Thomas JONES (1812

Thomas JONES (1812 - 1888)

Convict, sawyer

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John JONES (1848 - 1906) James JONES (1850 - 1895) William Henry 'Bill' JONES (1852 - 1922) Margaret Ann JONES (1857 - 1947) Isabella Hay JONES (1861 - 1938) Frederick Thomas JONES (1865 - 1935) Hannah Mary JONES (1867 - ) Lydia JONES (1870 - 1904)	Thomas JONES (1812 - 1888) + Isabella DONALDSON ( - 1911)

b. abt 1812 at Westminster, Middlesex, England

m. 1847 Isabella DONALDSON ( - 1911) at Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia

d. 1888 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 76

Near Relatives of Thomas JONES (1812 - 1888)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James DONALDSON
Mother in Law	Margaret GRANT

Self	Thomas JONES	abt 1812	Westminster, Middlesex, England	1888	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	76

Wife	Isabella DONALDSON		Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1911

Son	John JONES	1848	Brisbane Water, New South Wales, Australia	1906		58
Son	James JONES	1850	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Oct 1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	45
Son	William Henry 'Bill' JONES	1852	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1922		70
Daughter	Margaret Ann JONES	1857	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1947		90
Daughter	Isabella Hay JONES	Feb 1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	07 Jan 1938	Canberra, ACT, Australia	76
Son	Frederick Thomas JONES	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1935		70
Daughter	Hannah Mary JONES	1867	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Lydia JONES	1870	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1904		34

Daughter in Law	Harriet MORRIS	1851	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	44
Daughter in Law	Eva Annie SOUTHWELL	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son in Law	F PETER
Son in Law	James GILLESPIE	Feb 1844	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	10 Jun 1926	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Son in Law	male LUBEY
Son in Law	A F HELLMUND

Grandson	William Henry JONES	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Thomas John JONES	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1892	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17
Granddaughter	Mary JONES	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	3
Grandson	Ernest JONES	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Lillian Mary JONES	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy JONES	abt 1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Florence JONES	1886	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Paul JONES	abt 1889	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Harry James JONES	1895	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Victor Leo JONES	1894
Granddaughter	Rockleigh Donaldson JONES	1896
Granddaughter	Eva Lilian GILLESPIE	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John James GILLESPIE	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	William Ernest GILLESPIE	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1972	Canberra, ACT, Australia	86
Grandson	Harold Oliver GILLESPIE	1891	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Thomas JONES (1812 - 1888)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1812		Thomas JONES was born	Westminster, Middlesex, England
1832	20	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	80
1847	35	Married Isabella DONALDSON	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	V1847615 32C/1847
1848	36	Birth of son John JONES	Brisbane Water, New South Wales, Australia		80
1850	38	Birth of son James JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1852	40	Birth of son William Henry 'Bill' JONES	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia		80
1857	45	Birth of daughter Margaret Ann JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80
Feb 1861	49	Birth of daughter Isabella Hay JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	V18617827 45/1861	6
1865	53	Birth of son Frederick Thomas JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80
1867	55	Birth of daughter Hannah Mary JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80
1870	58	Birth of daughter Lydia JONES	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80
1888	76	Thomas JONES died	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		80

Note 1: per 'Portland' transported for thef of metal

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 160 (Name, Notes)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3871/thomas-jones-snr.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Born: 1812; Died: 1888; Married: Isabella Donaldson

Thomas Jones (Snr) was born in Westminster in 1812, and transported in 1832 on the Portland, for stealing metal. He was assigned to work in the County of Murray and apart from a few years at Sydney and Brisbane Water, spent most of his life in the Ginninderra district. Getting his Ticket of Leave in 1836, he was granted a Certificate of Freedom in 1840. In 1847, a 'sawyer' of the Parish of Cavan, he married Isabella Donaldson of Yass – daughter of Scottish migrants James and Margaret Donaldson [nee Grant]. By 1850 the family has moved to Ginninderra, for this was where second child James was born. According to Shumack, Thomas built one of the first fences on the Ginninderra Estate, at Emu Bank:

"About 1825 [must have been in the 1830's - ed] Thomas Jones saw the Limestone Plains for the first time. He and his mate were employed building huts for the settlers and he claimed to be the first man to erect a fence on the Ginninderra estate. This was the first fence erected in County Murray; and when we went to Emu Bank in 1858 it was in a perfect state of preservation despite the [thirty-three?] years since its erection. It was a three-rail fence and passed within 300 yards of our house [the Emu Bank outstation].

In the early forties Jones married Isabella Donaldson [1847], and after a couple of years' employment near Sydney he moved to Brisbane Water, near Gosford, where he and his mate, William Maitland, commenced business as sawyers. For a time they prospered - drink was their downfall. They returned to Ginninderra about 1862 and were employed by William Davis. Thomas Jones ..................built many huts in the Canberra district on a framework of forks and poles with sod walls. A few years later slab and bark structures ousted the sod buildings, although I have seen sod chimneys constructed as late as 1862. The slab and bark structures became obsolete in the eighties." [Shumack. p. 87]

After returning from Brisbane Water he selected land near Oak Hill and built his home there. In 1875 he was paid ₤278/9/0 for timber, shingles and laths used for building work at St John's Parsonage – a substantial contract at that time. According to the Queanbeyan Age he also worked on the church: "Mr Jones, who was a sawyer, split the old shingles for the roof of St John the Baptist Church and also assisted in putting the shingles on. [Queanbeyan Age 7.1.1938]

Thomas died in 1888 and was buried at The Glebe, St Paul's, witnesses being his son William Henry Jones and John Southwell. William Henry was to marry John Southwell's daughter, Eva Annie Southwell, a few years later (1893). Isabella out-lived him by twenty-three years before she passed away in 1911. Their children were:

John (1848-1906)
James (1850-1895)
William Henry (1852-1922)
Elizabeth (died in infancy 1854-1856)
Margaret Ann (Mrs F. Peter) (1857-1947)
Isabella Emily (died in infancy) (1858)
Isabella Hay (Mrs]. Gillespie) (1861-1938)
Thomas (died in infancy 1862)
Frederick Thomas (1865-1935)
Hannah Mary (Mrs Lubey) (1867-?)
Lydia (Mrs A F Hellmund) (1870-1904)
References
Gillespie, L. L. 1992. Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra. The Wizard (Canberra local history series): Campbell
Shumack, S. (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack). 1967. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers. Canberra

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3871/thomas-jones-snr.html (Immigration)

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2261/william-henry-jones.html (Death)

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