Thomas Bates (1826 - 1909)

Born 6 Aug 1826 in York, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Mary Jane (Kilpatrick) Bates — married 1862 in Colony of Victoria

Died 31 Dec 1909 at age 83 in Metung, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Thomas Bates was christened 26 Sep 1826, London, England. Parents Thomas Bates and Mira Whiteside. Maternal grandfather John Towers Whiteside.^[1]

Marriage

Married Mary Jane Kilpatrick 1862 in Victoria, Australia.^[2]

Death

Thomas Bates died 30 Dec 1909 at the age of 84^[3][4] and was interred at Bumberrah Cemetery, Bumberrah, Victoria, Australia.^[5]

Obituary

A very old colonist and pioneer, Mr. Thomas Bates, passed away on Friday, December 31st; at Metung, Gippsland Lakes, in his eighty-fifth year. The late Mr. Bates, who was closely associated with Geelong and district for more than half a century, was born at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and arrived, with his parents at Launceston, Tasmania, at Christmas, 1829, the family crossing to Port Phillip (landing at Point Henry) in 1836. No doubt he will be remembered by many still living in the Geelong district, although he removed, with his family to Gippsland about 20 years ago. When quite a young man he was appoined a provincial magistrate, and for very many years occupied a seat on the Bench at Drysdale, Geelong and other centres. He held Duck Ponds station, Station Peak, Lara, for many years—the original run taken up by his father including the site where Geelong now stands. Mr. Bates and his brothers also held "Kaladbro," Mount Gambier, and Guichen Bay, South Australia. He discovered and developed the Clifton Springs, Drysdale, where he resided for 25 years. The lifetime of the deceased gentleman in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia covers a period of 81 years, and he passed through most of the stirring events of the early days. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CN6W-8HZM : 4 February 2023), Thomas Bates, 1826.
2. ↑ Births Deaths Marriages, Victoria (1853-1961)]
   Marriage: Registration number 895 / 1862 - Family name: BATES - Given name(s) Thomas - Spouse's family name: KILPATRICK - Spouse's given name(s) Mary Jane
3. ↑ Gravestone inscription
4. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages online index: record of the 1909 death, at the age of 84, at Swan Reach, Victoria, of Thomas Bates, son of Thomas Bates and Mira Whiteside; reference number 14305/1909; accessed 5 Sep 2021
5. ↑ East Gippsland Regional Library Service. 1995. East Gippsland cemetery and memorial transcriptions. Bairnsdale: East Gippsland Regional Library Service.
6. ↑ National Library od Australia: Trove: Geelong Advertiser (Vic.) Fri 7 Jan 1910, Page 5