As I can't play this week I'm reviving Thomas. Below is an article from a local paper proving that he is indeed my Thomas.
Hertford Mercury & Reformer
Saturday 3rd November 1849
CORONER'S INQUESTS,
On Wednesday, an inquest was held at the Plough, on view of the body of Thomas Wilshire of Hitchin, who was committed into the gaol on the 17th of October, on a conviction for deserting his family. Wilshire was a labouring man, 35 years of age, and had been in the prison eight times. When admitted into the gaol his health was good but on Friday, the 2tV.li of October, he was attacked with diarrhoea, which assumed the form of cholera on the following day. The prisoner died on Wednesday morning. He was well attended to. Verdict—Died of Asiatic cholera.
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