Robert Thomson ⁷³⁵

  General Notes:

Ros May notes:
I am a guide on Rottnest, and like to research as a hobby. I haven't been able to find a lot on Robert which is a real shame as he is such a pioneer in the Swan River Colony and on Rottnest.

I'm trying to piece together his movements before and after being on Rottnest, including confirmation of his death.

http://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I25365&tree=BRADY2008
notes that he came to Western Australia on the Atwyk in 1829. It adds - Robert Thomson brought his family to Western Australia in 1829, most of them in the "Atwick". He brought about �2,400 worth of goods and equipment, and selected 1100 acres on the Swan River at Bassendean. He later moved to Rottnest Island, where he lived until 1838, and then returned to the mainland when the island was turned into an Aboriginal penal settlement.
Thomson died at Kangaroo Island, South Australia on 11 January, 1865, while visiting relatives.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Gill Nelson & Robert is as follows:

Gill Nelson is linked to . . .
Robert Thomson (1794) & Lady Caroline Frances Anne Lediard (1787)
They had Eleanor Thomson (1817) who married John Okey Davis (1808)
Her father was Robert Thomson (1794) & he also had Marianne Thomson (1815) who married Samuel Bickley (1810)
They had Isa Bickley (1834) who married William Mitchell (1829)
His father was William Mitchell (1803) & he also had Susan Mitchell (1828)
who married Philip Chauncy (1816)
They had Theresa Chancy (1849) who married Samuel Hale (1847)
They had Rosa Hale (1878) who married Frank Woodhouse (1876)
They had Doris Woodhouse (1902) who married George Firkin (1903)
His father was Henry Firkin (1873)
His father was Thomas Firkin (1833) & he also had Caleb Firkin (1863)
He had Caleb Firkin (1892) who married Laura Effie Bray (1893)
Whose father was Thomas Alfred Inglis Bray (1870)
Whose father was Thomas Alfred Bray (1848)
Whose father was Thomas Bray (1821) & who also had Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
He had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Robert married Lady Caroline Frances Anne Lediard, daughter of Thomas Leddiard and Anne Parker, on 28 Dec 1813 in St James, Piccadilly, London England. (Lady Caroline Frances Anne Lediard was born on 12 Jun 1787 in London City, Middlesex England and died on 2 Nov 1863 in Mandurah, Western Australia.)