Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813

Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881)

carrier with bullock team, farmer, grazier, landowner, 'father of Methodism' in Queanbeyan and Canberra

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Thomas SOUTHWELL (1835 - 1921) Mary Ann SOUTHWELL (1837 - 1874) William SOUTHWELL (1840 - ) Samson SOUTHWELL (1841 - 1914) Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843 - 1928) John SOUTHWELL (1845 - 1912) Eliza SOUTHWELL (1847 - ) Lydia SOUTHWELL (1849 - ) Jabez SOUTHWELL (1852 - 1852) James SOUTHWELL (1853 - 1940) Richard SOUTHWELL (1855 - 1933) Sarah SOUTHWELL (1857 - ) Jane SOUTHWELL (1859 - 1928) Elizabeth SOUTHWELL (1861 - 1940) Mark SOUTHWELL (1863 - 1936) Hannah SOUTHWELL (1865 - 1931) Beatrice SOUTHWELL (1868 - 1947) Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL (1871 - 1945)	Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881) + Eliza COOKE (1810 - 1852) Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885)	Samuel SOUTHWELL



		Sarah Ann JACKSON

b. 1813 at Robertsbridge, Sussex, England

m. (1) 1833 Eliza COOKE (1810 - 1852) at Robertsbridge, Sussex, England

m. (2) 1853 Mary ROFFE (1826 - 1885) at Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

d. 31 May 1881 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 68

Near Relatives of Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	William COOKE
Mother in Law	Mary (COOKE)
Father in Law	Edward ROFFE
Mother in Law	Sarah GIBBS

Father	Samuel SOUTHWELL
Mother	Sarah Ann JACKSON

Self	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1813	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	31 May 1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	68

Wife	Eliza COOKE	1810	Sussex, England	20 May 1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	42
Wife	Mary ROFFE	1826	Kent, England	29 Apr 1885	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	59

Son	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1835	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	08 Feb 1921	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter	Mary Ann SOUTHWELL	1837	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	25 May 1874	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia	37
Son	William SOUTHWELL	1840	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	Samson SOUTHWELL	1841	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Aug 1914	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	73
Son	Samuel SOUTHWELL	1843	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17 Dec 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	85
Son	John SOUTHWELL	1845	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	21 Oct 1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Daughter	Eliza SOUTHWELL	1847	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1849	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Son	James SOUTHWELL	1853	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Son	Richard SOUTHWELL	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	27 Apr 1933	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78
Daughter	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1857	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	23 Jul 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	69
Daughter	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	Mark SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	26 Jun 1936	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia	73
Daughter	Hannah SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1931	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Daughter	Beatrice SOUTHWELL	26 Aug 1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	30 Sep 1947	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Son	Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	04 Oct 1945	New South Wales, Australia	74

Brother	John SOUTHWELL	1818	Sussex, England	28 Jan 1889	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother	Mark SOUTHWELL	1826	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	04 Sep 1909		83

Daughter in Law	Eliza ROFFE	1840	Kirkham, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1923	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	83
Son in Law	Alfred BEMBRICK	1837	Rye, Sussex, England	08 Jan 1922	Harden, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth (Betsy) VENESS	1838	Sussex, England	10 Feb 1903	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	65
Daughter in Law	Harriet BEMBRICK	1840		16 Apr 1876	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	36
Daughter in Law	Eliza Jane SMITH	1847		10 Oct 1939	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	92
Daughter in Law	Louisa SMITH	1844	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	1926	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	82
Daughter in Law	Hannah BROWN	abt 1853	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1938	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	85
Daughter in Law	Amelia SMITH	1859	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	31 Mar 1927	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	68
Son in Law	Stephen Charles BROWN	1854	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	1878		24
Son in Law	Ellis SMITH	1856	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	03 Nov 1928	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	72
Son in Law	David William BOON	1861	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1925		64
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth BROOKS	1864	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jun 1945	Blaney, New South Wales, Australia	81
Son in Law	Job BROWN	1860		1937		77
Son in Law	James Kinlock KILBY	1870	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jul 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	80
Daughter in Law	Sarah GORDON			10 Apr 1955

