Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837

Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS (1900 - 1957)	Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914) + Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912)	Joseph THOMAS



		Ann E (THOMAS)

b. 1837

m. 22 May 1899 Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (1853 - 1912) at Rivertree, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia

d. 1914 at Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield, New Sout Wales, Australia aged 77

Near Relatives of Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James GLENNIE	01 Apr 1800	Dulwich College, Dulwich, England	19 Sep 1876	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	76
Mother in Law	Catherine (GLENNIE)

Father	Joseph THOMAS
Mother	Ann E (THOMAS)

Self	Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS	1837		1914	Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield, New Sout Wales, Australia	77

Wife	Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE	1853	Unumgar, Richmond River	1912		59

Daughter	Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS	1900		1957	Glen Innes, NSW, Australia	57

Son in Law	Walter George STILES	1896	Glen Innes, NSW, Australia	1980	Glen Innes, NSW, Australia	84

Nephew	Alfred Carden COLLINS	1853	Queensland, Australia	1871	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	18
Nephew	Frederick Glennie COLLINS	1854	Queensland, Australia	1923	Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia	69
Niece	Mary Danvers COLLINS	1856		1930	Gayndah, Queensland, Australia	74
Niece	Jessie Emma COLLINS	1858	New South Wales, Australia	1923	Atherton, Queensland, Australia	65
Nephew	Francis George COLLINS	1863	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	1945	Rosedale, Gladstone, Queensland, Austraia	82
Niece	Alice Emily COLLINS	1864	Queensland, Australia	1936	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	72

Sister in Law	Mary Helena GLENNIE	17 Oct 1833	'Dulwich' Station, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia	06 Sep 1870	'Thornhill' Station, Miriam Vale, Queensland, Australia	36
Brother in Law	James Halliday GLENNIE	1836	Maitland, NSW, Australia

Events in Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS (1837 - 1914)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1837		Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS was born		Burial info
22 May 1899	62	Married Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (aged 46)	Rivertree, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia	Note 1	54
1900	63	Birth of daughter Dorothy Beatrice THOMAS		Note 2
1912	75	Death of wife Mary Ada (Minnie) GLENNIE (aged 59)			54
1914	77	Joseph Purser (Percy) THOMAS died	Rivertree, Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield, New Sout Wales, Australia	Note 3	90
1914	77	Burial	Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	Note 4	90

Note 1: REg No 4456/1899 - registration in Tenterfield (can’t find it)

Joseph Purser Thomas, Bachelor, born London, England, aged 61 years, Miner, son of Joseph Thomas (deceased), Newspaper Proprietor and Publisher, and Jane Elizabeth Fairer, married Minnie Glennie, spinster, aged 38, born Unumgar, Richmond River, daughter of James Glennie (deceased), Pastoralist and Catherine (Aboriginal) (deceased), on the 22nd May 1899 at Rivertree Private house, by F E Granville Smith, according to the rites of the Church of England. Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Benjamin and Thos Oliver. [1] Minnie signed with a mark, witnessed by F E Granville Smith.

Note 2: Place memorial for fathers death in paper in 1919

Burial info

Note 3: Burial info

Warwick Daily News 25 Dec 1919
IN MEMORIAM.
THOMAS.—In loving memory of our
darling husband and father, Joseph
Purser Thomas, who passed away at
Rivertree on November 23rd, 1914,
aged 77 years.
Inserted by his loving wife, Minnie
Thomas, and family.
THOMAS.—In sad but loving memory
of my dear father, Joseph Purser
Thomas, who departed this life at
Rivertree, November 23rd, 1914, aged
77 years.
"I dream I see your dear, kind face,
And kiss your still, cold brow;
And in my aching heart I know
I have no father now."
Inserted by his loving daughter,
Dorothy Beatrice Thomas.

Note 4: Joseph Purser Thomas

Birth
1837
Death
24 Nov 1914 (aged 76–77)
Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Wilsons Downfall
Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia

Source References:

54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com

- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Marriage)

- Reference = Michael and Terry's Tree 2009 (Name, Notes)

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Joseph Purser Thomas

Birth
1837
Death
24 Nov 1914 (aged 76–77)
Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Wilsons Downfall
Wilsons Downfall, Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Warwick Daily News 25 Dec 1919
IN MEMORIAM.
THOMAS.—In loving memory of our
darling husband and father, Joseph
Purser Thomas, who passed away at
Rivertree on November 23rd, 1914,
aged 77 years.
Inserted by his loving wife, Minnie
Thomas, and family.
THOMAS.—In sad but loving memory
of my dear father, Joseph Purser
Thomas, who departed this life at
Rivertree, November 23rd, 1914, aged
77 years.
"I dream I see your dear, kind face,
And kiss your still, cold brow;
And in my aching heart I know
I have no father now."
Inserted by his loving daughter,
Dorothy Beatrice Thomas.

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