50-Day Family History Blogging Challenge - Day 20
Fragments of Family History – Thomas Rose – Death
Jennifer Jones from TRACKING DOWN THE FAMILY has initiated a 50-Day Family History Blogging Challenge. This is a big writing commitment, but I have decided to participate. I have decided my topic will be “Fragments of Family History”. I will write short posts of newspaper items or single stories connected to my family history. This may expand over the 50 days.
Thomas Rose – Death
When my 3x Great grandfather, Thomas Rose, died on 3 March 1837, he was 64 years old.1 He was buried on his Mt Gilead Estate, near Campbelltown, N.S.W. When the property was sold in 1867 the new owner, Edmund Hume Woodhouse, one of the elder sons of Thomas’ next-door neighbour, Elizabeth (Aiken) Woodhouse, requested that Thomas be moved. Thomas was exhumed and reinterred into St Peter’s Church Cemetery, Campbelltown.2 He is now surrounded by many of his descendants.
"Family Notices" The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) 4 March 1837: 3. Web. 23 Jun 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220974
"THE THREE ROSES" Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1971) 14 August 1925: 12. Web. 29 Jun 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85897627>.
That’s sad he wasn’t able to rest in peace on the property that he obviously loved.