Grandson	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Richard SOUTHWELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Samson SOUTHWELL	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	David SOUTHWELL	1869	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Noah SOUTHWELL	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Josiah SOUTHWELL	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Ann Adelphi SOUTHWELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Thomas BEMBRICK	1858	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	James BEMBRICK	1860	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1927		67
Grandson	Alfred BEMBRICK	1861	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Samson BEMBRICK	1863	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Samuel BEMBRICK	1863	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John BEMBRICK	1865	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Mark BEMBRICK	1867	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Michael BEMBRICK	1868	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Helen BEMBRICK	1871	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Silas BEMBRICK	1872	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1863	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	20 May 1925	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	62
Grandson	John SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	29 Jan 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	77
Grandson	Henry SOUTHWELL	1867	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	18 Apr 1942	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Charlotte Ann SOUTHWELL	1869	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Emily SOUTHWELL	1870	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Obed SOUTHWELL	1872	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Lucy Jane SOUTHWELL	1874	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William Abel SOUTHWELL	1876	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Samson James SOUTHWELL	1878	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1955	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	77
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Beatrice SOUTHWELL	1880	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Walter SOUTHWELL	abt 1881	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Edward SOUTHWELL	abt 1882	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1864	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Granddaughter	Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL	1866	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	29 May 1961	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	95
Grandson	Alfred SOUTHWELL	1867	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Etty SOUTHWELL	1869	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Charles William SOUTHWELL	1871	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Ernest Richard SOUTHWELL	1874	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1875	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1
Granddaughter	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1876	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Linsdey Edwin SOUTHWELL	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Bertha Eveline SOUTHWELL	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Ethel Eliza SOUTHWELL	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Albert SOUTHWELL	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Eva Annie SOUTHWELL	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Amelia Alma SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	William Shelton SOUTHWELL	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Raymond SOUTHWELL	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 May 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Grandson	Sidney Rowland SOUTHWELL	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 Jan 1933	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	53
Grandson	Edward John Thomas SOUTHWELL	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Mary Jane SOUTHWELL	1878	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Cecilia Augusta SOUTHWELL	1880	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elsie Mildred SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Norman James SOUTHWELL	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Stella Hannah SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Aubrey Valetta SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Selby Athelstan SOUTHWELL	1892	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	3
Grandson	Guilford Ashley SOUTHWELL	1894	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Vida Patience SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	Harold Ellis SOUTHWELL	1884	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Dec 1951	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Grandson	Cecil James SOUTHWELL	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Mary Adelaide SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Clarence Elvin SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Muriel Irene SOUTHWELL	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Hubert Lindley SOUTHWELL	1893	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Louisa Marion SOUTHWELL	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Cedric Richard Ewan SOUTHWELL	1899	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Rebecca Jane SMITH	1879	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 May 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Lavinia Mary SMITH	1881	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Ernest Clement SMITH	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beatrice Louisa SMITH	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Leslie Edward SMITH	1887	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elvira Clare SMITH	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Leon Russell SMITH	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jun 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Eunice Alma Victoria SMITH	1897	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Daisy BOON	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Olive Mary Ann BOON	1885	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Marianne Esdale BOON	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Alick David Eugene BOON	1889	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Granddaughter	Gladys Elizabeth Clare BOON	19 Feb 1891	Canberra, ACT, Australia	25 Nov 1948	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	57
Granddaughter	Beatrice May BOON	1894
Grandson	Arthur Southwell BOON	1897
Grandson	Kenneth Charles Norton SOUTHWELL	1886	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Cyril Ernest Brooks SOUTHWELL	1888	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Ruby Millicent SOUTHWELL	1890	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Lyle Thomas Hedley SOUTHWELL	1891	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Linda Mary Ellen SOUTHWELL	1894	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Gladys Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1897	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Verna Lavinia SOUTHWELL	1899	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Bessie Wilga SOUTHWELL	1902	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Clarence Mark Ebert SOUTHWELL	1905	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Leila Mary BROWN	1889	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Morley T BROWN	1892	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elsie S BROWN	1893	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Mervyn R BROWN	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	3
Granddaughter	Rita Beatrice BROWN	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	10 Aug 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	75
Grandson	Ronald A BROWN	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Keith Kinlock KILBY	31 Jan 1898	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1976	Canberra, ACT, Australia	78
Grandson	Athol Carlyle KILBY	28 May 1899	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Sep 1962	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	63
Grandson	Clyde Redvers KILBY	1901	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Selby William KILBY	1903	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Beryl Beatrix Mary KILBY	1904	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Bruce Beltran KILBY	1907	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Grace Allison Jane KILBY	1909	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Cleon Kennison Robert KILBY	1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Gordon Rex SOUTHWELL	1895		1982		87
Granddaughter	Phyllis Lorna Mary SOUTHWELL	1904

