Born: 10 August 1857.
Place of Birth: Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire.
Died:
Parents: Edward and Emma Hickman, nee Tarry
Marriages: Mary Billing, 13th December 1875 at Northampton Registry Office.
Children: Nellie 1876, Annie 1878, Thomas 1881, Frank 1885, Mary 1887, Amy 1888, Margaret May 1890, Florence Emma 1891, Herbert, Harold 23rd November 1893, Herbert 1896 and Doris Hilda 1898.
Occupation: 1881 Census listed as Carpenter, 1891 Census listed as Builder, 1901 and 1911 Census listed as Builder and Contractor. On the birth certificate of his son Harold (1893), Thomas is shown as Carpenter Master.
Notes: Thomas gave his address as 13 Louise Road, Northampton for his marriage certificate. 1881 the family were living in Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire. In 1891 and 1901 they were living in Gladstone Street, Little Bowden, Leicestershire. In 1911 they were living on Northampton Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. In the 1891 Census Thomas's brother-in-law Frederick Billing (carpenter) age 25 was lodging with the family. In the 1871 Census, Mary's father Thomas Billing was listed as a carpenter.