PARENTS

The parents of Corporal Thomas Tollis, Soldier "Ganges" 1797 are currently unproven

The following have been suggested as possible parents. Sources are required prior to connection of parents. See discussion https://www.geni.com/discussions/226655

Set 1

• father William Robert Tollis no dates
• mother Mary Ann Tollis no dates

Set 2

• father Thomas Tollis born 1755

BIOGRAPHY

Corporal Thomas TOLHURST was born in 1777 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom. [Source: Enlisted 12 January 1796 aged 19 born Maidstone] He was a Mason, Labourer, Soldier, Kings Constable NSW Corps.

On 12 January 1796 Thomas enlisted in the 20th Light Dragoons

Thomas arrived in Sydney Cove on "Ganges" on 2 June 1797

In 1799 Thomas changed his name to Thomas TOLLIS (Source: NSW Pay Books 25 June -24 July 1799)

Thomas had a relationship / marriage Elizabeth ATKINSON in 1799 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Together they had the following children:

• 1799 Elizabeth Atkinson .

Thomas married Ann WATTERS on May 26, 1812 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Together they had the following children:

• 1809 Thomas ;
• 1810 Harriet ;
• 1814 Ann ;
• 1816 Samuel ;
• 1818 Nathaniel William ;
• 1821 Eliza . died young

He died on July 25, 1821 in Regimental Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was buried on July 26, 1821 in Sandhills Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

LINKS

• http://www.tolliss.com/webtrees/index.php?ctype=gedcom&ged=Tollis
• https://gw.geneanet.org/eljay1?lang=en&pz=alexis+michelle&nz=green&...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198334464/thomas-tollis
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tollis-8
• https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/...

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Changes to Corporal Thomas Tollis name see below as verified by Steve Mangan. There are Tollis's in France, Italy and America. Some of the American Tollis family may be of Irish descent.. I have put all that I can find in the Family Tree database but there are many that are not linked currently.

Steve Mangan has found in National Archives at Kew Corporal Thomas Tollis original military pay and muster book entries, repatriated from Sydney. These pay books were completed monthly and list all soldiers in each Company in the same listed order. The National Archives file series is WO 12 / 9899 ‎(25 June 1798 - 24 December 1799)‎. They show quite conclusively that Corporal Thomas Tollis was originally Thomas Tolhurst. Month after month he is so named and numbered until suddenly in the record for the period 25 June - 24 July 1799, his name changes to Thomas Tollis.

Series 1-117 	Item 	Thomas Tollis Date of death April or July 1821 [date in month not known], Granted on [not known; circa 1832]  probate

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TOLLIS, Thomas

Transferred to the New South Wales Corps on 11th August 1796 in London

1810 Jan 3 Corporal, Light Horseman. On list of persons holding civil and military employment at Sydney & settlements adjacent (Fiche 3300; 2/8332 p.2)

1814 - Muster Thos. Tollis Cpl. Governor’s Guard, Light Horse

1815 Apr 22 Corporal of Governor's Bodyguard. Paid from the Police Fund from the date of his transfer from the 73rd to the 46th Regiment; appears as Tolhurst (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.94)

1816 Jan 1 Governor's Guard of Light Horse. On list of persons holding civil & military employments in New South Wales and its dependencies (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.11)

1818 Sep 19 On return of horned cattle issued from the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 & 9 Jan 1819; donation for long services (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.62)

1818 Sep 19 Corporal. Cow issued to Tollis from the Government Herd for long services (Reel 6031; 4/7028A p.135)

1821 Oct 10 Three orphan boys of Tollis' sent to the Male Orphan Institution by order of the Governor (Reel 6040; 4/400 p.34)

as to the fate of his children after Thomas' death ...

TOLLIS, Ann

1823 May 14 Admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of Daniel Cooper (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.103)

