Thomas
James
Matters
Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Matters
and Mary (Adams) Matters
Husband of
Emily (Novis) Matters
— married
16 Mar 1871 in Hindmarsh, South Australia
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2018
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Biography
Thomas James Matters was born 8 April 1850 and baptised on 13 June 1850 at Wesleyan-Methodist Ebenezer Chapel, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom. [1]
Thomas, aged 2, with his parents and siblings William 4, and Mary, an infant; left London 29th July 1852, on board the Sea Park. They departed Plymouth 24th August 1852, and arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th December 1852. Sadly, his infant sister, Mary, died on the voyage and was buried at sea. [2]
16 Mar 1871 Emily and Thomas were married [3]
Marriage notice in South Australian Register:
MATTERS-NOVIS.-On the 16th March, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. G. W. Patchell, Thomas James, second son of the late Thomas Matters, of Bowden, Formerly of Plymouth, to Emily, second daughter of Josiah Novis, of Hindmarsh. [4]
Census
1851 Residence: 18 Clarence Street, Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon, England [5]
| Given Name | Surname | Relationship | Marital status | Gender | Age | Estimated Birth Year | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Thomas | Matters | Head | Married | Male | 32 | 1819 | Mason journeyman | Launceston, Cornwall |
| Mary | Matters | Wife | Married | Female | 38 | 1813 | Werrington, Devon | |
| Charles H | Matters | Son | Male | 3 | 1848 | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Thomas J | Matters | Son | Male | 11 Mo | 1850 | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Henry C | Hodges | Lodger | Unmarried | Male | 21 | 1830 | Analytical chemist | Plymouth, Devon |
| Thomas | Sergeant | Lodger | Married | Male | 49 | 1802 | Customs House Officer | Jacobstow, Devon |
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 8; Piece 0008: Plymouth Circuit, Ebenezer Chapel (Wesleyan Methodist): Baptisms, 1837-1863
- ↑ The Ships list Sea Park
- ↑ genealogysa.org.au Marriage: 1871 86/538 MATTERS Thomas NOVIS Emily Adelaide
- ↑ Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39256998
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Class: HO107; Piece: 1878; Folio: 434; Page: 31; GSU roll: 221026
- Wainwright, Robert, "Miss Muriel Matters", Australia, Harper Collins Publishers, 2017. (Biography of his niece)
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