Thomas Jex SCRAGGS
Date of Birth:
c 1855
Date of Death:
4 Jun 1899
Thomas was born at East dereham, Norfolk, England.
He died at sea on a trip back to England.
He married Mary Dalgety (born at Lower Hutt in 1849) at Lower hutt in 1885.
They had one daughter. She married a John Ramsay & they had a child who didn't survive infancy. John was killed in action at Ypres, Belgium in 1917.
Thomas came to NZ as a miner in 1879 & then established a business in Wellington as a painter, paperhanger & glazier.
In 1890 he was the original purchaser of Suburban Block 60 of 20 acres in Levin.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Thomas Jex Scraggs, Edward John Scraggs, Ann Stimpson, Mary Dalgety, Alexander Dalgety, Janet (Jessie) Ross, Alice Maud Mary Scraggs, John Ramsay.