Samuel Pinkard^[1]

1833 - 1887  (53 years)

• Name	Samuel Pinkard
  Birth	29 Nov 1833	South Petherton, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Sep 1887	Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia; at sea
  	A saloon passenger who fell overboard from steamer Gambier en route to Adelaide from Melbourne and Sydney. Age 54. See newspaper article.
  Burial	Perth, Tasmania, Australia
  	Headstone only./Perth General Cemetery
  Person ID	I172029102825	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	samuel PINKARD,   b. 1809, South Petherton, Somerset d. Apr 1893, Yeovil Union Workhouse, Yeovil, Somerset, England (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Martha Tutchen,   b. Bef. 13 Jul 1811, South Petherton, Somerset, England d. July 1875, Yeovil, Somerset, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1835	South Petherton, Somerset, England   [2]
  Family ID	F4024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Douglass,   b. 4 Jan 1838, 23 Bonner Street, Bethnal Green d. 03 Jan 1920, Longford, Tasmania, Australia (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1860	Swansea, Tasmania, Australia
  Children	1. Martha May Ann Pinkard,   b. 1862, Longford, Tasmania, Australia d. 10 Sep 1891, Hobart , Tasmania, Australia (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Nov 1833 - South Petherton, Somerset, England Marriage - 6 Jun 1860 - Swansea, Tasmania, Australia Death - 11 Sep 1887 - Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia; at sea Burial - - Perth, Tasmania, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel was an agricultural labourer in Somerset, England and he left England in 1857, aged 23, on board the Mercia. He went to work for Mr Meredith in Swansea on Tasmania`s east coast. Samuel married Emma Douglas on 6th June 1860, at Parish Church, Swansea. They had 9 children. Samuel was lost at sea on 11 September 1887 aged 54 years. He was on a steamer bound for New Zealand with stud sheep. (possibly from the Gibson estate at 'Scone' Perth, Tasmania)

  
  

• Sources

  [S370259668] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S376346070] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\pet.s/2/1/8.