mary Elizabeth Oates born 1847 Manchester Henry William Oates born 1850, Manchester Emily Jane Oates born 1850/7 Bolton Lancashire Alice Elenor Oates baptised November 14th 1858 Wesleyan, Biggleswade Circuit, Bedford
1841c: Living in Goxhill Elizabeth Thompson* born 1776 Lincolnshire Jane Thompson born 1821 Lincolnshire Elizabeth Sergeant born 1816, Lincolnshire, Farm Servant Address Skitter Lane Both Jane and Elizabeth were of Independent Means *Elizabeth Thompson was probably Jane's paternal grandmother
1845: Marries William Oates in Hull

In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

JTFatherJohn Thompsonb. 1788 MBMotherMary Brown1796–1883

The children of John & Mary

· · Jane Thompson b. 1821this page · · ·

Marriage

WOSpouseWilliam Oates1821–1883

Children

MOChild · the line continuesMary Elizabeth Oatesmain line1847–1910

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred

1821

Baptised at Goxhill — Lincolnshire

25 February 1821 at Lincolnshire

Jane, daughter of John and Mary Thompson — baptised 25 February 1821, Goxhill.— Baptism — Goxhill, Lincolnshire (25 February 1821)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Baptism — Goxhill, Lincolnshire (25 February 1821) — Goxhill, Lincolnshire, baptism register, 25 February 1821; Lincolnshire Archives, page 26. findmypast Lincolnshire Baptisms (id GBPRS/LINCS/BAP/00699271), read 10 July 2026. This corrects Mum's page, which gives the impossible “29 February 1821” — 1821 was not a leap year; the register reads the 25th. index entry — original not yet seen

1841

Census · 1841

1841

Living in Goxhill Elizabeth Thompson* born 1776 Lincolnshire Jane Thompson born 1821 Lincolnshire Elizabeth Sergeant born 1816, Lincolnshire, Farm Servant Address Skitter Lane Both Jane and Elizabeth were of Independent Means *Elizabeth Thompson was probably Jane's paternal grandmother— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1845

Married William Oates

22 June 1845 at Hope Street Chapel

William Oates, of full age, Bachelor, Joiner, of 5 Bickerton Buildings, Williams Street, and Jane Thompson, of full age, Spinster, of 3 Bickerton Buildings, were married on the 22nd day of
June 1845, in the presence of Mary Thompson and George Melbourne. Fathers: Christopher Oates, Sailmaker; John Thompson, Labourer. Both William and Jane signed their names. (Mum's transcript; the register at Hope Street Chapel.)
— Marriage — William Oates & Jane Thompson, Hull (1845)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Marriage — William Oates & Jane Thompson, Hull (1845) — England & Wales Marriages (GRO index), Hull registration district, June quarter 1845, vol. 22, page 296 (findmypast, read 10 July 2026). Mum's own transcript of the Hope Street Chapel register carries the detail: both fathers named, both bride and groom signing. index entry — original not yet seen

1862

Buried at St Mary's, Sculcoates — aged forty-one

11 May 1862 at St Mary's

Jane Oates, buried 11 May 1862, St Mary's, Sculcoates, aged 41. (Mum's record.)— Burial — St Mary's, Sculcoates (11 May 1862)

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Burial — St Mary's, Sculcoates (11 May 1862) — Burial of Jane Oates, St Mary's, Sculcoates, 11 May 1862, aged 41 — Mum's reading (not re-read at the image this pass). from Mum’s research

Our research

The Thompson line

Research · a wife-line for a later pass

Jane's baptism (Goxhill, 1821) is confirmed in the Lincolnshire index this pass — and it corrected an impossible date on Mum's page. Her parents, John Thompson, a labourer, and Mary Brown, and her Goxhill siblings (Robert 1815, Elizabeth 1817, Mary 1827, Henry 1830, Eliza 1838) open a Thompson line of Goxhill, a pass of its own. To do there: John and Mary's own marriage and origins; the 1841 Skitter Lane household read at the image; and Jane's 1862 burial re-read at the register.