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Is this him in about 1884ish? (Sands directories had closing date of October the year prior to allow for time to publish, so an entry was lodged by Oct 1884 for the 1885 Directory)

Sands 1885 Sydney Alphabetical Directory
Thomas VINCENT, market gardener, Rickety Street, BOTANY.

I'll have to ask the family if there's any rumours of being a gardener.  Reading the link that Sue found, it makes a reference to him in 1858 when Jacob Bondor leased the land. Thomas Vincent claims 20 year possession of the land so that would be too far back.

There is a Deceased Estate file http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iha/
VINCENT, Thomas; North Sydney; Date of death 07/06/1921; Date duty Paid 11/10/1921; Item [19/10206]; Reel 3027

Yes, that's him.  I'll see what I can find out about that.  thanks.

Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to find how a Thomas Vincent (b.1863 Kensington, London - d.1921)  came to Australia.  He has to be in Australia by 1888 to get married to Virginia in March 1888 in Sydney (from his marriage cert). His birth certificate doesn't list a middle name.

His death cert says time in colonies is "about 32" years so I would think it's somewhere in the mid 1880s.

He's on the 1871 UK census with his 3 brothers and his father Edward at his grandmothers place in Kensington, London.

He may be on the 1881 UK census as a visitor to the Stevens household in Fulham but I can't be sure that's him.  If that's him, he's listed as a labourer.

His marriage cert lists him as a fireman on a steam ship but the name of it is up for interpretation.  The best guess has been Dingadee but he's not listed on the crew for it on any voyage.

Thanks in advance for any help

Hello everyone,

I know it's an old thread but I've just started researching and there are so many coincidences in this thread with what I've found I had to ask. 

I think I'm looking for Edward Alexander as mentioned in replies 36,92,94,95,111 but under the different surname Wesala.  I found a post on ancestry http://trees.ancestry.com.au/pt/RequestTreeAccess.aspx?tid=48501181&pid=20339245806 that may indicate that they're the same person.

In reply 23, leander is listed as in Balmain in 1912, and my EA is listed on his mariage certificate as balmain in 1913.  That certificate lists his mother as Sarah Waghorn but his father as Alexander John Wesala.  EA's occupation is listed as seaman and father's occupation is master mariner.

On EA's death certificate, it lists his father as Leander Wesala, ship's captain and mother as Sarah Waghorn.  EA's occupation is listed as ships rigger on this one.

EA's birth place is listed as southampton on both certificates which matches http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=83964076:9478&d=bmd_1441408475. It looks like that W is for Wesala which would increase the likelyhood of finish ancestory. 

EA's letters refers to his own surname as Wesala.