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Thomas BOYD (1798 - 1885)
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Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth BOYD (1834 - 1876)
John BOYD (1837 - 1908)
Margaret BOYD (1839 - 1898)
Ellen BOYD (1842 - 1940)
Thomas BOYD (1845 - 1931)
James BOYD (1847 - 1916)
Rosanna BOYD (1848 - 1930)
Mary Ann BOYD (1850 - 1937)
Bridget BOYD (1855 - 1906)
Edward Edwin BOYD (1860 - 1935)
Robert Frank Quin BOYD (1864 - 1901)
 Thomas BOYD (1798 - 1885)

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Eleanor Ellen HICKEY (1820 - 1875)













Ellen QUINN











Thomas BOYD Eleanor Ellen HICKEY
Thomas BOYD Thomas BOYD Thomas BOYD
Thomas BOYD Eleanor Ellen HICKEY Thomas BOYD Thomas BOYD Thomas BOYD
b. Mar 1798 at Dublin, Ireland
m. 05 Mar 1834 Eleanor Ellen HICKEY (1820 - 1875) at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
d. Aug 1885 at Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia aged 87
Near Relatives of Thomas BOYD (1798 - 1885)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Maurice HICKEY abt 1787 Waterford, Ireland
Mother in Law Bridget QUINN abt 1789 Dublin, Ireland

Mother Ellen QUINN

Self Thomas BOYD Mar 1798 Dublin, Ireland Aug 1885 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 87

Wife Eleanor Ellen HICKEY abt 1820 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 06 Sep 1875 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 55

Daughter Elizabeth BOYD 1834 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 11 May 1876 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 42
Son John BOYD 1837 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 1908 71
Daughter Margaret BOYD 1839 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 29 Sep 1898 Windowie, New South Wales, Australia 59
Daughter Ellen BOYD 16 Sep 1842 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 18 Mar 1940 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 97
Son Thomas BOYD 01 May 1845 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 1931 86
Son James BOYD 1847 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 1916 69
Daughter Rosanna BOYD 22 Sep 1848 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 01 Oct 1930 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 82
Daughter Mary Ann BOYD 1850 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 1937 87
Daughter Bridget BOYD 1855 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jan 1906 51
Son Edward Edwin BOYD 1860 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 1935 75
Son Robert Frank Quin BOYD 1864 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 18 Oct 1901 South Africa 37

Son in Law James Magrane REILY abt 1831 26 Jan 1857 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 26
Son in Law Richard BECK abt 1816 Devon, England 13 Apr 1928 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 112
Son in Law Robert John CROUCH 27 Mar 1826 Brighton, Sussex, England 20 Aug 1914 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 88
Son in Law Archibald Archer Moon CLEE 30 Oct 1842 Gocup, New South Wales, Australia 07 Aug 1921 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 78
Son in Law Robert CURRIE 1855 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 26 Jul 1930 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 75
Son in Law James ALLEN 1835 1917 82
Daughter in Law Marion M M LODER

Granddaughter Martha Sisley Cecily Magrane REILY 26 Oct 1855 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 10 Dec 1945 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 90
Grandson Thomas Samuel BECK 1863 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 82
Grandson Edward Richard BECK 1868 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 82
Granddaughter Harriett BECK 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1950 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 80
Grandson Richard BECK 1874 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1949 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 75
Granddaughter Ellen CROUCH 12 Apr 1859 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 12 Feb 1927 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 67
Grandson Robert Nye CROUCH 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 24 Sep 1874 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 13
Granddaughter Margaret CROUCH 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1944 82
Granddaughter Eliza Ann CROUCH 1867 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1955 88
Granddaughter Amelia Emily CROUCH 1869 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 31 Aug 1934 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 65
Granddaughter Elizabeth Avis CROUCH 1872 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Catherine Maria CROUCH 1874 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1961 87
Granddaughter Ada Rosana CROUCH 1877 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1961 84
Granddaughter Charlotte Selina CROUCH 1879 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1966 87
Grandson Robert Joseph CROUCH 1887 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1972 85
Granddaughter Mary Ann Sisley CLEE 27 Jun 1877 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 82
Granddaughter Margaret Ellen CLEE 16 Aug 1879 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 25 Sep 1884 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 5
Granddaughter Josephine Blanche Clare CLEE 1881 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1960 79
Grandson George Blake CLEE 1882 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1956 74
Granddaughter Elizabeth CLEE 1883 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1960 77
Grandson Thomas Matthew CLEE 16 Jan 1886 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1954 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 68
Grandson John Archer CLEE 1887 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 68
Granddaughter Jessie CLEE 1889 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1960 71
Granddaughter Rosanah Emily Rosie CLEE 1895 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1984 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia 89
Granddaughter Margaret Cecilia CURRIE 1889 Batlow, New South Wales, Australia 22 May 1975 Batlow, New South Wales, Australia 86

