Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843

Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843 - 1928)

farmer, grazier, sunday school superintendent 46 years

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth SOUTHWELL (1864 - 1940) Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL (1866 - 1961) Alfred SOUTHWELL (1867 - ) Etty SOUTHWELL (1869 - ) Charles William SOUTHWELL (1871 - ) Ernest Richard SOUTHWELL (1874 - 1875) Harriet SOUTHWELL (1876 - ) Linsdey Edwin SOUTHWELL (1878 - ) Bertha Eveline SOUTHWELL (1881 - ) Ethel Eliza SOUTHWELL (1885 - )	Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843 - 1928) + Harriet BEMBRICK (1840 - 1876) Eliza Jane SMITH (1847 - 1939)	Thomas SOUTHWELL (1813 - 1881)	Samuel SOUTHWELL

			Sarah Ann JACKSON

		Eliza COOKE (1810 - 1852)	William COOKE

			Mary (COOKE)

b. 1843 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia

m. (1) 1863 Harriet BEMBRICK (1840 - 1876) at Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 1878 Eliza Jane SMITH (1847 - 1939) at Gunning, New South Wales, Australia

d. 17 Dec 1928 at Hall, New South Wales, Australia aged 85

Near Relatives of Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843 - 1928)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Samuel SOUTHWELL
Grandmother	Sarah Ann JACKSON
Grandfather	William COOKE
Grandmother	Mary (COOKE)

Father in Law	James BAINBRIDGE	abt 1800
Mother in Law	Elizabeth PEBBLE

Father	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1813	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	31 May 1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	68
Mother	Eliza COOKE	1810	Sussex, England	20 May 1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	42

Self	Samuel SOUTHWELL	1843	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17 Dec 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	85

Wife	Harriet BEMBRICK	1840		16 Apr 1876	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	36
Wife	Eliza Jane SMITH	1847		10 Oct 1939	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	92

Daughter	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1864	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL	1866	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	29 May 1961	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	95
Son	Alfred SOUTHWELL	1867	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Etty SOUTHWELL	1869	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Charles William SOUTHWELL	1871	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Ernest Richard SOUTHWELL	1874	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1875	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1
Daughter	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1876	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Linsdey Edwin SOUTHWELL	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Bertha Eveline SOUTHWELL	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Ethel Eliza SOUTHWELL	1885	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia

Brother	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1835	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	08 Feb 1921	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	86
Sister	Mary Ann SOUTHWELL	1837	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	25 May 1874	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia	37
Brother	William SOUTHWELL	1840	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Brother	Samson SOUTHWELL	1841	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	08 Aug 1914	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	73
Brother	John SOUTHWELL	1845	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	21 Oct 1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Sister	Eliza SOUTHWELL	1847	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Sister	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1849	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Brother	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1852	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Half Brother	James SOUTHWELL	1853	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	01 May 1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Half Brother	Richard SOUTHWELL	1855	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	27 Apr 1933	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	78
Half Sister	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1857	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Half Sister	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	23 Jul 1928	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	69
Half Sister	Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1861	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	18 Nov 1940	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Half Brother	Mark SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	26 Jun 1936	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia	73
Half Sister	Hannah SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1931	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	66
Half Sister	Beatrice SOUTHWELL	26 Aug 1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	30 Sep 1947	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	79
Half Brother	Benjamin Roffe SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	04 Oct 1945	New South Wales, Australia	74

Son in Law	Ebenezer BROWN	1866		30 Nov 1956	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	90
Son in Law	William Henry GRIBBLE	1866	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	11 Mar 1946	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	80
Daughter in Law	Annie Louisa BROWN	abt 1875	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia

Granddaughter	Ethel Merlie GRIBBLE		Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Thomas GRIBBLE		Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Zeta Mary GRIBBLE		Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Evelyn Harriett Ruth GRIBBLE	1893	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	17 May 1975	Canberra, ACT, Australia	82
Granddaughter	Milton S GRIBBLE	1894	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson	Ernest William GRIBBLE	1896	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1920		24
Grandson	Jack Edwin GRIBBLE	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Florence GRIBBLE	1900	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Uncle	John SOUTHWELL	1818	Sussex, England	28 Jan 1889	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	71
Aunt	Lucy GASSON	1824	England	28 Mar 1900	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	76
Uncle	Mark SOUTHWELL	1826	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	04 Sep 1909		83
Aunt	Ellen SMITHSON

