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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 / 24th May 1851 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cowhill Belper Derbyshire |
| Pension Districts | 1851 Derby Derbyshire England 1853 – 54 Western Australia No pension paid between 1854 and its restoration 1st April 1876 For repayment of passage £44/13/6 and £15 payment on cottage See WO 22/273 and WO23/48 1876 – 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 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1819 Belper 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 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 M Not yet known |
| 1st wife’s 1st Marriage | AXFORD Thomas (died 1847 buried 28th November St. Andrew Parish Plymouth) M 12th September 1847 St. Andrew Plymouth Devon England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Albany no allotment number recorded as he abandoned it 1854 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Advertiser (South Australia) Monday 16th September 1907 page 2 South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail Saturday 23rd October 1880 page 4 Death notice Samuel Booth |
| Departure from Western Australia | 7th December 1855 Mrs Booth and 4 children left Albany Western Australia for South Australia per Island Lady: Samuel 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 |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Booth 1073 Private 35th Foot location Mauritius 1851 Samuel Booth 1073 Private 73rd Foot location Enniskillen Ireland Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and general constitutional weakness, enlarged veins bith legs and a paralytic affection of the right side of face. During the voyage of the Pyrenees Ann Booth age 20 months was treated for diarrhoea on 10th January and appeared cured but died March 2nd from meningitis the surgeon noted she was a pale an unhealthy child and scarcely had a day of health while on board. Mrs Booth aged 22 also received medical treatment on the voyage. 8th August 1853 Captain Bruce objected to the luggage of Samuel booth being searched in the presence of a ticket of leave man before boarding the boat for Albany. In a report to the Governor dated 9th September 1854 Staff Officer Bruce wrote ‘On the 28th August I came in sight of Albany passing about a mile and a half from the town allotments marked out for Pensioners. The men marked in the margin (John Wild, Patrick White, M. Fitzgerald, and K. Gregory) have made considerable progress in clearing their land and they have together erected for themselves cottages. I therefore recommend each of them for the sum of £15 – a fifth man Private Booth, has likewise done much, considering the comparative short time he has been there. He has cleared a large patch of his land and put up the framework of his cottage. I consequently recommend the issue to him also of £15. The land allotted to these men is very inferior to the soil of Kojonup. I hope considering their proximity to the port of Albany, they will be enabled to obtain for themselves a livelihood. The other Pensioners in this district, 10 in number, have been deterred from taking land by the difficulties of clearing and putting up dwellings for themselves. Harriet booth was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital 4th February 1890 age 68, Church of England, a widow residing Rosewater had lived 37 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Pyrenees. Also admitted to the hospital were: William Henry admitted 7th October 1895 age 45 born Ireland, C of E, married residence New Era VS, arrive in the Pyrenees and had been 40 year in the Colony Samuel admitted 22nd December 1897 age 35 born South Australia C of E, labourer living Alberton Mary A admitted 20th January 1881 age 16 born South Australia, a single woman residing Rosewater occupation servant Walter admitted 1st September 1877 age 19 born South Australia, single, C of E, living Rosewater There was also a Harriett Axford admitted 21st April 1888 age 40 and 31 December 1898 (no age, no ship of arrival, no time in Colony) both entries are for single women with the later one born England, she died 12th January 1899. This may be the 4th Child on the shipping list of the Lady Island as we are missing one although there was an Axford family in SA at the time. SROWA Cons 36 Vol 308 Folio 118 |
