Samuel Francis HAM

1879 - 1953  (74 years)

• Name	Samuel Francis HAM
  Birth	31 May 1879	Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	19 Mar 1880	Wesleyan Circuit, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	1953
  Death	12 Aug 1953	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I806	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	William HAM,   b. 26 Apr 1843, Bradworthy, Devon, England d. 11 Jul 1932, West Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sarah ZEALLEY,   b. 13 Mar 1840, Tintinhull, Somerset, England d. 1 Jan 1906, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1870	Wesleyan Church, South Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ann MCHARRY,   b. 1877   d. 1952, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1914	Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Cyril Francis HAM,   b. 8 Nov 1915, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1991 (Age 75 years)   2. Eunice Margaret HAM   3. William Errol HAM
  Family ID	F786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel was a councillor on the Barrabool Shire Council 1935-1948. "Barrabool: Land of the Magpies" HAM. The originator of this family was Samuel Ham who was a carpenter in Chilwell, Geelong. In 1878 William Ham settled at Waurn Ponds onlandoriginally selected by John McPherson. His wife was descended from Robert Zeally, pioneer of the Torquay region. He was elected to the SchoolBoardof Advice for Moriac Riding in 1886. In 1896 he was elected to Council and remained until 1916, serving four terms as President. He wrote ahistoryof the Shire's first fifty years. He died in 1932. In 1935 Samuel F. Ham was elected to Council, serving until his resignation in 1948. Hedied in1953.