Cousin	Harriet SOUTHWELL	1843	Sussex, England	1871	Collector, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	28
Cousin	Samuel (Captain) SOUTHWELL	1844	Salehurst, Sussex, England	22 Jul 1920	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	76
Cousin	Jane SOUTHWELL	1847	Sussex, England	bef 1858	Sussex, England	11
Cousin	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1850	Robertsbridge, Sussex, England	28 Mar 1907	Sutton, New South Wales, Australia	57
Cousin	Mary A SOUTHWELL	1853	Sussex, England	1936		83
Cousin	George Edward SOUTHWELL	1856	Salehurst, Sussex, England	06 Apr 1912	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	56
Cousin	Lydia SOUTHWELL	1860	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1939		79
Cousin	Ellen SOUTHWELL	1863	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Cousin	Joshua SOUTHWELL	1859	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin	Gertrude SOUTHWELL	1860	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	1890		30
Cousin	Minnie SOUTHWELL	1868		1906		38
Cousin	Rose SOUTHWELL	1871

Nephew	Jabez SOUTHWELL	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Jane SOUTHWELL	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1859	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Sarah SOUTHWELL	1861	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Richard SOUTHWELL	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samson SOUTHWELL	1866	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	David SOUTHWELL	1869	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Noah SOUTHWELL	1872	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Josiah SOUTHWELL	1875	Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Ann Adelphi SOUTHWELL	1882	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas BEMBRICK	1858	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James BEMBRICK	1860	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	1927		67
Nephew	Alfred BEMBRICK	1861	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samson BEMBRICK	1863	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samuel BEMBRICK	1863	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John BEMBRICK	1865	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Mark BEMBRICK	1867	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Michael BEMBRICK	1868	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Helen BEMBRICK	1871	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Silas BEMBRICK	1872	Rye Park, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas SOUTHWELL	1863	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	20 May 1925	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	62
Nephew	John SOUTHWELL	1865	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	29 Jan 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	Henry SOUTHWELL	1867	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	18 Apr 1942	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	75
Niece	Charlotte Ann SOUTHWELL	1869	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Emily SOUTHWELL	1870	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Obed SOUTHWELL	1872	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Lucy Jane SOUTHWELL	1874	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Abel SOUTHWELL	1876	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Samson James SOUTHWELL	1878	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1955	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Elizabeth Beatrice SOUTHWELL	1880	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Walter SOUTHWELL	abt 1881	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Edward SOUTHWELL	abt 1882	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Albert SOUTHWELL	1868	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Eva Annie SOUTHWELL	1869	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Amelia Alma SOUTHWELL	1871	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	William Shelton SOUTHWELL	1873	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Raymond SOUTHWELL	1875	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 May 1942	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	Sidney Rowland SOUTHWELL	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	16 Jan 1933	Illabo, New South Wales, Australia	53
Nephew	Edward John Thomas SOUTHWELL	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Mary Jane SOUTHWELL	1878	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Cecilia Augusta SOUTHWELL	1880	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elsie Mildred SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Norman James SOUTHWELL	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Stella Hannah SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Aubrey Valetta SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Selby Athelstan SOUTHWELL	1892	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	3
Nephew	Guilford Ashley SOUTHWELL	1894	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Vida Patience SOUTHWELL	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Harold Ellis SOUTHWELL	1884	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	30 Dec 1951	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	Cecil James SOUTHWELL	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Mary Adelaide SOUTHWELL	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Clarence Elvin SOUTHWELL	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1889	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Muriel Irene SOUTHWELL	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Hubert Lindley SOUTHWELL	1893	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Louisa Marion SOUTHWELL	1895	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Cedric Richard Ewan SOUTHWELL	1899	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Rebecca Jane SMITH	1879	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	14 May 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	71
