Thomas
James
Punch
Born in Poole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Punch
and Sarah Ann (Brown) Punch
Brother of
John Joseph Punch, Sarah Ann (Punch) Barnes, William Henry Punch, Charles Alexander Punch, Eliza Jane (Punch) Gregory, Louisa Charlotte (Punch) Babbington, Emily (Punch) Martin, Maria Amelia (Punch) Pegg, Helena Punch, Isabella Eleanor (Punch) Gregory and Andrew Benjamin Punch
Husband of
Catherine (Lock) Punch
— married
26 May 1846 (to 1877) in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Husband of
Dorothy (Cottam) Punch
— married
1878 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Ann Punch, Thomas William Punch, Ann Maria Punch, Louisa Charlotte (Punch) Wilkinson, Thomas William Punch, Henry Punch, George James Punch, Alfred Punch, William Thomas Punch, James Joseph Punch and Frederick Punch
Died about
at about age 63
in Kerang, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jan 2013
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Biography
Thomas James was born in 1824 in Poole, Dorset, England and is the son of Thomas Punch and Sarah Ann (Brown). He was baptised on September 30, 1825 in St. James', Poole, Dorset, England (FHL Film number 1239221, Ref. ID Item 16)[1]
1841 England census
Residence: Tower Hamlets, St Anne Limehouse, Middlesex
| Household | Role | Marital status | Gen | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Thomas PUNCH | Head | M | M | 44 | Limehouse, Middlesex | Shipwright | |
| Ann PUNCH | Wife | M | F | 34 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas PUNCH | Son | - | M | 16 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| John PUNCH | Son | - | M | 14 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Richard PUNCH | Son | - | M | 12 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| William PUNCH | Son | - | M | 10 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Charles PUNCH | Son | - | M | 8 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Eliza PUNCH | Dau | - | F | 4 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Louisa PUNCH | Dau | - | F | 4 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Emily PUNCH | Dau | - | F | 2 | Limehouse, Middlesex | ||
| Maria PUNCH | Dau | - | F | 1 | Limehouse, Middlesex |
He married Catherine (Lock) after posting Banns on May 25, 1846 in St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London England. Thomas was a Shipwright while Catherine was a dressmaker who could not write so signed her mark (x). Both their fathers were shipwright. Thomas and Catherine listed their residence at time of marriage as 13 George Street.[3]
Children: Sarah Ann (1847-1848), Thomas William (1849-1849), Ann Maria (1849-1851), Louisa Charlotte (1851-1942), Thomas William (1854-1856), Thomas Henry 1856-1862), George James (1858-1860), Alfred Thomas 1861-1925), William Thomas (1863-1938), James Joseph (1866-1867), Frederick (1869-1943)
By the time of the 1851 England Census Thomas and Catherine had buried 3 children.
1851 England census
Residence: Limehouse, Stepney, Middlesex
| Household | Role | Marital status | Gen | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Thomas PUNCH | Head | M | M | 25 | Poole, Dorset, | Shipwright | |
| Catherine PUNCH | Wife | M | F | 26 | Limehouse, Middlesex |
Thomas and his family (Catherine 33, Louisa 6 and Henry 1) immigrated from England to Australia, as assisted immigrants, aboard the "Light of the Age" arriving on October 4, 1857.[5]
Catherine died in 1877 and he remarried in 1878 to Dorothy (Cottam) Wilkinson in Victoria[6][7]
He died in 1887 aged 62 in Kerang, Victoria[8]
Probate of his estate was granted to his widow, Dorothy and his son, William Punch, a dairyman of Kerang.[9]
http://www.roosen.com.au/Punch/Early_Punch_Family.html
Sources
- ↑ England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
- ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 701; Book: 8; Civil Parish: St Anne Limehouse; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 8; Page: 10; Line: 6; GSU roll: 438814 - Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P91/LEN/A/01/Ms 7498/57
- ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 1554; Folio: 586; Page: 40; GSU roll: 174786 - Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2476
- ↑ Victoria Marriage registration 3593/1878
- ↑ https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
- ↑ Victoria Death registration 2460/1887
- ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7923572
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