Information from a descendant Ron Haley and the Benalla District Family History Group is that Thomas HALEY was born in 1821 at Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England s/o Samuel HALEY/Susannah WHITE. Harrow on the Hill is adjacent to the village of Sudbury.
Thomas HALEY d 11 Aug 1868 aged 47 yrs, parents unknown, bp Midd(lesex) [Vic 5802] d Broken Creek, Benalla. (Ron Haley)
Thomas HALEY m1. 19 Dec 1842 Jane WARR (WARE) St James C of E, Melbourne [Vic 4666, fiche 940] Jane is thought to have died before 1852, possibly in childbirth in 1848. There were 3 sons of this marriage:
1. Samuel HELY (HALEY) b 1845 Melbourne s/o Thomas/Jane [Vic 10151, ECR Wesleyan Methodist fiche 214 ]
Samuel HALEY d 1867 aged 24 yrs Richmond s/o Thomas HALEY/Jane WEAR [Vic 4727]
2. William HALEY b abt 1846 (from age at death) Richmond (from marriage info).
William HALEY d 8 Jun 1930 aged 84 yrs Moree NSW (Ron Haley)
William HALEY bp Richmond m 1868 Susanna HOSKINS bp Melbourne [Vic 4500] (7 chn)
3. Thomas HALEY b 1848 Belfast (Port Fairy).
Thomas HALEY d 29 Aug 1930 aged 83 yrs Benalla s/o Thomas HALEY/unk [Vic 8187]
Thomas HALEY bp Belfast (Port Fairy) m 1875 Jane PROCTOR bp Yuroke (5K W of Craigieburn) [Vic 1053] (15 chn)
Port Phillip Directories, mid to late 1840s
Thomas HALEY, Carter, Richmond.
More information on Ron Haley's genealogical website (no longer on the internet? Please let me know Ron if you see this.)
PROV Assisted British Immigration Index to Registers 1839-1871
Thomas HALEY aged 21 arr Port Phillip 21 Feb 1842 on the Thetis from Cork, Ireland [Book 2/3 Page 65] Also on this ship was his future wife Jane WARE aged 20, could read only [Book 2/3 p69]
NSW Assisted Immigrants Port Phillip Index, 1839-51 Jane WARE arr Thetis 1842 [film 2144]
Not to be confused with another Thomas HALEY.
Assisted British Immigration Index to Registers 1839-1871
John HALEY aged 38 and Mary HALEY aged 36 arr Port Phillip, Nov 1841 on the Diamond [Book 1 Page 160] with seven other passengers with the surname HALEY: Nancy 24, Nancy 9, Mary 18, John 15, Pat 12, Thomas 6, Elizabeth 4.
Possible death for this Thomas HALEY - 1891 aged 56 yrs Port Melbourne s/o James/Mary [Vic 7720] Please let me know of any family information.
PROV Assisted British Immigration Index to Registers 1839-1871
DRUM Ann aged 20 yrs arr Port Phillip, Mar 1850 Derwent [Book 4B Page 31] Passengers on the Derwent which arr Melbourne 27 Feb 1850 were Irish orphans. Another source says arr Port Phillip 25 Feb 1850
Known children of Thomas HALEY m 1852 Ann DRUM
Additional information from Ron Haley February 2005
