Thomas Mole (abt. 1877 - 1928)

Born about 1877 in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 18 Oct 1928 at about age 51 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Thomas was born 1877 in Aston , Warwickshire, England. He was the son of Irishman Richard Mole and his English wife Mary Ann Dipple. ^[1]

In the 1881 England Census Thomas (3) was listed as the son of Richard (46) a Still Log Grinder, and Mary Mole (45), and that he was born in Aston, Warwickshire. They were living at 16 Francis Street, Hamlet of Duddeston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His siblings were David Richard (16) a labourer, John (13), Arthur (11), and William (7). ^[2]

Thomas travelled with his family from London, England to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, arriving on the vessel 'Duke of Westminster' on 11 January 1886. ^[3]

He supposedly drowned in the sea at Dunwich, Stradbroke Island, Brisbane, Queensland on 18 October 1928. His sister-in-law Louisa Mole was the Informant and the death was registered on evidence based on extracts from police reports. He was about 51, and his body was never recovered. ^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/22963441:8912?ssrc=pt&tid=83958718&pid=46497906192 FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

   Name Thomas Mole

   Registration Date 1877 [1877]

   Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep

   Registration Place Aston, Warwickshire, England

   Volume 6d

   Page 384

2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com.au The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com.au Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Queensland State Archives, Series ID 13086, Registers of Immigrant Ships' Arrivals, Rolls M471, M473, M1075, M1696–1710.
4. ↑ https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/175ba1e4d6df6044e425faf3a66f1397e0ccadb900ef78582255c4b375cdd69c Qld Death Index

   Name: Thomas Mole

   Event date: 18/10/1928

   Event type: Death registration

   QLD Death Registration details: 1929/B/7074

   Mother: Mary Anne Dipple

   Father/parent: Richard Mole

5. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21348952

   The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), October 24 1928, page 7. (Retrieved October 1, 2023)

   MAN MISSING FROM DUNWICH.

   Since midnight on October 19, Thomas Mole, aged 53 years, has been missing from the ward in which he had been an inmate at Dunwich (Benevolent Asylum). Mole, who has previously strayed from the institution, was subject to epileptic fits. Up to yesterday afternoon the efforts of the Cleveland police and Dunwich authorities to trace the missing man have been fruitless.