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Name	Thomas Ritchie
Born	1789 Rhynd, Perthshire, Scotland
Died	9 February, 1851 (aged ~ 62) Scone, Tasmania, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Green, Mary (mother-in-law) Harris, John (father-in-law)
Occupation or Descriptor *	general merchant (1818-1820) New South Wales, Australia shipowner (1818-1820) New South Wales, Australia trader (1818-1820) New South Wales, Australia cattle breeder (1820-1851) Tasmania, Australia general merchant (1820-1851) Tasmania, Australia grazier (cattle) (1820-1851) Tasmania, Australia grazier (sheep) (1820-1851) Tasmania, Australia sheep breeder (1820-1851) Tasmania, Australia shipowner (1820-1832) Tasmania, Australia trader (1820-1832) Tasmania, Australia flour miller (1833-1851) Tasmania, Australia anti-transportationist (1840-1851) Tasmania, Australia immigration promoter (1840-1851) Tasmania, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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