International Building Contractor, Speculator & General Rogue. After marrying 1st wife (Mary Margaret SPARKS), Toronto, ON, 1855, Thomas assumed the identity of a New Yorker travelling west across the USA profiteering from the advance of the Northern Pacific Railway. After an acrimonious divorce in Tacoma, WA, 1884, leaves 1st wife and her 4 children and relocates to Vancouver BC, with a 2nd wife (Agnes MARTIN) in 1886. Where he changes his age by 15 years and reverts to the identity of a Canadian while profiteering from the advance of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He then abandons 2nd wife in Vancouver, 1895, keeps her 2 children and takes up with a 3rd woman (Mary Jane TURNER)and relocates new blended family to Durban South Africa via Hawaii during 1895/1901. Finally he widows Mary in Durban in 1922, leaving her 3 children, nothing, not even his name!
International Building Contractor, Speculator & General Rogue. After marrying 1st wife (Mary Margaret SPARKS), Toronto, ON, 1855, Thomas assumed the identity of a New Yorker travelling west across the USA profiteering from the advance of the Northern Pacific Railway. After an acrimonious divorce in Tacoma, WA, 1884, leaves 1st wife and her 4 children and relocates to Vancouver BC, with a 2nd wife (Agnes MARTIN) in 1886. Where he changes his age by 15 years and reverts to the identity of a Canadian while profiteering from the advance of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He then abandons 2nd wife in Vancouver, 1895, keeps her 2 children and takes up with a 3rd woman (Mary Jane TURNER)and relocates new blended family to Durban South Africa via Hawaii during 1895/1901. Finally he widows Mary in Durban in 1922, leaving her 3 children, nothing, not even his name!
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