Sophia (Neale) Scott (1848 - 1924)

Born 22 Mar 1848 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Scott — married 14 Jan 1867 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1924 at age 76 in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Sophia Neale was born 22 March 1848 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, and baptised 11 Jun 1848.^[1] She is the daughter of Thomas Neale and Alice Cater.^[2]

She came to Australia as an infant, along with her parents and two siblings, amongst the first Assisted Immigrants to arrive in Brisbane, aboard Artemisia on 13 December 1848.^[3]

At the age of 18, she married William Scott on 14 January 1867 in the Wesleyan Church, Warwick, Queensland, Australia.^[2] At the time her occupation was listed as a needlewoman, and her usual place of abode was Goomburra.^[2] After their marriage, they lived in Allora, where William was employed in the store, and later a mill.^[4]

William and Sophia had 8 children:^[5]

1. Alice Margaret, 1868
   
2. Caroline Sarah, 1870
   
3. Sophia, 1872
   
4. William Thomas, 1874
   
5. Alexander Robert, 1877
   
6. Daniel Amos, 1881
   
7. Edwin Samuel, 1883
   
8. Walter James, 1887
   

At the age of 68, as a widow (William had died in 1906), Sophia, along with several of her family, sailed from Sydney on the SS Ventura on 31 May 1916 for Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA.^[6]

The family became part of the House of David, a religious commune in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan.^[7]

Sophia appeared on the 1920 US Census at House of David, Benton, aged 70, widowed, the head of house.^[8]

Sophia died on 16 April 1924, at the age of 76, and is buried in the Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor.^[9]

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Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY5Z-58V : 11 February 2018, Sophia Neale, 22 Mar 1848); citing BEDWORTH,WARWICK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 555,454, 555,455.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Image of Marriage record, registration 570 (1867), Queensland Government Department of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Personal copy in the files of Wendy Scott.
3. ↑ New South Wales State Archives and Records, Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists
   1848, 13 Dec, Artemisia, page 5
4. ↑ Obituary. Mrs Caroline S. Tickle, Warwick Daily News (Qld. : 1919 -1954), 6 August, p. 4. , viewed 15 Dec 2017.
5. ↑ See sources on individual profiles. Most of their names are familiar to Wendy Scott as uncles and aunts of her grandfather.
6. ↑ "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-83Q5 : 12 March 2018), Sophia Scott, 1916; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,465,660. Note: Images 540 and 539 form the full double-page spread of the manifest.
7. ↑ First-hand information as recalled by Wendy Scott whose grandfather Ernie Scott went to the USA to visit his uncle Walter in 1981.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSZ-8DS : accessed 9 September 2020), Sophia Scott, Benton, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing ED 78, sheet 1B, line 57, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 757; FHL microfilm 1,820,757.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 September 2020), memorial page for Sophia Neale Scott (23 Mar 1848–16 Apr 1924), Find A Grave: Memorial #133417140, citing Crystal Springs Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).

See also:

• Additional Immigration records: Ancestry.com. Honolulu, Hawaii, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1900-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, compiled 02/13/1900 - 12/30/1953; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A4156; Roll: 073; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: RG 85 Image Note: Duplicates of this image are also found at Image and Image - this one is indexed as Sophia H Scott, but this is a mis-transcription of Scott, Sophia Sr. The only additional information these documents provide is that they had 5 pieces of baggage amongst the four family members.
• Israelite House of David information: wikipedia,
  Israelite House of David, Benton Harbor, Michigan,
  South West Michigan Directory,
  Casetext: People v. Israelite House of David

• Source: S-759650112 Repository: #R-1195475532 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/61552711/family
• Repository: R-1195475532 Ancestry.com