Thomas Cusheon attested for the St Helena Regt 22 Dec 1853. It was quite common in Victorian times for men to enlist in the winter as a means of survival. He then went off to St Helena for over ten years, and left the island as a Sergeant in the 57th Regiment of Foot. He was a Corporal when he married 24 Nov 1860 Charlotte Ward.
- Trevor Gladwell, TGladwell@JSCSC.Org

1881 UK Census: 8 Willow Terrace, London, Middlesex, England
Thomas CUSHEON Head M Male 43 Limerick, Ireland Army Pensioner
Charlotte CUSHEON Wife M Female 38 Saint Helena Laundress
William Thos. CUSHEON Son Male 14 Colchester, Essex, England Errand Boy
Michael Hy. CUSHEON Son Male 12 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Edmond Jas. CUSHEON Son Male 10 Devonport, Devon, England Scholar
Frederick C. CUSHEON Son Male 6 Woolwich, Kent, England Scholar
Arthur Fred. CUSHEON Son Male 3 Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Dora Ann CUSHEON Daur Female 1 Hampstead, Middlesex, England

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Sources:
1. 1881 UK Census: 8 Willow Terrace, London, Middlesex, England
2. Free BMD: Woolwich [d: age 55]
3. Trevor Gladwell, TGladwell@JSCSC.Org

• Married: 24 Nov 1860 in Saint James Church

1. William Thomas Cusheon b: 1867 in Colchester, Essex, England
2. Michael Henry (Harry) Cusheon b: 27 Oct 1868 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England
3. Edmond James Cusheon b: 1871 in Devonport, Devon, England
4. Frederick Charles Cusheon b: Mar 1875 in Woolwich, Kent, England
5. Arthur Frederick (Francis) Cusheon b: Sep 1877 in Hampstead, Middlesex, England
6. Dora Ann Cusheon b: Dec 1879 in Hampstead, Middlesex, England
7. Mary Eliza E. Cusheon b: 27 Aug 1862 in St Helena, Essex, East Hampstead, England
8. Margaret Elizabeth Cusheon b: 1865 in St Helena, Essex, East Hampstead, England