Private George Scrimshaw (1824........)

Born : 24 January 1824
Where Born : Radcliffe, Nottingham, England
Occupation : Bootmaker / Soldier
Date Arrived : 18 January 1846
Ship Arrived on : "Samuel Boddington"
Rank attained : Private
Date of Enlistment :1 February 1842
Date of Discharge : 31 December 1849
Where Discharged : Wellington, New Zealand
Died : 3 October 1898
Where Died / Buried : Taita, New Zealand / Petone, New Zealand
Parents Names : William Scrimshaw (b......d.) and Sarah Webster (b......d.
Spouse's Name : Margaret Cox
Born : 1825
Where Born : Mullingar, Co. Meath, Ireland
Occupation :
Date Arrived : 18 January 1846
Ship Arrived on : "Samuel Boddington"
Date Married : 1844
Where Married : Co. Meath, Ireland
Died : 19 December 1905
Where Died / Buried : Karere, New Zealand / Petone, New Zealand
Spouse's Parents :

This information was kindly supplied by Bruce Goodman bbgoodman@hotmail.com
http://treetops.0catch.com/scrimshaw.htm

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History & Achievements :
After landing as a convict guard in Hobart in the "Samuel Boddington", he went to Sydney and on 9 July 1846 he left with his Regiment on the "Levant" for Wellington NZ. I guess his almost 6 months stay in Australia qualifies this Kiwi as having Australian ancestry! It is highly probable that their first child (Thomas Arthur Scrimshaw) was born in Australia.: e- mail address
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