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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Tonge was transported on the Minstrel, departing 5th Apr 1825 and arriving 22nd Aug 1825 with 121 passengers.
Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 247 (145) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
11/9/1824 Lancaster Gazette Lancashire, England: LANCASTER ASSIZES Thomas Tonge, aged 25, was then put to the bar, charged, on an indictment, with having robbed on the highway, Mr. Robert Hampson. 4/12/1824 Lancaster Gazette Lancashire, England: Thomas Tonge, to be transported for life. 1832: TOL Maitland 1836: Married Elizabeth Shaw at Maitland C of E. (No children found). 1/1/1840: CP 15/3/1845: Absolute Pardon. 4/3/1843 Maitland Mercury, NSW: NEW APPOINTMENT.-Mr. Thomas Tonge has been appointed inspector of slaughter houses, and of cattle intended to be slaughtered, in the district of Maitland, in the room of Mr. James Kelly, who has resigned. 9/9/1846 Maitland Mercury, NSW: Inspector of Slaughter-houses.-Thomas Tonge was, on Monday last, dismissed from his appointment as inspector of slaughter-houses and watchhouse-keeper, in consequence of misconduct. We leam that Mr. George Wood, chief constable of Maitland, will receive the first situation, whilst constable M'Guinness, now stationed at Morpeth, will be appointed to the latter. 19/3/1851 Maitland Mercury, NSW: FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Saturday evening Thomas Tonge, an elderly man in the employment of Mr. Graham, of the Crown and Anchor Inn, Morpeth, went to assist in bringing home a goat that was browsing on the verge of the precipice near Mr. Graham's, between the upper and lower roads, Morpeth. Tonge was seen by two persons to entice the goat with a little grass, and then to take up a rope tied to the goat ; one person, standing underneath, saw him pulling at this rope, which suddenly appeared to reak or slip? when Tonge fell back, and rolled over the precipice, a depth of some fourteen feet, falling on his head, which struck a large rock. The fall fractured his skull, and he never spoke or moved afterwards, dying almost immediately. Tonge was formerly lockup keeper at West Maitland, but latterly had become quite a cripple, from rheumatism and the effects of an accident. An inquest was held on the body on Sunday, before Mr. Parker, when a verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury requesting the Coroner to communicate with the owner of the land as to the necessity for putting a fence on the top of the precipice for protection.
Thomas died as the result of an accident. fell over cliff while attempting to secure 2 goats. Fractured scull and died soon after Maitland Mercury and Hunter River Advertiser NSW