HAMILTON, Thomas Cambodia
1851 - 1861 (~ 9 years)-
Name HAMILTON, Thomas Cambodia Birth Dec 1851 At Sea Gender Male Death 13 May 1861 Pentridge (Coburg) Victoria [1] Person ID I1035 Staleys Last Modified 22 Jul 2005
Father HAMILTON, Robert, b. Abt 1813, West Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland d. 25 Oct 1880, Coburg, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 67 years) Mother STALEY, Mary Ritchie, b. 8 Oct 1824, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 2 Mar 1856, Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia (Age 31 years) Marriage 12 Feb 1841 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland [2] Family ID F84 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thomas was born on the voyage out from England aboard the "Cambodia", hence his middle name,(recorded as Comebody on the Inquest Papers). His short life ended when was found drowned in a waterhole in the garden of the home where he lived, his body was retrieved by a neighbour, there was no mention of his father at the inquest, he may have been away at the time. On the Inquest Papers and in the Pioneer Index his death is recorded as Thomas Comebody Hamilton.
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