James THOMAS^[1]

1833 - 1913  (80 years)

• Name	James THOMAS  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	1833	Lopen, Somerset, England   [5, 6]
  Christened	3 Apr 1833	All Saints', Lopen, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	3 Apr 1833
  	All Saints File #6377 Reg #325
  	Lopen, Somerset, England
  Residence	1851  [5]
  	Lopen, Somerset, England
  Arrival	4 Jan 1852
  	On board the "William & Mary" from Ailesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
  	Sydney, New South Wales
  Residence	1903  [2]
  	Mackay, Herbert, Queensland, Australia
  _PPEXCLUDE	c
  _UID	DCBE42EC33174AE1B86CD60125C598904A08
  Died	10 Mar 1913	Mackay, Queensland, Australia   [4]
  	Cause: Senility/Heart Failure
  Buried	11 Mar 1913	Mackay Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
  	Address: Cemetery Road West Mackay, Queensland 4740
  	Church of England Section
  Person ID	I222	Connor McCann Family
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	James THOMAS,   b. Apr 1789, Lopen, Somerset, England ,   d. 2 Jan 1861, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Anne CHICK,   b. 23 May 1798, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England ,   d. 30 Apr 1837, Lopen, Somerset, England  (Age 38 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1814	Lopen, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane DOUGLAS,   b. Abt 1835, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland ,   d. 18 Feb 1913, Mackay, Queensland, Australia  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1864	Mackay, Queensland, Australia
  Children	1. Mary THOMAS,   b. 21 Oct 1865, Mackay, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 3 May 1942, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 76 years)   2. Honor (Hannah) THOMAS,   b. 4 Apr 1867, Mackay, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 10 Jun 1947, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 80 years)   3. Sarah THOMAS,   b. 19 Jun 1869, Mackay, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 14 Jun 1925, Warwick, Queensland, Australia  (Age 55 years)   4. John Douglas (Jack) THOMAS,   b. 11 May 1871, Mackay, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 31 Jan 1907, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	21 May 2020
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JAMES THOMAS, Farmer, was born in 1833 in Somersetshire, and emigrated in 1851 to the colonies. Arrived in Sydney, he followed the occupation of a shepherd and gold-digger in both New South Wales and Victoria. In 1863 he arrived in Queensland to accept employment on the Eaglefield Station, whence he conducted the first waggon to Mackay. Settling in this place, he received employment, and assisted to build the Wills Hotel, after which he followed a similar occupation for some considerable time. To Mr. Thomas is due the credit of planting the first sugar-cane cultivated in the district, the grower being Mr. T. H. Fitzgerald. In 1867 he took up land, and commenced planting on his own account. Mr. Thomas married in Mackay shortly after his arrival therein, and has one son and three daughters, of whom the son and one daughter are employed as Public School teachers in the town. Aldine History of Queensland W. FREDERIC MORRISON, M.A., M.D., The Aldine Publishing Co., 1888 p.791

  
  

• Sources

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