| James Jeremiah Thomas 1828 and Margaret Hayes c. 1837 | |||
| Married 1857, Busselton, Western Australia #1886 | |||
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Siblings 2nd Generation |
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| Thomas | Mary Ann | 1858, Busselton, W.A. #4109 | Charles Watson Gray, Pinjarra 1880 #4903 ?? |
| Thomas | Susan | 1860, Wonnerup, W.A. #5326 | |
| Thomas | Lucy Ann | 1861, Wonnerup, W.A. #5884 | 29/12/1948 Bunbury W.A. aged 87 |
| Thomas | Margaret Anne | 1862, Wonnerup, W.A. #6819 | 06/01/1941 Mt Lawley |
| Thomas | James Jeremiah | 1864, Wonnerup, W.A. #7755 | 1904 W.A. at 39 #2665 |
| Thomas | George | 1865, Wonnerup, W.A. #10772 | 1923 Wellington #47 |
| Thomas | Stephen | 1865, Wonnerup, W.A. #8803 | 1936 Capel, Western Australia 71 years Buried Karrakatta Ang LE 0037 |
| Thomas | Charlotte | 1867, Wonnerup, W.A. #10075 | |
| Thomas | Ralph John | 1870, Wonnerup, W.A. #12167 | 1952 Wellington #115 |
| Thomas | Harriett Magdalen | 1872, Wonnerup, W.A. #13945 | 1942 Perth, Western Australia #2142 |
| Thomas | Ellen Cicily | 1874, Wonnerup, W.A. #15526 | |
| Thomas | John Joseph | 1875, Wonnerup, W.A. #16833 | 1933 Wellington #141 Choice of 4 wives: A guess Annie Stock or Isabella Gray |
| Thomas | Howard | 1878, Wonnerup, W.A. #19233 | 1936 Perth #225 cant find a wife |
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Compiled by David Morgan Higgon, Midland Western Australia 2006 |
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If anyone has any information about this family, please let me know! - James's Father James Jeremiah Thomas. Mother Lucy Gordon Sussex, England Reg #2674 James Jeremiah THOMAS was born Bexhill in Sussex, England in 1828. Thomas was convicted of stealing in 1849 and again in 1850. For which the latest offence he was transported. He arrived in the Swan River Colony as convict number 1806 sentenced to 7yrs for larceny at Lewes, on the Pyrenees on April 30,1853. Granted Ticket of Leave 1st May 1853. In 1857 James married Irish migrant Margaret HAYES and they settled at Ludlow near Busselton and over the next 20 years they had 13 children James d.07/06/1905 at 77 and Margaret d.10/08/1911 buried in the Old Busselton Cemetery in unmarked graves. Thomas James #1806 labourer, height 5' 7 1/2", Hair dark brown, Eyes hazel, Face round, Complexion dark, Build slight, Lost tip of 3rd. Finger of left hand (Its interesting that this description fits me to a T, even the finger tip same hand, David Higgon) The Pyrenees was a 832 ton ship was built at Sunderland in 1851. It was employed twice as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Torbay, England on February 2, 1853 bound for the Swan River Colony. On this voyage she carried the ninth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. The voyage took 87 days and the Pyrenees arrived in Fremantle on April 30, 1853 with 94 passengers and 293 convicts. It is interesting to note that among James's descendents there are several Prison Offices (The writer included) in Western Australia, including one that is a Superintendent of a prison.
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