TOLLIS, Harriet

1821 Nov 14 To be admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of John Gandell (Reel 6040; 4/403 pp.80-1)

1823 Aug 14 Assigned to Mrs Wills from the Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.106)

TOLLIS, Nathaniel William

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

1823 Jan 8 To be admitted to the Male Orphan School (Reel 6040; 4/400 p.53)

1823 Apr Re payment of one week's board for by the Male Orphan Institution (Reel 6021; 4/7079 p.65)

TOLLIS, Samuel

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

TOLLIS, Thomas

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

1823 May 2 Apprenticed to the Institution (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

The first details we have of him are listed in the Army description Books 1808-1816. Thomas Tollis enlisted in the 20th Light Dragoons on the 12th January 1796, aged nineteen, at Maidstone Kent. At his death on 25th July 1821, he was said to be forty four years old. The above Description Books indicate that Thomas was born in Maidstone, Kent. Without a baptismal record for verification, we must accept this as being correct. We do have a description of Thomas, however. He was 5 foot 7 3/4 inches tall, had a small face with brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. Such descriptions were used for identification in pre photography days. Why was Thomas Tollis enlisting in the Army in January 1796? The fact that he was joining the Dragoons, a cavalry regiment, suggests that Thomas was a very good horseman and enjoyed working with horses. The Description Books give his occupation as a mason, while his Discharge Papers list him as a labourer. He was probably one of the seasonally employed, semi-skilled people who drifted into the city to find employment and food. The price of a loaf of bread was certainly very expensive during the 1790s. The more unemployed people there were, the higher the enlistment figures were. Enlisted men served for life, so Thomas must have seen this as his best option at the time. The next record shows that Thomas Tollis transferred to the New South Wales Corps on 11th August 1796 in London. The formation of this specific regiment in 1789. had been made necessary by the refusal of the Royal Marines, who had accompanied the First Fleet, to supervise the convicts. Four companies had arrived by 1792, in time for their commander, Major Grose to assume control of the colony acting as Lieutenant Governor, when Phillip returned to England. It has alwys been a mystery why Thomas remained for such a short time with his original unit. Then recently the reason was discovered - he had deserted and ended up in the London Military prison, The Savoy! Desertion was very common with people enlisting for economic reasons rather than a desire to be in the army. When the Corps in New South Wales decided in 1796 that they needed two more companies it was difficult to raise the numbers because England was at war with France. So recruits were taken mainly from deserters in the military prison. Thomas' position was better than that of the convicts. At least he gained immediate freedom and absolutely nothing about his indiscretion was recorded in the Description Books or his Discharge Papers. We know that Thomas Tollis after nine years with Elizabeth, was assigned a new convict housekeeper, Mrs Ann Waters, in 1807. He was about to start a second family.

Thomass grave is in the Pioneer Cemetery at Botany now, having been moved from the original site. It is in the centre circle beside that of John Cadman, the harbour master, so very prominent.

(Thanks to RootsWeb)

Thomas Tollis biography

• Born : circa 1777

• Where Born : Maidstone, Kent

• Occupation : Labourer, Mason / Soldier

• Date Arrived : 02 June 1797

• Ship Arrived on : " Ganges "

• Rank on Discharge : Corporal

• Date of Enlistment : 12 January 1796 aged 19 , enlisted in the 20th Light Dragoons

• Where Enlisted : Kent

• Transferred to : 102nd Regiment

• Date Transferred: 11 August 1796

• Transferred to : 73rd Regiment

• Date Transferred: 1810

• Transferred to : 46th Regiment

• Transferred to 48th : 1817

• Date of Discharge :30 April 1820 (inability to serve )

• Where Discharged : Sydney

• Died :25 July 1821

• Where Died / Buried : Sydney Regimental Hospital / Sydney

• Parents Names :

• 1st Spouse's Name : Elizabeth Atkinson (Aka) Atkins Atkinson, Betty aka Atkins

• Born : 1759,

• Where Born : Maidstone, Kent

• Convict: Sentenced Lancaster 1797 , 7 Years age 38

• Date Arrived : July 1798

• Ship Arrived on : "Britannia I"

• Died : 18 October 1809, aged 50

• Where Buried : Old Sydney Burial Grounds

• Date Married : they did not marry

• 2nd Spouse's Name : Ann Waters

• Born : 1785

• Date Arrived : 18 June 1807

• Ship Arrived on : "Sydney Cove "

• Died : 13 April 1821

• Where Buried : Sandhill's Cemetery Sydney

• Date Married : 26 May 1812

(Thanks to http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/thomastoll.htm)

Tollis Family History

18 April 2007 - 6:37:57am

There are Tollis’s in France, Italy and America. Some of the American Tollis family may be of Irish descent.. I have put all that I can find in the Family Tree database but there are many that are not linked currently.

The Tollis family that I have still to find a link to lived in Maidstone, Kent, before the most well documented Tollis, who was a soldier, went to Australia.

The following details start from the Thomas Tollis a mason by trade who enlisted in the army at Maidstone, Kent on 12 January 1796 as a Private in the 20th Light Dragoons. He arrived at Port Jackson on the "Ganges" on 2 June 1797.

