Thomas Edinborough Chamberlain

Thomas Edinborough Chamberlain[1]

Male 1847 - 1908  (61 years)

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  • Name Thomas Edinborough Chamberlain 
    Born 3 May 1847  Northland, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Sep 1908  Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Thomas is remembered on the Chamberlain Family Headstone but is not buried here.
    Old Wanganui Cemetery Register entry
    Old Wanganui Cemetery Register entry
    Chamberlain Plot
    Plot: row 33 right side of row heading north
    Notes 
    • Mr. Thomas Edinborough Chamberlain who was for several years a member of the Masterton Borough Council, was born at Karori in 1847, and was educated at Mr. Toomath's Grammar School in Wellington. On the death of his father, Thomas Chamberlain, he commenced farming at the Upper Plain when but eighteen years of age on the property "The Oaks" -ninety acres in extent on which he still resides. At Miki-Miki, about nine miles away from the homestead, Mr. Chamberlain owns and farms 250 acres. He has taken his share in local governing bodies-for some eight or nine years as a member of the Masterton Road Board, and as a member of the Licensing Committee, on which he still retains a seat. For a number of years Mr. Chamberlain was president of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club, and for one year he was vice-president of the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association. At the time of writing, he occupies the position of chairman of the Upper Plain Irrigation Board. In 1875 the subject of this notice was married to Catherine McLachlan, a daughter of Mr. Donald McLachlan, of Opaki, settler, they have seven sons and three daughters.[1]
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      [1] Source Cyclopaedia of New Zealand, published 1897

      Of Thomas and Catherine's children, only two boys married
      two other boys died in WW1 [2]
    Person ID I2982  Frost Family
    Last Modified 27 May 2020 

    Father Thomas Chamberlain,   b. 11 Jun 1806, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1859, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Sussannah Catherine Bull,   b. 7 Feb 1809, Eydon, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Apr 1891, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1831  Eydon, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Household Census 1841  Preston Capes, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Thomas Chamberlain 35
    Susanna Chamberlain 33
    William Chamberlain 9
    Giles Chamberlain 3
    Edwin Chamberlain 5 Mo 
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine McLachlan,   b. Abt 1853, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jun 1941, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Married Abt 1875  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Thomas Donald Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1876, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1914, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     2. Herbert Edinborough Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1878, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1955, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Leonard William Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1880, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Oct 1916, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 36 years)
    +4. Albert Stanley Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1881, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1952, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     5. Maurice Leslie Chamberlain,   b. 18 Aug 1883, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1917, Messines, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     6. Mary Catherine Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1885, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1967, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     7. Oswald Samuel Duncan Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1888, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1952, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
    +8. Norman Frederick Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1889, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1961, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     9. Grace Mildred Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1892, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1958, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     10. Isabel May Chamberlain,   b. 28 Jun 1893, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1967, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2009 
    Family ID F988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 May 1847 - Northland, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1875 - New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Thomas Ed Chamberlain
    Thomas Ed Chamberlain

  • Sources 
    1. [S318] Chamberlain NZ Family Papers, Unknown.

    2. [S150] Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District Page 940 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S317] Chamberlain Key, The, (World Chamberlain Genealogical Society).

    4. [S10] Marriage Register Index , 1875/2828 (Reliability: 3).