BURTON, Thomas
24 November 1887 – 17 November 1951
Origin Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland
First settled in Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia
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Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1911
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Thomas came to Australia to provide a better future for his family. Son of a ploughman, Alexander Brown Burton. Thomas worked for the WAGR for many years. He & his sons built the family home in Tasman St, Mt Hawthorn, where he & Bessie lived until their deaths, six weeks apart in 1951.
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