Thomas Pitkin

b. 7 June 1838, d. 9 December 1916
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The Brothers Pitkin
  • Birth*: Thomas Pitkin was born on 7 June 1838 at Fife, Scotland.1,2
  • He was the son of Thomas Pitkin and Sarah Hill.
  • Baptism: Thomas Pitkin was baptized in June 1839 at St John's Episcopal Chapel, Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.3
  • Marriage*: He married Johanna Maxwell, daughter of James Maxwell and Janet Fingland, on 6 July 1860 at Armidale, NSW, Australia.4,5,1
  • Death*: Thomas Pitkin died on 9 December 1916 at Grafton, NSW, Australia, at age 78. The cause of death was.1,6
  • Burial*: He was buried after 9 December 1916 at South Grafton Cemetery, South Grafton, NSW, Australia.
  • (Witness) Census: He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 in the household of Thomas Pitkin and Sarah Pitkin at Grangemuir Farm, Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland; The owner of Grangemuir Farm was William Keith Robert Douglas the son of Sir William Douglas 4th Baronet.2
  • (Witness) Land - NSW Selection: Thomas Pitkin selected 50 acres adjoining this land; CP 62/2722. 100 acres in Nymboida parish, county of Gresham, situated on the right bank of the Nymboida River about two and one-half miles below McDonald's cattle Station, and bounded on another side by Brown's Cattle Station.7
  • Land - NSW Selection*: Thomas selected land at Nymboida, NSW, Australia on 27 May 1862. Known details are as follows:
    CP 62/2723 50 acres county of Gresham, Parish of Nymboida situated on the right bank of the Nymboida River, about two and one-half miles below McDonald's cattle station and bounded on the southern side by Brown's cattle camp, to commence from Maxwell's boundary line on the lower side between it an Brown's cattle camp.7
  • Note*: He at Kangaroo Creek 1273 acres,17 horse, 280 catlle, 50 pigs in 1885 at Burragon, NSW, Australia.8

Family: Johanna Maxwell b. 28 Aug 1842, d. 23 Dec 1916

Citations:

  1. [S69] John Edwards, A History of Coutts Crossing and Nymboida Districts Volume Three, p. 147.
  2. [S142] 1841 census schedule for Anstruther Wester, "Parish: Anstruther-Wester; ED: 1A; Page: 2; Line: 1070
    Scotland's People 403/00 002/00 001."
  3. [S70] Fife Family History Society, online http://www.fifefhs.org/index.htm, Pittenweem (St. John's) Episcopal, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1799-1854.
  4. [S3] Church of Latter Day Saints, International Genealogical Index, Batch 0970127.
  5. [S12] Unknown author, Marriage Indexes - NSW, 1164/1860.
  6. [S2] Unknown author, Death Indexes - NSW, 18307/1916.
  7. [S159] Nola Mackey Land Settlement on the Clarence "p. 19."
  8. [S5] Unknown author, Journal of the NSW Legislative Council 1885, Appendix 2 p. 176.