Thomas McGlinn, convict no 2368, was born in 1831 at Cavin Country in Ireland. He was the son of Michael McGlinn and Mary [nee Cunningham]. His convict details state: 22 years old, 5 foot 7 inches high, dark brown hair, dark grey eyes, round face, sallow complexion, slight build, cut on top of finger left hand, freckled person, single man, shoemaker.
To celebrate the Bicentennial year, the Irish government gave a considerable amount of records to the WA state and Thomas McGlinn is mentioned in these records.
Thomas was convicted of Larceny and on account of other charges he was sentenced to 10 years penal servitude. On 31st August 1853 he arrived at Fremantle on the "Phoebe Dunbar". It is interesting to note that owing to the number of deaths on board this ship whilst in transit, the ship only made the one trip with convicts, and indeed this was one of only 2 conveying convicts from Ireland to WA.
In 1854 McGlinn was granted ticket of leave to York and it was in that year he was given permission to marry Catherine Walker, the daughter of David Walker and Sarah Mayburg. During their life they had 3 boys and 6 girls. Catherine became the librarian of York's Mechanics Institute.
Thomas died at the old men’s home in Claremont in 1919 and was buried at Karrakatta. His wife Catherine died in York some 9 years earlier and was buried in the same place.