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Name/TitlePioneer register: THOMAS, Samuel George

About this objectFamily name: THOMAS
Given name: Samuel George
Birth year: 1812
Birth place: Manchester, England
Arrival: 1854 on ship 'Conway'.
Victorian residence: Geelong 1854, Carlton.
Samuel was a Master Stonemason

Family name: BREESE
Given name: Elizabeth
Marriage year: 1833
Marriage place: Manchester

Samuel & Elizabeth had five children: Eliza b. 1834; Nathaniel b. 1837; Mary b. 1840; Lucy b.c.1843/44; Fanny b. 1847. Samuel married a second wife and has a son George.

Notes on back explaining how Samuel was used as a model for John Longstaff's painting "Breaking the News", in 1880s

Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR T-0016.1

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