Vital Statistics
Thomas Ogden Pynsent: 1905 – 1980 GRO1206 Hennock (Lorry Driver, Sydney, New South Wales)
Lillian Mary May Clough: 1914 – 1994
Married: 1931: Canterbury, New South Wales
Children by Lillian Mary May Clough:
Daughter (GRO1624)
Nellie Pynsent: xxxx – 1933
Daughter (GRO1625)
Daughter (GRO1688)
Son (GRO1689)
Norman Michael Pynsent: 1943 – 1997
Rosemary Pynsent: 1945 – 1953
Daughter (GRO1691)
Thomas Henry Pynsent: 1937 – 1937
Family Branch: Hennock
PinsentID: GRO1206
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Thomas Ogden Pynsent (II) was the fourth and youngest son of Joseph William Pynsent by his wife Nellie (née Garland). He was born at Bondi, in Sydney shortly before his father took up a farm and dairy (later called Pynsent’s Dairy) in Marrickville, another suburb of Sydney. He was part of a large, Catholic, family and grew up with ten siblings (three brothers and seven sisters), all of whom married.
Thomas worked in the family dairy as a “carter” and he later became a “lorry” (truck) driver. Sydney’s Electoral Rolls tell us that he was living with his brother Charles and his mother, Nellie (née Garland) on Duke Street in Canterbury in 1930. He married Lillian Mary May Clough the following year and then moved to Rogers Street, in Lang (near Sydney) sometime before 1936. They started their family there, and moved to Parramatta. The Electoral Rolls show that Thomas was a “depot hand” living on Bowden Street in Parramatta in 1943. Six years later, he was a “milk carter” on Francis Road in Bennelong. The family finally settled on Peggy Street in Merrylands West (an outer suburb of Sydney) in 1954. By then Thomas was firmly established as a “lorry driver.” He was still living in Merrylands in 1980.
Thomas and Lillian appear to have had a large family (three boys and six girls) but I am unable to supply the birth dates or even birth order for all of the children. One of the girls, Rosemary Pynsent, died at the age of eight in 1953. Her death was announced as follows: Death: Pynsent: Rosemary: February 16th, 1953, at hospital; beloved daughter of Lillian and Thomas Pynsent of 1 Peggy Street, May’s Hill and dear sister of [Daughter (GRO1624)], Nellie, [Daughter (GRO1625)] … … aged 8 years. See Wednesday’s “Herald” for funeral notice (Sydney Morning Herald: Tuesday 17th February 1953). Their son Thomas Henry Pynsent also died young. He died within a week of birth and was buried with his grandmother, Nellie (née Garland) in 1937.
I do not know what happened to the other two sons Norman Michael Pynsent and Son (GRO1689). However, Norman seems to have died in Kington in New South Wales. Whether he had had a family or not, I do not know. His brother (GRO1689) is an enigma. Perhaps he married. I know nothing about him. Similarly, the girls may have married and had children.
Thomas Ogden Pynsent (II) died on 18th November 1980, aged 75 years and his widow, Lillian Mary May Pynsent died on 20th May 1994, at the age of 80 years. They were buried in Rookwood Catholic Cemetery, in Cumberland, New South Wales, alongside their predeceased daughter Rosemary Pynsent and close to other deceased relations.
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Grandparents
Grandfather: Joseph Burton Pinsent: 1806 – 1874
Grandmother: Mary Bridget Fogarty: 1832 – 1875
Parents
Father: Joseph William Pynsent: 1862 – 1926
Mother: Nellie Ellen Garland: 1864 – 1933
Father’s Siblings and half-siblings (Aunts, Uncles)
Thomas Ogden Pynsent: 1839 – 1864
Mary Ann Theresa Pynsent: 1856 – xxxx
Burton William Pynsent: 1856 – 1856
Elizabeth Ellen Pynsent: 1858 – 1841
Burton Michael Pynsent: 1861 – 1876
Joseph William Pynsent: 1862 – 1926 ✔️
Charles Pynsent: 1865 – 1878
Alfred Thomas Pynsent: 1869 – 1911
Male Siblings (Brothers)
Joseph Burton Pynsent: 1890 – 1968
Charles Pitt Pynsent: 1893 – 1975
Alfred Francis Pynsent: 1896 – 1981
Thomas Ogden Pynsent: 1905 – 1980 ✔️
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