Occupation
| Gramps ID | E0396 |
| Date | between 1/7/1877 and 22/6/1878 |
| Place | Brown’s Buildings, 4 Water Street, Liverpool Docks, Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Description | Partner with Edward Edwards, Hilmar von Schwartz, cotton brokers, trading as John Hawleigh Smith & Co. Voluntary liquidation 1878 called on their personal estates and may have led to bankruptcy for Thomas, by coincidence at the same time he was getting hitched to the presumably wealthy Annie. |