Name, year of birth and month and year of death from reliable information (CB/January 2002) collected by Brian Oliver of nzolivers.com (b.1950) on his April 2008 visit to Devon.

Samuel died in New Plymouth in January 1934, leaving a widow (Susan Caroline) and four sons and four daughters, all residents of the New Plymouth district.

Full date of birth, and baptism of 19 August 1856, from David Eric Lloyd (born 15 Feb 1943) which he gleaned from the New Plymouth archives from the Registry of Baptisms Wesleyan.

Place of birth and place of death from Clarence (Clarry) George Oliver b. 09 Sep 1928.
Name of children from Clarence (Clarry) George Oliver b. 09 Sep 1928.

Date and place of marriage from photocopy of Family Bible ex Neville Richards, grandson of Ivy Grace Oliver.

Day of death from headstone at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand:
In Loving Memory Of
Samuel Oliver
Died 8th January 1934
Aged 78 Years
Also his beloved wife
Susan Oliver
Died 9th February 1954
Aged 92 Years
"Sadly Missed"