Thomas VOST. Born c. 1884, Sydney, NSW

[Dave26]

Hello.
I am trying to find out what happened to Thomas Vost. He was the youngest son of George Vost and Elizabeth Elderfield and was born about 1884 in Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales.
His parents emigrated from England and arrived, on the SS Orontes, in Sydney on 17 May 1882.
Any further information will be gratefully received.
Regards
Dave

[Billyblue]

This is the record of his birth in 1884
17023/1884  VOST  THOMAS  father GEORGE mother ELIZABETH  CENTRAL CUMBERLAND 

and here are two possible deaths in NSW
25223/1964  VOST  THOMAS SOURR  DIED 21/7/64  NEWCASTLE  NEWCASTLE     
63652/1972  VOST  THOMAS  father GEORGE  DIED AT WINDSOR  WINDSOR   

especially the second one. That would make him 86 or 87 and the district sounds right if he didn't move around much.

Dawn M

[Billyblue]

And here are two Thomas VOST marriages NSW

14209/1911  VOST  THOMAS  spouse PINCHAM  IVY M at PARRAMATTA   
14009/1938  VOST  THOMAS CHARLES HERBERT spouse  BEER  MAVIS ESMEE  at AUBURN 

Again, the Parramatta one looks most likely
Dawn M

[Aussie1947]

A Thomas Vost, hairdresser & Tobacconist of Newcastle insolvent 14th July 1885.

Regards
Gerry

[~MERLIN~]

Looks like the 1972 death is who you are looking for:

Death:

VOST  Thomas age 90yrs d. 13/08/1972 WINDSOR #63652
Father: George

Death notice in SMH newspaper 14/08/1972:

VOST, Thomas - August 13, 1972, at hospital, of 639 George Street, South Windsor, dearly loved husband of the late Ethel Vost, loving father of Ian, Allan and Keith, aged 90years, at rest.

[judb]

Thomas Scurr VOST - one of the deaths posted by Dawn - has a record at National Archives showing birth-date of 1897 so he is possibly not the right chap.

Judith

[sparrett]

Hi Dave,
Not sure how much you have on the VOST family in Australia or, indeed, how much you are interested discovering. However, for your interest, I will post some details.

This death of a son who is mentioned in the death notice firmly links the right THOMAS VOST to your GEORGE THOMAS VOST and ELIZABETH SARAH ELDERFIELD.

REG. 30620 In 1976    VOST, KEITH ELDERFIELD
Father THOMAS
Mother ETHEL MARY

The ELDERFIELD was used as a second given name a few times in the subsequent generations of VOST's.

I have not been able to spot a marriage for THOMAS and ETHEL MARY and I am still unsure whether the marriage listed to IVY MAY PINCHAM was your Thomas  or another.

She died.

REG 16017 In 1963  VOST  IVY MAY
Father CHARLES
Mother PHOEBE
At AUBURN

Familysearch shows the birth of your GEORGE THOMAS to JAMES and SARAH (Peck) in 1847 and also the birth of a brother, CHARLES in 1848.

This brother with his wife CAROLINE (nee Hunt) came to Australia in 1884, raised families and died here.

Extensive bmd information is available regarding the 2 families by searching public indexes.

These websites will be of assistance

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx


We will wait to hear perhaps where your searches currently stand before offering more, which you may already have!!

Sue
   

[Dave26]

Hello Sue.
This is what I have at the moment. James Vost was born c. 1812 in Hayes, Middlesex. He met and married Sarah Ann Peck in 1845 in Uxbridge, Middlesex. So far I have found 5 children, all born in Uxbridge. Mary Ann, b. 1845, George Thomas, b. 1847, Charles, b. 1849, William, b. 1851 and James, b. 1854.

George Thomas Vost married Elizabeth Elderfield in 1869 at Bromley, East London. They emigrated to Australia in 1882, along with their 5 children, arriving on 17 May 1882 at Sydney, NSW. The children were Sarah Ann, b. 1870, George Henry, b. 1874, Charles, b. 1876, John, b. 1878 and William, b. 1880. All born in Lee, Lewisham, Kent.
William died on the voyage, or soon after they landed, and twin girls were born during the voyage. One twin died at birth and wasn't named, the other was named Louisa. Another son, Thomas, was born in 1884 in Australia.

That is as far as I have got at the moment, so any further info you can let me know would be FAB.

Dave

[~MERLIN~]

Death: (Thomas's wife)

VOST Ethel Mary d. 1960 WINDSOR #31939
Parents: John & Jeanne