Thomas MAUNDER

1815 - 1884  (69 years)

• Name	Thomas MAUNDER
  Born	30 Apr 1815	Stoodleigh, Devon, England
  	Left England 12th Feb 1860 and arrived Sydney 6.5.1860 aboard "Hannah More"
  Christened	9 Sep 1818	Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Record ID Number	164
  _TXT	Thomas Maunder was born 30 April 1815. Harriett Parr was born 11 July 1818, at Stepney, a London suburb, and was baptised 9 September 1818. They were married 13 July 1840 at Paddington Parish Church, London. Thomas was a greengrocer (but according to the birth certificate of his son, Charles, he was a "gas labourer" in 1852, and on the same certificate Harriett made her mark instead of signing). Harriett was the daughter of Peter Parr, a plumber and glazier). Thomas died at Tamworth 31 December 1884 of asthma. Harriett died at Tamworth 28 May 1909. Both are buried at the Church of England Cemetery, West Tamworth. On 29 September 1859, James Anstey deposited the amount of thirty six pounds towards the passage of Thomas, Harriett and their seven children (Sarah Eliza not yet born). They were described as "Laborer, wife & family" of 4 Marlborough Cottage, East Street, Stroud's Vale, near Kings Cross, Islington, London. Their character was vouched for by Mr James Maunder, Master Baker of Walam Green, a part of inner London. Thomas and Harriett travelled, along with their eight children to Australia, on the sailing ship "Hannah More" which departed Liverpool 12 February 1860, arriving Sydney 6 May 1860. The ship on which the family sailed is shown in the English shipping records as "Hannah More", in the Sydney shipping records as "Hannah Moir". She was a ship of 1130 tons. After reaching Sydney, Thomas and his family travelled by ship to Newcastle, and from there to Maitland by train. From Maitland they travelled by Cobb & Co coach to Goonoo Goonoo station, where father and sons appear in the nominal lists from 1 July 1860 to Sept/Oct 1865 as earning 26 pounds per annum each (the general rate for shepherds, although it does not actually state that this was their employment) plus rations. Thomas selected fifty acres (Portion 128, Parish of Goonoo Goonoo) in 1874 fronting the west bank of Spring Creek about one and a quarter miles from Gowrie School. He probably did not retain this long and does not seem to have lived there, because two years later he selected 80 acres (Portions 100 & 65, Parish og Goonoo Goonoo) near the head of Boiling Down Creek and nearly two miles from Currabubula Creek. Here he built his house and soon increased his acreage to 600. One of their near neighbours were the Dunbar family, whom Mrs Maunder helped during the typhoid outbreak. The following illustrates the health hazards of the day: A few months after Richard Mason's death, the grandmother (Ann Dunbar), daughter Mary Ann and granddaughter Annie Flora were also stricken together with typhoid fever. According to the prevailing treatment they were not allowed a drink of water or could they be washed. During the day, Harriett (Mrs Thomas) Maunder would come over and care for the baby and administer medicinal doses of port wine to the patients to maintain their strength. During the night the baby's nightdress was tied to the mother's for fear that in her delerium the child would fall from the bed. After Thomas died in 1884 his son-in-law, George Presland, carried on the farm.
  Occupation	gasman,greengrocer,grazier
  Died	31 Dec 1884	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
  	Cause: Asthma
  Buried	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
  	C/E
  Person ID	I164	Maunder | My Maunder family line
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	John MAUNDER,   b. 1776, Stoodleigh, Devon, England ,   d. 1834, "Blackerton", East Anstey, Devon, England  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Sarah JORDAN,   b. Abt 1786, Stoodleigh, Devon, England ,   d. Abt Jul 1828, "Blackerton", East Anstey, Devon, England  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1809	East Anstey, Devon, England
  Count of Children	7
  Record ID Number	50
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriett PARR,   b. 11 Jul 1818, Stepney, London, England ,   d. 28 May 1909, Currabubula, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 90 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1840	Paddington, London, England
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  Count of Children	8
  Record ID Number	51
  Children	1. Thomas Henry MAUNDER,   b. 22 Jul 1842, London, England ,   d. 9 Dec 1931, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 89 years)   2. Harriett MAUNDER,   b. 15 Nov 1844, Suttons Gardens, Chalk Rd, Islington, London, England ,   d. 1 Jan 1864, Goonoo Goonoo, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 19 years)   3. Ann MAUNDER,   b. 7 Dec 1846, Islington, London, England ,   d. 27 Aug 1927, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 80 years)   4. William MAUNDER,   b. 31 Mar 1849, Islington, London, England ,   d. 23 Jul 1926, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 77 years)   5. Charles MAUNDER,   b. 22 Mar 1852, London, England ,   d. 15 Mar 1934, Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 81 years)   6. John MAUNDER,   b. 27 Mar 1854, Islington, London, England ,   d. 5 Dec 1931, 26 Darling St, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 77 years)   7. Rosetta MAUNDER,   b. 18 Sep 1856, Islington, London, England ,   d. 3 Nov 1945, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 89 years) + 8. Sarah Eliza MAUNDER,   b. 23 Jan 1860, London, England ,   d. 30 Aug 1921, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Thomas Maunder One of four siblings (two men, two women)who migrated to the Tamworth area, NSW, Australia in the 1850s and 1860s.