The table below shows the people that make up the group.
No | Last Name | First Names | Maiden Name | Relationship | Occupation | Born | Died | School Year |
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1 | Toms | Thomas (1) | Husband | Tin miner, gold miner, coal miner | 1839 | |||
2 | Toms | Letitia Mary Ann | Stewart | Wife | 1845 | |||
3 | Toms | John Henry (Jack) | Child | 25 Jan 1869 | 1 Nov 1873 | |||
4 | Toms | Thomas (2) | Child | Mar 1871 | ||||
5 | Toms | Grace Ann | Child | 20 Dec 1874 |
The table below shows any historical notes about the party group.
Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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2603 | 1839 | Birth of Thomas Toms (1) |
Thomas Toms was born at Bodmin in Cornwall. Hi father was John Toms and his mother ws Elizabeth Chapman. |
2604 | 1845 | Birth of Letitia Stewart |
Letitia Mary Ann Stewart was born in Enniskillen, County Donegal, Ireland to Henry Stewart and Letitia Atwell. Her sister Jane married Henry Wheeler. Her sister Kitty died at the age of 9 years. Her brother Richard was killed in W.W.1. Her brother Robert went to America. |
2605 | 1859 | Thomas Toms moved to Australia. |
Thomas Toms was previously working as a tin miner in Cornwall. In 1859, he moved to Australia and worked in the Victorian goldfield. |
2606 | 1861 | Thomas Toms moved to New Zealand. |
Thomas moved to New Zealand, following the Otago goldrush and mined at Gabriel's Gully. He may have arrived via the West Coast and walked to Gabriel's Gully. |
2607 | 1865 | Letitia moved to New Zealand. |
Letitia Stewart came out from Ireland and the ship 'Leichardt' with her sister, and landed in Dunedin where she worked for some time. |
2608 | 1867 | Miss Stewart traveled to Alexandra by bullock wagon. |
Letitia traveled to Alexandra by bullock wagon. At this time it appears that Mr Toms had moved to Alexandra and was working on a 'spoon' gold dredge. He had also been working as a coal miner in the Alexandra area. It is not clear if Thomas knew Letitia before she came to Alexandra. |
2609 | 1868 | Marriage of Thomas and Letitia. |
On 22 May 1868, at Manuherikea, Alexandra, Thomas Toms married Letitia Mary Anne Stewart. The best man was Chapman Wood of Sandy Point, and the bridesmaid was Martha Simmonds. The marriage was the ninth entry in the local register. |
2610 | 1870 | Electoral roll listing. |
Thomas Toms (1) was listed in the electoral roll as living in a wood and calico dwelling at Sandy Point, Manuherikea, Alexandra. |
2611 | 1873 | The Toms family moved to Bannockburn. |
Thomas Toms and his family (now 2 children) moved from Alexandra to Bannockburn. They settled in Tineys Gully where they cleared a place in he scrub and built a sod house. It appears that Thomas moved to Bannockburn to work on the Carrick gold reefs, with his tin mining experience he was an expert at stoping out narrow reefs which were common on the Carrick. The initial job on the Carrick may have run out as he returned to the spoon dredge and coal mining in Alexandra. He would walk home to spend time with his family in the weekends. |
2612 | c1875 | The Toms family built a larger house further down Tineys Gully. |
About this time, with a growing family, the Toms moved further down Tiney's Gully and built a larger house (see dwelling #449). Dwelling #231 was partially demolished to build this new house. |
The table below shows a list of images related to the party group. Click on 'View Image' to display more details about the image, and to view the image.
Image Id | Source | Date | Short Description | |
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1212 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | 22 May 1868 | Marriage Certificate - Thomas Toms & Mary Ann Leticia Stewart | View Image |
1247 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | 1886-1892 | Pocket Ledger of Mr & Mrs Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1269 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | c1863 | Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1270 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | c1870 | Mrs Thomas Toms (1) with son Henry Toms | View Image |
1271 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | unknown | Mrs Jane Wheeler (Stewart) - sister of Mrs Thomas Toms (1) (Mary Ann Laticia Stuart) | View Image |
1272 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | unknown | Robert Stewart - brother of Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1273 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | unknown | Henry Wheeler - brother in law or Mrs Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1274 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | c1871 | Mrs Jane Wheeler - sister of Mrs Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1275 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | unknown | Frank Jeffrey - husband of Lucy Toms | View Image |
1276 | J W Toms - Roxburgh | c 1896 | Elizabeth Jane Toms (Mrs Thomas Lawrence) | View Image |
1345 | Mrs D Norman - Roxburgh | c1920 ? | Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1948 | Ms B Holland - Wellington | c1920 | Thomas Toms (1) | View Image |
1949 | Ms B Holland - Wellington | c1930 | Four Generations - Mrs Thomas Toms (Mary Ann Letitia Stewart) | View Image |