Thomas Field1

M, #5414, b. 10 February 1847, d. 3 June 1872
FatherThomas Field1 b. 23 Feb 1811, d. 28 Jun 1866
MotherRachel Howard1
Relationship1st cousin 4 times removed of Keith Graham Bassett
Last Edited12 Oct 2021
Birth*10 February 1847 Mount York, NSW, Australia1 
Baptism21 March 1847 Mount York, NSW, Australia;son of Thomas & Rachel Field, Mount York, Farmer, Wesleyan Methodist1 
Death of Father28 June 1866 Bogabigal, near Forbes, NSW, Australia;Thomas Field, age 55, labourer, rupture of left ventricle of heart through a kick from a horse
Informant W Farrand, Police Officer, Forbes
Burial 30/6/1866, Forbes;Principal=Thomas Field2 
Marriage*7 May 1868 Forbes, NSW, Australia;Bride=Mary Jane May3 
Death*3 June 1872 Gulgong, NSW, Australia4 
News-Arct*13 June 1872 "The Maitland Mercury", Maitland, NSW, Australia;
FATAL ACCIDENT—A very sad accident happened on Monday afternoon in a block claim off No 1 Happy Valley, by which a young man, about twenty eight years old, by the name of Thomas Field, met with a shocking death. The shaft, we learn, is about 140 feet in depth, and Field attempted to lower himself to the bottom by means of the second rope. It is said that he supposed there was a bucket attached to the rope that would ascend as be descended on the other; but there was no bucket, and by come means he lost his hold upon the ascending rope, and went to the bottom in a run We are informed that his neck was dislocated, and both legs fractured, and his body otherwise frightfully mutilated. He was taken up quite dead. It is said that he was a native of the Nepean, but of late years has been residing on the Lachlan and at Grenfell, where he has many relatives. For some time he was with Mr. Strickland, at Bundaburra, on the Lachlan. He was a married man, and leaves a young widow and one child. Field has been at Gulgong about seven months, and at one time bad a claim on the Star lead. He had only been three or four days in the claim when he lost his life.- Gulgong Argus.5 

Family

Mary Jane May

Citations

  1. [S1220] NSW Baptisms 1788-1855.
  2. [S1317] Death Certificate transcript.
  3. [S1481] NSW Marriage Indexes, 2677/1868 Thomas Feild & Mary Jane May.
  4. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 5253/1872 Thomas Field.
  5. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Maitland Mercury, Thursday, June 13, 1872.