Niece	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1843	Sussex, England	1871	Collector, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	28
Nephew	Samuel (Captain) SOUTHWELL	1844	Salehurst, Sussex, England	22 Jul 1920	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Niece	Jane SOUTHWELL	1847	Sussex, England	bef 1858	Sussex, England	11
Nephew	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1850	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	28 Mar 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	57
Niece	Mary A SOUTHWELL	1853	Sussex, England	1936		83
Nephew	George Edward SOUTHWELL	1856	Salehurst, Sussex, England	06 Apr 1912	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	56
Niece	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1860	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1939		79
Niece	Ellen SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Joshua SOUTHWELL	1859	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Gertrude SOUTHWELL	1860	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	1890		30
Niece	Minnie SOUTHWELL	1868		1906		38
Niece	Rose SOUTHWELL	1871
Niece	Elizabeth ROFFE	1854	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	80
Nephew	George ROFFE	1857	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1931	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	James ROFFE	1859	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Jeanette ROFFE	1861	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	2
Nephew	Edward ROFFE	1863	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1912	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	49
Niece	Agnes Marjory ROFFE	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1935	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	69
Niece	Angelina Caroline ROFFE	1868	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1921	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	53
Niece	Janet Louisa ROFFE	1870	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1933	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Lucy Emma ROFFE	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1922	Young, New South Wales, Australia	50
Nephew	William Henry Herbert ROFFE	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia	70
Nephew	John William Frederick ROFFE	1879	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	1918	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	39
Nephew	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Richard SOUTHWELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samson SOUTHWELL	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David SOUTHWELL	1869	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Noah SOUTHWELL	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Josiah SOUTHWELL	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Ann Adelphi SOUTHWELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	James ROFFE	abt 1829	England	30 Oct 1900	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Eliza ROFFE	1840	Kirkham, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1923	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Lucy GASSON	1824	England	28 Mar 1900	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Ellen SMITHSON

Events in Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1813		Thomas SOUTHWELL was born	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England		6
1833	20	Married Eliza COOKE (aged 23)	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England		6
1835	22	Birth of son Thomas SOUTHWELL	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England		6
1837	24	Birth of daughter Mary Ann SOUTHWELL	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England		6
30 Jun 1838	25	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Lady Nugent'	6
1840	27	Birth of son William SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1841	28	Birth of son Samson SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1843	30	Birth of son Samuel SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1845	32	Birth of son John SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1847	34	Birth of daughter Eliza SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1849	36	Birth of daughter Lydia SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1852	39	Birth of son Jabez SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1852	39	Death of son Jabez SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
20 May 1852	39	Death of wife Eliza COOKE (aged 42)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1853	40	Birth of son James SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1853	40	Married Mary ROFFE (aged 27)	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia		6
1855	42	Birth of son Richard SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1857	44	Birth of daughter Sarah SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1859	46	Birth of daughter Jane SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1861	48	Birth of daughter Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1863	50	Birth of son Mark SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1865	52	Birth of daughter Hannah SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
26 Aug 1868	55	Birth of daughter Beatrice SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1871	58	Birth of son Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
25 May 1874	61	Death of daughter Mary Ann SOUTHWELL (aged 37)	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia		6
31 May 1881	68	Thomas SOUTHWELL died	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6

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 = 303 (Marriage)

- Reference = 302 (Immigration)

- Reference = 302 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 302 (Birth)

- Reference = 303 (Death)

- Reference = 303 (Marriage)

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/2245/thomas-southwell.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Thomas Southwell
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Born: 1813; Died: 1881; Married: 1. Eliza Cooke; 2. Mary Croxton (nee Roffe)

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Thomas (1813-1881) was one of eleven children born to Samuel and Sarah Southwell from Robertsbridge, Sussex. Four of their seven sons emigrated to Australia – Thomas, William, John and Mark – the last two joining Thomas and Mary at Parkwood. In the emigration records Thomas is described as a labourer who could read but not write – 'hale, strong, useful' – perhaps an under-statement?!

Sixteen years after arriving in Australia he had saved sufficient from his carrying business to buy land (1854). A decade later he was able to replace the first slab cottage with a fine house (1863). By this time he had the help of five grown sons and two brothers. His daughters helped with minding and milking the cows and harvesting, making clothes, preparing meals. A large family was a great blessing.

