I'm looking for anyone who knows more information about Thomas Firth, he was the proprietor of Firth and Foster Brothers dye house of Philadelphia for some years, born in 1847 (est.) before he handed it to his son Joseph, my great grandfather. Any information anyone has would be great, thanks.

Jeff

Our family tree has lost a Thomas FIRTH born 1826 in Bingley, Yorkshire, who we are reliably informed died in the USA. We last "sighted" him on the English 1841 Census.

Extensive research has failed to find him beyond that.

His father was a Joseph, as was one of his brothers (and innumerable nephews and so on).

Have you no idea which part of Yorkshires yours originated from?

Thomas & Joseph ARE very common names, and it's likely this is merely coincidence. You'd need to get more details at your end (even extended family names might help) as to when yours arrived in USA etc. before we could advance this much further.

Jools
New Zealand

The thomas firth I'm talking about was born on Oct 6 1842 in England. So it's not the same one.

Jeff