Thomas Small (1829–1920)
from Cumberland Argus
Mr. Thomas Small, well-known and highly respected throughout the Ryde district, died at Burwood on Friday night of last week, at the advanced age of 92 years. He was born in Kent-street, Sydney, and came to live in the Ryde district when three years of age. He was a nephew of Mrs. Oakes, the first white child born in Australia, at Parramatta. For many years, Mr. Small was an orchardist in the district. His wife pre-deceased him. The following are the members of the surviving family: Messrs. J. T. Small (Haberfield), E. H. Small (Sydney), S. G. Small (town clerk, of Eastwood), and Messrs. A. W. Frank and Fred Small, Mrs. Golding (Eastwood), and Mrs. C. Jones (Burwood). All are well-known and esteemed throughout this district.
Original publication
Other Obituaries for Thomas Small
- Methodist (Sydney), 15 January 1921, p 14
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- death notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 November 1920, p 12
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Small, Miriam (wife)
- Small, Walter Andrew (son)
- Small, Charlotte (mother)
- Small, William (father)
- Wicks, Elizabeth (sister)
- Gallard, Susannah Martha (sister)
- Small, William (brother)
- Small, Robert (brother)
- Small, John (brother)
- Small, Samuel (brother)
- Small, Henry (brother)
- Small, George Septimus (brother)
- Small, Andrew Octavius (brother)
- Small, Sarah Lavers (sister-in-law)
- Small, Eliza Rebecca (sister-in-law)
- Small, Susannah (sister-in-law)
- Small, Jeanette (sister-in-law)
- Small, Charlotte (sister-in-law)
- Small, Sarah Jane (sister-in-law)
- Small, Susan Sarah (sister-in-law)
- Wicks, Robert (brother-in-law)
- Gallard, Frank (brother-in-law)
- Oakes, Rebecca (aunt)
- Hughes, Mary (aunt)
- Patfield, Sarah (aunt)
- Small, John (uncle)
- Small, Thomas (uncle)
- Small, Samuel (uncle)
- Small, Priscilla Mason (aunt by marriage)
- Small, Elizabeth (aunt by marriage)
- Small, Rachel Rebecca (aunt by marriage)
- Hughes, Matthew (uncle by marriage)
- Oakes, Francis (uncle by marriage)
- Patfield, George (uncle by marriage)
- Small, Mary (grandmother)
- Small, John (grandfather)
- Youdale, Eliza Rebecca (niece)
- Armstrong, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Byrnes, Ann (cousin)
- Devlin, Susannah (cousin)
- Hutchinson, Mary (cousin)
- Quaife, Margaret (cousin)
- Oakes, George (cousin)
- Spurway, Ann Patricia (cousin)
- Muriel, Rebecca (cousin)
- Hughes, Robert (cousin)
- Sprent, Susannah Hassall (cousin)
- Oakes, Francis Rowland (cousin)
- Small, Mary (cousin)
- Oakes, Lucy (cousin)
- Hughes, James Henry (cousin)
- Oakes, Rowland Hasall (cousin)
- Oakes, Samuel (cousin)
- Small, John Frederick (cousin)
- Patfield, George (cousin)
- Hughes, Matthew Henry (cousin)
- Small, Thomas (cousin)
- Smith, Susannah (cousin)
- Oakes, James Lawry (cousin)
- Hughes, Thomas Hassall (cousin)
- Alderson, Susannah (cousin)
- Johnson, Ann (cousin)
- Oakes, John Leigh (cousin)
- Ruinart de Brimont, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Pope, Elizabeth Hancox (cousin)
- Patfield, John (cousin)
- West, Martha (cousin)
- Cowper, Eliza (cousin)
- Small, Eliza Rebecca (cousin)
- Small, William (cousin)
- Small, Samuel (cousin)
- Hughes, Martha (cousin)
- Patfield, Thomas (cousin)
- Small, Sophia (cousin)
- Oakes, William Henry (cousin)
- Shaw, Mary (cousin)
- Small, George (cousin)
- Small, Rebecca (cousin)
- Hughes, Charlotte (cousin)
- Small, Samuel (cousin)
- Patfield, Samuel (cousin)
- Small, Jane (cousin)
- Small, Timothy (cousin)
- Powell, Mary (cousin)
- Marsden, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Hughes, William Charles (cousin)
- Patfield, Elizabeth (cousin)
- Small, Priscilla (cousin)
- Small, James (cousin)
- Hughes, Henry Francis (cousin)
- Small, James (cousin)
- Small, Joseph (cousin)
- Howard, Harriett (cousin)
- Patfield, Joseph (cousin)
- Small, John Joseph (cousin)
- Keogh, Rebecca (cousin)
- Small, Henry (cousin)
- Small, Reuben (cousin)
- Small, Robert George (cousin)
- Midson, Charlotte (cousin)
Citation details
'Small, Thomas (1829–1920)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/small-thomas-26521/text34302, accessed 29 April 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
12 August,
1829
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
5 November,
1920
(aged 91)
Burwood, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
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