Thomas Tollis was born C 1777 presumably in Kent and died 25 July 1821.

TT had a relationship, apparently de facto, with a convict named Elizabeth ‎(Betty)‎ Atkinson who was born c 1760 at Manchester and who arrived together with 96 female convicts on the "Brittania II" on 18 July 1798 and seems to have died in Sydney c1806.. Betty was 38 years old and had been convicted of a minor felony for which she was sentenced to transportation to NSW for seven years.

This relationship produced one daughter named Elizabeth born c 1797, who died in New Zealand on 25 March 1867.

Corporal Thomas Tollis then met and subsequently married Ann Waters on 26 May 1812. Ann Waters was born in Scotland c 1785 and died 13 April 1821.

They had several children including Thomas born c 1808 died at Alexandria on 2 August 1880 and Harriot‎(t)‎ born 18 June 1810 died pre 1832 married James Tierney 29 November 1824 - both of these children appear to have been born before Thomas and Ann were permitted to marry. Then followed Ann born 1 March 1814 died ?? she married George Hely in 1831 and also George Grierson ‎(or was this Gray?)‎ c 1840, Samuel born 8 February 1816, Nathaniel born 16 May 1818 died 24 May 1860 ‎(or should this be 1863?)‎ and married Sophia Walford on 14 May 1836. Sophia was born c 1820 and died c 1905 ‎(as Upton?)‎ but stated as 19 March 1890 per Enid Bohlson ?, and Eliza who was born c 1821 and died 23 April 1821 close to the deaths of both her parents.

Current Tollis named families in the UK live in Yorkshire, London and Birmingham.

Many thanks to the following people who have helped to compile the Tollis family tree: Ian Kenny, Enid Bohlsen, Bruce Hamilton Tollis, Michael S Tollis Kath Hansen and Trish Haselden.

(Thanks to http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/index.php?command=gedcom&ged=Tollis.ged)

Born: 1777 at Maidstone, Kent, England

Married: 1799 at Sydney, NSW

  Died: 25 JUL 1821 at Sydney, NSW  

Father:William Tollis (Tolliss)
Mother:Mary unknown
Other Spouses: Ann Waters
It has for some time been a mystery to us exactly who Thomas Tollis was, and how he got to Australia. All we knew was that he was a soldier.

In the process of other searches we at last found the following records in the Colonial Secretarial Records:

TOLLIS, Thomas

3 Jan 1810

Corporal, Light Horseman. On list of persons holding civil and military employment at Sydney & settlements adjacent.

22 Apr 1815

Corporal of Governor's Bodyguard. Paid from the Police Fund from the date of his transfer from the 73rd to the 46th Regiment; appears as Tolhurst

1 Jan 1816

Governor's Guard of Light Horse. On list of persons holding civil & military employments in New South Wales and its dependencies.

19 Sep 1818

On return of horned cattle issued from the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 & 9 Jan 1819; donation for long services.

19 Sep 1818

Corporal. Cow issued to Tollis from the Government Herd for long services.

25 Jul 1821

Apparent date of his death. From the following we can only assume that his wife was already dead...

(Thanks to http://www.myrasplace.net/fleet/fam01096.htm)

According to the manuscripts card catalogue at the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Corporal Thomas tollis funeral in 1821 was arranged by H Adcock. - (Martin Treadwell 4/6/09)l

TOLLIS, Thomas

Transferred to the New South Wales Corps on 11th August 1796 in London

1810 Jan 3 Corporal, Light Horseman. On list of persons holding civil and military employment at Sydney & settlements adjacent (Fiche 3300; 2/8332 p.2)

1815 Apr 22 Corporal of Governor's Bodyguard. Paid from the Police Fund from the date of his transfer from the 73rd to the 46th Regiment; appears as Tolhurst (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.94)

1816 Jan 1 Governor's Guard of Light Horse. On list of persons holding civil & military employments in New South Wales and its dependencies (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.11)

1818 Sep 19 On return of horned cattle issued from the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 & 9 Jan 1819; donation for long services (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.62)

1818 Sep 19 Corporal. Cow issued to Tollis from the Government Herd for long services (Reel 6031; 4/7028A p.135)

1821 Oct 10 Three orphan boys of Tollis' sent to the Male Orphan Institution by order of the Governor (Reel 6040; 4/400 p.34)

TOLLIS, Ann

1823 May 14 Admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of Daniel Cooper (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.103)

