Thomas Musgrave (castaway)
Thomas Musgrave
Early years
Musgrave was born in Durham, in north-eastern England, the eldest son of Richard Musgrave and Margaret Bailie. He first went to sea at the age of 16, from Liverpool in 1848. He married Catherine Halcrow Sinclair in 1854 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He moved with his family to Australia in 1858 where he was based for the rest of his life.[1]
Shipwreck
Musgrave's final voyage as a ship's captain began in 1863, leaving Sydney on 12 November on a
Lighthouse keeping
After being reunited with his family in 1865, Musgrave promised his wife that he would never go far out at sea again. In 1867 he started work as a
Musgrave died at the age of 59, seven months after the death of his wife, with whom he is buried at Queenscliffe, Victoria. During their 37-year marriage Catherine Musgrave bore 16 children, including three sets of twins. Nine of their children predeceased them, many in infancy.[1]
References
Footnotes
Sources
- Macdonald, Malcolm S. (1997). "Captain Thomas Musgrave, Lighthouse Keeper, Wilsons Promontory 1869". PRISM Feature Story. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
Further reading
- Druett, J. (2007). Island of the Lost - a Harrowing True Story of Shipwreck Death and Survival on a Godforsaken Island at the Edge of the World. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74175-368-4.
- Musgrave, T. (1866). Castaway on the Auckland Isles: A Narrative of the Wreck of the "Grafton" and of the escape of the crew after twenty months suffering. London: Lockwood & Co.
External links
- Works by or about Thomas Musgrave at Wikisource