Nicholas Boys Bull

[Mary Wiliams]

I wonder if someone could help please. I am looking for a Nicholas Boys Bull b 2.9.1794 Stanway Essex. He married a Mary Tanner in the UK. From family info it appears he left Mary and their two children and then disappeared. He had been a mariner with the East India Company. I have found a record showing a Nicholas Boy Bull joining a Freemasons Lodge in 1842 in South Australia aged 32. I have also found a Nicholas Boys Bull with wife Mary (not sure if it is the same one) arriving in South Australia in 1839 and a child Susanna De Maltoss being born to them on 3.11.1839 in Adelaide. I have found a death of Nick Boys Bull in Adelaide 1846 aged 46 informant wife Mary. I cannot find and further records of Mary returning to the UK, she is shown living in the UK with her two sons from the marriage in 1851. I cannot find any further info on Sussana De Maltoss either.  Any help would be greatly appreciated on any of them.

[matthewj64]

Nicholas Boys Bull appointed Sub-Inspector of Police, Adelaide, 1838

1838 'Advertising', South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839), 28 July, p. 1. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31750045

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[Mary Wiliams]

Wow, that was quick thank you so much, Mary

[matthewj64]

Deaths - On Tuesday the 5th instant, after a short but severe illness, Nick Boys Bull, Esq.,R.N., at the signal-station, at West-terrace, aged 46 years.

1846 'Family Notices', Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 9 May, p. 4. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158922459

[matthewj64]

Nicholas Boys Bull appointed Sub-Inspector of Police, Adelaide, 1838

In 1839 he was made Superintendent of the Park Lands of Adelaide, and here he is refered to as 'Capt. Nick Boys Bull' - so he was a captain in the Royal Navy(?)
1841 'THE INQUEST ON WILLIAMS.', Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement (SA : 1841), 30 September, p. 4. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245310012

[Mary Wiliams]

Thank you again, yes I believe he had been in the Royal Navy as a youngster, but all the info I have related to the East India Company.
Thank you again,
Mary

[matthewj64]

'Mrs Jolly begs to inform...she and Mrs Bull, widow of the late Captain Bull, RN, haved opened a school for young ladies...'

1846 'Advertising', South Australian (Adelaide, SA : 1844 - 1851), 26 June, p. 1. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71605053

[matthewj64]

'Mrs Bull the widow of a British officer of high standing, and an old colonist to boot, is at present in great distress, with her daughter in a delicate state of health...'
1851 'APPEAL ON BEHALF OF AN OLD COLONIST'S WIDOW.', Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 3 May, p. 5. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165043310

'Shipmate' of Mrs Bull, 1837-8
1851 'THE WIDOW OF THE LATE CAPT. BULL.', Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 10 May, p. 2. , viewed 17 Apr 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165043106

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[Mary Wiliams]

Very interesting story, I love the way it's written, thank you again