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Hi looking for info on Claude Somerset b Wem Shropshire 1881 served in Boar War 1899-1902, may have been in WWI but lots of C Somerset records for WWI, I also think he went to Australia, but again lots of records for C Somerset

Name: Claude Somerset
Registration Year: 1881
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Wem
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 733


Is this him in 1891?

Name: Claud Somerset
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation: Son
Father's name: Vere Somerset
Gender: Male
Where born: Prees, Shropshire, England
Civil Parish: Prees
Ecclesiastical parish: St Chad
Town: Prees
County/Island: Shropshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation: Living on own means
Condition as to marriage: Widow
Registration district: Wem
Sub registration district: Prees
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2124
Folio: 18
Page Number: 9

Household Members:
Name Age
Vere Somerset 36
Charles Somerset 12
Hugh Somerset 11
Claud Somerset 9
Vere E Somerset 7
Francis B Tosse 30 Governess
Mary Millman 53 Housekeeper
Mary Sands 25 Cook
Matilda Ecclestone 20 Housemaid
Daniel Sands 22 Coachman Groom

If above is the correct family then this would be them in 1881

Name: Vere Francis John Somerset
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Annette Catherine Somerset
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
Civil Parish: Prees
County/Island: Shropshire
Country: England
Street address: Prees Hall
Marital Status: Married

Employment status:

Registration district: Wem
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2669
Folio: 20
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Vere Francis John Somerset 26
Annette Catherine Somerset 31
William Francis Somerset 4
Charles Somerset 2
Hugh Somerset 1
Richard Frederic Hill 77 - Father in Law (Colonel, retired list)
Martha Clarkson 59
Sarah Adams 26
Mary Millman 43
Sarah Evans 29
Annie Groom 25
Ann Jones 19
William F. Hill 37


Name: Annette Catherine Somerset
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Registration Year: 1889
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 39
Registration district: Wem
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Shropshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 471


Name: Annette Catherine Hill
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1850
Baptism Date: 7 Mar 1850
Baptism Place: Greece
Event Type: Baptism
Father: Richard Frederick Hill
Mother: Maria Jane Hill
Piece Description: RG 33: Foreign Registers and Returns, 1627-1960

A tree on ancestry has following:-

Death of Father Vere Francis John Somerset(1854–1909)
10 Oct 1909 • Wem, Shropshire, England

Death of Brother Charles Vere Fitzroy Somerset(1878–1941)
1941 • Ballingup, Western Australia, Australia

Death of Brother William Francis Somerset(1876–1942)
7 Mar 1942 • Port Sydney, Ontario, Canada

Death 13 Mar 1942

maybe???

Name: Claud Somerset
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Birth Date: abt 1881
Departure Date: 28 Jul 1925
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Fremantle, Australia
Ship Name: Hobsons Bay
Search Ship Database: Search for the Hobsons Bay in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Australian Commonwealth Line
Official Number: 151802
Master: O J Kydd

Occupation:- Merchant
Last address in England:- 12, Park Village West, Regents Park, London

Marriage of brother:

William Francis Somerset

in the Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
Record Image View

Name: William Francis Somerset
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1877
Birth Place: England
Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1899
Marriage Location: Muskoka District
Marriage County or District: Muskoka
Father: Vere Francis John Somerset
Mother: Annette Catherine Somerset
Spouse: Laura Helen Thoms
Spouse's Age: 29
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1870
Spouse Birth Place: Muskoka, Ontario
Spouse Father: William H Thoms
Spouse Mother: Emily Thoms

Claud
Last name Somerset
Birth year 1880
Birth parish Prees
Birth town Whitchurch
Birth county SHROPSHIRE
Birth country ENGLAND
Service number -
Regiment Imperial Yeomanry
Document type Attestation
Attestation year 1900
Attestation day 15
Attestation month January
Attestation age years 20
Attestation age months -
Attestation corps Imperial Yeomanry
Attestation service number -
Discharge corps -
Discharge service number -
Series WO128
Box 0004
Record number 157
Dataset Title Imperial Yeomanry service records 1899-1902
Record set British Army Service Records 1760-1915
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Regimental & service records
Collections from Great Britain
Transcriptions copyright brightsolid online publishing ltd

