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Re, Sarah Hill, (nee Cox) Sarah died 31/3/1863 at 1 Queen St Hobart in her 64 th year Queen st later changed to Newdegate St North Hobart around 1890 Thank you Robert

Have been off line for last few days, Thank you for your replies. I have the info re Edward Thornton Gilbert who married Thomas Hill's daughter Jane in Hobart 17/1/1857 and later moved to Qympie in Queensland. I believe Thomas and Sarah arrived in Hobart around 1826 with a son born 1823 (Charles William Henry Hill) who when his death notice in 1898 stated born England.. The connection to this belief is : when Thomas and Sarah grand sons wife died in 1906 she was placed in uncle CWHHill burial plot at Cornelian Bay Cemetery Hobart
Thank you Robert

Haven't found anything for marriage to Sarah Cox (the 1837 application that Gins posted relates to a convict's application to marry, so unlikely to be anything to do with a member of the mounted police). Sarah was born c1800 going by the various death notices on Trove. I noticed on some of the family notices that they say "Sydney papers please copy" - wonder if that's where Sarah was from?

Robert may already have this:

DEATH.
On Sunday, August 29, at the residence of his son-in-law (Edward T. Gilbert), Thomas Hill, who for 40 years served in the British army with credit and honour to his country, died a Christian in his 80th year.

Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919) Wednesday 1 September 18

Right, THIS is the correct death notice:

HILL. At the Gympie, Queensland, on the 29th August, after a short illness, Thomas Hill, for many years Sergeant of the Mounted Police in this colony, aged 79 years.

From The Mercury (Hobart) Saturday 25 September 1869

and

Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Thomas Hill
Death Date: 29 Aug 1869
Death Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1869
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 000739
Page Number: 6667

Would have been useful if this death notice gave a forename:

Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930

Name: Hill
Death Date: 16 Sep 1869
Parent/Spouse: Sarah Mrs
Age: 76
Other Details: of Harrington Street
Publication Date: 9 Sep 1869

EDIT: Looking at the actual article on Trove it appears that it was the death of Sarah, wife of Richard Hill. Very misleading.

Oh well, will leave for elimination.

His death gives a different birth year than your post



Name:Thomas Hill

Birth Year:abt 1807

Age:61
Death Date:26 Oct 1868
Death Place:Tasmania
Registration Year:1868
Registration Place:Hobart, Tasmania
Registration Number:7600


Are you sure his wife was 'Sarah' and not Catherine?


Name:Thomas Hill
Age:27
Birth Year:Abt 1810
Spouse:Cathe Cox

Request Status:Granted
Date of Permission/Refusal:7 Jan 1837

in 1826 was a member of the 63 Regiment in Hobart on Van Diemans Land , then with the Scots Fusiliers 99th Regiments through the 1830s promoted to Sergeant .As these regiments returned to England... Thomas remained in Hobart and populated and joined the Hobart Mounted Police Force until his death in 1869.
These dates and regiment info gained from birth registries of his children..He married Sarah Cox no idea where or when.