Corporal 2nd
Class Daniel Savill (c. 1800 ....1898)
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Born :
Circa 1800
Where Born : Chigwell Essex / Essex , England
Occupation : Brickl Layer / Soldier
Date Arrived : 4/11/1826
Ship Arrived on : Convict
Transport "
Chapman "
Rank on Discharge : Corporal 2nd Class
Date of Enlistment :
Where Enlisted : England
Date of Discharge :24/6/1829
Where Discharged :Sydney
Died : 20/12/1898
Where Died /
Buried : Grafton
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Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Isabella Griffin
Date Married : 5/2/1838
Where Married : Parish
Estate of A.A.co, County Gloucester
Spouse's Parents :
Born :
Circa
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
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- Descendants
Information
kindly provided by Kathi Gaffy. gaffygang@interworx.com.au
and
John
Saville
savillj@powerup.com.au
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- Area Settled :
- Hawkesbury :
Grafton
- Children :
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- History &
Achievements :
- Corporal 2nd Class Daniel
Savill arrived in Australia as a young man on board the
convict ship "Chapman" November 1826. His main
tasks while a serving member of the number 3 Company
Royal Staff Corps in Australia was to supervise convicts
in the building of bridges and roads in the Parramatta
and Sydney areas. Discharged himself in 1829.
- Corporal 2nd Class Daniel
Savill's Obituary reads as follows.
- Death of an Old Resident.
On
Tuesday morning, Mr. D. Saville , a resident of Grafton
for 36 years, died,in the 99th year of his age. The long
life of the deceased had been in many resects eventfull.
He was a native of Essex, England, and came to the colony
in 1855, as a private in a Regimentr that accompanied
Governor Darling to N. S. Wales. In those early colony
days events occurred that do not embelish the history of
the colony, Mr. Saville witnessed scenes that coulkd not
be raedily forgotten. Nearly 70 years ago he went to the
Hawkesbury, and followed the trade of bricklayer,
afterwards removing to Stroud, and in 1862, to Grafton.
At each of the places mentioned he assisted in the
erecting af many earlier buildings. For some time he was
wardsman in the Grafton Hospital. He displayed wonderful
energy up to the last, and was in great hopes of reaching
the century. Mr. Saville survived his wife of 16 years,
and latterly resided with his son-in-law, Mr.T. Shore, of
Pound Street. He leaves a family of six, the eldest of
whom is over 60 years of age.
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