Brother in Law James HICKEY abt 1815 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Thomas HICKEY abt 1823 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia abt 1824 1
Events in Thomas BOYD (1798 - 1885)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Mar 1798 Thomas BOYD was born Dublin, Ireland 73
1834 36 Birth of daughter Elizabeth BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
05 Mar 1834 36 Married Eleanor Ellen HICKEY (aged 14) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 73
1837 39 Birth of son John BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1839 41 Birth of daughter Margaret BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
16 Sep 1842 44 Birth of daughter Ellen BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
01 May 1845 47 Birth of son Thomas BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1847 49 Birth of son James BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
22 Sep 1848 50 Birth of daughter Rosanna BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1850 52 Birth of daughter Mary Ann BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1855 57 Birth of daughter Bridget BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1860 62 Birth of son Edward Edwin BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
1864 66 Birth of son Robert Frank Quin BOYD Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
06 Sep 1875 77 Death of wife Eleanor Ellen HICKEY (aged 55) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
11 May 1876 78 Death of daughter Elizabeth BOYD (aged 42) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Aug 1885 87 Thomas BOYD died Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
Thomas Boyd had been a member of the Hume and Hovell expedition. In January 1825 he had passed across the Gilmore Valley and it was the grandeur of this area that enticed him to select there in 1832. His property was between the Gilmore and Wondalga Creeks immediately below Rosebank.

In 1848 Thomas Boyd’s property contained 12,400 acres. It was known as Run No. 14 and called "Jugyong". It had a frontage of one and a half miles to Gilmore Creek and six miles to Adelong Creek. The map of the County of Wynyard dated 1861 shows Thomas Boyd had an area of 160 acres freehold with a frontage to the Gilmore Creek at Rosebank.

Thomas Boyd was born in Dublin in March 1798. He married a Miss Ellen Hickey. They had a family of 13 children.

Thomas Boyd brought many of the pioneer families to Tumut 1n his bullock dray during the 1830's and later.

In February 1881 when he was 83 years of age he was officially invited to attend the opening of the railway line to Albury.

He had been the first white man to cross the Murray River and the Premier of Victoria during a speech, promised to grant Boyd a gratuity, but although the
New South Wales Minister afterwards made a grant of £50 the Victorian Government did not honour its promise.

For some years Thomas Boyd had been a prosperous grazier but through unfortunate circumstances he lost everything. He was reported to have been a very honourable man and a good specimen of the old Australian pioneer.

The Evening News of 30 June 1885 recorded the death of Thomas Boyd at Gilmore. He died 1n impoverished circumstances at Gilmore on 26 June 1885 in his eighty-seventh year 1n a mlserable bark hut, attended by a daughter. A friend guaranteed the funeral expenses.

He had resided on the Gilmore Creek for 57 years. A fine memorial headstone in the Old Cemetery at Tumut marks the last resting place of this grand old pioneer. It was made possible by public subscription. This memorial was erected over forty years after his death.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 35 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 35 (Death)
- Reference = 35 (Marriage)
- Reference = 35 (Birth)
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125596652/thomas-boyd (Name, Notes)
77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989
- Reference = page 23 # 90 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: BOYD Thomas, born Dublin Mar 1798, died Gilmore Aug 1885 aged 87 years. Erected by the residents of Tumut & district. He was one of a party led by HUME & HOVELL who explored this district and through to Port Phillip in 1824 and blazed the track that we could follow.
Afterwards settling on the Gilmore Valley where reared a large family.
90. Type: Book, Abbr: History of Wagga, Title: A History of Wagga Wagga, Auth: Keith Swan, Date: 1970
- Reference = p29 (Name, Notes)
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