Thomas LANCASTER
Date of Birth:
18 Sep 1860
Date of Death:
12 Apr 1928
Thomas was born at Wellington, an older brother of Ernest.
He married Elizabeth (Bessie) Bowler (born at Blenheim in 1863) at Makara in 1887. His brother, Arthur, married Bessie's sister.
They had four sons & one daughter. Three of the sons, Harold, Wilfred & Albert served in WW1. Albert lost the use of 75% of his left arm. Harold also served as a President of the Levin RSA.
Thomas was a farmer, starting in Wellington and settling in Longburn, near Palmerston Nth. One son became a university lecturer, one farmed in Fairfield Rd, Levin, one farmed at Koputaroa and the youngest (with the damaged arm) became a teacher.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Thomas Lancaster, Stephen John Lancaster, Sarah Jane Eagle, Elizabeth (Bessie) Bowler, James Bowler, Elizabeth Deering, Thomas Leonard (Leonard) Lancaster, Agnes Ann Atkinson, Harold James Lancaster, Ida Maud/e Kerslake, Ethel May Lancaster, Arthur Stephen Pascoe, Fanny Annie Rebecca Bennett, Wilfred John Lancaster, Miriam Edith Pratt, Albert George Lancaster, Sybil Hilton Lysnar.