Born in Wales
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jennifer (Cooke) Thomas
— married
1811 (to 13 Apr 1830) in United Kingdom
Husband of
Mary Ann (Burt) Thomas
— married
22 May 1833 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
James Thomas, John (Foxon) Thomas, William Thomas, Jane (Thomas) Gray and Clarence Gilmore Thomas
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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| Gilmore 1829 |
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Biography
He married his first wife Jennifer Cooke in about 1811. John was an agriculturist and possibly a carpenter who was indentured to Thomas Peel and was still in Clarence in May 1831. He had applied for a publican's licence at Clarence in 1830.[1]
John, his wife and their four children came to Western Australia on the Gilmore, arriving on 15 December 1829.[1]
His wife Jennifer passed away in childbirth on 13 April 1830 and he subsequently married widower Mary Ann Hokin nee Burt on 22 May 1833.[1]
John and his wife departed for South Australia on the Arpenteur in May 1848.[1]
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| Swan River Colony 1832 Census #739 |
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Jennifer (Jane) passed away during childbirth on 13 April 1830 at Clarence.[1]
- In the Census death record #17, Jane Thomas: wife of John Thomas (739). Their son Clarence died on 2 May 1830, his death record being #24. Her place of birth was given as Wallagan (?), Cornwall. (see spouse, and therefore not Wales).
He was granted half of Lot 130 at Fremantle in 1841.[1]
Research Notes
Searched West Aust & Sth Aust BDM indexes but no marriage or death found for a John in that year or any other date to work in with his age.
Marriage indexes in West Aust not available till 1841
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians,
pre-1829-1888. compiled by Rica Erickson
- The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians records a son (no name stated) born from his second marriage, who was born in 1841 and died in 1845.
- "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZD-H5K : 12 December 2014), John Thomas and Mary Ann Hokin, 22 May 1833; citing Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, reference 21; FHL microfilm 284,857.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Categories: Swan River Colony (1829-1832) | Gilmore, Arrived 15 Dec 1829 | Migrants from Carmarthenshire to Western Australia
He died in that penal colony & the records can be seen in Tasmanian Convicts records. He may have married in 1833 I have not researched it. He did not go to South Australia in 1848 I am his great gr gr granddaughter.