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- (Extracted from Child of the Outback)
Seventh son of a seventh son. Served as an officer in British Army in India.
In 1842 sold his farm and migrated to TASMANIA with wife, 2 youngest children (John 8yrs and Susan 6yrs) and his adopted grandson, Edwin SNELL. Edwin had his 9th birthday on board the ship out to Australia.
Arrived PORT ARTHUR, 1842. WWSNELL was put in charge of a gang of convicts working the coalmines due to his military experience.
In 1845 they moved to PORT ADELAIDE, lived there for one year and then moved to KANMANTOO. After a while they returned to ADELAIDE for schooling reasons until 1852, at which time they all went to the 'diggings' in VICTORIA chasing that ellusive Gold.
Later they all returned to ADELAIDE, where in 1860 Edwin married Henrietta TANNER.
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