Thomas MELLOR
- Born: Abt 1783, Ellars, England 3
- Marriage: Margaret "Peggy" THORNTON on Aug 19, 1805 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England 1 2
- Died: Mar 15, 1855, SA aged about 72 2 4
- Buried: West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA
 General Notes:
Mellor
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, earlier recorded as Melver, and named from ancient British words that are ancestors of Welsh moel 'bare' + bre 'hill'.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Possible birth:
Thomas MELLOR
Sex: M
Event(s): Christening: 13 Feb 1785 Crosland, Honley, Yorkshire, England
Parents: Father: Thomas MELLOR Mother: Nancy NEWTON
Source Information: Film Number: 457832
REGISTER OF MIGRANTS-1836/41 dated 14/2/1840 (Adelaide Library)
no 7052 Emb no 4462 TURNER Joshua, of Sowerby Bridge aged 28
wife aged 26, 2 daus aged 4 & 2
no 7053 Emb no 4469 WALKER Richard aged 28 Carpenter of Salter Hibble, Halifax and wife aged 28, 2yr old son & 6 mnth old dau
no 7054 Emb no 4425 MELLOR Joseph aged 30 - address Brighouse, wife aged 30 and son aged 3. Occupation joiner
no 7055 Emb no 4426 MELLOR Delia aged 20, occupation milliner
no 7056 Emb no 4427 MELLOR Mary aged 22, occupation straw platter
no 7057 Emb no 4424 MELLOR Thomas aged 49, wife aged 48. Occupation farm labourer.
Shipping index 40/39A "FAIRLEE" arrived 7/7/1840
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration, Jul 7, 1840, Port Adelaide, SA. Ship "Fairlie", Date of arrival: 7 Jul 1840, Departure Port: London, Arrival Port: Pt Adelaide, Passengers 266
• Occupation, 1840, Adelaide, SA. Farm Labourer on passenger list.
• Land: Glen Osmond Road to Sturt River, 1843. 5 South Australia Land Returns for 1843 by Andrew and Sandra Twining
Glen Osmond Road to Sturt River
Mellor Thomas & Hobson Benjamin, Fixby 52 acres wheat, 31 1/2 acres barley, 9 cattle, 1 horse, 1 pony, 38 pigs.
Thomas married Margaret "Peggy" THORNTON, daughter of Joseph THORNTON and Abby HURST/HIRST, on Aug 19, 1805 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.1 2 (Margaret "Peggy" THORNTON was born about 1786, christened on Apr 17, 1786 in Elland, Yorkshire, England,2 6 died on Apr 4, 1853 in Adelaide, SA 2 7 and was buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA.)
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