THOMAS HENRY WILMSHURST was born in Johnsonville, Wellington 19 Oct 1851
- son of John Thomas WILMSHURST (1823-1909) & Rachel Ann MUDGWAY (1830-1920)
- Thomas died 20 April 1945 aged 94 in Palmerston North

Thomas married SUSANNAH FLORENCE 'Susan' FAIRBRASS in Johnsonville 13 April 1870
- born 3 July 1851 in Porirua Rd, Wellington
- daughter of Thomas FAIRBRASS (1817-1853) & Anne RUSSELL
- Susan died 18 March 1922 in Masterton

THOMAS & SUSAN had 15 children
... 1
1870 - 1948 Grace Anne Wilmshurst
- Grace married William WILLIAMSON in 1892
- she married Francis UNDERWOOD in 1911

... 2
1872 - 1935 Walter John Wilmshurst
- Walter married Elizabeth Emily McALISTER in Dannevirke in 1899
- they divorced in Dec 1910
- he married Helen Louisa MELVILLE in 1912

... 3
1874 - 1951 Kate Wilmshurst
- Kate married John Joseph COLLEY 12 Sep 1891

... 4
1876 - 1918 Ernest Wilmshurst
- Ernest married Elizabeth DAVIS Boxing Day 1900
- he is buried in Masterton

... 5
1877 - 1960 Ada Wilmshurst
- Ada married Edmund TOWNSHEND 14 Jan 1903 at St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch

... 6
1879 - 1955 Augustus William Wilmshurst
- Augustus married Elsie Mabel BURGESS 8 April 1903
- he is buried in Hamilton East

... 7
1880 - 1916 Thomas Henry
- born in Johnsonville, Wellington
- Thomas died of appendicitis in Masterton Hospital

... 8
1882 - 1973 Claude Edwin Wilmshurst
- Claude married Annie Clare BOWLES 4 Jan 1907

... 9
1884 - 1944 Ethel May Wilmshurst
- Ethel married Edward Thomas WATERS 24 June 1903
- 1 of their daughters, Rose Ella Sirett was a daughter of Leeson Thomas SIRETT & Alice Maud COLVILLE of Foxton
- she was cremated at Karori, Wellington

... 10
1885 - 1966 Christopher Charles Wilmshurst
- Christopher married Hilda Jane COLEMAN 1 Jan 1923, possibly in Masterton

... 11
1887 - 1969 Hilda Ella Laura Wilmshurst
- Hilda married Albert Martin HOLMES 8 May 1907 in Kuripuni, Masterton

... 12
1888 - 1977 Laura Louisa Wilmshurst
- born Gloria Louisa but never used that name
- Laura married Frederick Percy 'Fred' HANNAH 11 Feb 1907 in Carterton
- they had at least 7 children
- she is buried in Levin

... 13
1889 - 1985 Ellen 'Nellie' Wilmshurst
- Ellen married Herbert Edward HICKSON (1877-1923) 14 Oct 1908 at St Mark's Church, Carterton

... 14
1892 - 1957 Percival Horace Wilmshurst
- Percival married Muriel Ivy MOOSMAN in 1920

... 15
1893 - 1976 Dorothy Olive Wilmshurst
- Dorothy married Thomas SMITH 25 May 1916, Knox Church, Masterton