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Biography - Christopher Family

Christopher, Sarah
231 Bridge Street 1927-1949 Property

Sarah Christopher, daughter of Joshua Christopher and Eliza Brady was born 1867 in Preston. She had three sisters, Annie Eliza born about 1862, Martha Elizabeth born 1865, Martha born 1868 in Emerald Hill and a brother John James born in Sandridge, 1873. She became the owner of the house after her sister Annie died in 1926.

She died in Port Melbourne 1948.


Christopher, John
231 Bridge Street 1926 Property

Could be Sarah's younger brother John James. He lived in the house in 1926 after their older sister Annie Eliza had died. Sarah then became the owner/occupier until her death in 1948.


Samson, Annie Eliza
231 Bridge Street 1902-1925 Property

Annie was Sarah Christopher's older sister. Born in Newcastle around 1862, she died in Port Melbourne aged 64 in 1926. She was owner/occupier of the property for almost 25 years after her husband Engebregt Samson died in 1900.


Samson, Engebregt
231 Bridge Street 1900-1901 Property

The son of Engebregt Samson and Ragnelela Thorson. He died in 1900 in Port Melbourne, aged 47. He married Annie Eliza Christopher in 1885.