TOLLIS, Harriet

1821 Nov 14 To be admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of John Gandell (Reel 6040; 4/403 pp.80-1)

1823 Aug 14 Assigned to Mrs Wills from the Female Orphan Institution (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.106)

TOLLIS, Nathaniel William

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

1823 Jan 8 To be admitted to the Male Orphan School (Reel 6040; 4/400 p.53)

1823 Apr Re payment of one week's board for by the Male Orphan Institution (Reel 6021; 4/7079 p.65)

TOLLIS, Samuel

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

TOLLIS, Thomas

1821 Aug 18 Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

1823 May 2 Apprenticed to the Institution (Fiche 3307; 4/7208 pp.5-6)

The first details we have of him are listed in the Army description Books 1808-1816. Thomas Tollis enlisted in the 20th Light Dragoons on the 12th January 1796, aged nineteen, at Maidstone Kent. At his death on 25th July 1821, he was said to be forty four years old. The above Description Books indicate that Thomas was born in Maidstone, Kent. Without a baptismal record for verification, we must accept this as being correct. We do have a description of Thomas, however. He was 5 foot 7 3/4 inches tall, had a small face with brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. Such descriptions were used for identification in pre photography days. Why was Thomas Tollis enlisting in the Army in January 1796? The fact that he was joining the Dragoons, a cavalry regiment, suggests that Thomas was a very good horseman and enjoyed working with horses. The Description Books give his occupation as a mason, while his Discharge Papers list him as a labourer. He was probably one of the seasonally employed, sem-skilled people who drifted into the city to find employment and food. The price of a loaf of bread was certainly very expensive during the 1790s. The more unemployed people there were, the higher the enlistment figures were. Enlisted men served for life, so Thomas must have seen this as his best option at the time. The next record shows that Thomas Tollis transferred to the New South Wales Corps on 11th August 1796 in London. The formation of this specific regiment in 1789. had been made necessary by the refusal of the Royal Marines, who had accompanied the First Fleet, to supervise the convicts. Four companies had arrived by 1792, in time for their commander, Major Grose to assume control of the colony acting as Lieutenant Governor, when Phillip returned to England. It has alwys been a mystery why Thomas remained for such a short time with his original unit. Then recently the reason was discovered - he had deserted and ended up in the London Military prison, The Savoy! Desertion was very common with people enlisting for economic reasons rather than a desire to be in the army. When the Corps in New South Wales decided in 1796 that they needed two more companies it was difficult to raise the numbers because England was at war with France. So recruits were taken mainly from deserters in the military prison. Thomas' position was better than that of the convicts. At least he gained immediate freedom and absolutely nothing about his indescretion was recorded in the Description Books or his Discharge Papers. We know that Thomas Tollis after nine years with Elizabeth, was assigned a new convict housekeeper, Mrs Ann Waters, in 1807. He was about to start a second family

Thomass grave, it is in the Pioneer Cemetery at Botany now, having been moved from the original site. It is in the centre circle beside that of John Cadman, the harbour master, so very prominent.

source

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kiwiadams/4518.html

Back To . . .The New South Wales Corps. ( Rum Corps. ) "Renamed 102nd Regiment

73rd Highland Regiment 1st Battalion

48th Foot .The Northamptonshire Regiment

Bodyguard of Light Horse

Born : circa 1777

Where Born : Maidstone, Kent

Occupation : Labourer, Mason / Soldier

Date Arrived : 02. June .1797

Ship Arrived on : " Ganges "

Rank on Discharge : Corporal

Date of Enlistment : 12 January 1796 aged 19 , enlisted in the 20th Light Dragoons

Where Enlisted : Kent

Transferred to : 102nd Regiment

Date Transferred: 11. August 1796

Transferred to : 73rd Regiment

Date Transferred: 1810

Transferred to : 46th Regiment

Transferred to 48th : 1817

Date of Discharge :30 . April . 1820 (inability to serve )

Where Discharged : Sydney

Died :25 July 1821

Where Died / Buried : Sydney Regimental Hospital / Sydney

Parents Names :

1st Spouse's Name : Elizabeth Atkinson (Aka) Atkins Atkinson, Betty aka Atkins

Born . 1759,

Where Born : Maidstone, Kent

Occupation :

Convict: Sentenced Lancaster 1797 , 7 Years age 38

Date Arrived : July 1798

Ship Arrived on : "Britannia I"

Died : 18 October 1809 age 50 Old Sydney Burial Grounds C/D

Where Died / Buried : 18 October 1809

Parents Names :

Date Married : they did not marry

Spouse's Parents :

