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Thomas Read 1842 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Nov 1842

Birth Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 25 Aug 1918

Death Location: Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand

Father: THOMAS REID\READ

Mother: Elizabeth (Dorsey)

Spouse(s): Margaret Bowie

Children(s): ROBERT READ

Thomas Read was born in 1842 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the child of THOMAS REID\READ and Elizabeth (Betty) Darcy (Dorsey). Thomas Read married Margaret Stewart Bowie, and had children including ROBERT READ. Thomas Read passed away in 1918 in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Thomas Read was born in 1842 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the child of THOMAS REID\READ and Elizabeth (Betty) Darcy (Dorsey).
  • Thomas Read married Margaret Stewart Bowie, and had children including ROBERT READ.
  • Thomas Read passed away in 1918 in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

THOMAS REID\READ
1798 – 1868
Birth Location: Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
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Elizabeth (Dorsey)
1811 – 1889
Birth Location: Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Bowie
1847 – 1902
Birth Location: Waverly, New South Wales, Australia,
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Children(s)

ROBERT READ
1866 – 1930
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Read's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Read
1842 – 1918
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parents
THOMAS REID\READ
1798 – 1868
Dundalk, Louth, Ireland
Elizabeth ((Betty) Darcy) (Dorsey)
1811 – 1889
Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Read's Descendants

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Thomas Read (10 Nov 1842 – 25 Aug 1918) m. Margaret (Stewart) Bowie (26 Mar 1847 – 11 Oct 1902)
  1. 1. ROBERT READ (abt 1866 – Mar 1930) m. RUTH SHECKELL (12. Aug 1862 – 20 Apr 1959)
    1. 1. Winifred (Alice) Read (April 1885 – 18 May 1972) m. Walter (Fawcett) Morrell (6 Jun 1879 – 12 Dec 1958)
      1. 1. Gwendrith (Elsie) Morrell (4 December 1906 – 10 November 1980)
      2. 2. Robert (Read Samuel) Morrell (28 September 1912 – 21 Aug 1976)
      3. 3. Frederick (Walter) Morrell (14 Jan 1917 – 31 July 1995) m. Nella (Emily) Jones (18 Oct 1918 – 25 Oct 2003)
        1. 1. Beverley (Alice) Morrell (23 June 1940 – 03 April 2012) m. Alan (David "Dave") Jackson (16 Oct 1941 – 2014)
        2. 2. Kelvin (Walter) Morrell (20 Aug 1942 – ) m. Anne (Marie) Harman (15 Sep 1945 – )
        3. 3. Ngaire (Evelyn) Morrell (1945 – ) m. Justin (Charles Tasman) Taylor (12 September 1944 – 6 October 2006)
        4. 4. Brian (Frederick) Morrell (09 Jan 1948 – ) m. Beverley Cooper (02 Jul 1941 – )
        5. 5. Colin (Ralph) Morrell (19 Mar 1951 – ) m. Annette (May) O'Hara (25 Aug 1954 – )
        6. 6. Graham (Russell) Morrell (10 Feb 1955 – ) m. Alison (Carol) Billington (30 Apr 1956 – 28 Mar 2019)
        7. 7. Vivienne (Ruth) Morrell (09 Sep 1958 – ) m. Mark MacCallum
      4. 4. Evelyn (Constance) Cox (2 February 1922 – 1 April 2003)

Thomas Read's Timeline

2 Records

1842
10 Nov 1842
Birth of Thomas Read in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1918
25 Aug 1918
Age 76
Death of Thomas Read in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1842
    Event Place: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1918
    Event Place: Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
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