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Samuel BEST

Samuel BEST[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1847 - 1905  (58 years)


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  • Name Samuel BEST  [2, 3, 4]
    Birth 28 October 1847  Bryanston, Durweston, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Gender Male
    Arrival 19 Jun 1849  [3] 
    • Age: 1
    Residence 1905  Ryde, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    _ORIG Long Sutton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 13 Dec 1905  Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28048057225  Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Father George BEST,   b. 1816, Bryanston, Dorset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 June 1879, North Villa, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Mother Sarah COFFIN,   b. 1818, Blandford, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 March 1894, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 18 Dec 1840  Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah WICKS,   b. 10 May 1850, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1941, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
    Marriage 22 Sep 1868  Wolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ann BEST,   b. 1869, Ryde, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, Ryde District N.S.W. Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. William Merritt BEST,   b. 1871, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Emily Maud BEST,   b. 1874, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. Ethel BEST,   b. 1876, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     5. Bertha BEST,   b. 1878, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1966, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Edith BEST,   b. 3 Mar 1881, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1957, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     7. Ada May BEST,   b. 1883, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1951, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     8. Leonard Samuel BEST,   b. 1886, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1959, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     9. Linda F BEST,   b. 1888, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1963, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     10. Gladys Irene BEST,   b. 1890, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1891, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1425887729] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_945121695] Ancestry.com, Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1933, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S_945121660] Ancestry.com, New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2459; Item: [4/4908].

    4. [S_946112902] Ancestry.com, Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S_1250226418] Ancestry.com, Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Dorset History Centre; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/BLM: RE 1/1-4, 2/1, 3/1-6, 4/1-2, 5/1.