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 Abt 1829 - 1877 (~ 48 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Chandler |
| Born |
Abt 1829 |
Manchester, Lancashire, England  |
| Christened |
29 Mar 1829 |
Ancoats Methodist Chapel, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
05 Aug 1863 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| ship 'Norwood' |
| Died |
16 Nov 1877 |
Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Samuel Chandler Death Notice
Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand 16 Nov 1877 |
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Obituary Sergeant-Major Chandler
Evening Post 16 November 1877 |
| Buried |
17 Nov 1877 |
Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Funeral Parade Notice
Evening Post 16 Nov 1877 |
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Cricket Match postponed
Evening Post 17 Nov 1877 |
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Samuel's Funeral
Evening Post 19 Nov 1877 |
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Bolton Street Cemetery Register entry
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| Notes |
- Samuel Chandler
As soon as he turned 17, Samuel had enlisted in the Army, actually the 76th Regiment which was recruiting at nearby Salford, and his service included spells in the Ionian Islands (then under British protection),Malta and New Brunswick before returning to Britain in 1857.
Samuel was 31 and although he had already served a full term of engagement in the Army, having been in Corfu, Malta and North America, he was recommended as likely instructor material by his Regiment and sent in 1858 on a course to the School of Musketry in Hythe. A new rapid firing rifle was being introduced into the British Army and a new rank was to be included into the establishment of all Regiments. When Samuel qualified to hold the rank of Sergeant Instructor of Musketry, he was posted to the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in 1860, the second battalion of which was being raised in Ireland. He joined the 18th there and during the following year the Regiment came across to Shorncliffe Camp in Hythe.
Hythe at the time was very much a military town and the large Shorncliffe Camp which was built shortly before the Peninsula War, was on high ground behind the coastal town which then had an active harbour.
In 1861, at Cheriton Church near Hythe, Samuel married Mary Ann Smith, she gave her age as 17 and he as 29, when in fact she was only 15 and he was 31. Mary was the daughter of William Smith of the 52nd Regiment, a pensioner, then living in Hythe, who had been invalided out of the army in 1813 after his feet were severely frostbitten during the Peninsular War.
After they married, Mary and Samuel moved with the 2/18th first to Portsmouth and then to the Channel Islands. Their first child Elizabeth Sarah was born at Portsmouth en route to the Channel Islands. Their second child Albert Edward was born at Parkhurst Barracks on the Isle of Wight, and when Albert was a month old, they sailed with the 18th Regiment for New Zealand, Samuel being selected for duty. The ship, the Norwood, arrived in Auckland on the 5th August 1863. Samuel served in the Maori Wars in the northern Waikato, and was sent down to the Taranaki in 1865, being stationed in Patea. When his regiment left for Australia in 1870, Samuel took his discharge and joined the Armed Constabulary in Wellington, soon rising to the rank of Sergeant-Major.
On 16 November 1877, Samuel died of typhoid fever at the Mount Cook Barracks, after a three day illness. He had been checking on a party working on the drains in Buckle Street, which were over-burdened due to the city's rapid growth and came down with the disease which was rife at the time. He was buried the following day with full military honours, with a firing party of 19 from the Armed Constabulary, bands from the two volunteer corps and Brethren of the Foresters Society, of which Samuel had been a member, in full regalia. The coffin was borne on a gun carriage, and was followed by contingents of the City police, City Rifles and the Artillery, together with almost the entire Armed Constabulary Force and "a considerable section of the public". Even in those days the traffic must have come to a standstill.
Bertie John Chandler Samuel's last child was born 20 weeks (8 April, 1878) after his father died.
Obituary - Evening Post 16 November 1877
"Another of those few remaining veterans, who assisted to bear the burden and heat of the day in the New Zealand wars, passed away this morning. Sergeant-Major Samuel Chandler, whose death we have now to chronicle with much regret, was a Yorkshireman by birth, and joined the Imperial Army at an early age. Several retired soldiers, now resident in Wellington, recollect him in 1853 as a sergeant in the 76th regiment, from which he subsequently was transferred to the 18th as musketry instructor, coming out with the latter to New Zealand in 1863. He went through the Maori wars, and was in action several times, always showing himself brave and true to the back-bone. In 1869 he obtained his discharge from the 18th Regiment, in order to join the Colonial Armed Constabulary force (then newly organised by the late Mr. St. John Branigan) in capacity of drill instructor. Afterwards he was appointed Sergeant-Major which office he has held ever since. He was taken ill about a fortnight ago, and has been confined to his bed from the 1st inst. His complaint proved to be typhoid fever, of which he expired this morning, at the age of 48. He leaves a widow and 10 children, of ages ranging 1 to 15. His funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon, with full military honours, and a parade of the volunteers is called for half-past two.
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| Person ID |
I21500 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
6 Oct 2012 |
| Family |
Mary Ann Smith, b. 31 May 1845, Hythe, Kent, England , d. 26 Jun 1912, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 67 years) |
| Married |
03 Aug 1863 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elizabeth Sarah Chandler, b. 12 Sep 1861, Clarence Barracks, Portsmouth, England , d. 13 Oct 1932, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 71 years) |
| | 2. Albert Edward Chandler, b. 10 Mar 1863, Parkhurst Barracks, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England |
| | 3. Samuel William Chandler, b. 03 Aug 1865, Otahuhu, Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand , d. 12 Aug 1929, Wanganui Base Hospital, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 64 years) |
| + | 4. Mary Ellen Chandler, b. 05 Mar 1867, Patea, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand , d. 29 Dec 1944, New Zealand (Age 77 years) |
| | 5. Lavinia Chandler, b. 20 Sep 1868, Albert Barracks, Auckland, New Zealand |
| | 6. Madeline Emma Chandler, b. 27 Apr 1870, Wellington, New Zealand , d. Abt 1946, New Zealand (Age 75 years) |
| + | 7. Rosalind Hannah Chandler, b. 20 Nov 1871, Wellington, New Zealand |
| | 8. Joseph James Chandler, b. 17 Oct 1873, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 02 Jan 1919, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 45 years) |
| + | 9. Emma Martha Chandler, b. 11 Jun 1875, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 12 Oct 1947, New Zealand (Age 72 years) |
| | 10. Bertie John Chandler, b. 08 Apr 1877, Wellington, New Zealand , d. 02 Sep 1951, New Zealand (Age 74 years) |
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| Photos |
 | Mary Ann and Samuel Chandler and child
This photo was taken in Petone. Samuel and Mary moved to Wellington in 1870 and Samuel died in 1877. It is likely therefore that the photo was taken during that period. |
 | Group portrait of the Check-Chandler family circa 1900
From left to right, back row: George Check, Cecil Check, Joe Chandler, Bert Chandler and James Check. Front row: Sam Chandler, Albert Chandler, Mary Ann Check and Spencer Check. |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F6676 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S262] Caleb's Family Tree, Theo Perry, (http://theoperry.com/familytree/index.html).
- [S157] National Library of New Zealand, (National Library of New Zealand).
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