Thomas McMicking, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian settler
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Place of Birth: Stamford Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About Thomas McMicking
- Thomas McMicking IV was the leader of the famed "Overlanders of '62" which traversed the continent in 1862 from Queenston, Canada West in search of gold in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
- He was born on April 16, 1829 in Stamford Township, Welland County, Upper Canada (City of Niagara Falls) and died on August 25, 1866 when he drowned in the Fraser river near New Westminster, British Columbia.
- He died trying to save his son, Francis, who also drowned when both became stuck under a boom.
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