Name: | Thomas Wood |
Aliases: | Thomas Houston Wood |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 7th July, 1809 |
Occupation: | Confectioner |
Date of Death: | 18th March, 1899 |
Age: | 89 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to 14 years
Crime: | Burglary |
Convicted at: | Lincoln City Assizes |
Sentence term: | 14 years |
Ship: | John |
Departure date: | 26th January, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 8th June, 1832 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 199 other convicts |
Primary source: | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 258 |
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 Project. |
D Wong on 7th May, 2013 wrote:
Thomas Wood was 23 years old on arrival and came from Yorkshire. His occupation was a “Pastrycook/Confectioner”.
1839: TOL Port Macquarie
1840: Cedar Cutting Licence for Macleay, Nambucca and Belligen Rivers.
8/8/1845: COF.
1840: Birth of 1st child, 8 children in all.
27/5/1853: Married Jane Purcell at Richmond Heads.
Jane is named as the mother on the births of the earlier children, so I think they lived together first.
1863: Claimed land a Fernmount at the Lands Office, Kempsey.
18/3/1899: Tomas died at Upper Oranra, aged 89, and is buried at Fernmount Cemetery with Jane who died 28/12/1886, aged 73.
JAN BOURNE on 15th October, 2021 wrote:
Thomas was 89 years and 8 months old when he died on 18 March 1899.
D Wong on 7th May, 2013 made the following changes:
alias1, date of birth 2nd June, 1810, date of death 18th March, 1899, gender, occupation, crime
JAN BOURNE on 15th October, 2021 made the following changes:
date of birth: 7th July, 1809 (prev. 2nd June, 1810)
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