Niece	Lavinia Mary SMITH	1881	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Ernest Clement SMITH	1883	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Beatrice Louisa SMITH	1885	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leslie Edward SMITH	1887	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elvira Clare SMITH	1888	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Leon Russell SMITH	1891	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jun 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	83
Niece	Eunice Alma Victoria SMITH	1897	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Daisy BOON	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	1884	Canberra, ACT, Australia	0
Niece	Olive Mary Ann BOON	1885	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Marianne Esdale BOON	1887	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew	Alick David Eugene BOON	1889	Canberra, ACT, Australia
Niece	Gladys Elizabeth Clare BOON	19 Feb 1891	Canberra, ACT, Australia	25 Nov 1948	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	57
Niece	Beatrice May BOON	1894
Nephew	Arthur Southwell BOON	1897
Nephew	Kenneth Charles Norton SOUTHWELL	1886	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Cyril Ernest Brooks SOUTHWELL	1888	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Ruby Millicent SOUTHWELL	1890	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Lyle Thomas Hedley SOUTHWELL	1891	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Linda Mary Ellen SOUTHWELL	1894	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Gladys Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	1897	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Verna Lavinia SOUTHWELL	1899	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Bessie Wilga SOUTHWELL	1902	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Clarence Mark Ebert SOUTHWELL	1905	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Leila Mary BROWN	1889	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Morley T BROWN	1892	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elsie S BROWN	1893	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Mervyn R BROWN	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1898	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	3
Niece	Rita Beatrice BROWN	1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	10 Aug 1974	Canberra, ACT, Australia	75
Nephew	Ronald A BROWN	1906	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Keith Kinlock KILBY	31 Jan 1898	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	28 Mar 1976	Canberra, ACT, Australia	78
Nephew	Athol Carlyle KILBY	28 May 1899	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Sep 1962	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	63
Nephew	Clyde Redvers KILBY	1901	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Selby William KILBY	1903	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Beryl Beatrix Mary KILBY	1904	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Bruce Beltran KILBY	1907	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Grace Allison Jane KILBY	1909	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Cleon Kennison Robert KILBY	1912	Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Gordon Rex SOUTHWELL	1895		1982		87
Niece	Phyllis Lorna Mary SOUTHWELL	1904
Niece	Dorothy BEMBRICK
Nephew	William BEMBRICK	1875	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Mary Ann BEMBRICK	1877	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth BEMBRICK	1878	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	Wesley BEMBRICK	1879	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Priscilla BEMBRICK	1881	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Alice BEMBRICK	1883	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	Alfred BEMBRICK	1837	Rye, Sussex, England	08 Jan 1922	Harden, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Eliza ROFFE	1840	Kirkham, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jan 1923	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	83
Sister in Law	Elizabeth (Betsy) VENESS	1838	Sussex, England	10 Feb 1903	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	65
Sister in Law	Louisa SMITH	1844	Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, England	1926	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Hannah BROWN	abt 1853	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1938	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Amelia SMITH	1859	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	31 Mar 1927	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Stephen Charles BROWN	1854	Dalton, New South Wales, Australia	1878		24
Brother in Law	Ellis SMITH	1856	Pialligo, ACT, Australia	03 Nov 1928	Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia	72
Brother in Law	David William BOON	1861	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jan 1925		64
Sister in Law	Elizabeth BROOKS	1864	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia	02 Jun 1945	Blaney, New South Wales, Australia	81
Brother in Law	Job BROWN	1860		1937		77
Brother in Law	James Kinlock KILBY	1870	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia	21 Jul 1950	Hall, New South Wales, Australia	80
Sister in Law	Sarah GORDON			10 Apr 1955

