Horton

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NameHortonDescriptionSamuel Horton was born in May 1891, Cheshire, England, the youngest of eight children, to James and Jane Horton (nee Boffey).

Sam suffered several tragedies in his childhood with the death of his mother in 1895, and a fire in the family home and barn, in the Haslington District in Cheshire, England.

Sam arrived at Albion Park about 1911, as one of a group of young adult workers who had been individually sponsored by farmers in the area.

The farmer who had sponsored Sam was unable to meet him at the train station and by pure chance, Mr. George Langley passed by on his way to the milk factory at Albion Park Rail, and learnt of the situation.

George took Sam home with him to 'River Farm' on the Macquarie Rivulet at Albion Park, where the Langley’s treated Sam like a member of the family.

Olive Langley born in 1912 was to later state, ‘He was my favourite, we all loved him’.

In 1915, Sam joined the AIF and served in the trenches in France where he underwent emergency surgery for appendicitis.

When he was recovering in hospital in Cheshire in 1916, he married his childhood sweetheart Jane (Jenny) Barnard and they came to Australia in 1919.

Sam and Jenny lived with the Langley’s at 'River Farm' until Sam was allotted a Soldier Settlement farm at Stockyard Mountain, Albion Park.

Sam and Jenny had three boys Louis, Wilfred (Bill) and James.

In 1923, just seven years after he and Jenny married, Sam died unexpectedly from internal obstructions as a result of the operation he received at the battlefield in 1916. He was only 33 years old.

The local farmers, led by the Langleys, raised enough money for Jenny to establish a shop in Terry Street, Albion Park (opposite Mood Park), where she lived until her death in 1973.

A large fig tree on Stockyard Mountain ridge that is visible from the Princes Highway at Yallah, was considered by the Horton boys a memorial to their parents and the old family farm.

Jenny married Charles Francis Shaw in 1930.

External LinkDeath Samuel Horton 1923Horton Benefit Albion Park 1923Obituary Late Samuel Horton 1923The Horton Trust Matters Finalised 1924Starting in Business 1924Albion Park Refreshment Shop 1928Skating Accident 1930WIlliam Horton 1947Late CF Shaw 1944

Object

'River Farm' Tongarra. The Langleys And The Hortons.

Mouli Grater

Bottle Opener

SMA Milk Powder Tin

Glass Bottle

Dairy Farmers Milk Bottle

Car Jack

Total Oil Can

'River Farm' Cash Book No. 1

Document

'River Farm' Tongarra - The Langleys And The Hortons

Family

Langley

Place

River Farm

Shellharbour Municipal Council 1930.

Back l-r: Ald J W McBarron, Gabriel Timbs (Town Clerk), Ald William M Buchanan, W Darcy Dunster (Chief Health Inspector).

Centre l-r: Ald James McNabb, Ald Con F O'Keefe (Mayor), Ald Thomas James, Ald John Burns, Ald George Langley.

Front l-r: .?, Hector Fraser.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilyMcMillanLangleyLocalityTongarraPlaceRiver FarmStockyard MountainRelated ItemHorton, James William

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