On October 21 1841, the Manlius sailed from Greenock, Scotland with 245 passengers. It arrived in Port Phillip on Monday, February 10, 1842. During the voyage, 61 of the passengers and crew had died from Typhus. Other deaths occurred in quarantine at Point Gellibrand, Williamstown. The Henry family were passengers on this "plague ship", and the Henry children lost their father during this voyage, and their mother in quarantine at Point Gellibrand. The children survived both the voyage and quarrantine. Thomas was 12 years old. When the five orphaned children were finally released from quarantine in late April they were collected by their late mother's sister, Margaret Black, and taken to Carraragarmungee, a 60,000 acre property near Wangaratta held under licence by Mrs Agnes Reid and her sons David and John. Andrew Black worked on the property as a shepherd and wagon driver. The early life of the five children was spent on this property.
In 1856, Thomas William Henry married Eliza Coomb Gay
He passed away in 1906, aged 77
Transcribed from cemetery records
Thomas William Henry
Register #: 1915
Age: 77
Page: 126
Rank/Profession: Farmer
Denomination: Wesleyan Methodist
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Last Place of Residence: Natte Yallock
Interment date: 30 Oct 1906
If Purchased land by whom, how much, etc: N/A
Description of grave: Selected
Plot: Not recorded
Amount paid: N/A
Remarks: Paid 13 Oct 1900 16/20
Contributor: Neville Rowland (50134001)
On October 21 1841, the Manlius sailed from Greenock, Scotland with 245 passengers. It arrived in Port Phillip on Monday, February 10, 1842. During the voyage, 61 of the passengers and crew had died from Typhus. Other deaths occurred in quarantine at Point Gellibrand, Williamstown. The Henry family were passengers on this "plague ship", and the Henry children lost their father during this voyage, and their mother in quarantine at Point Gellibrand. The children survived both the voyage and quarrantine. Thomas was 12 years old. When the five orphaned children were finally released from quarantine in late April they were collected by their late mother's sister, Margaret Black, and taken to Carraragarmungee, a 60,000 acre property near Wangaratta held under licence by Mrs Agnes Reid and her sons David and John. Andrew Black worked on the property as a shepherd and wagon driver. The early life of the five children was spent on this property.
In 1856, Thomas William Henry married Eliza Coomb Gay
He passed away in 1906, aged 77
Transcribed from cemetery records
Thomas William Henry
Register #: 1915
Age: 77
Page: 126
Rank/Profession: Farmer
Denomination: Wesleyan Methodist
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Last Place of Residence: Natte Yallock
Interment date: 30 Oct 1906
If Purchased land by whom, how much, etc: N/A
Description of grave: Selected
Plot: Not recorded
Amount paid: N/A
Remarks: Paid 13 Oct 1900 16/20
Contributor: Neville Rowland (50134001)
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Sarah Henry
1860–1861
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John Thomas Henry
1863–1923
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James Nelson Henry
1864–1941
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William Wesley Henry
1866–1938
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Alfred Albert Henry
1869–1941
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Ernest Herbert Henry
1871–1930
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1873–1874
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1873–1874
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Lydia May Henry Evans
1874–1918
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1876–1877
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Cecil Wilfred Henry
1878–1879
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