Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Birchill was transported on the Blenheim, departing 29th Jul 1851 and arriving 31st Oct 1851 with 309 passengers.
Built 1845 at Shields. Wood ship of 808 Tons. Register lists of persons transported on the various sailing is still a work in progress, not all are yet listed.
Blenheim (generic)References
| Primary Source | LINC Tasmania, Description List (CON33-1-104) |
Claims
"Samuel Birchill is my 2X Grandfather."
Photos
No photos have been added for Samuel Birchill.
Convict Notes
Death of his wife Annie. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-15/RGD35-1-15P21 9 June 1895, Annie Birchall, aged 60, Warder’s wife, died at Cascades, born in England, Cause of death, Hemeplegia. The informant was the Undertaker. BIRCHALL - On Sunday, June 9th [1895], at the Cascades, Annie, the beloved wife of Samuel Birchall, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude. Funeral will leave her late residence on WEDNESDAY, June 12th, at 2 p.m. R I P. Tasmanian News, 11 June 1895.
Children. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-35/RGD33-1-35P776 Louisa Birchall, , b 14 June 1857, Reg at Glamorgan, Father Samuel Birchill, constable, mother Annie Morgan, formerly Morgan, Arthur Francis Birchall, b 25 Feb 1860. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-40/RGD33-1-40P426 Owen Samuel Birchall, b 20 Feb 1862, Reg at Glamorgan, father Samuel Birchall, Constable, and mother Annie Birchall, formerly Morgan. Alice Maud Birchall, b 5 Aug 1864. Abraham Augustus Birchall, b 19 Apr 1867. Amy Constance Birchall, b 28 Nov 1868. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-10/RGD33-1-10-P246 Mabel Blanche Birchall, b 17 Nov 1870. Reg at Hobarth, father Samuel Birchall, Constable, and mother Annie Birchall, formerly Morgan., resident at Liverpool Street. Deaths. BIRCHALL.—On May 26, 1904, at his late residence, Cascades, Hobart, Samuel Birchall, formerly Sub-Inspector Police, Hamilton, and for many years a member of the Hobart City Police. Rest in Peace. Tasmanian News, 28 May 1904.
Samuel married Ann Morgan.
Description List: Transported for stealing rope, Tried: 20 October 1848, Age 19, Trade: Labourer, Roman Catholic, Can read and write a little, last name "Burchill" http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-104,314,18,F,60
Samuel was transported with his brother John Birchill.