Mankey (Cr) Thomas
| Type of person | Individual |
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| Date of birth | 1824 |
| Place of birth | Cornwall |
| Date of arrival | 1848 |
| Principal occupation | Machinist, Lay Preacher |
| Date of death | 1872 |
| Place of death | Gawler |
Thomas Johns Mankey was born in Cornwall on 20 August 1824, son of James Mankey. He arrived in South Australia in 1848 and proceeded to Gawler, where as a machinist he “settled as one of the earliest tradesmen of the town”.[1] In the early 1850's he was in business with his brother-in-law John Allen (husband of his sister Elizabeth), also a machinist.[2]
He was a very pious man of the Methodist faith and upon finding no Methodist Church in Gawler, he joined St George’s congregation and became a Sabbath School Teacher there.[1] It was at St George’s Church that he married Selina Jones on 20 Feb 1849.[1] Later that year, Selina’s brother John Jones and father James Jones, in cooperation with Thomas and a few other families, formed a Wesleyan congregation in Gawler, and in October 1850 they opened their own Wesleyan Church in Todd Street. Thomas Mankey and John Jones were two of the original trustees of the new Church.[1] Thomas was heavily involved with the Sabbath School at the new Wesleyan Church and went on to become a lay preacher in the local Methodist Circuit.[1]
He also served as a Councillor for East Ward in 1860.
By the late 1860s Thomas began to suffer from a malady that would prove fatal[1] and in January 1870, financial problems led to him becoming declared insolvent.[3] In the sermon given at his funeral Rev Mr Lloyd stated “all his friends will remember the joy he experienced when his creditors were paid” and he “stood before the world untarnished and unchallenged.”[1]
His died on 10 April 1872, aged 47, “after long months of suffering”.[1] In the weeks before he death he said to a friend “I have prepared for this before now; I shall soon be with my sister Peneluna.”[1] [sic][his sister Avis Penaluna nee Avis Mankey, also of Gawler, had died in 1867, aged 49].
As a “much respected” citizen, who had “resided in Gawler for upwards of twenty years”, his burial at Willaston Cemetery, undertaken by Taylor and Forgie was a significant event for the town; it included the closure of the shops in Murray Street and a procession of more than 30 vehicles to the cemetery.[4]
Thomas' widow Selina Mankey, survived him by over 50 years, passing away in Glenelg on 26 April 1927, in her 96th year.[5] Her death notice records her to have been "a colonist of 85 years" and "mother of J. W. Mankey, Glenelg. Mrs. A. W. Silver (Brighton), Mrs. George Lucas (of Melbourne); and the late Mrs. Thomas Mankey and J. Walter Mankey, and the late Mrs. Jabez Bunting".[5]
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Mankey Family Property
- For a brief period in 1891 widow Selina owned part of Allotment 179 on King Street (now known as 17 King Street), she sold the allotment to James Forgie who went on to build the stone villa that is now located on the site.
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Mankey Family Birth, Death & Marriage Information
MANKEY Thomas Johns
b. 20 Aug 1824, Cornwall, England, son of James Mankey
Arrived 1848, South Australia
m. 20 Feb 1849, Selina JONES, St George's Church, Gawler
d. 10 Apr 1872, Gawler, SA
Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston (Plot 4 A 1 - with wife)
JONES Selina (MANKEY)
b. Abt. 1832, England, daughter of James Jones & sister of John Jones
Arrived 1841, South Australia
m. 1849, Thomas MANKEY, St George's Church, Gawler
d. 26 Apr 1927, Glenelg, SA, aged 96
Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston (Plot 4 A 1 - with husband)
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Children of Thomas Mankey include:
MANKEY Miriam May (BUNTING)
b. 1871, Gawler, SA ('Mirian May' [sic], Reg. Barossa 104/49)
m. Jabez BUNTING (see F T Bunting for more about the Bunting family)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The Late Mr Mankey (Bunyip 27 Apr 1872) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97208441
- ↑ The Late Mr John Allen (Evening Journal 3 Aug 1894) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202818692
- ↑ "This Weeks Insolvency" (The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97208441
- ↑ (Bunyip 13 Apr 1872) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97206514
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 (Bunyip 29 Apr 1927) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96671775
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