Thomas Rice (abt. 1833 - 1882)

Born about 16 Jul 1833 in New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1882 at about age 49 in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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Thomas Rice. Born 16 July 1833. New York. ^[1]

Event: de facto marriage to Charlotte Lawrence. 1871

Marriage 1880 Sydney, New South Wales. ^[2]

Died 28 October 1882. Drowned off Botany Bay when the ship " S S Woniora " sank. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees
2. ↑ Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949 Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees

• Source: S-2085897925 Repository: #R-2141938686 Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.

Research Notes

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Offline franh1946 RootsChat Senior

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Re: No Birth record, Sydney 1872 birth SOLVED !!! « Reply #72 on: Monday 10 March 14 09:35 GMT (UK) » First I must thank all the Rootschatterers who kindly gave up their time to solve my family tree problems. This is the story thus far:

1853 Charlotte Turrell/Tyrrell/Tyrill arrives in Sydney in the “Meteor” 1857 She marries John Lawrence in St Andrew’s Church Sydney (Church of Scotland) 1862 -1866 She lives with publican George Stephens in Forbes NSW and gives birth to four children, two of whom survive to adulthood (Mary Jane Stephens and William Arthur Stephens) 1871 Thomas Rice Engineer marries Elizabeth Forster. Prior to the marriage they had a still born child. Elizabeth dies soon after the wedding. 1871 Charlotte Lawrence is the informant of the death and witness ,(as friend of the deceased) at the burial of Elizabeth Forster wife of Thomas Rice, Engineer . 1872 She gives birth to Thomas Lawrence illegitimate (certificate altered from Thomas Rice) 1875 Gives birth to Charles Henry Rice. 1880 Thomas Rice engineer marries Emily Hockey. They have two daughters after 1880, but there are two more daughters born before the marriage, who are known as Rice throughout their lives. 1882 Thomas Rice drowns in the wreck of the Woniora. 1882 Thomas (jnr) and Charles Henry are placed in the orphanage ; record states illegitimate.

I don’t yet know what happened to John Lawrence, or to Charlotte after her relationship with Thomas Rice ended, but I am so pleased to have finally, after 30 years, solved the puzzle of my grandfather’s birth. Thanks again, everyone. Fran