Thomas Watkins

  General Notes:

Notes for parents of Thomas Watkins Jnr. born 1847 Hobart. Thomas Watki ns And Ellen Miles.
THOMAS. 1839 December 20."Runnymede" departed London with convict Thom as on board.
(Source - Shipping Record)
1840 March 28. Thomas, Costermonger/Publican/Convict, arrived VanDieman 's Land.
Conduct Record CON 31/48. Description List CON 18/1 Appropriation Li st MM 33/3 Con 27/8.
1848 Thomas Watkins 23 year old TOL bachelor married 21 year old free Ell en Miles in the Melville St Chapel Hobart. They were married accordi ng to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Wesleyen Church by Minister John Egg leston. Thomas signed X his mark and Ellen her signature. Witnesses we re John and Harriet Rothwell who both signed X their mark. (Source - Marri age Certificate)
ELLEN Miles born 1827 Ireland died 7 January 1882. Convict.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Splitter. Father, Thomas Watkins Snr, was a publican at Hurdle Creek - Beechworth, 1869.

Thomas married Eliza Anne Curd, daughter of Richard (convict) Curd and Mary Ann Sexton, on 30 Jan 1869 in C of E Beechworth, Victoria Australia. (Eliza Anne Curd was born on 9 Dec 1852 in Kilmore, Victoria Australia, christened on 26 Dec 1852 in Christ Church C of E, Kilmore, Victoria Australia, died on 6 Mar 1910 in Beechworth Road, Wodonga, Victoria Australia and was buried on 7 Mar 1910 in R.C. Cemetery Wodonga, Victoria Australia.). The cause of her death was Virtual Henia. Strangulation of the bowel over three days.

  Marriage Notes:

Eliza Ann Curd, sixteen year old spinster of Hurdle Flat Vic, married in 1 869 - Beechworth after Banns and according to the Rites of the Church of E ngland, twenty year bachelor Thomas Watkins, splitter, also of Hurdle Fla t. Thomas Signed his name and Eliza X her mark. Both witnesses Alfred Cu rd (brother) and Sister In Law Lydia signed their names.