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Samuel Joses GILES

1853 – 1900 · Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset
Partner: Mary GILLAN
Father: Henry GILES · Mother: Harriett TRASK
👶 Birth21 Apr 1853Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset 📍 Birth Certificate 📎 View
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'
🏛️ Vaccination against smallpox made compulsory
🏠 Lived1861 (8)Reckleford Street, Yeovil, Somerset 📍 1861 Census 📎 View
🏛️ Death of Prince Albert
💼 Occupationbet 26 Jul 1870 and 31 Jul 1885HMS Navy 📎 View
🏛️ Education Act — elementary schooling for all
🏠 Lived1871 (18)HMS "Adventure" 1871 Census 📎 View
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
🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced
🏠 Lived1881 (28)Dartmouth, Townstall, Devon 📍
HMS Dapper 1881 Census
💒 Marriage15 Jan 1893 (40)Mary GILLAN
Queensland, Queensland, Australia 📍
💼 Occupation1900 (47)Labourer Will
🏛️ Second Boer War
📝 Will05 Apr 1900 (47) Will 📎 View
✝️ Death14 Apr 1900 (47)Rockhampton Hospital, Queensland, Australia 📍
Accidental fall Death Certificate 📎 View 📎 View
Queensland, Australia online records search:

Samuel Jose GILES
Father: Henry GILES
Mother: Harriet TRASK
Reg No: 1900/3728
Email confirmed death: 14th April 1900
🪦 Burial15 Apr 1900 (47)South Rockhampton Cemetery, Allentown, Rockhampston, Queensland, Australia 📍
Grave: CE Row 22 Burial No 3276 findagrave.com 📎 View 📎 View 🔗 View
⚖️ Probate06 Aug 1900 (47)Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 📍 Grant of Probate 📎 View
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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