John Field

John Field (#109) and Mary Masters (#110)

John was born in London around 1833 as his age was given in the 1871 census as 38.

Thomas's birth certificate shows his mother was Mary but in 1871 John was married to 
Edith (#633).  Edith was born in Hellidon, Northamptonshire around 1841.

John worked as a Master Cordwainer, which is an archaic term for a shoemaker or leather worker. 
Edith also worked as a Cordwainer.

The 1871 census shows a 'visitor' called Ellen Burton, aged 23, from Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
 
John and Mary's children
     i    John Field (#634) was born circa 1863 in Birmingham.
     ii   Thomas Durbin Field (#44) born on the 20th October 1864.

John and Edith's children
     iii  Edith Ellen (Nellie) Field (#183) was born
          circa 1867 in Birmingham.
     iv   William H Field (#635) was born circa 1870
          in Birmingham.
     v    Mary Field (#184). 
     vi   Martha(?) Field (#185). (Possibly the same generation as John Field as her children
          were older than Edith Field. Martha died in 1963ish in her eighties)