HURST, Thomas

(1840-17/11/1906)

Thomas died in Boyanup. He was the son of Abraham. Thomas arrived on 10/04/1842 on the Diadem with his parents. He married on 10/12/1868 at Bunbury to Elizabeth Ann Ecclestone (08/1853-21/06/1931). Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Mary. Elizabeth arrived 31/08/1853 on the Phoebe Dunbar. Their children were Anne Elizabeth (1869-1925), baptised in 1869, William (1872-1939), Isabella Rose, baptised in 1870, Sarah Ellen (1874-), Mary Matilda (1878-1954) (Boyanup), Emily Amy, (1878-1879), Abraham (1879-1942), John Thomas (1882-1923), James Henry (1884-), Eva Alice (1886-1941), Charles Preston (1889-1918), George Edward (1891-1965), Robert Raymond (1893-1970) and Thomas Lester (1896-1898) who died at Boyanup but buried in Bunbury. Thomas was a Bunbury farmer "Bogginup" (Boyanup) and worked as a shingle cutter. In 1863 Thomas renewed a pastoral lease. He employed around 14 tickets of leave men between 1869-1874, including sawyers. He was a member of the Church of England.

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