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Samuel Joses GILES

1853 – 1900 · Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset
Partner: Mary GILLAN
Father: Henry GILES · Mother: Harriett TRASK
👶Birth
21/04/1853
🏛️ Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory
Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset 📍 1861 Census
HMS Navy Records
Birth Certificate
📎 Birth

His Royal Navy service records record his birth as 6 July 1852 Yeovil, Somerset but there is no such record on GRO index which would match. In his will he has handwritten two middle names one being 'Treck' but this is most likely to be 'Trask'

🏠Lived (8)
1861
🏛️ Death of Prince Albert
Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset 📍 1861 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation
bet 26/07/1870 and 31/07/1885
🏛️ Education Act
HMS Navy 📎 Image
🏠Lived (18)
1871
🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced
HMS "Adventure" 1871 Census 📎 Census

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Adventure:
The eighth Adventure was an iron screw storeship, launched in 1855 as Resolute, renamed 1857 and broken up in 1877.

ORD: a regular soldier receiving normal pay

🏠Lived (28)
1881
Dartmouth, Townstall, Devon 📍
HMS Dapper 1881 Census
💒Marriage (40)
15/01/1893
Mary GILLAN
Queensland, Queensland, Australia 📍
💼Occupation (47)
1900
🏛️ Second Boer War
Labourer Will
📝Will (47)
05/04/1900
Will 📎 Will
✝️Death (47)
14/04/1900
Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Australia 📍
Accidental fall Death Certificate 📎 Death Cert 📎 Newspaper

Queensland, Australia online records search:

Samuel Jose GILES
Father: Henry GILES
Mother: Harriet TRASK
Reg No: 1900/3728
Email confirmed death: 14th April 1900

🪦Burial
15/04/1900
South Rockhampton Cemetery, Allentown, Rockhampston, Queensland, Australia 📍
Grave: CE Row 22 Burial No 3276 findagrave.com 📎 Grave 🔗 Grave 📎 Newspaper
⚖️Probate
06/08/1900
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 📍 Grant of Probate 📎 Will
Notes

Was in the Merchant Navy and was killed in Australia.

Navy Records:
Height: 5.3
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Grey
Complexion: Dark
Birth: 26 July 1852 Yeovil, Somerset [Incorrect]

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Person Facts
Description: Dark complexion
Height: 5ft 3in
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Brown
Associations
Witness of his Birth: Harriett TRASK
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