Samuel Thomas (1805 - 1892)

Born 30 Jan 1805 in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Husband of Dinah (Booth) Thomas — married 22 Aug 1825 (to 7 Jan 1853) in St Bartholomew's Church, Birmingham, England

Husband of Mary (Williams) Thomas — married 3 Dec 1853 in Residence of John Williams, Barossa, South Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1892 at age 87 in Lyndoch, South Australia

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Samuel Thomas migrated from England to Australia.

Biography

Samuel was born about 1805. He passed away in 1892. ^[1]

Samuel married Dinah Booth at St Bartholomews Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1825. Witnesses were Mary Booth and John or Hugh Cadwallader. ^[2]

Samuel and Dinah arrived in South Australia with their two children aboard Buckinghamshire, 21 Mar 1839^[3]

He received financial assistance to migrate as a tailor and initially established a business in Rundle Street, Adelaide. After Dinah died, Samuel remarried, Mary Williams in 1853.^[4]

Research notes, still being drafted

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Samuel spoke Welsh.

It has been recorded that he had a Tailors business on Bradford St. Birmingham just prior to the family moving to Adelaide.

A mystery solved. Just found birth registration of Stephen Thomas, son of Samuel Thomas and Mary Dunstan. Given Name(s): Stephen Last Name: THOMAS Birth Date: 1853, June 12 Gender: M Father: Samuel Williams THOMAS Mother: Mary DUNSTAN Birth Place/Residence: North Adelaide District: Adelaide Symbol: Book/Page: 4/162 Now, in June 2019, it is clearer that the BSA passenger list showing Samuel Thomas and wife Mary Dunstan is an attempt to identify the ship that these parents arrived on, however the Samuel Williams Thomas is not the Samuel in this profile.

There appears to be an error in the passenger list of the Buckinghamshire. Samuel THOMAS and Mary are reported as being on board both the Buckinghamshire and the Abberton.:

• THOMAS Samuel with wife Mary and children Elizabeth and Frederick arrived 1839-03-21 on Buckinghamshire from London 1838-12-11 via Plymouth ^[5]
• THOMAS Samuel , THOMAS Mary arrived 1846-12-13 on Abberton from London 46-09-01 via Plymouth ^[6]

Apart from the two arrivals noted above, no other Samuel Thomas have been identified as immigrating before 1853.

Collection of newspaper extracts:

MARCH 21 - The ship Buckinghamshire, 1460 tons W. Moore Esq. Commander, from London and Plymouth 11th Dec., with general cargo, and emigrants. Passengers - W. Allen, Esq., J. Ellis Esq., J. Gilbert, Esq., Rev. Mr. Wiz, W. H. Cooke, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Hailes, Mr. H. Harding, Mr. J. Browne, Surgeon, Mr Kentish. (Passenger list from Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844) Wed 27 Mar 1839 Page 3 Adelaide Shipping Report.)

SAMUEL THOMAS begs to return his sincere thanks to those friends who employed him on board the Buckinghamshire during the voyage, and begs to inform them, and the inhabitants of Adelaide generally, that he has taken a house nearly opposite the Royal Admiral, Hindley-strcct, where he intends following his business as a tailor and draper, and trusts, by a strict and punctual attention to all orders, to merit a share of the support of the public, and a continuance of favors from his friends (Advertisement from South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) Sat 13 Apr 1839 Page 4 )

THOMAS.—On the 30th April, at his residence near Lyndoch, Samuel Thomas, in his 88th year. Arrived in South Australia in the Buckinghamshire, ( Death notice in Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) Fri 6 May 1892 Page 2 Family Notices)

THOMAS.—On the 4th November, at his residence, Sandy Creek, Frederick, eldest son of Samuel Thomas, of Lyndoch, aged 53 years. Arrived in ship Bucking- hamshire March, 1839. (Death notice The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Tue 6 Nov 1888 Page 4 Family Notices)

SAMUEL THOMAS, Tailor and Draper, in returning his sincere thanks to the inha bitants of Adelaide and its vicinity for the libe-? ral support he bas already experienced, begs to inform them that he has received a splendid assortment of prints and ladies' dresses, Llama shawls, lace, net caps, stockings, "tedies and gentlemen's boots and shoes, a quantity of Christie's Londou best beaver and undress drab hats. All kinds of .clothing for gentlemen made to order in a fashionable manner, and on the most reasonable terms. A cotfítatít supply of double Gloucester, Stilton, and Dutch cheeses, Burgess and Company's fresh bunter, barns,, bacon, salt fish, &c. Also, a great variety of j Staffordshire china and earthenware^ Hindley-street, . Comer of Morphett-streef, ' (Advertisement in Southern Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844) Wed 28 Aug 1839 Page 3)

