Thomas
William
Henry
Born in Tanderagee, County of Armagh, Ireland
Son of James Henry
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Mary (Henry) Bell
Husband of
Eliza Coombe (Gay) Henry
— married
1856 in Avoca, Colony of Victoria
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Henry, John Thomas Henry, James Nelson Henry, William Wesley Henry, Alfred Albert Henry, Ernest Herbert Henry, Oliver Howell Henry, Percival Egbert Henry, Lydia May (Henry) Evans, Percival Howell Henry and Cecil Wilfred Henry
Died
at age 77
in Avoca, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Mar 2016
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Biography
Thomas William Henry was born on 1829 at Tanderagee, County of Armagh, Ireland. He was the son of James Henry and Jane Cousins.
On October 21 1841, the Manlius sailed from Greenock, Scotland with 245 passengers. It arrived in Port Phillip on Monday, February 10, 1842. During the voyage, 61 of the passengers and crew had died from Typhus. Other deaths occurred in quarantine at Point Gellibrand, Williamstown.[1] The Henry family were passengers on this "plague ship", and the Henry children lost their father during this voyage, and their mother in quarantine at Point Gellibrand. The children survived both the voyage and quarrantine. Thomas was 12 years old. When the five orphaned children were finally released from quarantine in late April they were collected by their late mother’s sister, Margaret Black, and taken to Carraragarmungee, a 60,000 acre property near Wangaratta held under licence by Mrs Agnes Reid and her sons David and John. Andrew Black worked on the property as a shepherd and wagon driver. The early life of the five children was spent on this property.[2]
In 1856, Thomas William Henry married Eliza Coomb Gay.[3]
He passed away on 28 Oct 1906, aged 77.[4]
The interment of Thomas William Henry took place on 30 Oct 1906 at Sect A Sub 1 No A31 at Avoca Cemetery, Avoca, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia. [5]
Sources
- ↑ WAHall, Tragedy of Point Gellibrand "TRAGEDY OF POINT GELLIBRAND." The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 27 December 1930: 4 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Web. 12 Mar 2016 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140837254 .
- ↑ Keith Brownbill http://immigrationplace.com.au/story/sarah-brownbill/
- ↑ Victorian marriage registration 1856: 02911,F,Trevena,Eliza Coomb,Henry,Thomas William,, 1856: 02911,M,Henry,Thomas William,Trevena,Eliza Coomb,,
- ↑ Victorian death registration 1906: 11508,,Henry,Thomas William,Henry James,Cussens Jane,Avoca,77,
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201024059/thomas-william-henry: accessed 02 October 2022), memorial page for Thomas William Henry (1829–28 Oct 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201024059, citing Avoca Cemetery, Avoca, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by BB (contributor 49825097) .
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