Irish, Samuel Francis
| Birth Name | Irish, Samuel Francis |
| Gender | male |
Narrative
The local newspaper published a story from Adelaide on 7/7/1899 - "A fatal death occurred at the Wallaroo Mines this morning, when John Bell was killed & another, Samuel Irish, was seriously injured. They were on the 225ft leval in the office shaft and were proceeding to work when about 6cwt of stuff fell away on them. Bell died... Irish had his right leg broken & received bad scalp wounds.... Both men had recently arrived at the mines."
Searched Wallaroo Mines & found it is on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. It was staffed by Cornish miners & employed 1700 men at its peak in the 1860's. It is still open & mines Copper.
Samuel Francis, and his father are listed in Queensland Oxley district in 1905 & 1913; then in Morton in 1919 & 1925 (that's the coastal strip; Cleveland would have been part of Morton in those days).
Samuel was married Oct 1917.
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | 1876-01-24 | Q'land /B020410 | ||
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Irish, Samuel | 1826-06-00 | 1905-10-10 | |
| Mother | Watts, Sarah Sophia | 1928-02-13 | ||
| Brother | Irish, John Russell | 1861-04-25 | 1931-10-15 | |
| Sister | Irish, Susan Hobday | 1864-09-06 | 1915-01-31 | |
| Sister | Irish, Ada | 1866-11-02 | 1867-08-22 | |
| Brother | Irish, Samuel | 1871-03-14 | 1875-05-30 | |
| Brother | Irish, Charles George | 1873-12-20 | ||
| Irish, Samuel Francis | 1876-01-24 | |||
| Sister | Irish, Alice “Nina” Perry | 1878-08-21 | ||
| Brother | Irish, Arthur Ernest | 1881-08-01 | 1950-02-08 | |
| Brother | Irish, Herbert Cecil Eugard | 1884-01-16 | 1953-08-23 | |
| Brother | Irish, Frank Victor | 1887-08-21 | 1924-02-05 |
Families
Family of Irish, Samuel Francis and Roberts, Melba |
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| Married | Wife | Roberts, Melba ( * + ... ) | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Irish, [Living] | ||
| Irish, Raymond | about 1920 |
| Type | Value | Notes | Sources |
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| _UID | FAA76F6DFD35C44EA5D1C2705AE833DAB888 |
Attributes
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| _UID | 388A848A3682AA49B9AB524E788D6F796CE8 |
