Thomas Walton Burchmore[1]
1844 - 1889 (45 years)
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Name Thomas Walton Burchmore Birth 1844 Flamstead,,,Hertfordshire,England 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 26 Feb 1889 Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., [1, 3] Person ID I62 My Genealogy Last Modified 5 Feb 2021 | Edit
Father Thomas Burchmore, b. 26 Apr 1818, Flamstead,,,Hertfordshire,England d. 20 Aug 1890, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., (Age 72 years) Mother Mary Walton, b. 1813 d. 16 Sep 1889, Ladysmith,Natal,South Africa., (Age 76 years) Marriage 23 May 1841 Caddington,Bedfordshire,England., [4, 5] - Thomas Burchmore and Mary Walton are recorded as marrying at the Parish Church in the parish of Caddington, Bedfordshire, on May 23, 1841.
Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Thomas never married. In 1866 he was living in Pietermaritzburg, but by 1870 had moved to Ladysmith where at first he was employed as a clerk. Afterwards he worked as a law agent and conveyancer.
On May 6, 1870, an advertisement for the Klip River Agricultural Society listed his name as Acting Hon. Secretary
In July 1874 he was appointed to act as Officer for the Sale of Gunpowder, Ladysmith, during the absence from the Colony of W.A. Murray (son of A.K. Murray). In 1876 according to the 1876-77 Klip River Co. voters' roll, he was a clerk, living in Harrismith. He was back in Natal by the time of the Anglo-Zulu War when in January 1879 he was commissioned as Quartermaster of Carbutt's Border Rangers.
On April 5, 1884, the Witness carried an advertisement for "T.W Burchmore Accountant, Conveyancer & General Agent Ladysmith" I
By 1888 he was one of three trustees of the Ladysmith Building, Investment and Loan Society.
The Natal Witness of September 12, 1873 reported that on September 6, 1873 he attended a ball in Ladysmith for captain and Mrs Lucas who were leaving the colony.
He died in 1889 cause of death Delirium Tremens
- Thomas never married. In 1866 he was living in Pietermaritzburg, but by 1870 had moved to Ladysmith where at first he was employed as a clerk. Afterwards he worked as a law agent and conveyancer.
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Sources - [S14] Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer, British Settlers in Natal 1824-1857 Volume 3 Bond-Byrne, (University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg 1985 ISBN 0 86980 430 8), Page 87-88 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1257] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, (ancestry.ca), Thomas Walton Burchmore 1844 (Reliability: 3).
- [S267] South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6P-DKXC : 17 March 2018), Thomas Walton Burchmore, 26 Feb 1889; Death, Ladysmith, Kliprivier, Natal, South Africa, The National Archives of South Africa (NARS), Pretoria; FHL microfilm 2,101,122. (Reliability: 3).
- [S205] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, (Ancestry.com.), 1841 Marriage Thomas Burchmore and Mary Walton (Reliability: 3).
- [S12] Marriage Record Thomas Burchmore and Mary Walton, (Caddington, 1841).
- [S14] Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer, British Settlers in Natal 1824-1857 Volume 3 Bond-Byrne, (University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg 1985 ISBN 0 86980 430 8), Page 87-88 (Reliability: 3).