Events in Samuel SOUTHWELL (1843 - 1928)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1843		Samuel SOUTHWELL was born	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
20 May 1852	9	Death of mother Eliza COOKE (aged 42)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1863	20	Married Harriet BEMBRICK (aged 23)	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1864	21	Birth of daughter Elizabeth SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1866	23	Birth of daughter Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia
1867	24	Birth of son Alfred SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1869	26	Birth of daughter Etty SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1871	28	Birth of son Charles William SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1874	31	Birth of son Ernest Richard SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1875	32	Death of son Ernest Richard SOUTHWELL (aged 1)	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
1876	33	Birth of daughter Harriet SOUTHWELL	Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia		6
16 Apr 1876	33	Death of wife Harriet BEMBRICK (aged 36)	Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia		6
1878	35	Birth of son Linsdey Edwin SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1878	35	Married Eliza Jane SMITH (aged 31)	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia		6
1881	38	Birth of daughter Bertha Eveline SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
31 May 1881	38	Death of father Thomas SOUTHWELL (aged 68)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1885	42	Birth of daughter Ethel Eliza SOUTHWELL	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
17 Dec 1928	85	Samuel SOUTHWELL died	Hall, New South Wales, Australia		6

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 302 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 302 (Birth)

- Reference = 302 (Marriage)

- Reference = 302 (Death)

80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/

- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3549/eliza-smith-nee-stear-southwell.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Samuel Southwell
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Born: 1843; Died: 1928; Married: 1. Harriet Bembrick; 2. Eliza Stear

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Samson and Samuel Southwell were born about 20 months apart and maintained a close relationship throughout their lives. They were amongst the first teamsters to take provisions to Kiandra when the rush set in to the gold diggings. They had learnt their skills from their hard-working father Thomas who began working as a teamster between the Ginninderra District and Sydney carrying produce and wool in season on the down trip and returning with supplies for himself and other settlers (Samuel made his first trip when he was 9 years old). Samuel drove his own team to Sydney until the southern line reached Goulburn.

Until wagons became available, he made these trip with a bullock dray and team, sometimes taking as long as six weeks when wet weather reduced the roads and tracks to quagmires. Thomas usually had one or more of his sons with him, but Sunday was a day of rest for everyone including the bullocks as he would never travel on the Sabbath. The southern railway had reached Marulan in 1868 and Goulburn in 1869 making the long haul to Sydney unnecessary and he left the carrying business to his sons.

Samuel and his wife Harriet (nee Bembrick) were the first couple to marry at the small Parkwood Church on 26 October 1863.

Samson married Elizabeth Veness in 1862 and initially both brothers resided near their family home Parkwood.

They realised that there was not enough land for them to eke out a reasonable living so they went looking for land. The two brothers spent time looking for good land and eventually selected in 1874 in the Spring Range area beyond One Tree Hill.

Samuel chose an area on Cow Flat Creek which he named Cow Hollow. He selected 40 acres more in September 1876 and added to his holding some years later by purchasing a small property, Fairview, near One Tree Hill from Thomas Cavanagh. He then changed the name of his home property to Fairview. He took his young family to his selection at Cow Hollow on 15 October 1874 and he toiled hard working far into the nights clearing his land for cultivation. His wife, Harriet, died on 15th April 1876. He remarried on 29th January 1878 to Eliza Stear.

Samson settled about ¾ mile away, calling his property Wattle Park as there were many wattle trees on the land. He took up an additional 80 acres of land in June 1876. His wife Elizabeth died suddenly in February 1903 aged 64. Samson remarried in January 1906 to Catherine Penman (nee Kelner).

Both brothers became very successful farmers and graziers, though they suffered a severe setback in the 1880s when they lost many sheep from a disease then known as catarrh.

When their father Thomas died in 1881 his Parkwood property was sub-divided as he had bequeathed it to his four surviving sons of his first marriage: Thomas, Samson, Samuel and John in recognition of their help in the pioneering days.

By the turn of the century the brothers were both growing wheat, maize, oats and potatoes as well as grazing sheep and some cattle. Samson engaged in dairy farming as well.

Samuel and Samson were part of a group that wrote to the Minister for lands in 1875 applying for 30 acres of land for a school. It took until 1877 for the land to be approved. Bedellick School was opened and operated until November 1903 when a fire destroyed it.

Taking the lead from their devout father the brothers were active in the Methodist Church and even after moving to their new homes attended Parkwood Church until Wattle Park Church opened in 1882, taking their families by horse and dray.

