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Unclaimed letter held at Sydney Post Office
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Witness in trial of Grady and Dowd
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Witness in the trial of Darby Dowd
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Maitland Burial Register p. 60
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Martin Carrol, free, in service of James Thomas at Maitland, died aged 73
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Mary Thomas per 'Andromeda' assigned servant
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Maitland Baptism Register p 117
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James, son of Richard and Eliza Thomas, born 16 January 1844. Baptised 9 February 1845. Occupation of Richard Thomas - shop keeper
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Maitland Baptism Register 181
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James, son of Theophilus Thomas and Martha, born 8 November 1837. Baptised 10 October 1838. Occupation of Theophilus Thomas - settler and carpenter
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Newcastle Chronicle
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On Wednesday last, the magistrates, sitting in the court house had a case under consideration which unfortunately, owing to their not being able to agree had to be dismissed. The question at issue was one of considerable consequence to the mining body generally, many of whom were present at the hearing, being a dispute between one Matthew McLaren and James and Alexander Brown, proprietors of the New Lambton coal pits - the latter with being charged with discharging the former from their hired service without due and proper notice. Witnesses Joseph Holmes, miner, living at New Lambton; James Thomas, overseer of the Lambton mines under Mr. Horsefield; Thomas Horsefield, colliery manager of the New Lambton Colliery; William Eggleston, miner at the New Lambton works
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Labourer. Assigned to Houston Mitchell
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Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Labourer from Yorkshire.. Sentenced to 14 days solitary confinement by Maitand bench for insubordination. Discharged to private service of F. Allman 4 May
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Ticket of leave cancelled for dishonest conduct
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Ticket of Leave holder age 40
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Ancestry.com. New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Class: HO 10; Piece: 20
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Assigned to Dr. James Bowman in the district of Newcastle
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Passenger on the Hugh Crawford from London. (Steerage)
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Wool sorter aged 41 from Huddersfield. Absconded from Richard Jones 27th March
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Apprehended after absconding from Richard Jones
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Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 678
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Thomas James age 31. Wool sorter from Huddersfield. Tried at Preston 14 July 1830. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a silk handkerchief. Assigned to Richard Jones in Sydney on arrival
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Newcastle Chronicle
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Marriage at Christ Church Cathedral, on 24 January 1872, by the Rev. Canon Selwyn, James C. Thomas, Navigating-Lieutenant R. N., son of the late James Thomas Esq., East India C.S., to Ellen Elizabeth Rose, eldest daughter of Mortimer William Lewis, jun., Edgcumbe House, Newcastle
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Commander James Cambridge
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The numerous friends and brother officers in Australia of the late commander James Cambridge Thomas R.N., will regret to hear of his death, which sad event took place at Plymouth (England) on June 19th last. Deceased was attached to one of the war vessels on the Australian station about eighteen years ago. It may be remembered by many of the inhabitants of the Hunter River district that he was married about seventeen years ago at Christ Church Cathedral by the Rev. Canon Selwyn to Miss Rosa Lewis, eldest daughter of Mr. Mortimer Lewis, of this city and Maitland. Deceased left a widow and two daughters, his relict being an Australian, having been born at the old military barracks in Newcastle. She was a granddaughter of the late Dr. John Edward Stacey (warden of the Newcastle district) and grandniece of the late Brigadier-General Lewis Stacey, who was killed in the battle of Sobraon in India
