Thomas Farmer^[1]

1808 - 1832  (24 years)

• Name	Thomas Farmer  [2, 3]
  Birth	1 Jan 1808	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Feb 1832	Causeway, Swan River Colony (Perth), Western Australia, Australia   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I272216493883	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	William Farmer
  Mother	Jane
  Family ID	F649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Catherine (Anne Sophia) Evans,   b. 9 Jul 1806, Dinas-Mawddwy, Merionethshire, Wales d. 27 Dec 1870, PERTH WA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1826	St Pancras, London, England   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Thomas Farmer,   b. 24 Aug 1827, Chatham, Dover, Kent, England d. 19 Oct 1891, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 64 years)   2. William Farmer,   b. 12 Aug 1828, Sheerness, Kent, England d. 10 July 1887, Mary River, Gympie, Queensland, Australia (Age 58 years)   3. Samuel Farmer,   b. 25 Sept 1830, Swan River Colony (Perth), Western Australia, Australia d. 28 Aug 1920, Nabawa, Northampton Dist., Western Australia, Australia (89) (Age 89 years)   4. Joseph Farmer,   b. 21 Oct 1832, Swan River Colony (Guildford or Bassendean), Western Australia, Australia d. 24 May 1897, Railway Hotel, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia (65) (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  [ ] [ ] Thomas FARMER was born in Shropshire in 1808. He left home for London seeking to "make his fortune" and there he met and married Ann Catherine (sometimes Ann Sophia) EVANS of Merionethshire in Wales. He joined the 63rd Regiment and in 1829 he and his wife and two sons (Thomas and William) sailed with the 63rd on the HMS Sulphur, accompanying the first ship of settlers to the new Swan River settlement of Western Australia. In 1830 he was a "Cordwainer" (shoemaker) in the military in Perth when their son Samuel was born. Private Thomas FARMER drowned at the Causeway in Perth in 1832 while his wife was pregnant with their son Joseph.

  
  

• Sources

  [S900295227] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S900294082] . Date of Import: 28 May 2005 [S900294082] . Date of Import: 29 May 2005