Edwin Harvey Tompson (1819 - 1893)

Born 2 Oct 1819 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Jane (Pearson) Tompson — married 19 Feb 1848 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1893 at age 73 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Edwin, son of Charles Tompson & Elizabeth, was born on 2 October 1819 and baptised on 14 November 1819 in St. Philip, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

In the 1828 census Edwin was residing at Clydesdale, New South Wales.^[2]

Edwin married Anne Jane Pearson on 19 February 1848 in Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia. At the time of his marriage Edwin was residing in Gundagai. The witnesses to the marriage were John Pearson, Mary Emma Pearson, and Frederick A Tompson.^[3]

The Tompson and Pearson families had been long associated with each other. Twelve years previously Anne's sister Eliza had married Edwin's brother Frederick.

Edwin was appointed on 7 February 1864 as the agent for the sal of crown lands for the Wagga district..^[4]

Edwin died on 29 March 1893 and was buried in Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.^[5]

Edwin's probate notice was recorded 15 May 1893 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. the administrator of his estate was his nephew, Charles John Tompson.^[6]

DEATH OF MR. E. H. TOMPSON. We regret to record the death of Mr. Edwin Henry Tompson, which took place early yesterday morning at his residence, Tarcutta street, Wagga. Old residents of the district will have kindly memory for one whose gentleness of disposition, and strict probity, endeared him to all with whom he came into contact. He may be regarded as one of the oldest identities of the Wagga district, he having come here in the thirties, and spent his life from boyhood upwards, amongst its people. Of late years Mr. Tompson suffered sad bereavement in the loss of his wife, and shortly afterwards his son Mr. Edwin Bissell Tompson, who formerly practised as a solicitor in Wagga. His health during the past four or five years had been weak, and latterly he was unable to move from his residence. Mr. Tompson's kindness of temperament became widely known, so much so, that in his travels in the bushranging days, he was considered by the desperadoes of the road as one who should be allowed to go unmolested, in fact one notorious ' knight of the road,' Morgan, is stated to have expressed himself to that effect. We hear from the best authority that in his very early days the deceased gentleman commenced his career in sheep farming with the late George Mair, they being boys together at the time at the Douro Estate near Yass, the property of the late Mr. O'Brien. He was one of the first white men, in company with the late F. A. Tompson, to cross the Kimo range with a bullock team. This was in 1832 when they, for Mr. Charles Tompson, father of deceased, of Clydesville, South Creek near Windsor, took up Kimo station, and later on followed the river down to Wagga and took up 'Oura', and 'Eunonyhareenyha', and later on 'Bundidgerie' near Narandera. These stations they stocked and kept in possession for years, meanwhile having great trouble with the aboriginals, which infested these parts at the time. He took office as clerk of petty sessions and land agent for this and the Urana district, at Wagga about 1886, which positions he filled until the land agent was appointed to perform the special duties. For years after he performed the duties of C.P.S., and retired on a pension about seven years since. Mr. Tompson leaves two daughters and three sons, one of the latter being an assistant of the Wilcannia Branch of the A.J.S. bank. The funeral will leave the residence of the deceased at 3 o'clock this afternoon, at which the Rev. A. Duncan, M.A., will officiate. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
   Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 993949
   Ancestry Record 9776 #798717 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Edwin Harvy Tompson baptism on 14 Nov 1819 (born 2 Oct 1819), son of Charles Tompson & Elizabeth, in St. Philip, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
2. ↑ 1828 Census: "1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy)"
   State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; 1828 Census: Householders' Returns; Series Number: NRS 1273; Reel: 2506
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1224 #10228 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Edwin H Tompson in New South Wales, Australia.
3. ↑ Marriage: "New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966"
   Reference Number: REG/MAR/4; Description: Vol 04, 1839-1856 (No 1-345); Parish: St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60735 #12439 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Edwin Harvey Tompson marriage to Anne Jane Pearson on 19 Feb 1848 in Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia.
4. ↑ Public Service Lists: "New South Wales, Australia, Public Service Lists, 1858-1960"
   State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Returns of the Colony; Series: NRS 1286; File: Public Service Lists (Blue Books); Reel: 3609
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2387 #567388 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Name: Edwin Harvey Tompson; Appointment Date: 7 Feb 1864; Appointment Place: New South Wales, Australia; Book Year: 1874.
5. ↑ Burial: "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current"
   URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #197326490
   Ancestry Record 60528 #161187192 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Edwin Harvey Tompson burial (died on 29 Mar 1893) in Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
6. ↑ Probate Notice: "New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899"
   State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales; New South Wales Government Gazettes; Page number: 3817
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2172 #1813396 (accessed 4 October 2022)
   Name: Edwin Harvey Tompson Esquire; Event Type: Will\probate Notice (Will); Event Date: 15 May 1893; Event Place: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
7. ↑ DEATH OF MR. E. H. TOMPSON. (1893, March 30). Wagga Wagga Express (NSW : 1879 - 1917), p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145524578