2nd Spouse's Name : Ann waters

Born : 1785

Where Born :

Occupation :

Date Arrived : 18 June .1807

Ship Arrived on : "Sydney Cove "

Died : 13 April 1821

Where Died / Buried : Sandhill's Cemetery Sydney

Parents Names :

Date Married : 26 May 1812

Where Married :

Spouse's Parents :

Atkinson, Betty aka Atkins

Atkinson, Betty

Atkinson, Elizabeth

Descendants:

Some information supplied by Margaret Childs margchilds@bigpond.com

Some information supplied by Suzanne Tollis, thumper287@hotmail

Some information supplied by kath hansen kathhansen@xtra.co.nz

Area Settled :

Children : of Thomas & Elizabeth

1 . - Elizabeth Atkinson Tollis 20.08.1799 who married Thomas Hansen Jnr, son of Capt. Thomas Hansen. Thomas Tollis (b.1808....d.)

Children : of Thomas & Ann

1 . Ann Tollis (b.1814....d.)

2 . Samuel Tollis(b.1816.....d.)

3 . Nathaniel William Tollis (b.1818....d.)

4 . Eliza Tollis (b.1821.....d.)

5 .

6 .

History & Achievements :

The history of Thomas Tollis and his descendants has been written by Enid Bohlsen - "In the King's Service". It is well researched and written. I had been also been researching this chap for some time. Both his" wives" were convicts. Thomas' wife Eliza and baby daughter died a few months before him and after Thomas died his some of his children were placed in the Orphan School and others placed in the care of another soldier's wife, Elizabeth Fowler and Ann placed with Daniel Cooper. Thomas's wife who died shortly before him was Ann, not Eliza. The reason why Samuel Marsden insisted on Thomas Hansen marrying was that he had a rule about no single men were to live with the missionaries. Very soon after the group arrived in 1814, Thomas was unfairly accused of seducing a Maori woman with the promise of a nail & had to face Marsden's wrath. However, the woman herself cleared Thomas of any suspicion & that was that, except that Marsden sent Thomas back to NSW to find a wife as he obviously had intentions of staying near his sister in the community Sergeants Charles Whalan (also one of the Gov. bodyguards) was the executor of his will and went to some trouble to see that the children were looked after. I understand that Whalan's son/s discovered the Jenolin Caves. Corporal Tollis his wife and baby Eliza were reinterned at the Botany Pioneer Cemetery. Near the centre there is a group a three headstones, one being the Tollis family and another being John Cadman's. Thomas' first child and dau of Elizabeth (Betty) Atkinson, also Elizabeth was married by Samuel Marsden to Thomas Hansen (his ship's Captain's son) and they became the first European non missionary family to settle in New Zealand (1816). The story goes that Marsden was not happy about young Thomas Hansen's liaison with the Maori maidens and thought marriage would settle him down.

Reference R.S.T & R.M

History And Archives/Old Sydney Burial Ground.

-Inventory of Burials 1792-1820  City of Sydney Historical Program 

Researched Cathy Dunn C/D

References

Family Members, Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia

The information is intended for short Historical value only,

E- mail address

Refer to Home Page

© Copyright B & M Chapman (QLD) Australia

source- http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/index.php?ged=Tollis.ged

