He came to Queensland in 1876 and married Mary Strasburg (daughter of Frederick Strasburg and Frederica Mundt) in Brisbane in 1881. They had seven children:[1][2][3]
Victor Thomas (born 1897,married Mabel Annie Sinnamon in 1921)[2]
Cara May Gladys (born 1901,married Lancelot Walter Trout in 1925)[2]
Proe died on 17 December 1922 at his residence "Wyralla",Mark street,New Farm,aged 71 years. He is buried in Toowong Cemetery. His wife died in 1924 and is buried with him.[1][2][3][4]
Thomas Proe was president for some years of the Licensed Victuallers' Association,a member of the Brisbane Metropolitan Water Board,[1] and a member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers.[5]
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