Samuel Boileau Goad

Goad, Samuel
Goad, Samuel
Personal details
Born	21 August 1806; Madras
Died	13 December 1876; Simla
Spouse(s)	Emma Gordon Davidson (m. 1833), Frederica Blood (m. 1857)
Children	Horatio Boileau Goad

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Samuel Thomas Boileau Goad (21 August 1806 – 13 December 1876) was a major^[1] of the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry and one of the principal property owners in Simla, India during the years of British rule. By his death, Goad had accumulated 33 properties in the town. The buildings were among the most valuable in Simla and included Barnes' Court, Kennedy House, the Park and Holly Lodge.^[2]

Samuel's father was Samuel Thomas Goad and his mother was Jane M. His paternal grandparents were William Goad and Darling Thomas. He was the oldest of seven children. He had four brothers and two sisters, named William, Henry, Charles, George, Anna and Maria.^[3]

Samuel married Emma Gordon Davidson, daughter of Leith Alexander Davidson, on 30 December 1833 in Calcutta Cathedral, India. Samuel secondly married Frederica Blood, daughter of Thomas Blood, on 12 November 1857 in Kasauli, Punjab (now Himachal Pradesh), India.^[4] Goad was the father of Horatio Boileau Goad and father-in-law of William Knight Treves, brother of Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon associated with the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick.

Samuel Boileau Goad committed suicide on 13 December 1876.^[4] He is one of the last people to be buried in Simla's Cart Road Cemetery.^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "No. 21729". The London Gazette. 15 June 1855. p. 2308.
↑ "Churches and cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. | accessdate= 16 October 2012
↑ "Samuel Boileau Goad". GenoPro. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Ancestors of Lieutenant Samuel Alexander Boileau Goad". Holmes a Court. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
↑ Gazetteer of the Simla District, 1904. Indus Publishing. 1997. p. 52. ISBN 978-81-7387-068-2.

[1] "No. 21729". The London Gazette. 15 June 1855. p. 2308.

[2] "Churches and cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012. | accessdate= 16 October 2012

[3] "Samuel Boileau Goad". GenoPro. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[hac-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Ancestors of Lieutenant Samuel Alexander Boileau Goad". Holmes a Court. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[5] Gazetteer of the Simla District, 1904. Indus Publishing. 1997. p. 52. ISBN 978-81-7387-068-2.

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