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Andrew SHILLABEER ‎(I9739)‎

Given Names: Andrew
Surname: SHILLABEER

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 20 March 1797

42 Newton Ferrers, Devon, England
Death: 8 April 1866 ‎(Age 69)‎ Attyford Farm, One Tree Hill, South Australia, Australia

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Birth	20 March 1797 42 Newton Ferrers, Devon, England
Baptism	3 May 1797 ‎(Age 44 days)‎
Biographical Notes	Note: Andrew's application for free passage to South Australia was No. 8706 dated 10 Jun 1840. he gave his age ‎(incorrectly)‎ as 39 and his wife's as 38. His occupation was "farm laborer" and his address ‎(pre-embarkation lodgings)‎ as 9 Weekes Street, Plymouth. Separate applications of the same date and address were made by his eldest daughter Ellen, "dressmaker" aged 17, and eldest son William "butcher", aged 15. The other children were males aged 11 and 1 year, and females aged 12, 8, 7, & 3 years. The ship "Brightman" from London was probably joined at Plymouth and they arrived at Port Adelaide on December 13,1840. Andrew also took up land in the Tam-O-Shanter Belt, but when the Government required part of it ‎(now Islington)‎ he moved north to One 'Tree Hill between Adelaide and Gawler and established "Attyford Farm". The area was originally called Little Para. Andrew died there aged 69 in 1866 and his wife continued the farm with their youngest son Samuel Roe the 2nd. ‎(1839-1914)‎. When Sophia died in 1878 aged 78, Samuel R. removed to Second Valley on the south coast. The family name is recorded by Shillabeer Avenue, Croydon Park and at Elizabeth East and Elizabeth Park, as Shillabeer Road.
Death	8 April 1866 ‎(Age 69)‎ Attyford Farm, One Tree Hill, South Australia, Australia
Last Change	25 November 2007 - 13:38

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Parents Family (F2266)
Father	Andrew SHILLABEER 1755 -
Mother	Ann Maria PEARSE -
Sister	Elizabeth SHILLABEER 1788 - 1807
Sister	Mary Ann SHILLABEER 1789 -
Sister	Maria SHILLABEER 1791 -
Brother	William SHILLABEER 1793 -
Sister	Sarah SHILLABEER 1795 -
	Andrew SHILLABEER 1797 - 1866
Sister	Charlotte SHILLABEER 1799 -
Brother	Samuel Roe SHILLABEER 1802 - 1882
Sister	Eliza SHILLABEER 1806 -

Immediate Family (F2253)
Wife	Sohia DOWN 1800 - 1878
Daughter	Ellen Sophia SHILLABEER 1823 - 1865
Son	William Henry SHILLABEER 1825 - 1886
Daughter	Agnes SHILLABEER 1827 - 1863
Son	Andrew SHILLABEER 1829 - 1897
Daughter	Sophia Down SHILLABEER 1832 -
Daughter	Sarah Jane SHILLABEER 1833 - 1856
Daughter	Maria SHILLABEER 1837 - 1900
Son	Samuel Roe SHILLABEER 1839 - 1914

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Biographical Notes

Andrew's application for free passage to South Australia was No. 8706 dated 10 Jun 1840. he gave his age ‎(incorrectly)‎ as 39 and his wife's as 38. His occupation was "farm laborer" and his address ‎(pre-embarkation lodgings)‎ as 9 Weekes Street, Plymouth. Separate applications of the same date and address were made by his eldest daughter Ellen, "dressmaker" aged 17, and eldest son William "butcher", aged 15. The other children were males aged 11 and 1 year, and females aged 12, 8, 7, & 3 years. The ship "Brightman" from London was probably joined at Plymouth and they arrived at Port Adelaide on December 13,1840.

Andrew also took up land in the Tam-O-Shanter Belt, but when the Government required part of it ‎(now Islington)‎ he moved north to One 'Tree Hill between Adelaide and Gawler and established "Attyford Farm". The area was originally called Little Para. Andrew died there aged 69 in 1866 and his wife continued the farm with their youngest son Samuel Roe the 2nd. ‎(1839-1914)‎. When Sophia died in 1878 aged 78, Samuel R. removed to Second Valley on the south coast. The family name is recorded by Shillabeer Avenue, Croydon Park and at Elizabeth East and Elizabeth Park, as Shillabeer Road.

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