Samuel Pickersgill and his wife and family were the original settlers of Churchill Island. They had seven children.Photograph of Samuel Pickersgill - 1826 - 1902.samuel pickersgill, bernard grayden

The Pickersgill family were the original settlers on Churchill Island, and amongst the earliest at Griffiths Point, now San Remo. Samuel Jabez Pickersgill, is the seventh of nine children of Samuel and Winifred Pickersgill of Churchill Island fame. Samuel Jabez lived from 1866 – 1956, and in his old age wrote down his memoirs of his early years in the 1870s and 1880s. Some of these are on the Phillip Island & District Historical Society website: www.pidhs.org.auSix Black & White photographs of possible members of the Pickersgill family. 255-01. Portrait of a lady - unknown, but member of Pickersgill family. Lady is possibly Mary (Anderson) Potter daughter of Thomas Anderson and Catherine Sayle. She was the wife of Rev Herbert Potter. Edith Potter from Herberts first marriage in England married Walter Pickersgill. 255-02. Photograph of a house - maybe Pickersgill connection. 255-03. Family group - lady with 5 children - possibly Pickersgill. 255-04. Samuel K Pickersgill with wife & child. 255-05. Samuel K Pickersgill. 255-06. Photograph of 5 ladies (sisters) Back Row: Mrs Annie Potter & Mrs Charles Grayden. Front Row: Mrs Priscilla Howse, Mrs Lil Beamish, Mrs Kate Thompson. The sister in the middle of the group was the eldest, Lil nee Pickersgill, who was born before the family settled on Churchill Island.pickersgill family, samuel k pickersgill, laurie thompson

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large collection of photographs dating from the nineteenth century.Photograph of a woman (Dorothy Bromley) standing beside a display sign in the Visitors' Centre for her relative, Samuel Kirby PickersgillDOROTHY BROMLEY/(NEE PICKERSGILL)/DIRECT DESCENDENT[sic] OF/ SAMUEL & WINIFRED/(GRAND DAUGHTER) [written on reverse in pen] catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph

Sarah and John Rogers were the second European inhabitants on Churchill Island with, and after the Pickersgills. Sarah laid out a garden and collected shells and shell grit to surface the garden paths. Possibly these are some of the shells she collected.A variety of old and weathered shells stored in jar with label: "Original shells collected for paths by Sarah Rogers"."Original shells collected for paths by Sarah Rogers"shells, garden paths, sarah rogers, john rogers, churchill island

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large collection of photographs dating from the nineteenth century.Photograph of a woman (Dorothy Bromley) standing beside a display sign in the Visitors' Centre for her relative, Winifred Pickersgill.DOROTHY BROMLEY (NEE PICKERSGILL)/DIRECT DESCENDENT[sic] OF SAMUEL & WINIFRED/(GRAND DAUGHTER) [written on reverse in pen] catalogue number written on reverse in pencilchurchill island, photograph