Samson SELMAN, 17961851 (aged 55 years)

Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
Name
Samson /SELMAN/
Given names
Samson
Surname
SELMAN
Birth 1796 34 26
Baptism January 20, 1796 34 26 (aged 0)
Baptism of a brotherSolomon SELMAN
July 19, 1801 (aged 5 years)
Residence 1820 (aged 24 years)
Address: Langley and Swinehead, Alveston, Gloucester Sampson was the occupier but Samuel Selman owned the land upon which tax was charged.
Residence 1823 (aged 27 years)
Address: Owner occupier. Also recorded, with Edward Doward, as an assessor and collector. It is most likely they had a kin relationship of some kind as Doward was given as a middle name to some of Sampson's children and also some in subsequent generations received it too. Also there have been some marriages but none I can connect with.
Burial of a motherMary HOPKINS
September 17, 1823 (aged 27 years)
Death of a motherMary HOPKINS
September 1823 (aged 27 years) Age: 53
Note: Age according to burial register.
Religious marriageCatherine LANCASHIREView this family
May 31, 1824 (aged 28 years)
Residence 1825 (aged 29 years)
Address: Gaunt's Earthcott, Thornbury, Gloucestershire
Baptism of a daughterCatherine SELMAN
June 12, 1825 (aged 29 years)
Baptism of a sonSampson SELMAN
January 7, 1827 (aged 31 years)
Baptism of a sonCharles SELMAN
August 6, 1828 (aged 32 years)
Baptism of a daughterMary SELMAN
November 6, 1829 (aged 33 years)
Baptism of a daughterElizabeth SELMAN
March 2, 1831 (aged 35 years)
Burial of a daughterElizabeth SELMAN
March 29, 1831 (aged 35 years)
Death of a daughterElizabeth SELMAN
March 1831 (aged 35 years) Age: 7 weeks
Birth of a daughterAnne SELMAN
1832 (aged 36 years)
Death of a sisterMary SELMAN
January 20, 1832 (aged 36 years) Age: 43
Note: Date of death according to tombstone.
Burial of a sisterMary SELMAN
January 26, 1832 (aged 36 years)
Baptism of a daughterAnne SELMAN
May 10, 1832 (aged 36 years)
Baptism of a daughterEmily SELMAN
December 16, 1833 (aged 37 years)
Birth of a daughterEmily SELMAN
December 1833 (aged 37 years)
Death of a daughterEmily SELMAN
December 17, 1833 (aged 37 years) Age: 14 days
Burial of a daughterEmily SELMAN
December 20, 1833 (aged 37 years)
Note: An MI on the Wishful Thinking site states "6th daughter, 17 Dec 1835, 11 day."
Baptism of a sonEdward Doward SELMAN
January 15, 1835 (aged 39 years)
Birth of a sonEdward Doward SELMAN
1835 (aged 39 years)
Baptism of a sonAlbert SELMAN
January 9, 1837 (aged 41 years)
Birth of a sonFrederick Ernest SELMAN
November 4, 1839 (aged 43 years)
Baptism of a sonFrederick Ernest SELMAN
November 5, 1839 (aged 43 years)
Baptism of a sonRobert LANCASHIRE SELMAN
November 5, 1839 (aged 43 years)
Burial of a fatherSamson SELMAN
April 19, 1841 (aged 45 years)
Note: Burial record identified him as being 79 years old and from Alveston.
Death of a fatherSamson SELMAN
April 1841 (aged 45 years) Age: 79
Census June 6, 1841 (aged 45 years) Age: 40
Address: A farmer with 7 children and 3 staff. His wife was at the Alveston property with the remainder of the children and 3 staff.
Birth of a daughterFrances SELMAN
October 1841 (aged 45 years)
Baptism of a daughterFrances SELMAN
January 19, 1842 (aged 46 years)
Baptism of a daughterClara Catherine Lancashire SELMAN
March 19, 1845 (aged 49 years)
Birth of a daughterClara Catherine Lancashire SELMAN
1845 (aged 49 years)
Death of a daughterFrances SELMAN
April 25, 1846 (aged 50 years) Age: "3 years 6 months 2 weeks"
Burial of a daughterFrances SELMAN
May 1, 1846 (aged 50 years)
Address: A5
Note: A copy of the M I states "Francis, 7th d,25 April 1846, 1 yr". The burial register states…

A copy of the M I states "Francis, 7th d,25 April 1846, 1 yr". The burial register states her age as 4 year, 6 months 2 weeks which conforms with civil birth registration index. Name spelling is different and she is the 6th daughter.

