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| Name | ANNEAR / ANNAR – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Sappers and Miners |
| Regiment Number (s) | 12 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th November 1823 / 18 years / Devonport Devon England Smith |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 ½ in Fresh / Grey / Grey / Scar on Forehead |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Barbados – 4 years 10 months Halifax Nova Scotia – 7 years 2 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 190 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 8 April 1845 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1845 Falmouth Cornwall 1850-1853 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem Increased to 1/0½d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1804 Dunderton near Tavistock Devon England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 15th April 1804 Bradstone Devon England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | ANNEAR /ANNAR Samuel Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth | UNKNOWN Ann Not yet known |
| Siblings | ANNEAR David bap 11th November 1806 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | RIVETT / REBBETT Susan c1805 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1st January 1833 St Mary Magdalen Woolwich Kent England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Emma B Woolwich 1833 Bp 20th November 1833 St Mary Magdalen Woolwich Kent England M TONKIN John 5th February 1851 Fremantle Western Australia D 21st September 1881 Stoke Dameril Devon England David Samuel B Purfleet 1836 Bp 3rd January 1836 St Michaels Aveley Essex England M LOTON Elizabeth Mary June 1858 Perth Western Australia Daughter of EPG Robert Loton (Robert Small 1853) D 4th August 1909 Claremont Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Thomas W B 1838 Halifax Nova Scotia John B 1840 Halifax Nova Scotia James B 1841 Halifax Nova Scotia M HOSKING Emily 1860 Fremantle Western Australia D May 1894 Perth WA Bur 6th May 1894 East Perth Cemetery Mary Jane B c1847 Bp 11th June 1848 Gwennap, Cornwall, England D 22nd April 1850 at sea aboard Scindian aged 2 from hydrocephalus John bap 1853 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Appointed Assistant Warder June 1850 Warder May 1851 Salary £55 per annum Cook and Warder Convict Establishment |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 List of pensioners on the Scindian Daily News (Perth WA) Friday 19th August 1887 page 3 death of Susan |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 3rd December 1853 Fremantle Western Australia 4th December 1853 Fremantle Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1887 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Annear Royal Sappers & Miners 3rd Company location Halifax Nova Scotia Discharge due to chronic rheumatism. By a memo dated 10th January 1850 the Staff Officer at Falmouth was directed to send Pensioners Samuel Annear and William Hall and their families by boat to arrive not later than 19th January at Tilbury Fort. They were allotted 3 days’ pay for expenses After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the name, rank, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital Status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation. Private Samuel Annear, blacksmith, 1/-, 14th January, Married, 4 children After Samuel’s death his widow was paid 5/- per week from the compassionate Fund as she was unable to support herself and 2 children until 1866 when she was to be supported by her two sons, David and James. (Warder & Gaolers, Barker) Emily Annear nee Hoskins arrived 1859 on the Hammilla Mitchell as a single girl and married James Annear 4 months later. She the matron of the Perth Women’ s Home (Poor House) for forty years and as such organised the catering for nearly all the major balls and functions in Perth for many years. On her retirement she was awarded a pension of £136/8/6. An article about Emily was written in the Centennial publication in 1929. Son Thomas is mentioned in Warders and Gaolers as having his ration cut when he turned 14 in 1852 but he disappears from that time, although a George Thomas Annear was buried in the East Perth Cemetery on 14th December 1874 – no further details. Emma and her husband John Tonkin who was a sergeant with the Royal Engineers returned to England 4th October 1855, living at Melbourne Place, 36, Sandy Hill Road, Plumstead, Lewisham, England in the 1861 census. They retired to Stoke Dameril Devon after John’s discharge in 1866 until their deaths in 1879 and 1881. They did not have children. |