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Press, Thomas

Birth Name Press, Thomas
Nickname Slocombe
Gender male
Relationship second great grandfather

Events

Birth Thomas Press,  about September 1841  at  Watchet, Somerset, England
Occupation Grocer & Draper,  before 1861
Census Thomas Press,  1861  at  Quay Street, Watchet, Somerset, England
Marriage Thomas and Elizabeth Lily Press,  Wellington, Somerset, England
Occupation Grocer & Draper (master employing 1 man and 1 woman),  before 1881
Census Thomas Press,  1881  at  Market Street, Watchet, Somerset, England
Occupation Grocer & Draper (Employer),  before 1891
Census Thomas Press,  1891  at  Market Street, Watchet, Somerset, England
Occupation Farmer,  before 1892
Emigration Thomas Press,  1892  at  England
Immigration Thomas Press,  1892  at  Victoria, Australia
Occupation traveller,  before 1909
Electoral Enrolment Thomas Press,  1909  at  63 Spensley Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Death Thomas Press,  28 October 1911  at  Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Occupation Commercial Traveller,  before 22 August 1943

Map

Parents

Father Press, Thomas   
Mother Slocombe, Elizabeth   
SiblingsPress, John
Press, Charlotte
Press, Sabina
 

Families

Married Wife Browne (Brown), Elizabeth Lily
  Marriage Thomas and Elizabeth Lily Press,  Wellington, Somerset, England
 ChildrenPress, Cristopher (Chris) Waddlelow
 Press, Ethel Elizabeth
 Press, Gertrude Emily
 Press, Lena Thorne
 Press, Amy Charlotte
 Press, Alfred James
 Press, Charles Edmund
 Press, Leonard
 Press, Mary Melba Kathleen

Gallery

SS Orizaba grounded on Coventry Reef off Garden Island, 1905 small


Narrative

May have been Mayor of Watchet, Somerset 3 times.

Fare to Australia for family of Thomas PRESS was paid by grandmother Margaret Slocombe.

Arrived in Australia, under the name 'Slocombe'.

In Watchet he was a Grocer & Draper (Master Employing 1 Man & 1 Woman).

Ancestors

Press, Thomas
Press, Thomas
Slocombe, Elizabeth
Press, James
Bryant, Elizabeth
Slocombe, John
Williams, Margaret
Press, Thomas
Williams, Sarah
Press, James
Rossiter, Margaret
Williams, John
Winter, Elizabeth