Samuel Isaacs (1845 - 1920)

Born 1845 in Augusta, Western Australia, Australia

Died 14 Jul 1920 at about age 75 in Western Australia, Australia

• Sam Isaacs (seated) and another man, ca. (1900?)  : photo slwa

Biography

Samuel Isaacs is an Indigenous Australian.

Samuel Isaacs was born in 1845 at Augusta, about 322 kms south of Perth on the west coast of Western Australia, and was given the tribal name Yebble by his Aboriginal mother. His father was a Native American mariner [Afro-American] who came to Western Australia in the early 1830's on a whaling ship. Samuel grew up to be an expert horse and bullock handler ^[1].

In 1870, Samuel Isaacs' marriage to Lucy Major was registered in Western Australia with the marriage taking place in Busselton. Her maiden name was Lucy Major Lowe and she was the daughter of James Major Lowe. ^{[2] [3]}
When their children were born Lucy apparently used the name Lucy Lowe, as their mother's name.

In 1872, Ancestry's Australia, Birth Index (ABI) record has Reg.No.13839 for John Isaacs, born at Vasse, which is about 10 kms from Busselton, with Father: Samuel Isaacs and Mother: Lucy Lowe. In 1875, Lucy Mona Isaacs was born in Busselton (Reg.No.16211).
In 1877, James Herbert Isaacs was born at Vasse, (No.17922). In 1879, Samuel Andrew Isaacs was born in Lockeville (No.20420). In 1884, Agnes Maria Isaacs was born at Vasse, (No.24999).
Lockeville appears to have been a farm in what is now the City of Busselton. The Ancestry Family Tree has 3 more children for Samuel and Lucy, but no 'Joanna Isaacs'.

It was in 1876 that he became a hero "when he helped [led] rescue the passengers and crew of the stricken vessel, SS Georgette. Sam saw the stricken ship from the cliffs of Calgardup Bay [10 kms south of the town of Margaret River] near Redgate. Though on foot, he rushed to the Bussell's property, Wallcliffe at the mouth of the Margaret River, some 20 kms away [where he was working as a Stockman] to raise the alarm. Only the women of the household were home and Grace, the Bussells 16 year old daughter, volunteered to help him try to rescue who they could" ^[1] .

"Sam was awarded a Crown Grant of a 100 acres of land by the State government, and a medal.

Sadly, Sam Isaacs died in 1920 following a fall from his sulky. He was returning home after dropping his son off at the Busselton Train Station, [who] was heading to Perth to join the 10th Light Horse Brigade" ^[1] .

Samuel Isaacs was buried in Busselton Pioneer Cemetery, Busselton, Western Australia. "Near this spot lies Sam Isaacs, a loved and respected citizen of the lower south-west. While a stockman at Wallcliffe, he achieved fame when he rode, with Grace Bussell, into the surf at Calgardup to rescue survivors from the stranded SS Georgette, 1st December 1876 ^[4]
His death was registered in Sussex, Western Australia in 1920. ^[2]

Busselton Pioneer Cemetery

ISAACS , J . 17 November 191?

ISAACS , Jack

ISAACS , Lucy

ISAACS , Samuel . c1845 - 14 July 1920

People – LifeTree

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. ^[5] (1878)
—At a meeting of this Society, says the Times of November 23, held at the offices, Trafalgar-square, on Tuesday, Mr. Hawes presiding, Miss Grace Vernon Bussell, a young lady 16 years of age was awarded the silver medal for saving, with the aid of her black servant, Samuel Isaacs, the lives of several persons who were in danger of drowning, in the following circumstances : . . . more . .

Sam Isaacs (seated) and another man, ca. (1900?) : photo slwa

Isaacs family and farm, Margaret River. (1914) : photo slwa

Isaac Isaacs, son of Sam : photo slwa

025888PD: Mrs Lucy Innes nee Isaacs, ca. 1914 : photo slwa

• 100th anniversary of Noongar hero Samuel Isaacs July 14, 2020
• South West Stories The Isaacs Family - from fb

COUNTRY.
BUSSELTON. - Mr. Samuel Isaacs. ^[6] a 74-year-old resident of the Margaret River, passed away an the roadside midway between Busselton and Karridale, on Thursday morning. July 15. Mr. Isaacs, with a companion, left Busselton on Wednesday, and at about 3 p.m. was thrown out of his sulky while in the act of lighting his pipe. At the time of the fall, which left practically no mark he made light of the matter, but later asked to be sat against a tree. In that position he continued for some time, appearing to rally, but as night appeared a change for the worse set in, and a camp was made with a couple of travelling friends. . . and more . . .

Australia, Aborigines - Index Tree

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} monumentaustralia
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} From the Pioneers Index
   Marriage registration : (1841-1936)
   Surname Given Name Sex | Spouse Surname | Given Names Sex | Place | Number | Year
   Isaacs Samuel Male | Major Lucy Female | Busselton 3068 | 1870
   Death registration : (1841-1971)
   Surname Given Names Sex | Age | District | Number | and Year
   Isaac Samuel Male | | Sussex | 11 | 1920
3. ↑ Marriage: Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Registration Number: 3068.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #183689037 - with photos
5. ↑ LOCAL AND GENERAL. (1878, January 4). The Western Australian Times
   (Perth, WA : 1874 - 1879), p. 2. Retrieved July 16, 2020
6. ↑ COUNTRY. (1920, July 27). The West Australian
   (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved July 20, 2020