Archibald Campbell, 1823-1906
| Contents: | Archibald Campbell: Profile Biography Research Notes |
Life Events
| Born: | 11 June 1823 | Quebec, Canada [01]. |
| Married: | 18 November 1847 | Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Isabella Prior [1830-1887] [02] [03]. |
| Arrived: | 6 April 1853 | Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Mathilde. Departed Liverpool, 29 October 1852 [04] [05] [06]. |
| Departed: | 19 December 1853 | Returned to Canada. Departed Melbourne on the ship Admiral to London, then the steamer Cleopatra to Quebec [07] [08] [09]. |
| Died: | April 1906 | Thornhill, Quebec, Canada [10]. |
| Buried: | 27 April 1906 | Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Canada [Grave:Church of England] [11] [12]. |
Golden Colony Roles
Career
| Original | Gazetted | From | To | Age | R | Title | State | Department | District | S | Comments | FN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853-04-19 | 1853-04-30 | Senior Assistant Commissioner | Victoria | Gold Fields | Police Magistrate. | |||||||
| 1853-05-01 | 1853 | Police Magistrate | Victoria | Petty Sessions | Beechworth | Resigned. |
References
Notes
| 01⇑ | 1901 Census of Canada - Quebec - Quebec (County/Comte) - Saint-Columb-de-Sillery [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 2 December 2023]. Most sources have May 1823, but he gives his birth date in the 1901 Canadian Census. |
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| 02⇑ | Actes d’état civil et registres d’église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1967 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 2 December 2023]. |
| 03⇑ | Québec City Area, Marriage Contract Index, 1761-1940 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 2 December 2023]. |
| 04⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 7 April 1853, p 4 [Trove; 21 June 2023]. |
| 05⇑ | Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 159. |
| 06⇑ | Campbell and his family boarded the Mathilde at Rio de Janeiro, departing 21 January 1853. |
| 07⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Argus, (Melbourne) 19 December 1853, p 4 [Trove; 21 June 2023]. |
| 08⇑ | Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 197. |
| 09⇑ | Mrs A Campbell; Rough and Smooth: or, Ho! for an Australian Gold Field; Hunter, Rose, and Co, Quebec, 1865. |
| 10⇑ | 27 April 1906 may be the death date. |
| 11⇑ | Actes d’état civil et registres d’église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1967 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 2 December 2023]. |
| 12⇑ | 27 April 1906 may be the death date. |
| 13⇑ | Harriet Jephson; Notes of a Nomad; Hutchinson, London, 1918. |
Further Reading
| Memoirs: | Mrs A Campbell; Rough and Smooth: or, Ho! For an Australian Gold Field; Hynter, Rose, and Co, Quebec, 1865. Written by Campbell's wife. |
Updates
| 2024-10-13 | Page formatting revised. |
| 2023-12-02 | Life Events updated and references added. |
