Thomas Gosper (1798 - 1864)

Born 12 Jul 1798 in Freemans Reach, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Humphries) Gosper — married 19 May 1819 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1864 at age 66 in Upper Colo, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

• timeline^[1]

Thomas was born 12 July 1798.

Around 1816 he received a land grant of 60 acres in the southern side of Currency Creek which is now Glossodia.

In 1819 he married Mary Humphries at Windsor.^[2] By 1827, Thomas and Mary had settled at Upper Colo and in 1829 Thomas was appointed District Constable and Poundkeeper until 1832.

He purchased many farms in the district during his lifetime but the property at Upper Colo was where they eventually lived.

On Thomas' death^[3] the property was divided into four sections of 20 acres each:

• The section west of Comleroy Road was left to daughter Jane, where she and her husband, George Cavanough, established a well known accommodation house.
• Another section went to son, George, where the Upper Colo Church and Burial Ground are located.
• The other sections were left to sons William Henry and James.

Thomas and Mary were buried there in the Upper Colo Church and Burial Ground and a plaque to their memory was installed by The Gosper Family Society.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/LB37-V4R
2. ↑ NSW BDM marriage reg. no. 2338/1819 V18192338 3A, of GOSPORT, THOMAS, and HUMPHRIES, MARY, registered at 'CC'
3. ↑ NSW BDM death registration of GOSPER, THOMAS, reg. no. 5655/1864, showing father's name THOMAS, and DIED COLO, registered at RICHMOND
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 November 2019), memorial page for Thomas Gosper (12 Jul 1798–5 Oct 1864), Find A Grave Memorial no. 158473163, citing Upper Colo Cemetery, Upper Colo, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209) Find A Grave: Memorial #158473163

See also:

• Gosper connections : a genealogy of Thomas Roker Alexander Gosper and Mary Ann Hipwell / by Don and Jill Mills. Published: Windsor, N.S.W. : D. and J. Mills, 1998.
• 'Gosper, Thomas (1798–1864)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gosper-thomas-24105/text, accessed 9 November 2017.
• https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I57542/Thomas-Gosper#
• https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/gosper-thomas-24105
• https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gosper_(1798-1864)