Thomas Southwell's land

Thomas was not a selector. He purchased the somewhat remote Parkwood land from Alick Osborne in 1854 after working a while for Henry Parkinson 'on the very estate which he now owns'. Parkinson, 'who was once well off, died in poverty in a gunyah adjoining Mr Southwell's estate, and depended on his neighbours for the last offices of charity to the dying and the dead'.

Osborne, a ship's surgeon, bought Portion 35 of 987 acres, Parish of Wallaroo in 1831, for 5/- an acre. In 1854 it cost Thomas ₤1,500 (or 30/- an acre). Upon his death in 1881, he passed it to the four sons of his first marriage who had helped him build a thriving farm, home, and carrying business - Thomas, Samson, Samuel and John. Subsequently it became a Kilby family home.

With good frontage on Ginninderra Creek, just above the Ginninderra Falls, Parkwood fell outside the Federal Capital Territory when it was proclaimed in 1909.

In 1863, when he was 50, with fifteen children to accommodate, Thomas and Mary built a new home. Bricks were made and burnt on the property, the sawn timber brought across the Murrumbidgee at Cusacks Crossing from Sherwood. The rooms consisted of a parlor, dining room, the parson's room, and their own bedroom; upstairs was the school room and the girls' bedroom.

The roof was shingles, the walls were a fine plaster, and ceilings were lathe and
plaster. The doors, window frames, skirting boards and architraves were red cedar, the floor boards were well-sawn stringy bark.....The floor was nailed with nails made by the resident blacksmith, sharp pointed with square heads. The house had a high-pitched roof and attic rooms in the English style common in Sussex where Thomas and Eliza had come from. It soon sat amongst stables, barns, a smithy, chicken yard, an orchard and vegetable plots, enabling this remote family community to become highly self-sufficient.

Thomas the teamster

In addition to their farming activities, Thomas and his young sons were general carriers in the district, undertaking regular trips to Sydney with a bullock team and wagon, round trips taking anything up to two months. Two Parkwood hills are named after faithful bullocks 'White Eye' and 'Boxer'. Bullocks were later replaced by horse teams, cutting the round trip to around three weeks.

By the 1860s Thomas was one of the most efficient and reliable carriers in the district, with a profitable business. As strict Methodists, the Southwells could be trusted to carry alcohol, as well as wheat, wool and other produce, returning from Sydney with household supplies.

The southern railway reached Goulburn in 1869, greatly cutting travel time to Sydney. In the 1870's the carrying business was increasingly left to his sons, who had been amongst the first to haul supplies to the Kiandra diggings.

Parkwood chapels

Thomas Southwell was the founder of Methodism in the district. The home he built at Parkwood attracted a growing congregation to bible readings, prayer meetings and services. In 1863 he gave a half acre 99-year lease to the Wesleyan Methodist Church as a site for a chapel – a lined wooden slab building with boarded floor and bark roof. By 1880 this building was in bad repair and Thomas decided on a substantial new stone structure, built entirely at his expense, which still stands today, and is a shrine for the extended Southwell clan. The foundation stone was laid to great ceremony on 9th December 1880. Following a stroke, Thomas was in a wheelchair for the opening ceremony, which he nevertheless conducted. He died after a long and painful illness on 31 May 1881 and was buried at the Weetangera Methodist Cemetery.

Spiritual home for large clan

As it grew, the Southwell family kept alive and honoured its roots in Parkwood, the Methodist church and its core values. The first major family reunion was in 1873 when all 69 surviving members of his family gathered for dinner at the paternal homestead for Thomas' 60th birthday. His family gave him a Bible as a token of their love and esteem; he gave each of the grandchildren a shilling as a memento.

In 1938 around 600 relatives and friends gathered at the Parkwood homestead for the centenary celebrations. There were almost 1300 descendants at that time, the progeny of Thomas' 19 children. The sesquicentenary in 1988 drew around 1200 to a reunion at the ANU, when Lyall Gillespie's history 'The Southwell family. Pioneers of the Canberra District' was launched. The Southwell Family Society of Australia was established to record the family genealogy which it does to the present day. The latest Southwell family register has some 14,500 names.

[text from the Exhibition 'Selected Spaces, Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, 2019]

[The following entry for Thomas Southwell was submitted by the Southwell Family Society to the Immigration Place Australia website]

In Nov 1838 Thomas was the first of his family to immigrate from England to Australia. He was followed by his three brothers, William in 1842, John and Mark in 1858 and his nephew Thomas 'Chummy Tom' in 1874.

