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| Name | BOOTH – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 35th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1073 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th February 1837 / 18 years / Derby Derbyshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10¼ in Fair / Grey / Light Brown / Vaccine scar right arm |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 9 years 97 days |
| Length of Service | 14 years 145 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 30th June 1851 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cowhill Belper Derbyshire |
| Pension Districts | 1851 Derby Derbyshire England 1853 – 55(?) Western Australia 1856 – 58 Melbourne 1865 – 80 Adelaide |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES II 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1819 Derbyshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 7th November 1819 Belper Derbyshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BOOTH Abraham B c 1785 bur 7th March 1852 St Peter’s Belper Derbyshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Ann B c 1797 M Not yet known bur 12th March 1833 St Peter’s Belper Derbyshire |
| Siblings | Abraham bap 19th June 1816 Belper Derbyshire England D Not yet known Mary bap 19th October 1818 Wesleyan Methodist Belper Derbyshire bur 27th October 1818 St Peter’s Belper Derbyshire Sarah bap 2nd November 1824 Wesleyan Methodist Belper Derbyshire D Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | AXFORD Harriet (nee ROWE) B c 1828 (age 12 in 1841 census) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | M 13th July 1848 Plymouth Devon England |
| Children by 1st Wife | William Henry (possibly adopted or child of Harriet and Thomas Axford) B c 1848 England or Ireland M HOPKINS Maria Eleanor 24th April 1877 St Pauls Church Port Adelaide South Australia D 30th April 1921 Fullarton Adelaide South Australia bur 1st May 1921 Cheltenham Cemetery Adelaide South Australia Ann B c July 1851 England or Ireland D 7th March 1853 aboard Pyrenees II aged 20 months Benjamin Freeman Pyrenees B 6th February 1853 aboard Pyrenees II, birth registered 1853 at Albany Western Australia bap 17th February 1853 aboard Pyrenees II bap 27th November 1853 Albany Western Australia D 21st February 1919 Cheltenham South Australia Samuel B 5th September 1854 Albany Western Australia bap 19th November 1854 Albany Western Australia D 23rd Jan 1856 Adelaide unmarked grave in West Terrace Cemetery South Australia Sarah B 21st August 1856 Port Adelaide South Australia M LOWRIE / LOWREY / LOWERY James 13th November 1876 Adelaide South Australia D 15th September 1877 Port Adelaide South Australia Walter B 19th April 1858 Adelaide South Australia M TURNER Catherine Lavina 3rd September 1885 Adelaide South Australia D 17th September 1941 Port Adelaide South Australia Charlotte B 6th February 1860 Adelaide South Australia M HOPKINS James Robert 3rd September 1878 Adelaide South Australia D 7th January 1933 Port Adelaide South Australia Samuel B 28th May 1862 Portland Adelaide South Australia M HOARE Eliza 1st August 1885 Adelaide South Australia D 9th August 1921 Port Adelaide South Australia Mary Anne (Maryann) B 13th March 1865 Adelaide South Australia M 1. AXTELL James 3rd May 1881 Adelaide South Australia 2. KOHLER John Henry Thodor Fitz 14th July 1888 Mt Barker South Australia 3. GREENLAND Richard Samuel 20th January 1906 Adelaide South Australia D 14th September 1907 Port Adelaide South Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | ROWE James (Occupation a Smith) B c1801 D Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Susan B c1801 D Not yet known M Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Advertiser (South Australia) Monday 16th September 1907 page 2 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 7th December 1855 Mrs Booth and 4 children left Albany Western Australia for South Australia per Island Lady: Samuel may have traveled earlier as he was struck off pension list in 1854 for being absent from colony without leave. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 19th October 1880 Lambert Street Rosewater South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | D 10th February 1893 Rosewater Port Adelaide South Australia bur Cheltenham Cemetery South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
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