Thomas Rutledge
b. 12 Mar 1818 (Ballymagirril, Co. Cavan, Ireland)
d. 23 Nov 1904 (Home, Carwoola, NSW, Australia)
bur.
General Information
Middle name possibly Andrew, according to a family tree on MyHeritage.com.
Listed in search results (I do not have a login), accessed 3 May 2016.
Immigrated about 1841, 23 years of age.
Immediately purchased the Carwoola estate from his brother, William, about 1841.
1840s Sworn in to the Commission of the Peace.
Married Martha Forster, cousin, daughter of Thomas Forster Esq., M.D. (his mother's brother).
St Thomas Church, near the Carwoola homestead, largely funded by him.
Life Member of the Queanbeyan District Hospital.
Greatly involved in horse racing.
Owned Gidleigh Station, NSW, Australia.
1881 Legislative Assembly, Queanbeyan, one term.
Resided at old homestead of Carwoola, Molonglo, NSW, Australia.
Burial: 25 Nov 1904, after funeral at 2:30 PM, St Thomas' Church of England, Carwoola, NSW.
Source: "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry", Sir Bernard Burke, 1891.
Source: Obituaries Australia, accessed 5 Apr 2016.
Listed in search results (I do not have a login), accessed 3 May 2016.
Immigrated about 1841, 23 years of age.
Immediately purchased the Carwoola estate from his brother, William, about 1841.
1840s Sworn in to the Commission of the Peace.
Married Martha Forster, cousin, daughter of Thomas Forster Esq., M.D. (his mother's brother).
St Thomas Church, near the Carwoola homestead, largely funded by him.
Life Member of the Queanbeyan District Hospital.
Greatly involved in horse racing.
Owned Gidleigh Station, NSW, Australia.
1881 Legislative Assembly, Queanbeyan, one term.
Resided at old homestead of Carwoola, Molonglo, NSW, Australia.
Burial: 25 Nov 1904, after funeral at 2:30 PM, St Thomas' Church of England, Carwoola, NSW.
Source: "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry", Sir Bernard Burke, 1891.
Source: Obituaries Australia, accessed 5 Apr 2016.
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