When Thomas Patterson Poor was born in 1805, in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Poor, was 33 and his mother, Ann Quick, was 34. He married Elizabeth Ball on 19 January 1831, in Plymouth St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. In 1851, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as brush maker in Devonport St Mary, Devonport, Devon, England, United Kingdom. He died in December 1862, in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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