THOMSON, Robert & Caroline
1792 – 11 January 1865
12 June 1787 – 2 November 1863
Origin Teston, Kent, UK
Accompanying Family His wife - Caroline Frances Anne Lediard and 8 children
First settled in Fremantle & Rottnest Island
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Hotel Licencee, Fremantle / farmer, Rottnest Island
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Departure Port Gravesend
Arrival Year 1829
Fremantle
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Granted land Swan Valley - Licensee "Stirling Arms" Fremantle and ferry rights North Fremantle. Granted land on Rottnest Island - worked salt lakes and grew wheat. 1839 Govt. resumes land for penal settlement - in exchange for land at Jambaker - Thomson Lake. Also 1841 granted Lot 24 Plantagenet, 600 acres. Lived in Mandurah until death of his wife 1863. Then joined his son on Kangaroo Island, SA. Died 11-1-1865
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Hi, Can anyone tell me the names of the 8 children of Caroline and Robert Thomson please?
Sun 4 Feb 2018
Charles Leddiard Thomson 1814
Marianne Amelia Thomson 1815
David Thomson 1816
Elanor Frances Thomson 1817
Alfred Thomson 1818
Adelaide Thomson 1819
Henry Octavious Thomson 1820
Laura Moreland Thomson 1822
Francis George Thomson 1825
Isabella Thomson 1826
Robert Thomson 1827
Horace Thomson 1828
Eight children arrived first. Who?
in 1831 three daughters were reunited with the family.
Sun 23 Feb 2020
Hello - I am interested to know in more detail the variety of crops the Thompson family grew in particular around the Lake area
Tue 13 Oct 2020
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