Samuel Boraman

Born: 21 Jun 1835
- Location: Chelsea, London, England
Died: 1 Sep 1874 (Aged 39yrs)
- Location: Kew Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Father: Samuel Boraman
Mother: Harriet Harrison
- Brother: James Boraman
- Brother: John Boraman
- Sister: Harriet Boraman
- Brother: Henry George Boraman
- Sister: Elizabeth Georgiana Boraman

Images

Kew Hospital circa 1880
Newspaper advert announcing the sale of Samuel Boraman's estate in 1874
Application by Eliza Boraman for letters of administration of Samuel Boraman's estate in 1874
Samuel Boraman's newspaper advert in 1863 stating he was not responsible for his wife's debts
Police missing person report for Samuel Boraman in 1864
Police report recording that Samuel Boraman had been found
Grant of administration of estate of Samuel Boraman to Eliza his wife
Inventory of Samuel Boraman's assets
Samuel Boraman's index record at Kew Asylum
Samuel Boraman's detailed record at Kew Asylum
Samuel Boraman's baptism in 1835
St Luke's church area in 1830
St Luke's Church, Chelsea

Own Family

Spouse: Eliza Godard Kingston
Married: 1860 (Aged 24yrs)
- Location: Victoria, Australia

Occupations

Boot and shoe maker in 1856
- Information source: Post Office Directory
  Location: 2 Yeoman's Row, Brompton, London, England
Landowner in 1874
- Location: Plot near Plough Hotel, Barkley St, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Shoemaker in 1851

Residences

1851 , 2 Yeoman's Row, Brompton, London, England
1872 , Kew Asylum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Information source: Kew Asylum Record

Notes

Baptised 23 Aug 1835 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea.
Samuel took an advert in the Melbourne Argus on 16 Oct 1863 to state that he was to no longer be responsible for the debts of his wife Eliza - not clear why.
Police reports of 1864 recorded that he had gone missing and was subject to fits of insanity - he was found 10 days later. In fact he was not insane but suffered from epilepsy and was eventually admitted into Kew Asylum in 1872 for treatment. He later died there from a fall after having an epileptic fit.
The Melbourne Argus of 11 Sep 1874 recorded that Eliza, Samuel's wife, had applied for letters of administration of his estate as it appears he didn't leave a will. Eliza was granted administration on 28 Sep 1874. Samuel's assets were assessed as a plot of land near the Plough Hotel in Footscray valued at 20 pounds - if only his descendants still owned it today, it would be worth a fortune!
The Melbourne Argos newspaper on 24 Oct 1874 recorded that Samuel died intestate and a sale of land belonging to him was to be made.