FreeBMD only has two Thomas John's born in the London area between 1841 and 1851
Thomas John COLES, birth Sep qtr 1841, Clerkenwell - the TJ baptised below
Thomas John COLE, birth Jun qtr 1849, Whitechapel
St Anne Limehouse baptisms
1842 Jul 10, Thomas John, s/o Charles & Mary COLES, Poplar, Victualler, born 1841 Jun 17
1843 Jul 23, William George, s/o ditto, born 1843 Jan 17
1844 Oct 27, Henry James, s/o ditto, born 1844 Oct 14 - buried All Saints Poplar 9 Feb 1845 aged 4mths
There is a Charles COLES buried All Saints Poplar 4 Dec 1856 aged 60
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