Thomas George WILSHIRE, Jr

1864 - 1953  (89 years)

• Name	Thomas George WILSHIRE
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	12 May 1864	Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Census	1871	Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England
  	Son 6 yrs. Born Wheathampstead
  	Address: The Folly PH
  Physical Description	Bef 1884	St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  	He had a marvellous voice and sang in the choir at St Alban's Cathedral.
  Emigration	1884	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  	Emigrated to Melbourne Australia to escape being made to go to Italy for singing lessons.
  	Age: 20
  Occupation	Biscuit salesman
  Occupation	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  	Confectioner & baker
  Death	4 Jun 1953	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  Person ID	I628	UK Thrale family | Fairfolds and Hammonds Thrale branch, Marshalswick Thrale branch
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas George WILSHIRE,   b. 20 Mar 1840, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England d. 27 Jul 1908 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eliza Jane TINDALL,   b. 5 Dec 1845, Woolwich, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 Oct 1863	Islington, Middlesex, England
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BROCK BILLOWS,   b. Abt 1852, Dorset, England d. 13 Aug 1945, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1885	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Unknown Brock WILSHER + 2. Gladys Charmbury Brock WILSHER,   b. 1890, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia d. 1988 (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2004

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 May 1864 - Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England Census - Son 6 yrs. Born Wheathampstead,Address: The Folly PH - 1871 - Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England Physical Description - He had a marvellous voice and sang in the choir at St Alban's Cathedral. - Bef 1884 - St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Emigration - Emigrated to Melbourne Australia to escape being made to go to Italy for singing lessons.,Age: 20 - 1884 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Occupation - Confectioner & baker - - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Marriage - 10 Nov 1885 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Death - 4 Jun 1953 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S25] Steve and Judy Jones, 23 Jun 2002. Dear David, Your website looks great and it is a thrill to see the pictures of the goblet, John and Sarah. I only picked up 2 small errors. Thomas George Wilsher Jr immigrated to Australia in 1884. Mary Brock Billows immigrated in 1885 with her brother, Frederick to marry Thomas. The family story is that Thomas immigrated to escape being made to go to Italy for singing lessons. He had a marvellous voice and sang in the choir at St Alban's Cathedral. He was only 20 years old when he arrived in Melbourne. Mary Brock Billows, his sweetheart, followed a few months later. She was 12 years older than him. Her father, a gas engineer died in 1857 in Calcutta, India from cholera where he was installing gas lighting for the city. Thomas George Wilsher Jr sang at my parents' wedding in 1949. He died in 1953, a year before I was born. His wife, Mary (known as Polly) died in 1945. The owner of the goblet is not my mother, but my aunt, Grace Thiele. Judy Jones sajones@bigpond.net.au .