Thomas Clark
M, #10966
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Charles Farmer
M, #10969, b. 1797, d. 27 July 1845
| Last Edited | 10 Mar 2023 |
| Birth* | Charles Farmer was born in 1797 at Bermondsey, Surrey, England.1,2 |
| Marriage* | He married Margaret Ann Spencer on 9 August 1831 at Perth, Western AustraliaG. |
| Death* | Charles Farmer died on 27 July 1845 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 188 48yrs. |
| Burial* | He was buried on 28 July 1845 at East Perth, Western AustraliaG.2 |
Family | Margaret Ann Spencer b. 1812, d. 7 Jan 1848 |
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| Immigration* | Charles Farmer immigrated on 5 March 1831 on the ship Eliza..2 |
| Census* | He appeared on the census of 1 July 1832 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; #356, 31, married, Bermondsey, Surrey, Englan, Eliza, self.1 |
| Census_1836* | He and Margaret Ann Spencer appeared on the 1836 WA census of 1 January 1836 at Perth, Western Australia. Calling of husband - boatman.3 |
| Note* | FARMER, Charles, of Perth. Charles was born in England in 1799 and arrived at the Swan River Colony in the emigrant ship Eliza on the 8/5/1830. He was married on the 9/8/1831 at Perth to Margaret Spencer and they had nine children. On the 30/6/1831 Charles applied for land and on the application form he gives his occupation, shipwright and fish curer. His number on the muster roll was 1464. To apply for land the emigrant needed assets and those which Charles brought with him are as follows: (the transcription is as it is spelt). 2 chest of tooles, 1 wife saw, 1 foarme saw, 1 crosscut saw, 1 fanling axe, 3 timber dogs, 1251bs nails, 18 pairs hinges, 61b of screwes, 2 nail wrinch, 1 coffee mill. Under the provisions heading he brought : 1 barrel of bread, 1 barrel of flower, 1 barrel of beef, 1 bag of sugar, 1 bag of coffee. Under the miscellaneous column he lists : 1 chest of clothes, 1 bell tent, 1 bedstead, 1 table, a quantity of crockry, 2 tin kettles, 2 sawspan, 61bs of gunpowder, 2 guns, 121bs sail twine, 60 fathoms, of timber line, 261bs of white lead, 5 gallons of paint oil and 3 gallons of lamp oil." From these assets he was permitted to select 210 acres, part of which was 10 acres on Rottnest Island, lot 41 in South Perth which he promptly sold to W.H.Edwards, and Perth Town lot 527 in Adelaide Terrace. Charles died of tetanus on the 27/7/1845 at Perth. There is no record of him building any boats but it is possible that he worked on some of our early river craft. References: Dictionary of West Australians, Erickson. Colonial Secretaries records, Vol 17/3 1. (Extract from "They Kept This State Afloat - Shipbuilders, Boatbuilders and Shipwrights of WA 1829-1929. Rod Dickson 1998 Hesperian Press ISBN 0 85905 2 141, page 87-88) Charles was a servant to Dr Milligan. Married 9 August 1831 at Perth officiated by the Rev JB Wittenoom. Had 10 acres at Rottnest (Kingston Lot 11) and 200 acres in the Swan district (Swan Loc 42). The ten acres at Rottnest were exchanged for ten acres along the Canning River on 17 November 1840 (Canning Location 39). Charles named this allotment 'Shaw Gardens'. Lost Perth Town Lot L45 due to nonpayment of dues in 1840. Charles died 27 July 1845 of tetanus and is buried in the East Perth Cemetery. Margaret remarried Edward Bethel Downes 23 December 1846. Margaret Downes (formerly Farmer) died in 1848 aged 36 years.4,5 |
| Census | WA Cenus 1832 |