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Thomas PUGH  ‎(I26121)‎
Given Names: Thomas
Surname: PUGH

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 13 September 1812 Bilston, Staffordshire, England
Death: 10 January 1907 ‎(Age 94)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 13 September 1812 Bilston, Staffordshire, England

Marriage Catherine MAHONEY - 2 March 1848 ‎(Age 35)‎ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Residence Catherine MAHONEY - Balhannah, South Australia, Australia

Biographical Notes


Hide Details Source: Adelaide Observer

Citation Details:  19 Jan 1907


Hide Details Note: From History of Norwood and Kensington:
"Mr. Thomas Pugh now in his 91st year has been a resident of Balhannah since 1858. He was born at Bilston, Staffordshire. He arrived at Kensington S.A. in 1848. He built six houses for Mr. John Roberts who at that time was the leading resident. A little later he bought the land on which the new Norwood Town Hall now stands and thereafter he built a four roomed brick house on the site which was the first of its kind in that part of town. The bricks were made on the property, the pughole being excavated near where the creek crosses George Street. His land extended from George Street along the Norwood Parade to Edward Street, the purchase money being 75 pounds. He afterwards cut it up into building blocks and sold them".

Thomas had gone out to Sydney in 1848 to build the first gas retorts there but his ship was delayed by bad weather so that he arrived late and lost the contract.

Obituary from the Observer:
"Mr. Thomas Pugh, well known Colonist and identity of the hills district died at Balhannah on January 10th in his 95th year. Born at Bilston, Staffordshire in 1912 his parents moved to Birmingham where he was apprenticed in brick laying. He worked at Manchester, Liverpool and London and was visiting Paris in 1848 when the body of Napoleon was brought to that city. He came to S.A. soon afterwards and owned one of the first houses at Norwood. He went to the Victorian gold diggings with J. Eldin Moulden. In 1851 he moved to Balhannah where he engaged in farming and gardening. His orchard for many years was the finest in the state and fruit from it in the early days of Moonta and Wallaroo Mine was much sort after. He retired from his farm and orchards some years ago and built a house in the township of Balhannah where he spent his declining years. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh reared 13 children".

Biographical Notes Catherine MAHONEY -

Note: Of the 13 children eight did not marry. Mrs. A.V. Pugh ‎(Millicent May)‎ of "Tollingworth" Verdun Road, Murray Bridge, wrote in 1967 to E.M.S. "They were fine old ladies. Jane, the Head-of-the-House type and her sisters Lily ‎(Lilian)‎ and Tilly ‎(Matilda)‎ and Kate Wilson who was at "Bilston", the town house, occasionally, were best known to me. Lily was the last at the old home and went to Beaumaris. After Lily died the house was sold and the whole estate divided between the grandchildren. I had married Angelo Victor Pugh in 1918 and we only visited occasionally. My husband, as the eldest son of Thomas junior, was given the family Bible. It has only the birth dates of the thirteen".
Death 10 January 1907 ‎(Age 94)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia

Burial Balhannah Cemetery, Balhannah, South Australia, Australia

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Immediate Family  (F2485)
Catherine MAHONEY
1830 - 1915
Maud PUGH
1870 - 1903
Jane PUGH
1850 - 1942
Thomas PUGH
1854 - 1934
Edward PUGH
1863 -
Matilda Tilly PUGH
1855 - 1937
Harriett PUGH
1859 - 1927
George PUGH
1861 -
Louisa PUGH
1857 - 1937
Albert PUGH
1867 - 1905
Thomas PUGH
1854 - 1934
Katherine Kate PUGH
1852 - 1937
Lilian Lily PUGH
1869 - 1950
Jane PUGH
1850 - 1942
Ellen PUGH
1849 - 1889
Mabel PUGH
1872 - 1918


Notes
Biographical Notes From History of Norwood and Kensington:
"Mr. Thomas Pugh now in his 91st year has been a resident of Balhannah since 1858. He was born at Bilston, Staffordshire. He arrived at Kensington S.A. in 1848. He built six houses for Mr. John Roberts who at that time was the leading resident. A little later he bought the land on which the new Norwood Town Hall now stands and thereafter he built a four roomed brick house on the site which was the first of its kind in that part of town. The bricks were made on the property, the pughole being excavated near where the creek crosses George Street. His land extended from George Street along the Norwood Parade to Edward Street, the purchase money being 75 pounds. He afterwards cut it up into building blocks and sold them".

Thomas had gone out to Sydney in 1848 to build the first gas retorts there but his ship was delayed by bad weather so that he arrived late and lost the contract.

