Person:Samuel Fooks (3)

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Rev Samuel Berjew Fooks
b.27 Aug 1822 Weymouth, Dorset, England
d.2 Nov 1892 Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Mar 1802
  1. Charles Berjew Fooks1804 - 1875
  2. Catherine Ann Fooks1806 - 1812
  3. William Samuel Fooks1809 - 1856
  4. James Mackenzie Fooks1811 - 1811
  5. Mackenzie James Fooks1812 - 1813
  6. James Mackenzie Fooks1813 - 1815
  7. James Mackenzie FooksAbt 1814 - Abt 1837
  8. Catherine Jane Iles Fooks1819 - 1904
  9. Rev Samuel Berjew Fooks1822 - 1892
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Feb 1847
  1. Henry Samuel Cox Fooks1848 - 1924
  2. Mary Jane Reid1849 - 1924
  3. Amy Harriet Fookes1851 - 1862
  4. Kate Louisa Fookes1853 - 1854
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 May 1855
  1. Grace Fooks1857 - 1939
  2. Helen Fooks1858 - 1946
  3. Frances Coralie Fooks1859 - 1951
  4. Ernest Samuel Fooks1862 - 1920
  5. Jack Fooks1863 - Abt 1922
  6. Louis Fooks1864 - 1910
  7. Arthur Lampen Fookes1867 - 1872
  8. Frances Augustine Fookes1868 - 1934
  9. Herbert Fooks1871 - 1900
  10. Dora Louisa Fooks1874 - 1962
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rev Samuel Berjew Fooks
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Aug 1822 Weymouth, Dorset, England
Baptism[4] 30 Oct 1822 Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England
Immigration? 24 Aug 1840 London, Middlesex, EnglandEmigrated on the Waterloo under Captain George Robinson with his mother and other family members. Under orders from Her Majesty's Colonization Commissioners, there were 300 immigrants on this voyage
Occupation? 1841 South Australia, AustraliaDairy Farmer. Apparently he is not suited to farm life, as he leaves soon after.
Other? 2 Nov 1842 Tasmania, AustraliaArrived from Adelaide on the Water Witch schooner. Arrival
Occupation? 1843 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaWriting and classics teacher. Has changed surname spelling to FOOKES
Occupation? 1844 Richmond, Tasmania, AustraliaTutor to the family of Mr. Goldie
Other? 13 Jan 1845 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaBarrack Street. Opened school for young gentlemen offering languages, science. Established a School
Marriage 17 Feb 1847 Buckland, Tasmania, Australiato Margaret Sarah Westbrook
Occupation? 20 Feb 1847 Richmond, Tasmania, AustraliaRector at St Luke’s Anglican Church
Alt Marriage 20 Feb 1847 Spring Bay, Tasmania, AustraliaMargaret Westbrook was the daughter of a prominent Hobart doctor.
to Margaret Sarah Westbrook
Ordination? 21 Sep 1848 Spring Bay, Tasmania, AustraliaOrdained as a Deacon at St David’s and accepted to Curacy of Jerusalem, Colebrook Dale and Native Corners
Other? 1850 Injured in a riding accident that left him unconscious for about three hours. He recovered. Accident
Occupation? 11 Jun 1851 Port Arthur, Tasmania, AustraliaPriest in charge of Port Arthur and Impression Bay Convict Settlements.
Medical? 1854 Failing health after the death of his wife and the strain of working at Port Arthur.
Occupation? 1 Sep 1854 Circular Head, Tasmania, AustraliaAppointed Chaplain
Marriage 7 May 1855 Launceston, Tasmania, AustraliaShe is the daughter of the former Secretary to the British Minister on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
to Louisa Jean Hobkirk
Education? 1864 Mr. Fooks obtained, on Bishop Nixon's recommendation, the Arch-bishop's degree of M.A., Oxon.
Retirement? Jun 1880 Retired due to ill health. Accepted Govt. pension. Took occasional duty in absence of other incumbents of other parishes.
Other? 17 Jul 1890 Declared that he had changed the spelling of his name from Fooks to Fookes. He was probably using the new name since 1842. Declaration of Identity
Residence[2] Nov 1892 Sandy Bay, Tasmania, AustraliaPrinces Street West, Queenborough
Residence[3] Australia
Death[1] 2 Nov 1892 Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Burial[1] 2 Nov 1892 Sandy Bay, Tasmania, AustraliaQueenborough Cemetery. Later the headstone was relocated to Peel Street, Sandy Bay, because the cemetery was converted to grounds for the Hutchins School.
DNA? DNA Connection
Other? 3 Nov 1892 Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaObituary Mercury Newspaper

http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NYHK-YBX

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTH2-JQ2

_DCAUSE: He had suffered a stroke some years earlier.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,60528::552502

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,60845::53861471

  3. ↑ Australia Cemetery Index
    Compiler: Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc.

    _APID: 1,1266::368375

  4. ↑ England. Christening Index, 1530-1980. (Ancestry.com).

    _APID: 1,1351::749637

  5.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
    Ancestry Family Tree.
  6.   Australia. Marriage Index, 1788-1950. (Ancestry.com)
    Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899.

    _APID: 1,1780::332434

  7.   Ancestry.com. Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,1648::14572

  8.   Australia. Birth Index, 1788-1922. (Ancestry.com)
    Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899.

    _APID: 1,1778::155276881

  9.   Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)
    Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/MCR.

    _APID: 1,2162::3884929

  10.   England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

    _APID: 1,9841::165990412

  11.   Australia. Death Index, 1787-1985. (Ancestry.com)
    Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.

    _APID: 1,1779::62157032

  12.   Ancestry.com. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,9776::1797013

  13.   Ancestry.com. Tasmania, Reports of Crime, 1861-1883. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    _APID: 1,60883::71173

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