Thomas Anderson,from Ireland

[Curley]

Hi All
Thomas Anderson was born in Wellbrook,Cookstown Ireland  on 1 May 1912.
He emigrated on th Arawa from Southampton and arrived in Wellington. On 5 July 1928 aged 16..
Any information on what happened to him after this date would be most welcome

Many thanks
Curley

[ballydw]

Hi All
Thomas Anderson was born in Wellbrook,Cookstown Ireland  on 1 May 1912.
He emigrated on th Arawa from Southampton and arrived in Wellington. On 5 July 1928 aged 16..
Any information on what happened to him after this date would be most welcome

Many thanks
Curley

Hi do you know his parents names?
I see a death for a Thomas Robert Anderson b. 1912 Died 2/5/1976 Death Place Westport, Burial Westland West Coast NZ. Cemetery New Orowaiti.
Did thomas have a second christian name? rgds

[aghadowey]

No middle name. Born at Kildress not Wellbrook. Parents Thomas Anderson & J_? Henry.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1912/01495/1607869.pdf

[Curley]

Hi all
Parents are Thomas and Jemima,and Wellbrook is a district in Kildress parish.
No middle name as Aghadowey says.
Could possibly have moved to Australia,as shown in an unconfirmed family tree on Ancestry.
Hope this helps
Curley

[Lucy2]

Hello Curley

Sorry to say, but I think the following may be his death in New Zealand at the tender age of 20.

NZ Death Index (online) :

1932 - ANDERSON - Thomas - 20 years  [bc 1912]

I have some further information to follow ... see next post.

   ~   Lu

[Lucy2]

This is the first of a number of articles referring the deaths by drowning of a Benjamin CAMPBELL and Thomas ANDERSON (aged 20).   

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320618.2.112

[Lucy2]

This article confirms that Thomas ANDERSON was from Ireland (and also that he apparently had a brother also living in New Zealand.)

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320618.2.89

  ~  Lu

PS :  Further info to follow.

[Lucy2]

Details from the Inquest :

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19320624.2.73

   ~  Lu

[Lucy2]

This is an earlier article on the attempt made to retrieve the bodies of Messrs CAMPBELL and ANDERSON.   

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320620.2.50

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The date of their deaths was 15 June 1932 (as deduced from the online death registration listings).   Some newspapers had reported date as 16 June.

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I'm still looking to find the resting place of Thomas ANDERSON.  [Not all cemeteries in the location where he died, have online burial information. ]  Will get back to you.

   ~  Lu