Obituary from the Observer:
"Mr. Thomas Pugh, well known Colonist and identity of the hills district died at Balhannah on January 10th in his 95th year. Born at Bilston, Staffordshire in 1912 his parents moved to Birmingham where he was apprenticed in brick laying. He worked at Manchester, Liverpool and London and was visiting Paris in 1848 when the body of Napoleon was brought to that city. He came to S.A. soon afterwards and owned one of the first houses at Norwood. He went to the Victorian gold diggings with J. Eldin Moulden. In 1851 he moved to Balhannah where he engaged in farming and gardening. His orchard for many years was the finest in the state and fruit from it in the early days of Moonta and Wallaroo Mine was much sort after. He retired from his farm and orchards some years ago and built a house in the township of Balhannah where he spent his declining years. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh reared 13 children".
Biographical Notes Of the 13 children eight did not marry. Mrs. A.V. Pugh ‎(Millicent May)‎ of "Tollingworth" Verdun Road, Murray Bridge, wrote in 1967 to E.M.S. "They were fine old ladies. Jane, the Head-of-the-House type and her sisters Lily ‎(Lilian)‎ and Tilly ‎(Matilda)‎ and Kate Wilson who was at "Bilston", the town house, occasionally, were best known to me. Lily was the last at the old home and went to Beaumaris. After Lily died the house was sold and the whole estate divided between the grandchildren. I had married Angelo Victor Pugh in 1918 and we only visited occasionally. My husband, as the eldest son of Thomas junior, was given the family Bible. It has only the birth dates of the thirteen".
Biographical Notes Of the 13 children eight did not marry. Mrs. A.V. Pugh ‎(Millicent May)‎ of "Tollingworth" Verdun Road, Murray Bridge, wrote in 1967 to E.M.S. "They were fine old ladies. Jane, the Head-of-the-House type and her sisters Lily ‎(Lilian)‎ and Tilly ‎(Matilda)‎ and Kate Wilson who was at "Bilston", the town house, occasionally, were best known to me. Lily was the last at the old home and went to Beaumaris. After Lily died the house was sold and the whole estate divided between the grandchildren. I had married Angelo Victor Pugh in 1918 and we only visited occasionally. My husband, as the eldest son of Thomas junior, was given the family Bible. It has only the birth dates of the thirteen".

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Eunice Margaret Stevenson
Biographical Notes Adelaide Observer
Citation Details:  19 Jan 1907

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Close Relatives
Family with Catherine MAHONEY
Thomas PUGH ‎(I26121)‎
Birth 13 September 1812 Bilston, Staffordshire, England
Death 10 January 1907 ‎(Age 94)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
18 years
Wife
 
Catherine MAHONEY ‎(I9108)‎
Birth 29 June 1830 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Death 27 July 1915 ‎(Age 85)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 2 March 1848 -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
22 years
#1
Daughter
Maud PUGH ‎(I26171)‎
Birth 16 July 1870 57 40 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 25 April 1903 ‎(Age 32)‎ Norwood, South Australia, Australia
-20 years
#2
Daughter
Jane PUGH ‎(I9087)‎
Birth 10 July 1850 37 20 Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Death 11 July 1942 ‎(Age 92)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
4 years
#3
Son
Thomas PUGH ‎(I9086)‎
Birth 11 January 1854 41 23 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 30 July 1934 ‎(Age 80)‎ Magill, South Australia, Australia
9 years
#4
Son
Edward PUGH ‎(I26169)‎
Birth 13 June 1863 50 32 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
-8 years
#5
Daughter
Matilda Tilly PUGH ‎(I9064)‎
Birth 17 September 1855 43 25 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 25 September 1937 ‎(Age 82)‎
4 years
#6
Daughter
Harriett PUGH ‎(I9061)‎
Birth 2 June 1859 46 28 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 19 August 1927 ‎(Age 68)‎
2 years
#7
Son
George PUGH ‎(I9060)‎
Birth 22 May 1861 48 30 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
-4 years
#8
Daughter
Louisa PUGH ‎(I26166)‎
Birth 18 June 1857 44 26 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 18 August 1937 ‎(Age 80)‎
10 years
#9
Son
Albert PUGH ‎(I9058)‎
Birth 15 June 1867 54 36 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 26 August 1905 ‎(Age 38)‎ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
-13 years
#10
Son
Thomas PUGH ‎(I26165)‎
Birth 1 November 1854 42 24 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 30 July 1934 ‎(Age 79)‎ Magill, South Australia, Australia
-3 years
#11
Daughter
Katherine Kate PUGH ‎(I26098)‎
Birth 10 April 1852 39 21 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 1937 ‎(Age 84)‎ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
17 years
#12
Daughter
Lilian Lily PUGH ‎(I9057)‎
Birth 27 January 1869 56 38 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death after 1950 ‎(Age 80)‎ Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia
-18 years
#13
Daughter
Jane PUGH ‎(I26164)‎
Birth 7 October 1850 38 20 Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Death 7 November 1942 ‎(Age 92)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
-20 months
#14
Daughter
Ellen PUGH ‎(I26163)‎
Birth 27 January 1849 36 18 Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Death 11 May 1889 ‎(Age 40)‎ Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
24 years
#15
Daughter
Mabel PUGH ‎(I9055)‎
Birth 10 October 1872 60 42 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 December 1918 ‎(Age 46)‎