Marriage of a childJohn Hier DAVIESCatherine SELMANView this family
August 31, 1847 (aged 51 years)
Baptism of a sonAlan SELMAN
August 31, 1847 (aged 51 years)
Death of a daughterAnne SELMAN
November 25, 1847 (aged 51 years) Age: 15
Burial of a daughterAnne SELMAN
November 30, 1847 (aged 51 years)
Note: An MI on Wishful Thinking site records " d 25 Nov 1847 ** (15yrs)"
Birth of a sonAlan SELMAN
1847 (aged 51 years)
Baptism of a sonMaurice Alfred Lancashire SELMAN
January 21, 1849 (aged 53 years)
Death of a daughterCatherine SELMAN
February 23, 1851 (aged 55 years) Age: 26
Address: Duke St Cardiff Wales
Cause: "... after a long and painful illness"
Death March 11, 1851 (aged 55 years) Age: 54
Burial March 17, 1851 (6 days after death)
Note: Bath FHS records that there is a monumental inscription for Sampson in Alveston Old Cemetery. He is…

Bath FHS records that there is a monumental inscription for Sampson in Alveston Old Cemetery. He is also remembered on his widow's tombstone in St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.

Probate November 11, 1851 (8 months after death)
Note: Probated by Samuel Hicks Withers (nephew) and Edward Doward.
Family with parents
father
17621841
Birth: about 1762Gloucestershire, England
Death: April 1841Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
mother
17701823
Birth: about 1770Probably Gloucestershire
Death: September 1823Charfield
Religious marriage Religious marriageApril 15, 1789Charfield, Gloucestershire, England
21 months
elder sister
17901832
Birth: 1790 28 20Charfield, Gloucestershire, England
Death: January 20, 1832Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
2 years
elder brother
1792
Baptism: January 6, 1792 30 22St Helen's Church, Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
2 years
elder brother
1794
Baptism: February 5, 1794 32 24St Helen's Church, Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
3 years
himself
Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
17961851
Birth: 1796 34 26Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Death: March 11, 1851Probably Earthcott, Gloucestershire, England
6 years
younger brother
1801
Baptism: July 19, 1801 39 31St Helen's Church, Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Family with Catherine LANCASHIRE
himself
Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
17961851
Birth: 1796 34 26Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Death: March 11, 1851Probably Earthcott, Gloucestershire, England
wife
Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
18061859
Birth: June 3, 1806 56 28Ham Green, Somerset, England
Death: December 16, 1859Victoria, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageMay 31, 1824St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
13 months
daughter
18251851
Baptism: June 12, 1825 29 19St Helen's Church, Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Death: February 23, 1851Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
19 months
son
Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
18271862
Baptism: January 7, 1827 31 20St Helen's Church, Alveston, Gloucestershire, England
Burial: July 29, 1862St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
19 months
son
18281867
Baptism: August 6, 1828 32 22St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: June 5, 1867Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
15 months
daughter
18291879
Baptism: November 6, 1829 33 23St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: October 18, 1879Kew, Victoria, Australia -
16 months
daughter
18311831
Baptism: March 2, 1831 35 24St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: March 1831Gloucestershire, England
22 months
daughter
18321847
Birth: 1832 36 25Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: November 25, 1847Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
2 years
daughter
18331833
Birth: December 1833 37 27Gloucester, England
Death: December 17, 1833Gloucestershire, England
2 years
son
18351853
Birth: 1835 39 28Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: August 16, 1853Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 years
son
Monument to Albert and Louisa Selman
18371885
Baptism: January 9, 1837 41 30St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: May 8, 1885"Willow Vale", Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
3 years
son
18391919
Birth: November 4, 1839 43 33Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: October 16, 1919Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
son
Selman Tombstone Tombstone also commemorates Samson Selman Sn who died in Gloucestershire. Burial records indicate Samson Jn shares the same grave. Photo from P Skeehan.
18391865
Baptism: November 5, 1839 43 33St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: April 2, 1865Victoria, Australia -
2 years
daughter
18411846
Birth: October 1841 45 35Gloucestershire, England
Death: April 25, 1846Gloucestershire, England
4 years
daughter
Hargrave Tombstone- Photo from P Skeehan
18451921
Birth: 1845 49 38Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: May 25, 1921Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
3 years
son
18471918
Birth: 1847 51 40Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: May 26, 1918Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, Australia
2 years
son
18491905
Baptism: January 21, 1849 53 42St Andrew's Church, Whitminster, Gloucestershire, England
Death: October 31, 1905St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Burial

Bath FHS records that there is a monumental inscription for Sampson in Alveston Old Cemetery. He is also remembered on his widow's tombstone in St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria.

Probate

Probated by Samuel Hicks Withers (nephew) and Edward Doward.