The Tome Family

Maria Lucon (1846/47-1939/45) was Linda's Father's Mother's Mother.

Linda descends from Maria's second marriage, to Lorenzo Perin/Capelin.

Maria Lucon's first marriage was to Giovanni Tome (1836?-1880).
Maria's Giovanni d. at Port Breton, and Lorenzo's Catterina d. at Noumea.
So both arrived at Port Jackson in April 1881 with children and no spouse.

Of the people in Giovanni Tome's line:

• the generation born 1900-20 (e.g. Rita) are Ray Spinaze's half-first-cousins
• the generation born 1930-50 (e.g. Martin) are Linda Spinaze's half-second cousins

The pages in this section are:

• The Upper Tome line
• Girolamo's line, not relations, but expeditioners, known to the Spinaze family, and interesting
• Giovanni and Maria's line, the blood-relations

The remaining Tomes in the southern areas of Sydney are no longer from Giovanni's line but from Giralomo's.

The Tomes around Inverell appear to be from Giovanni's son John's line.

Others among the NSW Tomes are presumably from Giralomo's line.

There are also Tomes in Queensland who Steve Capelin has established migrated to Australia after WWII.

Acknowledgements

In 2011-13 when I established this page, the information about the Perin / Capelin line's origins and early years in Australia drew on the following publications:

• Harrigan R. (2006) 'They Were Expeditioners: The Chronicle of Northern Italian Farmers – Pioneer Settlers of New Italy' Rosemary Harrigan, Werribee VIC 3030, April 2006, 188 pp.
• De Stefani H.T. & Craven S.M. Eds. (1980) 'Our Italian Heritage' Centennial Celebration Committee, 1980, 263 pp. (popularly referred to as 'The Stud Book')
• Thompson A.-G. (1980) 'Turmoil – Tragedy to Triumph: The Story of New Italy' International Colour Productions, Stanthorpe Qld 4380, 1980, ISBN 0 86774 000 0, 56 pp.
• 'New Italy Settlement', Heritage Council of NSW, version of Aug 2011 mirrored here

In about 2014, I added Spinaze family memories, and information from Steve and Mick Capelin's revised family tree and updates, correspondence with Martin Mulligan, then many more details from Geraldine Bryant, and from John Duffy via Steve Capelin.

In late 2020, I added a great deal more on Girolamo's line provided by Belinda Patterson nee Catlan.

This a page within Linda Spinaze's Family Web-Site
Contact: Roger Clarke and Linda Spinaze
Created: 27 April 2011; Last Amended: 12 Dec 2020