Thomas FRENCH (1871

Thomas FRENCH (1871 - 1939)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Stella Elizabeth FRENCH (1905 - 1984) Archibald Edward FRENCH (1907 - 1957) Dorothy Isabella Margaret FRENCH (1911 - 1980) Harold Gordon FRENCH (1919 - 2000)	Thomas FRENCH (1871 - 1939) + Margaret Mary MCKINNON (1884 - 1967)	Henry FRENCH (1842 - 1915)	Daniel McAlpine FRENCH (1812 - 1872)

			Isabella WHITTON (1812 - 1853)

		Johanna KILEY (1844 - 1913)	William KILEY (1806 - 1882)

			Margaret RUSSELL (1817 - 1897)

b. 23 Mar 1871 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

m. 27 Apr 1904 Margaret Mary MCKINNON (1884 - 1967) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

d. 16 Jun 1939 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 68

Parents:

Henry FRENCH (1842 - 1915)

Johanna KILEY (1844 - 1913)

Siblings (9):

Annie FRENCH (1864 - 1944)

Henry FRENCH (1866 - 1943)

Margaret Mary FRENCH (1868 - 1942)

Daniel FRENCH (1873 - 1939)

Maurice FRENCH (1875 - 1959)

Catherine Mary FRENCH (1877 - 1959)

Matthew FRENCH (1879 - 1971)

Johanna FRENCH (1882 - 1890)

Mary FRENCH (1884 - 1955)

Children (4):

Stella Elizabeth FRENCH (1905 - 1984)

Archibald Edward FRENCH (1907 - 1957)

Dorothy Isabella Margaret FRENCH (1911 - 1980)

Harold Gordon FRENCH (1919 - 2000)

Events in Thomas FRENCH (1871 - 1939)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
23 Mar 1871		Thomas FRENCH was born	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	18256/1871	69
27 Apr 1904	33	Married Margaret Mary MCKINNON (aged 20)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		63
08 Mar 1905	33	Birth of daughter Stella Elizabeth FRENCH	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
03 May 1907	36	Birth of son Archibald Edward FRENCH	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
28 Mar 1911	40	Birth of daughter Dorothy Isabella Margaret FRENCH	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
1913	42	Death of mother Johanna KILEY (aged 69)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		69
30 Aug 1915	44	Death of father Henry FRENCH (aged 73)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		69
abt 1919	48	Birth of son Harold Gordon FRENCH	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
16 Jun 1939	68	Thomas FRENCH died	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	11780/1939	69

Personal Notes:

The Tumut and Adelong Times 20 Jun 1939
OBITUARY
MR. THOMAS FRENCH
One by one the sterling native born of Tumut district are passing on, leaving the world enriched because of their having lived in it. The last to join the Great Majority is Mr. Thomas French, of "Bulluwayarra," Brungle, whose death took place at his home on Friday last, at the age of 71 years. Deceased was the second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry French, his mother's maiden name being Johanna Kiley, of Red Hill Station, and was born at the old family homestead, "Bulluwayarra," on March 23, 1871, and lived there all his life, following grazing and dairying pursuits. On April 20, 1904, he married Margaret McKinnon eldest daughter of the late Archibald McKinnon, of Spring Creek, and of Mrs. McKinnon, now of Gundagai. The family consisted of two daughters and three sons, one of the latter dying in infancy. The daughters are Stella (Mrs. E. J. Clout, To morroma) and Dorothy (Mrs. D. E. Twomey, Tumut), and the sons Archibald Edward and Harold Gordon, of Bulluwayarra. The surviving sisters are Annie (Mrs. R. Clee, Gocup), Margaret (Mrs. Dunne, Gunning), Katherine (Mrs. I. Piper, Tumut), Mary (Mrs. W. McDonell, Cootamundra), and brothers Henry (Tumut), Maurice (Bankstown) and Matthew (Brungle). One sister, Johanna, and one brother, Daniel, predeceased him, the latter only two months ago. To within six months of his demise he was in vigorous health; and then It commenced to fail. He then went to seek medical advice in Sydney and remained there in hospital until a fortnight ago when he returned home with no prospect of recovery and passed away peacefully on Friday night at 9 o'clock. Deceased was a fine type of sturdy Scot, with a lovable personality, a kindly neighbor, thoughtful for others' welfare and welldoing, a devoted husband and an indulgent father. He held the esteem of all with whom he came in contact and his legion of friends sympathise with the mourners in their irreparable loss. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon last, the cortege wending its way to the Presbyterian portion of the Tumut New Cemetery, Rev. Donald M. Baird officiating at the graveside and Mr. C. W. Burt directing the mortuary arrangements. The casket-bearers were Messrs. Dan. Twomey (son-inlaw), M. N. Kiley (cousin), Thomas Byrne, H. Webb, A. Stuckey and C. W. Burt. The following is a list of the wreaths:—From his own family, his three little granddaughters, Mrs. Harry Hill and children, Arch, and Kath., all at ''Rosemount," Matt., Kate and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, Percy and Doreen; Annie, Mary and Dan; Mack, Don. and Bede; Mrs. Byrne and family; Mr. and Mrs. Shedden and family; Mother and Elsie; Russell family, Red Hill Station; Yee Hing and Co.; Walter and Muriel Campbell; Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Learmont and family; Walter and Mrs. Frost; Mrs. Twomey and family; Tim, Amy and family; Maurice, Peggie and family; Mary and family, Tumut; Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Frost; Mr. and Mrs. Fred. L. Baker and family; Mr. and Mrs. Henry French.

Source References:

63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 20 Jun 1939 (Marriage)

69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001

- Reference = 42 (Birth)

- Reference = 42 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 42 (Death)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).

I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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