The brothers and their families were some of the main supporters of the new Wattle Park Church. Services were originally held in Samuel and Betsy's home and Betsy initiated a form of Sunday School in her home. She gathered her own children and others around her and told them stories from the bible. A Sunday School was established in association with the church in 1882 with Samuel as Superintendent, an office he held for 46 years. Betsy taught the Kindegarten class herself.

Samson died in August 1914. Samuel died in December 1928, aged 85 years. His funeral was one of the largest that had been seen in the district.

[Gillespie, L. The Southwell Family Pioneers of the Canberra District 1838 – 1988 Canberra Publishing & Printing Co. 1988].

Samuel Southwell (1843 – 1928)

The Wattle Park Methodist Church was crowded on Sunday morning last when Rev Ellis Thomas conducted a memorial service in connection with the late Samuel Southwell.

In his opening remarks the preacher gave a short resumé of Mr Southwell's life, as follows:

Samuel Southwell was born at Parkwood near Hall on 24th June 1843. He was one of a large family who owed mush to their parents. Mr and Mrs Thomas Southwell, hardy and saintly pioneers who lived in what is now the Federal Capital Territory. Samuel Southwell grew to manhood under influences that made for a strong and saintly character. He early became inured to hardness. His father made frequent trips to Sydney with the bullock team, and his first trip with his father was made when he was only nine years of age and he was placed in charge of a horse and cart loaded for the Sydney market. Later on he drove his own team to Sydney until Goulburn became the terminus of the railway line. With his brother he was amongst the first teamsters to take provisions into Kiandra when the rush set in to the gold diggings.

His training and varied experience prepared his for his part as a pioneer. In 1863 he married [Harriet Bembrick] and settled at Belconnon [sic]. He and his bride were the happy recipients of a large family Bible and hymn book to celebrate the fact that they were the first couple to be married at the Parkwood Church. His wife was the means of his conversion but was early called to her reward.

He decided to move and selected "Fairview" with his brother Samson as neighbour at Wattle Park. On 15th October 1874 he brought his young family to "Fairview". He worked hard toiling far into the might clearing the patch which he would plough the following day. Gradually things began to take shape until in 1878 he married again [Eliza Stear] and was spared to celebrate the golden wedding last year.

In the great [Methodist] revival at Weetangera in 1875 he received a great uplift which left its mark upon the remainder of his life. After settling at "Fairview" he drove regularly to the services at Parkwood, with his family, in a one horse dray, having to start at 8 am to be in time for the service. Later on services were held in Wattle Park house, leading to the erection of the present church about 48 years ago. Mr Southwell was one of the original trustee sand took a keen interest in the affairs of the Trust right to the end of his life. He was a leader of the Class which met after Sunday and he revelled in the cottage prayer meetings which were held in various homes.

He ever regarded a remarkable dream which he had as a definite call to continue in Sunday School work and was appointed the first superintendent, a position he held to the time of his death, a period of 46 years, being beloved by all associated with the Sunday School, which is one of the most unique in the State.

It had been Mr Southwell's ambition for many years to have a School Hall erected and it was one of the great moments of his life when he was privileged to lay the foundation stone on 13th June 1928, and great was his rejoicing when the Hall was officially opened on 18th August.

One of his most cherished possessions was an illuminated address presented to him on his 80th birthday in commemoration of over 40 years superintendency of the Sunday School. He was a foundation member of the Band of Hope which has regularly met for over forty years. Possess of a fine voice he used his talent for many years as a member of the choir. His life has been a constant witness for Christ. In uprightness, honour, integrity, generosity, but above all piety he ever manifested Whose he was and Whom he served, and was highly respected by all classes in the community......

He will ever be held in affectionate remembrance by all who were privileged to know him and labour with him in the Master's vineyard. Above all his widow and family of three sons and six daughters, together with two stepsons, mourn the loss of a faithful and loving husband and father – one whose life and character will ever be an incentive to follow in his steps, as he was a follower of the meek and lowly Jesus.

His funeral was one of the most largely attended ever seen in the district, and as his body was borne to its last resting place the scholars of the Sunday School marched in front and then formed a guard through which the encoffined remains were carried to the grave.

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