Samuel (Tovey) Bendall (1814 - 1909)

Born 6 Mar 1814 in Horfield, Bristol, England

Husband of Sarah (Toogood) Bendall — married 9 Aug 1847 in Bethesda, District of St George, Hobart, Tasmania

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1909 at age 94 in Maylands, 27 Pirie Street, New Town, Tasmania

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Biography

Samuel was born in 6 Mar. 1814. was sentenced at Somerset Wells in 1842 (larceny at Midsomer Norton Fair) and transported per Earl Grey to Van Diemens Land/Tasmania in 1842. In the convict records it states that Samuel was 26 years, born Horfield, butcher & gardener living in Bristol for last 8 years with Sarah Bailey and they had 1 child: his father was Job - living at NP (ie Horfield), 1 brother - William, 6 sisters -Eliza, Clara, Harriet, Mary, Ellen & Isabella and cousin Jeremiah (convicted life - for highway robbery). Later Samuel named his children Ellen, Isabella, Samuel, Martha Harriet & Frederick George Bendall.

• Convict to Merchant of Salamanca HENRY PEARCE 1810 - 1901 His Life, Times and Family by Graham Henry Pearce ISBN 978-0-646-95215-4

Samuel died on 11 January 1909 and was buried in Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia.^[1]

Sources

• Criminal Register: "England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892"
  Class: HO 27; Piece: 68; Page: 60
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1590 #1322344 (accessed 18 February 2024)
  Name: Samuel Bendall; Age: 22; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820; Date of Trial: 4 Jul 1842; Trial Year: 1842; Location of Trial: Somerset, England; Sentence: Transportation.

• Immigration: "New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849"
  Class: HO 10; Piece: 38
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1185 #316085 (accessed 18 February 2024)
  Name: Samuel Bendall; Arrival Date: 1843; Vessel: Earl Grey; Province: Tasmania; Title: Ledger Returns A - R; Year(s): 1846; Place of Conviction: Somerset.

• Marriage: "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
  Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Lehi, UT; Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Registration Number: 692
  Ancestry Record 1780 #200512 (accessed 18 February 2024)
  Samuel Bendall marriage to Sarah Toogood on 9 Aug 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania.

• Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
  Tasmania Index to Deaths 1900-1914; Registration Number: 0291
  Ancestry Record 1779 #5511252 (accessed 18 February 2024)
  Samuel Bendall death 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania.