Samuel Woolmer JUNIPER

1818 -

• Name	Samuel Woolmer JUNIPER
  Birth	2 Oct 1818	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk   [1, 2]
  Baptism	3 Oct 1818	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk   [3]
  Gender	Male
  1841 Census	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk   [4]
  	At 1841 Census, he is "20", occ "Cabinet Maker?", at the same place as his grandparents and ?cousin? Sophia
  1851 Census	cannot find in 1851 census
  1861 Census	cannot find in 1861 census
  Occupation	Carpenter  [2]
  Individual Note	had left home around 1849 or earlier to go abroad probably  [5]
  Individual Note 2	He was in Liverpool in Jan 1845  [2]
  Person ID	I1192	Webb
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter JUNIPER,   b. 28 Feb 1794, Horning, Norfolk d. 16 Mar 1865, 4, Ham, New Shoreham, Sussex (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth WOOLMER,   b. 13 Jan 1797, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk d. 14 Jan 1851, Steyning, Sussex (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Aug 1814	St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk   [6]
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Oct 1818 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Baptism - 3 Oct 1818 - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk 1841 Census - At 1841 Census, he is "20", occ "Cabinet Maker?", at the same place as his grandparents and ?cousin? Sophia - - Great Yarmouth, Norfolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel's merchant navy records from 1845 provide the following:- height 5' 11.75" Brown hair, blue eyes, ruddy complexion He had a scar on his neck and could write. It is unclear when he first went to sea, the form reads like 1848, which seems unlikely... it could be 1840, but this would not be consistent with the 1841 Census? He was probably at the Southwark workhouse for 2 days in Feb 1840, the date and location of his birth, and his occupation match the entry. It appears that he went back to Yarmouth when he left the workhouse, but perhaps this is why is with his grandparents at the 1841 Census. Of less certainty is a trial at Great Yarmouth in 1852 where a Samuel Juniper was convicted of Larceny/Felony and imprisoned for 3 months. Other records and newspapers from the time suggest that this is somebody born around 1829 in Hempstead, near Holt in Norfolk and so unlikely to be the same person. There is a BMD entry for Norfolk for a death in 1864, indeed it is the only one. But the lack of Census for 1851 and 1861 suggests that this is wrong. So we are probably left with somebody who either died earlier than this, perhaps almost anywhere in the country or went abroad.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2382] IGI record of Christening :- Samuel Juniper (1818). [S2383] Merchant Navy records :- Samuel Juniper (1845). [S2079] Baptism register :- Great Yarmouth (1818). [S2106] 1841 Census :- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [S2384] Will of Peter Juniper. [S2397] IGI record of Marriage :- Peter Juniper - Elizabeth Woolmer (1814).