Captain Thomas Musgrave, Lighthouse Keeper
Wilsons Promontory 1869
Captain Thomas Musgrave was born on May 10th 1832 in Durham, England. He was the eldest son of Richard Musgrave (1808-1886) and Margaret Bailie (1805-1880).
Thomas made his first voyage from Liverpool in the spring of 1848 as a 16 year old. His voyages often took him to a New World where he eventually met his future wife, a dressmaker Catherine Halcrow Sinclair. Catherine was the same age as Thomas (born on July 22nd 1832 in Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland).
The two were married in 1854 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. During their marriage, which lasted for 37 years, Catherine bore Thomas 16 children, including three sets of twins.
Their birth records show how the family moved around the world from Canada back to England and finally Australia, where Catherine and their first two sons, George Richard and John Baillie arrived on the "Herald of the Morning" on 23.6.1858, landing in Sydney. More...
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Lighthouses of Australia
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