Thomas was born about 1831 or 1832, his parents came from county Down, Ireland where they married and their first children were born. They moved to Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland where several more children were born. [1]
Thomas and Margaret were married in Scotland in 1851 and emigrated with their young family to Victoria, Australia where three more children were born. [2]
He is buried in Lawrence Cemetery, in the Clutha District of Otago, New Zealand - Plot 70 & 71 in the Presbyterian Section. [3]
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