Samuel Lapham, c1805-1876
| Contents: | Samuel Lapham: Profile Biography Research Notes |
Life Events
| Parents: | Joseph Lapham [1769-1868] and Anne Butler [1765-1853] | |
| Born: | c1805 | Skerries, Narraghmore Civil Parish, County Kildare, Ireland [01]. |
| Married: | Before February 1830 | St Ann's Church of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, to Susan Butler [1813-1872] [02]. |
| Arrived: | 2 May 1832 | Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the brig Cleopatra. Departed Dublin, 4 December 1831 [03]. |
| Arrived: | 5 May 1852 | Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the schooner Eucalyptus. Departed Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, 30 April 1852 [04]. |
| Died: | 5 June 1876 | Triabunna, Spring Bay, Colony of Tasmania [son-in-law's residence] [05] [06]. |
| Buried: | June 1876 | TBD |
Golden Colony Roles
Career
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References
Notes
| 01⇑ | From a website about the Lapham family, which has now been deleted. Primary source needed. |
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| 02⇑ | Marriages; Mayo Constitution, 4 February 1830, p 3 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 20 September 2023]. The marriage notice does not have a date, but was published on 4 February 1830. |
| 03⇑ | News; The Hobart Town Courier, 5 May 1832, p 4 [Trove; 19 September 2023]. Listed as Samuel Laphane, Esq, wife, and one child. |
| 04⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 May 1852, p 4 [Trove; 29 September 2023]. Lapham moved to Victoria with his wife and family. |
| 05⇑ | Deaths in the District of Spring Bay, RGD/35/1/45, No 684 [Libraries Tasmania; 29 September 2023]. |
| 06⇑ | Deaths - Lapham; The Mercury (Hobart), 7 June 1876, p 1 [Trove; 29 September 2023]. |
| 07⇑ | Samuel Lapham and Susan Butler [Ancestors of Don and Doug Maclaine; 30 October 2024]. |
Further Reading
Updates
| 2024-10-13 | Page formatting revised. |
| 2024-02-18 | Life Events updated and references added. |