Changes to Corporal Thomas Tollis name see below as verified by Steve Mangan. There are Tollis\'s in France, Italy and America. Some of the American Tollis family may be of Irish descent.. I have put all that I can find in the Family Tree database but there are many that are not linked currently.Steve Mangan has found in National Archives at Kew Corporal Thomas Tollis original military pay and muster book entries, repatriated from Sydney. These pay books were completed monthly and list all soldiers in each Company in the same listed order. The National Archives file series is WO 12 / 9899 ‎(25 June 1798 - 24 December 1799)‎. They show quite conclusively that Corporal Thomas Tollis was originally Thomas Tolhurst. Month after month he is so named and numbered until suddenly in the record for the period 25 June - 24 July 1799, his name changes to Thomas Tollis. There is no doubt that it is one and the same man because his companions either side of him on the list are all the same. The only change is the change in spelling of the name from Tolhurst to Tollis. It would appear that a deliberate decision was made by the recorder and/or Thomas Tolhurst himself that henceforth he should be known as Thomas Tollis. I am guessing that the Kentish pronunciation of his name was the driver for the change in spelling. There are, as I am sure you are aware, numerous Tolhursts in Kent. The local Kentish manner of pronunciation could easily be heard as Tollis. The following details start from the Thomas Tollis a mason by trade who enlisted in the army at Maidstone, Kent on 12 January 1796 as a Private in the 20th Light Dragoons. He arrived at Port Jackson on the Ganges on 2 June 1797.Thomas Tollis was born C 1777 presumably in Kent and died 25 July 1821.TT had a relationship, apparently de facto, with a convict named Elizabeth ‎(Betty)‎ Atkinson who was born c 1760 at Manchester and who arrived together with 96 female convicts on the Brittania on 18 July 1798 and seems to have died in Sydney c1806.. Betty was 38 years old and had been convicted of a minor felony for which she was sentenced to transportation to NSW for seven years. This relationship produced one daughter named Elizabeth born c 1797 died in New Zealand on 25 March 1867. Corporal Thomas Tollis then met and subsequently married Ann Waters on 26 May 1812. Ann Waters was born in Scotland c 1785 and died 13 April 1821.They had several children including Thomas born c 1808 died at Alexandria on 2 August 1880 and Harriot‎(t)‎ born 18 June 1810 died pre 1832 married James Tierney 29 November 1824 - both of these children appear to have been born before Thomas and Ann were permitted to marry. Then followed Ann born 1 March 1814 died ?? she married George Hely in 1831 and also George Grierson ‎(or was this Gray?)‎ c 1840, Samuel born 8 February 1816, Nathaniel born 16 May 1818 died 24 May 1860 ‎(or should this be 1863?)‎ and married Sophia Walford on 14 May 1836. Sophia was born c 1820 and died c 1905 ‎(as Upton?)‎ but stated as 19 March 1890 per Enid Bohlson ?, and Eliza who was born c 1821 and died 23 April 1821 close to the deaths of both her parents. Current Tollis named families in the UK live in Yorkshire, London and Birmingham. Many thanks to the following people who have helped to compile the Tollis family tree. Ian Kenny, Enid Bohlsen, Bruce Hamilton Tollis, Michael S Tollis Kath Hansen and Trish Haselden. ‎(I also have a copy of Enid Bohlsen\'s book regarding the Tollis family, which I have not had time to copy into the tree. Pictures on the gallery are from that book.

Tollis Bicycle

researched and written by Ian Kenny

I had heard of the King St. Mascot bicycle shop first from my mother who said that a cousin made a good bicycle; I did not give much thought to the family connection until a neighbour Don Strachan, became interested in Genealogy and it transpired he was a distant relative, sending me details of my family tree and so my interest in Tollis bicycles was rekindled. Whilst at the Wings and Wheels rally at Nowra in October 1995, Phil Westbrook also told me of the existence of the King St shop and the seed was sown-to track down and if possible acquire a piece of my family\\\'s history.

Donald Edwin Tollis ‎(b 1887, d 1971)‎ opened for business at his 210 King St Mascot shop in 1922-it also was the family residence, Russell was born there in 1916. Donald made all his bicycle frames by hand, using Reynolds and BTM ‎(Aust.)‎ tubing. These were mostly double-butted, lugs were Brampton brazed on with heating assisted by an old-fashioned bellows. An electric fan superseded the bellows in about 1937. Donald had served an appropriate Apprenticeship as he had worked for Bennett and Barkell ‎(1916-18)‎, Wynall Cycles ‎(also Bennett and Barkell)‎, then Bennett and Wood where he made frames for Speedwell Cycles ‎(1918-22)‎.

Russell made his bicycles until 1978 when he retired I can ride Russell's last Tollis any more then I know it will be safe in Annemarie's care-in the Bicycle Museum where enthusiasts can appreciate Russell's craftsmanship.

It was discovered recently Thomas had deserted and ended up in the London Military prison, The Savoy! Desertion was very common with people enlisting for economic reasons rather than a desire to be in the army. When the Corps in New South Wales decided in 1796 that they needed two more companies it was difficult to raise the numbers because England was at war with France. So recruits were taken mainly from deserters in the military prison. Thomas' position was better than that of the convicts. At least he gained immediate freedom and absolutely nothing about his indescretion was recorded in the Description Books or his Discharge Papers.

=LINKS=

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tollis-8
• https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/...
• http://www.tolliss.com/webtrees/index.php?ctype=gedcom&ged=Tollis
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Probate Details Number INX-52-163 Title TOLLIS Thomas Index Name Probate Records – Supplementary Index 1790-1875 Name Thomas Surname TOLLIS Date 0-0 Entry No 117 Remarks
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