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Early Origins of the Thouless family

The surname Thouless was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1327 when John and William Thewles held lands.

Early History of the Thouless family

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Thouless Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Thewlis, Thewles, Thewles, Thouless, Thowless, Thowlace and many more.

Early Notables of the Thouless family

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Australia Thouless migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Thouless Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Reuben Thouless, (b. 1825), aged 18, British Convict who was convicted in Norwich, Norfolk, England for 7 years for theft, transported aboard the "Asiatic" on 26th May 1843, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1878 [1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Thouless (post 1700) +

  • David James Thouless FRS (1934-2019), Scottish condensed-matter physicist from Bearsden, Scotland, awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics


  1. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asiatic


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