This is the funeral card of a Mr Thomas Wilson who died on the 7th May 1886. He resided at Broomhill, Ebchester.
![](http://caswellfamilychest.familyhistoryhunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/familychest.png)
I don’t know of any family connections to him but I did find him on the 1881 census:
![Thomas Wilson, 1881 Census](http://caswellfamilychest.familyhistoryhunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/census1-1-300x83.png)
This reveals that he was a farmer at Broomhill. This is interesting because William Charlton (Esther’s Grandfather) had been a farmer at Broomhill – as shown in the 1851 census:
![William Charlton b1801 Census 1851](http://caswellfamilychest.familyhistoryhunter.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/census-2-1-300x68.png)
Perhaps they rented the same piece of land from the Duke of Northumberland? Perhaps his name will come up when I investigate the diaries more….
Incidentally, according to the 1881 census – both Esther and her brother William were born at Broomhill – although the family were not living there in either 1871 or 1881
So there is cerainly a strong family connection with Broomhill!