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from Roger Kelly

 
Note:
" Certainly Septimane didn't have a farm but he must have had some means to set up as a Butcher in London. Septimane was sponsored, in 1838, to come to South Australia by his father-in-law, Robert Norman, an Hotelier (Anna's marriage cert said she belonging to St James, Piccadilly, Westminster parish - her brother Robert Hastings Norman was married in Soho). Septimane's occupation was given as Butcher & Ag Labourer.
Bought land and settled at Yankalilla, S Australia, in 1842, a few years after coming to South Australia, The Yankalilla property, Whisanger, Septimane owned. Robert Hastings Norman, Sept's brother-in-laws, John & Robert Noman eventually owned Normanville, a delightful port/ beach village next to Yankalilla. This area was where the South Australia Company Committee's Surveyor General, Col Light, first landed in 1836. Septimane (marriage cert: belonged to St Mary, Newington Parish) was a butcher in the London area so the Ag Labourer (farming experience) was added to make certain that the South Australian Coy Committee would look favourably on Sept's application - the S.A.Coy wanted farmer settlers not city merchants. Later (Sth Aust Pioneer Index) Sept's occupation was given as Merchant, pastoralist. The Norman family are helping to paint a slightly different picture to that of the 'Herberts of Yankalilla' written by Oscar Herbert in 1936. John Norman (farmer, hotelier and wine maker- Anna's older brother) and his family, came out on the same ship, the 'Thomas Harrison' arrived 25th Feb 1839, as Septimane, Anna and family. Anna's other brother, Robert Hastings Norman (first S.A. surgeon dentist, farmer), his family and Anna's widowed mother, Sara, arrived in 1844, possibly after Robert Snr died.

There is no Sth Aust state record for some of the births but that is not surprising as State records were taken from christenings and many church records were destroyed by bushfires in the early days."
-August 1999
 

Septimane HERBERT, wife Anna nee NORMAN, 3 children including George Septimane [2,7];
ARRIVED IN SA: - 25/28 February 1839
SHIP: -Thomas Harrison
CAPTAIN: - Edward Michael SMITH [1,3,9]
PORT: - Pt Adelaide (dep London)