In 1841 & 1851, Joseph (63,73), Mary (60,73), Thomas (40,52) and John (38,50), all were hand loom weavers at Kay St
In 1851, Thomas (son, 52, unmarried) was a hand loom weaver, still with the family at 97 Kay Sterrt, Little Bolton.
In 1861, Thomas was not with his father and brother John, so had possibly died. However, the only matching death record in in 1879, so he may have married Ellen Walkden in 1857 or Jane Dobson in 1858 (both RO). He may have been boarding with John and Hannah Hilton (63, Thomas, Silk Hand Loom Weaver, born L.B. but recorded as a Hilton)
In 1871, Thomas was 73, Unmarried, and a boarder at 210 Pikes Lane, West Bolton, a "Cotton Weaver at Home"
Thomas of Western Bolton died in March 1879, aged 81. He is buried at New Bury Churchyard (near Farnworth), South of Bolton.