Samuel Asher

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D Wong on 17th September 2014

Samuel was the son of William Asher and his mother was Elizabeth, he was born in Newcastle Street, Nottingham, England. Samuel was arrested at 19 years of age on 17 Mar 1837 He was tried and charged with four other men and found guilty of stealing a coat valued at 2 shillings, a pair of gloves, a gimlet and a ball of twine from the Fishpond Gardens of Nottingham Castle. Samuel was 5ft ¾” tall, dark, ruddy and freckled complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes. 1844: TOL 6/2/1845: Married Ann Bowden at Cooranbong, NSW, they had 6 children. Ann Bowden, b 5/4/1826 in Benenden, Kent, England. Ann emigrated with her family and arrived in Australia on 6 Nov 1838 in Sydney on the ship ‘Maitland’. 1/11/1848: CP 27/7/1855: Samuel died aged 38. 1/8/1855: Newcastle Mercury: NEWCASTLE One of those melancholy events which throw a gloom over an otherwise joyous occasion occurred during the first day of our races, and has resulted in the death of an estimable man, who leaves behind him a large family to deplore his loss. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday, the 26th instant, before the Coroner, J.E. Stacey, Esq. It appears from the evidence that Mr. Samuel Asher, the deceased, had taken his dray with goods of some kind to the course, and when returning home in the evening with some of his neighbours in the cart, and just as they had arrived at where the Macquarie Road abuts upon the railway, he fell from the front of his dray backwards, dislocating the spine. He survived the injuries upwards of twelve hours, though completely paralysed, and expired about one o'clock on Thursday. Verdict accidental death. The deceased man was a man who in his capacity as a carter was universally esteemed for his sober habits and quiet demeanour. Three years later Ann married her second husband Edward PERRY on 30 Mar 1858 and had a a further five children. 23/6/1884 Edward Perry committed suicide by cutting his throat, Ann was then 58. Ann died 25/8/1914 in Moap Street Waratah NSW. The cause of her death was Senile Decay. She was buried in the Congregational Cemetery Sandgate, Newcastle NSW.