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Thomas Baines (1824–1862)

According to his death certificate Thomas Baines was 38 years old when he died. He was born in England and had been in New South Wales for ten years. He may have been the Thomas Baines, occupation labourer, who arrived in New South Wales as an assisted migrant, aged 27, on the Monsoon, in 1854. He married Shepherdess Woolford in 1859.

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'Baines, Thomas (1824–1862)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/baines-thomas-24971/text33634, accessed 22 December 2024.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Banes, Thomas
Birth

1824
England

Death

2 December, 1862 (aged ~ 38)
Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

heat stroke

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