On 23 Aug 1859 when Eliza was 23, she married Thomas TOMES in St Marys Church, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England. Born in 1834 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England. Christened on 30 Mar 1834 in Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died in Aldershot Rd, Fleet. Hampshire, England, on 28 Sep 1906; he was 72. Occupation: Muslin Warehouseman.
- Son of William Tomes (ca1804-1860) and Ellen Boulton (ca1802-1864), 1 of 9 children: Eliza, Susan, William, Thomas, Amos, Elllen, Henry, Alfred, and Emma
- Thomas married twice
* Eliza Chapple 23 Aug 1859, St Marys Church, St Marylebone, Middlesex
* Emma Martin, 12 Jan 1866, St Johns Church Paddington
- Marriage Certificate: MB199264 - 427 Thomas Tomes, full age, Bachelor, Warehouseman, of 19 Weipmouth Street, Father's name William Tomes profession Whitesmith. Marriage was witnessed by Henry Margetts,, Mark Blakeman, Sarah Clarke & Mariann Eddowes. Mariann Eddowes was a married sister of Eliza Chapple, Henry Margetts was probably Thomas Tomes' Brother-in-law, who married Eliza Tomes 1849 Marriage reg Marylebone 1859 3q 1a 771: Thomas TOMBS [sic] Muslin Wharehouseman on son Frank Henry's birth certificate
- Death Certificate Thomas Tomes 72 yo. of Independent means, malignant disease of bowl, exhaustion
- 1861 Census Thomas Tomes - Head, M, 27, Scotch Muslin Warehouseman - b Leamington, Warwickshire Marriage to Emma Martin (nee Wheeler) Thomas Tomes - full age, Widower - Warehouseman - living at 10 Connaught Terrace - Father: William Tomes - Whitesmith.
- 1871 Census 20 Wigmore Street, Marylebone; Thomas Tomes - head - M 37, Warehouseman to Scotch & Manchester Muslin Firm, b. Leamington
- 1881 Census Leamington Lodge, Page Green Estate, Tottenham Thomas Tomes - Head M 47 Draper employing 6 Females b. Leamington Warwickshire
- 1891 Census Aldershot Road, Crondall, Fleet, Hampshire; Thomas Tomes Head 57, Retired Draper b. Leamington Warwickshire
- 1901 Census, "Stoneleigh" Aldershot Road, Fleet, Hampshire Thomas Tomes Head 67, Retired Wholesale Drapery Warehouseman-Retired Draper - b. Leamington.