Burrowes, Robert James

Robert James Burrowes, 1854-1906


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Life Events


Born:28 April 1854Bytown [Ottawa], Canada West [01] [02].
Arrived:27 March 1858Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the clipper ship Tornado. Departed Liverpool, 19 December 1857 [03] [04].
Married:23 December 1879St Paul's Church of England, Sale, Colony of Victoria, to Alice Steffaline Johnson-Böe [1858-1904] [05] [06].
Died:27 June 1906Malua, Stawell, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 52 years [07] [08].
Buried:29 June 1906Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Section A, No 0221] [09].

Golden Colony Roles


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Captain Robert James Burrowes [10]

Career


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References


Notes

Notes
01⇑ Date from Public Service Lists.
02⇑ Some obituaries say that he was born in Bendigo, but that is incorrect. He was four years old when he and his family settled in Bendigo.
03⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Age (Melbourne), 29 March 1858, p 4 [Trove; 22 April 2023].
04⇑ Tornado Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, October-November 1852 [PROV; 25 April 2023].
05⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1880-000239.
06⇑ Marriages - Burrowes-Johnson-Boe; The Argus (Melbourne), 30 December 1879, p 1 [Trove; 6 May 2023].
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1906-007174.
08⇑ Deaths - Burrowes; The Argus (Melbourne), 28 June 1906, p 1 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
09⇑ Grave Locator [Boroondara (Kew) Cemetery; 06 March 2023].
10⇑ Captain Burrowes; The Herald (Melbourne), 9 September 1893, p 8. [Trove; 26 December 2024].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-17Life Events updated and references added.