McGEORGE, Thomas (DNA Link) ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Thomas were GEORGE, Thomas ^{5 6 7 8 9} and GEORGE, Thos.¹⁰

  General Notes:

Thomas worked as a shoemaker both in Scotland and in Australia.

"Name:Thomas McGeorge
Location:Carcoar, Bathurst
Publication Year:1852"

from Colony Returns

"Name:Thomas McGeorge
Residence Place:Carcor
Purchase Place:New South Wales, Australia
Description:Index to Registers of Town and Land Purchases
Series:13844
Box Number:8
Roll number:1724"

"Name:Thomas McGeorge
Residence Date:1857
Residence Place:Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Purchase Date:1857
Purchase Place:New South Wales, Australia
Description:Index to Registers of Land Purchases
Series:13842
Box Number:8
Roll number:1724"

"Name:Thomas McGeorge
Residence Date:1862
Residence Place:Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia
Purchase Date:1862
Purchase Place:New South Wales, Australia
Description:Index to Registers of Town Purchases
Series:13846
Box Number:8
Roll number:1726

from Land Records


"Name:Thomas Mcgeorge
Death Date:1878
Death Place:New South Wales
Registration Year:1878
Registration Place:Carcoar, New South Wales
Registration Number:5194"

"No clear evidence of his birth date so far. His Death Certificate put his age at 78 which would place his birth year at 1800. His Immigration Record lists his age as 30, in 1837, which would make his birth year 1807. The 1803 birth date & location is based on old family knowledge from a correspondent."

from Craig Fullerton ^{1 2 11 12 13}

  Research Notes:

FAMILY

This Thomas George - as he is named in his marriage record - is certainly likely to be related to either or both Robert George and Samuel George who were recorded living at Crookedholm, Riccarton in the 1841 census.
James George and Jane Reid, who had a son Robert, may not his parents, as now shown here, but may be uncle and aunt, or possibly James and Thomas were brothers.
Documentary sources for the origins of Thomas have still to come to light.
It is interesting that both this Thomas and Robert use the surname form McGeorge.
A DNA match (4th-6th cousins) has been made between the 3x great granddaughter of this Thomas George and the 3x great granddaughter of Samuel George 1790-1863, which suggests a fairly close relationship to Samuel's family. This has been borne out by further DNA matches that have come to light.
It suggests that the father of Samuel George and the father of Thomas George/McGeorge may have been brothers, or in some close relationship similar to that.

MAJOR SOURCE

Much of the information found here on the pedigree of this family was found on a website
http://ruzoz.customer.netspace.net.au/ruzoz/pafg06.htm#222C
itemising the Rusciska family relations.

THANKS

Patrick's People is indebted to Craig Fullerton for his correspondence regarding this family. His website is www.craig-fullerton.com where more details of the family links may be found. ^{14 15}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emigration, 1837, Scotland.

Thomas married Margaret WYLLIE, daughter of William WYLIE and Jane EGLESHAM, on 16 February 1824 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Margaret WYLLIE was born on 21 February 1804 ⁹, baptised on 1 March 1804 in Paisley Burgh or Low parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland,⁹ died on 29 January 1882 in Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia and was buried on 30 January 1882 in Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia.). The cause of her death was natural decay.

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Register
Kilmarnock Parish Ayrshire
Marriages

"1824 Marriages Janry & Febry
George
February 16th 1824
Thomas George & Margaret Wyllie both in Kilmarnock after proclamation were married"