Discharged 16th June 01 Litchfield

interesting reading

http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx?uid=9125-2873-5779-1388


Surname Given Names Sex Age Father Mother Place of Birth Registration District Registration Number Registration Year
Somerset Claud Male Wellington 43 1942

On the 1925 travel info he is listed as intending to live in Australia

Second marriage of William Francis . He's a widower.

William Frances Somerset

in the Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928
Record Image View

Name: William Frances Somerset
[William Francis Somerset]
Age: 49
Birth Date: abt 1878
Birth Place: Wales
Marriage Date: 5 Jan 1927
Marriage County or District: Muskoka
Father: Vore Frances John Somerset
Mother: Antonelli Cathrine Hill
Spouse: Anne Margaret Vibert Lawrence
Spouse's Age: 44
Spouse Birth Date: abt 1883
Spouse Birth Place: Burnt Township
Spouse Father: Charles Treffy Lawrence
Spouse Mother: Lucy Crompton

Just a little more information from Army record.

Somerset Claud 1102 Trooper Source:
QSA Medal Rolls
6th Company,
4th Btn,
Imperial Yeomanry

Father:- V. Somerset Esquire
Address:- Prees Hall, Whitchurch

Home:- 15.01.00 - 26.01.00
S. Africa :- 27.01.00 - 06.05.01
Home:- 07.05.01 - 16.06.01

Medals:- South African Medal

Battalion:- 6th Company

Height:- 6' 3/4"
Eyes:- Grey
Compexion:- Fresh
Hair:- Light Brown

Baptism

Name Claud Somerset
Date 7 Aug 1881
Father Vere Francis John Somerset occ Gentleman
Mother Annette Catherine
Address The Hall, Prees

thanks all for the info

???

Claud Somerset
in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Claud Somerset
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1931
Subdistrict: Nelson
State: Western Australia
District: Forrest
Country: Australia


If this is him, he's a farmer, and living with Charles Somerset, farmer (his brother ??), and Doris Amy Somerset, married.

Address: Ferndale, Balingup

Doris Amy Somerset
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

Name: Doris Amy Somerset
Age: 87
Death Place: Western Australia
Father's name: Edward G
Mother's name: Glice
Registration Place: Perth, Western Australia
Registration Number: 1806/74



Looks like Doris was Charles's wife:

Doris A Cronin
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Doris A Cronin
Marriage Place: Western Australia
Registration Place: Perth, Western Australia
Registration Year: 1913
Registration Number: 152


Charles Somarset
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Charles Somarset
Marriage Place: Western Australia
Registration Place: Perth, Western Australia
Registration Year: 1913
Registration Number: 152



Doris's birth:

Doris Cronin
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Doris Cronin
Birth Date: 1886
Father's name: Edward G Cronin
Mother's name: Alice A
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1886
Registration Place: Deniliquin, New South Wales
Registration Number: 27552

http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3852907/3852911/51/

(1886 above, perhaps)

http://newspapers.library.wales/

Chris :)

Mr. Claude Somerset, from England, is staying with his Brother, Mr. Charles Somerset, "Ferndale", Balingup.

(from below)

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/search?adv=y


The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Saturday 14 March 1942 p 8

Probates
Somerset, Charles, late of Balingup, farmer, to Doris Amy Somerset, of Balingup. and Cloud Somerset, of Argyle...


Deaths
Somerset Charles Male Blackwood 38 1941
Somerset Claud Male Wellington 43 1942

http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/

(Burials on below)

http://www.ozburials.com/CemsWA/Donnybrook/balingup.htm

Even the brother in Canada died in 1942, how sad that the three brothers all died so young and so close together, but then their parents also died young so maybe just an unlucky family.