Thomas Southwell (the son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Ð nee Jackson) was born on 6 Feb 1813 at Salehurst, Robertsbridge, Sussex. Thomas married Eliza Cooke on 1 May 1833 at St James Church, Ewhurst Green, Sussex.

Thomas and Eliza left England seeking a better life due to hard times and over-crowding at Salehurst. They came to New South Wales as assisted immigrants with their children Thomas and Mary Ann. They left London on 23 July 1838 on the 'Lady Nugent' and arrived in Port Jackson on 27 Nov 1838. Shipping records list Thomas as labourer and Eliza as farm servant. Thomas could read, but not write. Both were shown as 'Wesleyan'.

Thomas was employed in Sydney by a Mr Tooth before he and Eliza moved to Cobbity (near Camden). They finally settled at Ginninderra, near Hall. Here, Thomas worked as a farm labourer and operated as a teamster, carrying produce and wool to Sydney and returning with supplies for himself and others. Thomas worked hard and in 1854 purchased land on Ginninderra Creek, which he named 'Parkwood' after a wood near his Sussex home.

Thomas and Eliza raised 8 children at 'Parkwood': Thomas, Mary Ann, William, Samson, Samuel, John, Eliza and Lydia. Alfred and Harriet Bembrick who were orphans were also raised by Thomas and Eliza. In 1852 Eliza died from birth complications and her baby Jabez died 4 months later. They are buried at St John's Cemetery, Reid. In 1853 Thomas married a widow, Mary Croxton (nee Roffe) at Gunning, and had 9 more children: James, Richard, Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, Mark, Hannah, Beatrice and Benjamin. Mary's daughters Anne and Harriet were also raised in this large family.

His Wesleyan faith was very important and Thomas held Bible readings and family prayers in his home and began to read sermons. By 1848 Thomas held regular church services at home for family and neighbours. In 1863 a slab chapel for Wesleyan services was completed on his property and Thomas later replaced this building with a stone chapel in 1881. Local preachers held services at 'Parkwood'. Thomas was known as the 'father of Methodism' in the district.

In Oct 1879 Thomas was appointed a magistrate. He continued to farm at 'Parkwood' until his death on 31 May 1881. Thomas grew wheat, oats, rye, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, hops and tobacco. His second wife, Mary died on 29 April 1885 and she and Thomas are buried at the Old Weetangera Cemetery (William Hovel Drive, opposite Hawker).

Thomas' brother William and his wife Emma (nee Nicholls – m. Potter) embarked on the "Bolivar" in London on 28 May 1842 and arrived in Launceston in October 1842. They settled in Tasmania for 3 years before moving to Ballan, in Victoria where William farmed. William and Emma had a daughter Sarah Anne who died in infancy and two step daughters Elizabeth and Lydia Potter. William died at Ballan on 6 Sept 1862. Emma and her daughters moved to Queensland where Emma died at Barcaldine in 1891.

Another brother, John and his wife Lucy (nee Gasson) sailed from Southampton on 12 Apr 1858 on the "Grand Trianon" as assisted immigrants and arrived in Port Jackson on 20 Aug 1858. They settled at 'Parkwood' where he helped Thomas run the property. In 1873 John selected 80 acres near Sutton where he built his home 'Rosevale'. In 1875 and 1885 John added to his holding. John and Lucy had 8 children: Harriet, Samuel (Captain Sam), Jane, Thomas, Mary A, George, Lydia and Ellen. John died in 1889 and Lucy in 1900. They are buried at the Old Weetangera Cemetery.

Thomas' third brother, Mark and his wife Ellen (nee Smithson) left Liverpool on the "David McIver" on 4 Jun 1858 as assisted immigrants and arrived in Port Jackson on 24 Sept 1858. They had 4 children: Joshua, Gertrude, Minnie and Rose. Mark initially worked for Thomas before selecting his own land "Rosebud Apiary" (now in the suburb of Cook).

On 16 Dec 1874 Thomas' nephew, Thomas 'Chummy Tom' and his wife Annie (nee Goldsmith) Southwell, arrived in Sydney. Because they did not like country life they left 'Parkwood' and returned to Sydney where Thomas was a cabman and shoemaker. Thomas and Annie had 14 children, however 5 died in infancy.

The Southwells and their large families embraced life in their adopted country and become prominent and valued citizens who left a legacy for us all.

There is short biography of Thomas at Immigration Place Australia

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