Thomas WATERS

1794 - 1869  (75 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Thomas WATERS  [1]
  Relationship	with Rodney VOJVODICH
  Born	1794	Barnes, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration: Arr.	12 Oct 1829
  	Per "Caroline"
  Buried	1869	Cemetery, Guildford Grammar, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia   [2, 3]
  Died	28 Feb 1869	Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I478	MyBradyTree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert WATERS,   b. 1766, Barnes, Surrey, England ,   d. 19 Jul 1818, Barnes, Surrey, England  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary WHITE,   b. 2 Oct 1770, Barnes, Surrey, England ,   d. 14 Jul 1849, Barnes, Surrey, England  (Age 78 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1791	Barnes, Surrey, England
  Children	2 children
  1. Thomas WATERS,   b. 1794, Barnes, Surrey, England ,   d. 28 Feb 1869, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
  2. Robert William WATERS,   b. 22 Aug 1813, Barnes, Surrey, England ,   d. 25 Jun 1893, Culham, Western Australia, Australia
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah PRICE,   b. 1799, Fulham, Middlesex, England ,   d. 20 Feb 1854, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 55 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1833	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Children	+ 1. Charlotte Mary WATERS,   b. 1 Sep 1834, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 1 Jun 1929, Wandering, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 94 years)   2. Henry Robert WATERS,   b. 10 Jan 1836, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 24 Aug 1846, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 10 years) + 3. William WATERS,   b. 14 Mar 1839, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 28 May 1907, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 68 years)   4. John WATERS,   b. 12 Nov 1840, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. Between 1865 and 1869  (Age 24 years)
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 1794 - Barnes, Surrey, England Married - 15 Oct 1833 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Buried - 1869 - Cemetery, Guildford Grammar, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia Died - 28 Feb 1869 - Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Ships

  Caroline 12 October 1829

  
  

• Notes

  Sent to South Africa and employed by the British Government for 8 years as a botonist for the Colony. Arrived WA 12th Oct. 1829 per 'Caroline'. Botanist for Cpt. James Stirling and original land holder of the Olive Farm in Guildford est. 1829. Began with plantings of Olive Trees, soon followed by grape vines. Olive Farm is WA's longest operating vineyard, if not the oldest. Realising the soil and climate of WA was similar to South Aftica Thomas pioneered grape growing in the Swan Valley . Once grape production began Thomas used it to barter for goods from shop keepers. The original cellar was dug out by Thomas for his wines.

  
  

• Reference

  Darryl Brady. (2019, August 20). Thomas WATERS. Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. Retrieved from https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I478&tree=BRADY2008