MITCHELSON Samuel

Name	Samuel Mitchelson
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1842
Died	1877
Birth/Baptism	Approx. 1842, most likely in England
Parents	James Mitchelson and Harriet Keeler
Apprenticeship	in Hobart
Skills	Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Hobart
Street Address	16 Barrack Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse
Arrival	Possibly 1850
Other	24 July 1850: Samuel’s father, James Mitchelson, a military pensioner and painter and glazier by trade, arrived in Hobart from Plymouth on the convict ship Blenheim. 1857: Petition – From Hobart Town – Disposal of The Waste Land. Samuel is on the petition as a watchmaker, Barrack Street, Hobart. He would have been about 15 years old at the time. Watchmaker Thomas Hamilton, Liverpool Street, is recorded on the same page. 16 October 1857: Samuel’s father, James Mitchelson, died at his residence, 16 Barrack Street, Hobart, aged 52, survived by his wife and a large family. Samuel was the informant of his father’s death. 1865: Samuel advertised as a watchmaker and jeweller in Sale, Victoria. In December 1870, Samuel lived at the Camden Hotel in Maffra in the Gippsland region in Victoria, where a man stole two watches from his room. With the assistance of the landlord and police, Samuel reclaimed his timepieces. 3 November 1874: Samuel’s mother, Harriet Mitchelson, died in the Gippsland region, aged 67. Samuel continued working in his trade Maffra until at least 1876, possibly a little longer, until his health failed.
Death	27 February 1877, Gippsland Hospital, Sale, Victoria, aged 35. Cause: Liver, kidney, and heart conditions. Burial: 28 February 1877, Sale Public Cemetery, Victoria.
References
1857 Tasmania Petition, From Hobart Town Disposal of the Waste Land, 1857. TAHO: CSO24/1/274 Arrival 1850; RGD35/1/5 no486 Death 1857. Victoria BDM Death Registration No. 2907/1877; Ancestry, Find A Grave Index 1877. The Hobart Town Advertiser 19 & 20 October 1857; Gippsland Times 20 December 1864, 17 December 1870, 5 November 1874, 28 March 1876.