Private Samuel Mottram ( Mattrans) (1800........1802)
- Back To . . 51st
Foot 2nd Yorkshire , West Riding Light Infantry Regiment
Born :
1800
Where Born : Stone, County of Stafford,UK
Occupation : Soldier / Labourer
Date Arrived : 1839 Van Diemans - 1840 Swan River 25th
June 1840
Ship Arrived on :
“Lord Lyndoch”
Van Diemans Land ..SwanRiver "
Runnymede "
Rank attained :Private
Regimental # : 585
Date of Enlistment :
13th
July 1826 90th Regiment of Foot 1826,
Where Enlisted : Carlisle
Transfered : 51st on 31st Dec. 1830.
Date of Discharge :- 17th
Feb 1848
Where Discharged :Swan River, Western Australia
Died :
23rd
July 1882
Where Died /
Buried :
Havelock Victoria
/ Maryborough cemetery
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :
Catherine Magnor or
Magner
Born :1815
Where Born : Cork Ireland
Occupation : Home duties
Date Arrived : 1839
Van Diemans - 1840 Swan River
Ship Arrived on : “Lord Lyndoch” Van Diemans
Land then “Runnymede" to Swan River
Date Married :
1833
Where Married : Ireland
Died : December 31st
1868
Where Died /
Buried : Timor
VictoriaMaryborough cemetery
Spouse's Parents : John
Magner or Magnor (b......d.) and Jane ?(b......d.)
Descendants
This information Kindly
supplied by Bev Mottram
mottram@wn.com.au.
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- Children
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- 1 . Margaret Mottram b 1836
in Ireland d 27th
January 1882New Norcia, Western Australia
- 2 . John Mottram b 1839
in Hobart d 5th
March 1912, Warren Western Australia
- 3 . Thomas Mottram deceased very
young Western Australia
- 4 . Jane Mottram b.1844 WA d .1934
aged 90 years m Captain Nehemia Harding Fisher
(b......d.) in Albany in Western Australia in 1867
- 5 . Samuel Mottram b 1846 on
Garden Island, WA d 1928, Havelock Maryborough Victoria
- 6 . Annie Mottram b 1849 WA d not
known
- 7 . James Mottram b . 1852 WA d 19th
April 1931 Canning, Western Australia
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- Area Settled
- PERTH Western
Australia until 1860 then to Maryborough, Victoria
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- History &
Achievements :
- Samuel Mottram who arrived in the
Swan River colony in 1840 aboard the Runnymede.
Samuel spent 2 years in Van Dieman's Land arriving there
in 1938 and records show he had his wife Catherine
and daughter Margaret . He
was discharged from the 51st in 1847 in Western Australia
because of 'Rheumatic affection of the left knee.
He stayed in Western Australia and raised a family of 7
children. In 1860 he moved to Victoria and his wife
Catherine and some of his children moved over in 1862.
His private N0. was 585. Muster
Rolls which states that he was attested into the 90th
ft in 1826, his age and birth place and the countries
that he served in. He transferred to the 51st on 31st
Dec. 1830. Samuel travelled to Victoria and settled
in the Maryborough area in 1860 and Catherine with some
of her children joined him in 1862.
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- References
- (1)
Australian Vital Record Series 1788 - 1905
Discs 1 to 4 (2)
- Family members Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
- The information is intended for
short Historical value only,
- E- mail address
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:09:08