The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameThomas (Tom) Newsham
Birth24 Dec 1821, South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Baptism1830
Death7 Feb 1874, Omata, Taranaki, NZ
Burial8 Feb 1874, Waireka Cemetery, Omata, Taranaki, New Zealand
FatherJoseph Newsham (1796-1842)
Mother Susannah Jecks (1790-1853)
Misc. Notes
Name found in December 2023 from:
https://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/JamesBayly.html

Date and place of birth, year of baptism, date and place of marriage, date and place of death, found in December 2023 from:
https://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/Thomas_Newsham.html

Preferred name of “Tom” from entry in daughter Emma Eliza Newsham’s birth record found in January 2024.

The first given name of “Tom” offfically registered at birth, more exact place of birth from the book of "Certificates of Birth for Protestant Dissenters, Vol. 2", found in January 2024:
Name: Tom Newsham
Certificate No.: 939
Birth Date: 24 December 1821
Birth Place: House of Joseph Newsham [Father], South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Denomination: Presbyterian, Independent or Baptist
Father: Joseph Newsham
Father's Occupation: Farmer
Mother: Susanna Jecks
Mother's Father: Isaac Jecks of Wisbech

Year and country of marriage confirmed from search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2024:
1846/21. Bride: Mary Louisa Lethbridge. Groom: Tom Newsham

Full date of marriage of 10 September 1846 confirmed from further searching in January 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Mention in the "Jecks Family Book 2" Second Edition, by John E. Barrett and Murray G. Johnston, on a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) from Winsome Griffin received on 4 March 2024:
Thomas Newsham married shortly after his arrival in New Plymouth and he and his wife Mary had 15 children. Thomas wrote to his mother Susannah Newsham in Norwich on July 13 1848 detailing his early life in New Zealand. He was in the Police Force, hoping to leave in a year to work full time on his farm.

Winsome Griffin's (nee Guilford) late husband was Neville Griffin. Neville's maternal grandfather, was George Newsham. George’s father, was this Tom Newsham.

Record, photo of headstone, from Find a Grave website found in September 2024:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182320916/tom-newsham
Name: Tom Newsham
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1822
Death Date: 7 Feb. 1874
Death Place: Omata, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Cemetery Waireka Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Omata, New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
Spouse
Mary Louisa Newsham
Children
Charles Newsham
William Maurice Newsham
Tom Newsham
Francis Henry Newsham
Alfred Newsham
Henry Arthur Newsham
Lewis Oscar Newsham
Frederick Ernest Newsham
Emma Eliza Bayly
George Newsham
Louisa Joll
Minnie Arabella Morton
Kate Edith Twomey
Maud Alice Staite

Headstone Inscription
In memory of Tom NEWSHAM died Febry 7th 1874, aged 52 Mary Louisa his wife died Augst 13th 1875, aged 47 also their sons Tom, died Janr 7th 1876, aged 22 Francies Henry, died Decr 24th 1858, aged 8 Alfred, died Decr 17th 1885, aged 24 Henry Arthur, died 21st August 1902 aged 29 Fred died 22nd August 1907 aged 62.
Spouses
Birth14 Sep 1828, Ugborough, Devon, England
Death13 Aug 1875, New Plymouth, New Zealand
FatherRichard Lethbridge (1794-1873)
MotherLouisa Mary Yates (1799-1876)
Marriage10 Sep 1846, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ChildrenEmma Eliza (1851-1891)
 George (1863-1941)
Last Modified 16 Oct 2024Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh