Samuel Charles Brees b. c.1810

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect),
  • Artist (Painter)
Samuel Charles Brees moved between England the the antipodes at regular intervals and was an architect, engineer, author and entrepreneur of renown in the colonies. 1841 Census.Church Terr,St Pancras,London.Civil Engineer. 1851 census.Glebelands,Love Lane,Mitcham, Surrey, Born Bloomsbury,London. 1810/11.Surveyor. Died at sea 1860-1865.Death notice in the GRO marine deaths Archive.Certificate produced Poplar London in 1865.
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Name
Samuel Charles Brees
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Entrepreneur (ANZSIC code: 6240) -
  • Author (ANZSIC code: 9002) -
  • Principal surveyor and civil engineer (ANZSIC code: 6922) -
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921) -
  • Railway engineer (ANZSIC code: 3109) -
Birth date
c.1810
Birth place
United Kingdom, United Kingdom?
Birth note
Place uncertain, probably born in either 1809 or 1810
Death date
3 May 1865
Death place
West Indies
Death note
Brees died in the West Indian docks on board the La Hogue en route to London from Sydney
Active Period
  • c.1825 - c.1865
Arrival
  • c.1851 (Arrived Melbourne, Vic.?)
Residence
  • c.1833 - c.1841 London, England, UK
  • c.1810 - c.1833 Birmingham, England, UK
  • c.1842 - c.8 May 1845 New Zealand
  • c.1851 - c.1856 Melbourne, Vic.
  • c.1845 - c.1851 London, England, UK
  • c.1858 - c.1861 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1856 - c.1858 Bendigo, Vic.
  • December 1862 - 1864 Sydney, NSW
  • 1861 - 1862 Otago, NZ
  • 1865 - West Indies
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • DAA with additions