Died
after age 68
in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
Thomas (Brown) Shaw was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
Thomas Shaw Brown, son of Thomas Shaw & Frances Brown, was baptised on 27 August 1820 in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
In 1828, Thomas was living with his parents, Thomas and Frances, and siblings John, aged 4, Ann aged 3 and James 8 months. His father Thomas was aged 45, and had arrived as a convict on the 'General Hewett' in 1814. His mother was aged 34, and has arrived, also as a convict, on the 'Lord Melville' in 1816.[2]
Thomas married Susanna Hughes in 1842 in Sydney. [3]
Thomas's daughter Susannah Shaw married Joseph Hill on 22 February 1869.[4]
Thomas (age 69) died on 13 August 1889 in Leichhardt, New South Wales [5] and was buried at the Balmain Cemetery. [6]
Sources
↑Baptism: "New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Baptisms, 1790-1916," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60622 #29632 (accessed 21 January 2023), Thomas Shaw Brown baptism on 27 Aug 1820, son of Thomas Shaw Brown & Frances Brown, in New South Wales, Australia; citing Reference Number REG/COMP/1, Description Vol 01, Baptisms, 1790-1825, Marriages, 1789-1823, Burials, 1790-1825, Parish St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta.
↑1828 Census: "1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy)," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1224 #22724 (accessed 21 January 2023), Thomas Shaw in New South Wales, Australia; citing State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1828 Census Alphabetical Return, Series Number NRS 1272, Reel 2555.
↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (accessed 21 Jan 2023). , Index entry for THOMAS SHAW and SUSANNA HUGHES; District: MF; Registration Number: 252/1842 V1842252 26C
↑Marriage of daughter Susannah Shaw:
"Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001"
Fairfax Media; Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9091 #136225023 (accessed 20 January 2023)
Thomas Shaw's daughter Susannah Shaw marriage to Joseph Hill on 22 Feb 1869.
↑Burial: "Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, Cemetery Records, 1868-1912," database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62091 #8874 (accessed 21 January 2023), Thomas Shaw burial (died on 13 Aug 1889 at age 69) on 13 Aug 1889 in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia; citing Central Coast Family History Society, East Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, Balmain Cemetery Records, 1868-1912.
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Shaw-5774 and Brown-153916 appear to represent the same person because: Similar birth and death details. Baptised under the name Brown, so Brown is the preferred Last Name at Birth