John Sampson

1831 - 1910  (78 years)

• Name	John Sampson
  Birth	17 Dec 1831	Perranuthnoe, , Cornwall, England
  Christening	4 Mar 1832	Perranuthnoe, , Cornwall, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Apr 1910	Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia   [1]
  Burial	22 Apr 1910	Burra, , South Australia, Australia   [2]
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  Person ID	I970	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Sampson,   b. Dec 1808, , Cornwall, England d. 5 Dec 1885, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Anne Branwell,   b. 10 Mar 1811, St Buryan Penzance d. 4 Jan 1886, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1831	Perranuthnoe, , Cornwall, England
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Brandford,   b. 19 Jul, City of London, , London, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Susan Rawling Sanders,   b. 6 Dec 1836, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, Eng d. 31 Jul 1884, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1852	Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia
  Children	1. Emily Sampson,   b. 6 Mar 1855, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 1930 (Age 74 years)   2. Julia Ann Sampson,   b. 20 Feb 1857, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 12 Jan 1923, New Zealand (Age 65 years)   3. Clara Sampson,   b. 24 Aug 1859, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 31 Jan 1910 (Age 50 years)   4. John Bramwell Rawling Sampson,   b. 9 Nov 1861, Burra, , South Australia, Australia d. 24 Jan 1905, Boulder, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 43 years)   5. Alfred Archibald Sampson,   b. 20 Sep 1865, Burra, , South Australia, Australia d. 6 May 1940, Adelaide, , South Australia, Australia (Age 74 years)   6. James Aquila Sampson,   b. 23 Apr 1868, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 9 Jan 1870 (Age 1 year)   7. Susan Etheline Priscilla Sampson,   b. 7 Jan 1871, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 22 Nov 1935, Adelaide, , South Australia, Australia (Age 64 years)   8. Eva Beatrice Sampson,   b. 23 Jun 1874, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 13 May 1955, Midland Junction, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 80 years)   9. James Sampson,   b. 12 Jun 1876, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 12 Jun 1876, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia (Age 0 years)   10. James Sampson,   b. 29 Mar 1879, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia d. 1 Apr 1879, Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family 3	Eliza Francis   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	17 Jan 1885	Kooringa, , South Australia, Australia
  Family ID	F534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 22 Apr 1910 - Burra, , South Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  John & Susan Sampson Plot: 377

  
  

• Notes

  Occupations included cartage contractor,Mine Manager & auctioneer. Religion, Bc He was employed at the Burra Copper Mines for years. Later he carried on business as an auctioneer and commission agent. He was granted an auctioneer's Licence on Friday 23.6.1876- the announcement appeared in the first Northern Mail on 30.6.1876. John was interested in municipal affairs and was Mayor of the town from 1.12.1894 to 1.12.1897 and most of 1902, and a councillor for fourteen years. He was a Justice of the Peace. He was a resident of Burra for 63 years. Listed as Teamster in 1864; 1869-71 as chaffcutter with father; 1876-77 as Bailiff of Local Court, Redruth, Burra. For 56 years years he was a member of the Burra Lodge MU, occupying various offices withgreat credit; he was also Chairman of Trustees (Observer, 30.4.1910, p38) From "The Family Tree of John and Ann Sampson" by Albert Leonard Sampson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] SA Genealogy, SA Genealogy, Death Index (Reliability: 3). [S159] SA Genealogy, SA Genealogy, Cemetery Index (Reliability: 3).