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Biographical
Information
Thomas
Hudson left his home at "Sunny Brow" for Western Australia in
1899. He left with his mother's blessing, and with references from both
C.M. Lowe, the Vicar of Clunes, and Mr J.W Preston, a Clunes business man.
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Mother's
Blessing
(Photograph
Hud-fam-229)
Reference
- Vicar of Clunes
(Photograph
Hud-fam-230)
Reference
- J.W. Preston
(Photograph
Hud-fam-231)
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His
move to Western Australia was motivated by the job opportunities created
by the discovery of gold in the Eastern Goldfields region in the early
1890s. Thomas and his brothers James, George and William all took the
decision to try their luck in the west.
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Studio
Portrait of Thomas Hudson
This
photograph is believed to have been taken on one of the times
that he had returned to the Clunes district after leaving for
Western Australia in 1899. Thomas returned in 1908 (at the time
of his father's death, and his own marriage in Ballarat) and
again prior to his mother's death in 1934.
(Photograph
Hud-fam-221; Photographer S. Fisher Johnson Ballarat, possibly
about 1908) |
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Prior
to his mother's death in 1934, he visited her at the Ballarat home of
Doris and George Smyth and their family. He also visited his home at
"Sunny Brow", Lord Clyde.
| Thomas Hudson,
possibly at "Sunny Brow", Lord Clyde
William Hudson visited his mother
in Ballarat, prior to her death in 1934. This photograph is
believed to have been taken at "Sunny Brow" at about
that time. Thomas is on the left of the photograph. The two
other men have not been identified.
(Photograph Hud-fam-233;
Thomas Hudson photo album)
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Three generations of Thomas
Hudson's Line
Thomas
Hudson (1877-1956) was the first surviving son of William Hudson
(1827-1908). Thomas' first son was William Russell Hudson (1909-1973),
and his first son was
Douglas Russell Hudson (1939-). The photograph was taken in
Boulder about Christmas 1939, prior to William Russell Hudson's
departure from the goldfields to take up a position as Senior
Science Master at Bunbury High School.
(Photograph
Hud-fam-236) |
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The children of Thomas Hudson and
Laura Dunstan
The following photograph of the
Hudson siblings and their spouses were taken on 9 January 1968,
following the wedding of John Hudson (b1941) and Maxine Turton
(b1945). John is the second son of William Hudson and Joyce
Elizabeth Clarke. |
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Children: From the oldest
child, on the right, are: William Russell (Bill) Hudson
(1909-1973), Margaret Roma Jeanette (Roma) Hudson/Chick
(1910-1871), Laurel Dorothy (Dorothy) Hudson/Toy (1914-1976),
Robert Raymond (Bob) Hudson (1917-1983), and Thomas Stanley
Hudson (Tom) (1919-1989). The sixth child, Thomas Raymond Hudson
(1912-1914), is included as an insert. He was born between Roma
(b1910) and Dorothy (b 1914).
(Photograph
Hud-fam-550; inset Hud-fam-651) |
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Children and spouses: From
the right are Bill Hudson, Joyce Clarke/Hudson, Roma
Hudson/Chick, Alf Chick, Jean (Dorothy) Hepburn/Hudson, Bob
Hudson, Dorothy Hudson/Toy, Hal Toy, Gwen Nettle/Hudson and Tom
Hudson. Further details of their families are given in the list
of descendants of Thomas Hudson (below).
(Photograph Hud-fam-551) |
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Thomas
Hudson and Bertha Grose at their home in Boulder
After
the death of Thomas' wife Laura Dunstan in 1947, Thomas renewed
his childhood friendship with Bertha Grose, and the couple were
married and lived in The Hudson family home at 19 Millen Street,
Boulder until Thomas died in 1956. Bertha remained in the house
until her death in about 1965.
(Photograph
Hud-fam-227; Thomas Hudson photo album) |
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Descendants of Thomas Hudson
(1877-1956)
For the latest list of descendants of Thomas Hudson click the link:
Table of the
Descendants |
