Campbell, Archibald

Archibald Campbell, 1823-1906


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Contents:Archibald Campbell:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes

Life Events


Born:11 June 1823Quebec, Canada [01].
Married:18 November 1847Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to Isabella Prior [1830-1887] [02] [03].
Arrived:6 April 1853Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Mathilde. Departed Liverpool, 29 October 1852 [04] [05] [06].
Departed:19 December 1853Returned to Canada. Departed Melbourne on the ship Admiral to London, then the steamer Cleopatra to Quebec [07] [08] [09].
Died:25 April 1906Thornhill, Quebec, Canada [10]
Buried:27 April 1906Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Canada [Grave: Church of England TBD] [11].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853
Gold Commissioner:185118521853

Archibald Campbell [12].

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1853-04-191853-04-30Senior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold Fields Police Magistrate.
1853-05-011853Police MagistrateVictoriaPetty SessionsBeechworthResigned.

References


Notes

Notes
011901 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.
02Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 February 2026].
03Québec City Area, Marriage Contract Index, 1761-1941 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 February 2026]. This source has a contract date of 17 November 1847.
04Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 7 April 1853, p 4 [Trove; 21 June 2023].
05Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 159.
06Campbell and his family boarded the Mathilde at Rio de Janeiro, departing 21 January 1853.
07Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Argus, (Melbourne) 19 December 1853, p 4 [Trove; 21 June 2023].
08Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 197.
09Mrs A Campbell; Rough and Smooth: or, Ho! for an Australian Gold Field; Hunter, Rose, and Co, Quebec, 1865.
10Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 February 2026].
11Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 February 2026].
12Harriet 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

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-02Life Events updated and references added.