THE Committee of the South Australian Aux- iliary Bible Society hereby notify that they have divided the City of Adelaide and neighboring villages into visiting districts, and have appointed the undermentioned Members of Committee to collect subscriptions and donations, either of money or Bibles, in their respective districts, and to carry out, by every means in their power, the objects of the Institution. The Committee also give notice that they have established a depot for the sale and reception of Bibles and Testaments at the house of Mr Samuel Thomas, Tailor, Rundle-street, who is appointed Depositary. (Advertisement in South Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1844 - 1851) Fri 6 Jun 1845 Page 1 )

ARRIVED. Sunday, December 13.—The barque Abberton, 525 tons, Thos. Pain, master, from London and Plymouth. Cabin passengers—Miss Hooper, Mr Hodgson, Mr Mason, Mr M. Marks, Mr S. Marks, Mr Branch, Mr Gomperty, and Dr. Healey, Surgeon Superintendent. Commissioners' emi- grants—Josiah Eva, Nicholas Brokenshire, wife, and four children ; William Lewis, wife, and four children ; George Edwards, wife, and six children ; Francis Edwards ; Mrs Creeves and three children ; Richard Harris, Thomas Barnes, Mrs Clark and infant ; Mrs Engelfield and infant ; Matthew Nicholls, William Scott, Mary Scott ; William Hunter, wife, and three children ; William Foy, Thomas Johnson, George Whale, Anthony Lewell, Esther Lewell, Nicholas Keefe, Andrew Hickey, Bridget Lalor, Honora Lalor, Mary Lynch, Hester Gaolin, Margaret Grey, Francis Andrews, Julia Boucher, Catherine Suffern, Mary Ann Cassidy, Eli- zabeth Cassidy, Ann Horgan, Sarah Henry ; Joseph Alford, wife, and four children ; William Barkwell, John Hunter, Mary Hunter, William Hunter, Ann Hunter, John Heynes, Mary Heynes, Elizabeth Scott, Martha Scott, Mary Ann Scott, William Scott, Esther Scott, Fanny Robinson, Jane Robinson, Henry Trelvar, Bridget Molloy ; Patrick Mac- donnell, wife, and three children ; James Francis, wife, and infant ; Henry Lloyd, Claudius Dunbar, Robert Barber ; Charles Ford, wife, and two children ; Samuel Stevens, wife, and two children ; Samuel Thomas, Mary Thomas, Walter Moyle, Henrietta Moyle, George Paynter, Frith Paynter, William Paynter, Henry Paynter, Thomas Payn- ter, John Paynter, Elizabeth Paynter, Mary Paynter, Joseph Jolly, James Hosking, Grace Hosking ; William Wyatt, wife, and three children ; Philip Phillips, Emma Phillips ; William Ralph, wife, and one child ; Joseph Emery, Alice Emery ; William Stocker, wife, and three children ; William Trewinark, wife, and two children ; James Nicholls, wife, and three children ; Eleanor Deeble, Joel Deeble, Thomas Teague, Christina Teague, George Brundell ; Charles Mobb, wife, and five children ; John Amor, wife, and three children ; William White ; Prussia Byrne, wife, and infant ; Mary Donahoe ; Thomas Phillips, wife, and infant ; Wil- liam Simon, wife, and three children (one born at sea) , Edmund Wren, Mary Ann Wren ; Martin Connor, wife, and two children ; Robert Shearman, Michael Kenny. ( Passenger list from Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) Sat 19 Dec 1846 Page 6)

Sources

1. ↑ Death Citation: GenealogySA.org.au: Given Name(s): Samuel Last Name: THOMAS Death Date: 30 Apr 1892 Gender: M Age: 87y Death Place: Lyndoch District: Barossa Book/Page: 174/241
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V5-KCJ : 12 March 2020), Dinah Booth in entry for Samuel Thomas, 1825.
3. ↑ http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Buckinghamshire.htm passenger list includes THOMAS Samuel his wife Mary DUNSTAN and children Elizabeth and Frederick
4. ↑ Genealogy and Heraldry Society of South Australia, South Australian BDM, Online Database search.Marriage Citation: GenealogySA.org.au:Groom Given Name(s): Samuel Groom Last Name: THOMAS Bride Given Name(s): Mary Bride Last Name: WILLIAMS Marriage Date: 1853, December 03 Marriage Place: Res of John Williams Barossa Groom Age: 46 Groom Approx. Birth Year: 1807 Groom Marital Status: W Groom Father: Bride Age: 39 Bride Approx. Birth Year: 1814 Bride Marital Status: S Bride Father Name: District: Adelaide Symbol: Book/Page: 17/245
5. ↑ http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Buckinghamshire.htm
6. ↑ http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/BSA/1846Abberton.htm