Thomas Kinread was born 22 December 1820 in Richibucto Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick or perhaps born at sea on his father (or Uncle's) fishing boat headed for Canada). In the 1852 census he is listed as living with is brother William in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. He married Hannah Elizabeth Tuttle (1829-1899) on 26 January 1854 in Moncton, New Brunswick. Hannah was born 12 September 1829 and died 14 (18 or 19) March 1899. Her parents were William G. Tuttle and Olivia Roblee Peers. She is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts. Please see the Tuttle Genealogy for more details.

Thomas Kinread was a carpenter. Grant documents have been found stating that John W. Kinread and Thomas Kinread were each granted 100 acres in Moncton and close to the McLaughlin Road. In the 1871, 1881, and 1891 census he is listed as living in Moncton, NB. Thomas built a mill on Lutz Street in Moncton, where he made storm windows and doors. He also built horse drawn carriages. He was asked by the town of Moncton to build a hearse and bury the dead; called an undertaker. During Barry Kinread's research in 2000, Olive Tuttle told him that there was no embalming then. They used a skirt around the coffin stand under which large tubs of ice were placed. The undertaker would measure the corpse and build the casket accordingly. None of the children were interested in the funeral home business, therefore Thomas Kinread employed Hannah's brother Abraham Tuttle and the funeral home eventually was carried on by the Tuttle family. Abraham took over the business in 1882. Thomas died on 05 October 1892 as a result of an accidental fall from a roof he was shingling. (Family story says in has a mouth full of nails and still had all his own teeth at age 72.)

October 6, 1892, Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada: The Times
"The community was shocked yesterday afternoon by the report that Thomas Kinread, an old resident was dying from injuries received in a fall from a roof of a house owned by him near the corner of St. George and Lutes Streets. Mr. Kinread was on a ladder on the roof making repairs. The accident was not seen by any person but it is supposed that in pulling a part of the old stage bracket, Mr. Kinread who has only one arm, lost his balance and fell to the ground, a distance of 25 feet. When discovered, he was assisted into the house. He died just after 2 o'clock. The deceased was born in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick in 1820 and was a carpenter by trade. In 1857 he moved to Moncton where he engaged for several years in the undertaking business. In 1872 he started a sash and door factory which he carried successfully on until last spring when the building was destroyed by fire. He leaves a widow and six children, four daughters and two sons. His daughters are Mrs. W E Davidson, Mrs R Ripley and Mrs J L Stanley, all of Monction and Mrs F Carpenter of Concord, NH. His sons are Wesley Kinread of Monction and Bert Kinread, now of Boston."