Brackenbury, Walter Charles

Walter Charles Brackenbury, 1822-1899


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Walter Charles Brackenbury: Profile Biography Research Notes

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Columns:	R [Role]; S [Sources].

Roles:	= Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
	= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
	= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.

Abbreviations:	BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
	GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
	FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.

Appointments:	= Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
	= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
	British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.

Sources (S, S1, S2):	= Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
	= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
	= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.

Other Symbols:	= External link.

Dates:	Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
	"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.

Unconfirmed:	All text in magenta is unconfirmed.

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Life Events

Born:	7 March 1822	Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [01].
Baptised (1):	11 March 1822	St Andrew's Church of England, Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [02].
Baptised (2):	31 March 1825	St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England [03].
Married (1):	9 August 1843	Vepery, Madras, India, to Elizabeth Stonham [1824-1844] [04].
Married (2):	18 May 1848	House of the British Ambassador, Paris, France, to Valentine Marie Paris [1822-1893] [05].
Arrived:	1852	TBD
Departed:	TBD	To New Zealand TBD
Died:	2 March 1899	District Hospital, Auckland, Colony of New Zealand, aged 76 years [06] [07] [08].
Buried:	4 March 1899	Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland, Colony of New Zealand [Grave: Block A, Row 13, No 0042] [09].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Gold Commissioner:	1851	1852	1853	1854
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858

Walter Charles Brackenbury

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1839		17		Cadet	Madras	HEIC Madras Army			Ensign.
		1840-06-12	1841-10-21	18		Ensign, 30th Regiment of Native Infantry	Madras	HEIC Madras Army			Lieutenant.
		1841-10-22	1851-01-14	19		Lieutenant, 30th Regiment of Native Infantry	Madras	HEIC Madras Army			Cashiered.
		1851	1852			TBD
		1852-11-24	1852-12-31			Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1853-01-01	1853-03-31			Junior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1853-04-01	1853-12-31			Senior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1854-01-01	1855-06-30			Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields			Services dispensed with.

References

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Notes
01⇑	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988, [FamilySearch ; 30 December 2023].
02⇑	Lincolnshire Baptisms - Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023].
03⇑	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988, [FamilySearch ; 30 December 2023]. No explanation for two baptisms. Both were officiated by Walter’s father, Joseph.
04⇑	Marriages - Brackenbury-Stonham; India Marriages, 1792-1948 [FamilySearch, 30 December 2023].
05⇑	UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023]. The bride is listed as Valentine Marie Paris and she signed as such. Later records have Marie Valentine Brackenbury.
06⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Death Index D1899-00406.
07⇑	Deaths - Brackenbury; Auckland Star, 16 March 1899, p 8 [PapersPast, 20 April 2023].
08⇑	Probate has 2 March, but death notice has 1 March.
09⇑	Walter Charles Brackenbury [Purewa Cemetery; 20 April 2023].
10⇑	Puke Ariki Heritage Collection, New Zealand.

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Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2023-12-30	Life Events updated and references added.