William Thomas Black, 18511880 (aged 29 years)

Black, William Thomas (1851-1880)
Name
William Thomas /Black/
Given names
William Thomas
Surname
Black
Birth
Citation details: Castle Hill with Doorals Composite 28 February 1841 - 18 February 1951
Text:

Born 5 Jan 1851 and christened 30 Mar 1851
William Thomas son of John and Jessie Black a farmer of Box Hill

Occupation
Note: William and his brother Joseph set out from Sydney to make their fortunes. They went west to the Isabella River, Black Springs. Joseph Continued another 25 miles west to Obley.

William and his brother Joseph set out from Sydney to make their fortunes. They went west to the Isabella River, Black Springs. Joseph Continued another 25 miles west to Obley.

William had taken up mining (as described in the Greville Report). This did not prove successful and he soon joined his brother Joseph in the Obley Yeoval area. Joseph had obtained a contract to care ore from the Goodrich mine to Molong (63 miles). They were to set up camp on the Goodrick to Molong track at Hanovers Creek, and were to settle down as carriers.

Death
Cause of death: Accident while working as a chaff cutter
Address: Wellington Hospital
Text:

In June 1880 William was caught by a chaff cutter and fatally injured. He was taken to Wellington Hospital where he died on 2 Jun 1880.

Burial
Address: Goodrich Mine
Family with parents
father
18061866
Birth: 1806Coolategart, Wexford, Ireland
Death: March 27, 1866Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
mother
18131856
Birth: about 1813
Death: 1856Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriageabout 1831
2 years
elder brother
18321872
Birth: about 1832 26 19
Death: May 1, 1872Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
elder brother
18331859
Birth: about 1833 27 20
Death: December 21, 1859Weatherboard, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
elder brother
Black, George Purvis (1836-1880)
18361880
Birth: about 1836 30 23
Death: January 16, 1880Wisemans Ferry, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
elder sister
Black, Mary Ann (1839-1935)
18391935
Birth: November 14, 1839 33 26
Death: September 17, 1935
22 months
elder brother
Black, James Edward (1841-1907)
18411907
Birth: September 14, 1841 35 28 Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: August 26, 1907Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
elder brother
Black, Edwin Joseph (1844-1932)
18441932
Birth: March 17, 1844 38 31 Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 16, 1932Wentworthville, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
elder brother
Black, Joseph Ebenezer (1846-1919)
18461919
Birth: October 6, 1846 40 33 Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 29, 1919Gosford, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia
23 months
elder sister
18481918
Birth: August 24, 1848 42 35 Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 1, 1918Bundanoon, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
himself
Black, William Thomas (1851-1880)
18511880
Birth: January 5, 1851 45 38 Box Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 2, 1880Wellington, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger brother
Black, Frederick Robert (1853-1943)
18531934
Birth: January 27, 1853 47 40 Box Hill, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 23, 1934Glenorie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Father’s family with Elizabeth Sarah Moore
father
18061866
Birth: 1806Coolategart, Wexford, Ireland
Death: March 27, 1866Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
stepmother
Moore, Elizabeth Sarah (1822-1908)
18221908
Birth: January 5, 1822 39 37 Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 19, 1908Pennant Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage MarriageApril 29, 1857Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1 year
half-sister
18581939
Birth: April 20, 1858 52 36 Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1939
2 years
half-sister
18601868
Birth: July 26, 1860 54 38 Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 6, 1868
3 years
half-brother
18631954
Birth: June 18, 1863 57 41 Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1954Burwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
half-sister
18651930
Birth: November 11, 1865 59 43 Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 2, 1930Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Citation details: Castle Hill with Doorals Composite 28 February 1841 - 18 February 1951
Text:

Born 5 Jan 1851 and christened 30 Mar 1851
William Thomas son of John and Jessie Black a farmer of Box Hill

Occupation
Death
Text:

In June 1880 William was caught by a chaff cutter and fatally injured. He was taken to Wellington Hospital where he died on 2 Jun 1880.

Burial
Occupation

William and his brother Joseph set out from Sydney to make their fortunes. They went west to the Isabella River, Black Springs. Joseph Continued another 25 miles west to Obley.

William had taken up mining (as described in the Greville Report). This did not prove successful and he soon joined his brother Joseph in the Obley Yeoval area. Joseph had obtained a contract to care ore from the Goodrich mine to Molong (63 miles). They were to set up camp on the Goodrick to Molong track at Hanovers Creek, and were to settle down as carriers.

Media object
Black, William Thomas (1851-1880)
Black, William Thomas (1851-1880)