Samuel Isger 14
- Born: 3 Jul 1836, Frome, SOM 10,12
- Marriage (1): Louisa Rideout on 14 Dec 1862 in Brighton, SSX 1,2,17,41
- Marriage (2): Sarah Mansfield in Apr-Jun 1894 in Steyning, SSX 1
- Died: 26 Aug 1924, Hove, SSX at age 88 1
- Buried: 29 Aug 1924, Hove, SSX
 General Notes:
1841 census - living at The Mint, Frome - with both parents and 4 siblings:-
Caroline 15 Wool Picker [age wrong]
Elizabeth 12
William 10
Sarah 8
Samuel 4
[Enumeration District 13, pages 13 & 14]
1851 census - Samuel Isger - errand boy - living with Weller family in Kemp Town, Brighton, SSX
Naval Rating - joined 14/9/1852 until 15/6/1859
1861 census - 7 William Street, Brighton - cellarman
visitors - Mary Dale, Louisa Rideout & Henry Gage [son of neighbour] plus Elizabeth Holford [sister] & John Isgar [nephew]
After marriage, the couple lived at 28 Osbourne Street, Hove.
Employed as a porter at righton Goods Station from Nov 1863 to Jan 1867. He was promoted in May 1866, earning one pound per week but dismissed in 1867 for giving a false statement.
1881 census - living at 9 Goldstone Road, Brighton.
1891 census - 2 Carlton Terrace,Portslade, Steyning,SSX. with Louisa and Eliza Gaskin (visitor)
1901 census:
Samuel Isger631838Somerset FromeSussexAldrington
Sarah Isger491852DullinSussexAldrington
Westwood Villa, 115 Station Road, St Leonard's, Hove
HOVE: Deeds of 27 and 28 Osborne Street - ref. AMS5776/2/1-13 - date: [1797] - 1871
[from Scope and Content] On 5 August 1871 the property was conveyed to Samuel Isger esq (13)
Yvonne Hewitt reports:
Veteran of the Crimean War - Navy
Hove councillor from 1882 [Education Authority from 1888 to 1914]
Mayor of Hove 1903/4.
1915 - living at 188 Church Road, Hove [Kellys Directory]
Left GBP4887 to his wife and Alfred Joseph Clarkson (Cousin)
Buried at Hove Cemetery
Research Notes:
From The Vegetarian (London) December 1, 1894:
The Congress re-assembled for the afternoon Conference at 3 p.m. when Mr. Isger (Treasurer of the Brighton Society) presided and delivered a short presidential address.
Served on the Steyning Board of Guardians and the Hove School Board amongst many other offices. He was elected Mayor of Hove in 1903 [as a Liberal Unionist, see 'The Times' Tuesday, Nov 11, 1902; pg. 12]
Samuel married Louisa Rideout, daughter of George Rideout and Mary Unknown Rideout, on 14 Dec 1862 in Brighton, SSX 1,2,17.,41 (Louisa Rideout was born about 1830 in Dorchester, DOR 8,15, christened on 17 Oct 1830 in Dorchester, DOR 41 and died in Apr-Jun 1893 in Steyning, SSX 15.)
Marriage Notes:
Surety:3
IGI batch M 147942
Samuel next married Sarah Mansfield in Apr-Jun 1894 in Steyning, SSX.1 (Sarah Mansfield was born about 1852 in Dublin, Eire 32 and died on 1 Nov 1933 in Sussex.)
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