Researching Thomas Wedgwood
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The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Wedgwood on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Wedgwood and the Wedgwood Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wedgwood Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Wedgwood family tree.
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Wedgwood Forums
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Some Famous People called Thomas Wedgwood
Thomas Wedgwood (photographer)
Thomas Wedgwood (14 May 1771 – 10 July 1805) was an English photographer and inventor. He is most widely known as an early experimenter in the field of photography.
He is the first person known to have thought of creating permanent pictures by capturing camera images on material coated with a light-sensitive chemical. His practical experiments yielded only shadow image photograms that were not light-fast, but his conceptual breakthrough and partial success have led some historians to call him "the first photographer".
Source: Thomas Wedgwood (photographer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaThomas Wedgwood IV
Thomas Wedgwood IV (1716, Burslem–23 February 1773, Burslem) was an English master potter who taught his illustrious youngest brother Josiah Wedgwood the trade.
Wedgwood was the son of the potter Thomas Wedgwood III and his wife Mary Stringer. He married twice, first to Isabell Beech (1722-1750), who had five children, two of whom died in infancy.
with Isabell Beech:* Thomas Wedgwood V (c. 1744-1786), master potter of the Overhouse, from whom descends the famous ceramic designer Clarice Cliff.* John Wedgwood (born and died 1746)* Catherine Wedgwood (1748-1750)* Sarah Wedgwood (1774-1856) married (1) John Taylor (2) the Reverend John Richardson* Mary Wedgwood (1750-?) married Josiah Wood.
Wedgwood married again in 1752 to Jane Richards (1715-1785) and they had three children:
* William Wedgwood (1755-1837) of Bournehayes Gentleman.* John Wedgwood (1758-1782)* Jane (?-?)
Wedgwood was the principal heir of Katherine Wedgwood Egerton (1682/1683-1705) a very rich widow, who was his first cousin once removed, their shared ancestor being Thomas Wedgwood I.
Source: Thomas Wedgwood IV, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Wedgwood
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