Dear Sue,

I had tried:
Oct/Nov/Dec qtr 1929 no matches.

Jan/Feb/Mar qtr 1930 one match of Thomas 78 Cockermouth? I see from a map that it is fairly close to IOM.

Oct/Nov/Dec 1930
Thomas 72 Liverpool
Thomas 70 Stockport.

Then I did another full year for 1931, no luck, lots of Thomas's but only one above that matches with his age (78).

Regards Diane