Cresswell, Charles Alfred Costley

Charles Alfred Costley Cresswell, 1849-1937


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Charles Alfred Costley Cresswell: 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:	19 April 1849	Worcester, Worcestershire, England [01] [02].
Baptised:	1 August 1849	All Saints Church of England, Worcester, Worcestershire, England [03].
Arrived:	2 February 1852	Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Lady Peel. Departed London, 17 October 1851 [04] [05] [06].
Married (1):	1870	Colony of Victoria, to Elsie Louise Farrant [?-1913] [07].
Departed:	6 September 1911	Returned to England on the RMS Osterley [08] [09] [10].
Married (2):	Q3 1917	St Martin (Registration District), London, England, to Sarah Murton Phelps [1869-1954].
Died:	16 July 1937	Longwood House, Spur Hill Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, Dorsetshire, England [11].
Buried:	July 1937	TBD

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
		1911	1912
	Gold Warden:	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890
		1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
		1911	1912

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
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References

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Notes
01⇑	Worcestershire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 3 January 2024].
02⇑	Date also in the Public Service lists.
03⇑	Worcestershire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 3 January 2024].
04⇑	Port of Geelong - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 3 February 1852, p 2 [Trove; 4 January 2024].
05⇑	Lady Peel Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947 - January-September 1852 [PROV; 4 January 2024].
06⇑	Arrived with his mother and siblings.
07⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1870-001974.
08⇑	Travelled with his wife to England. Resigned/retired as Police Magistrate while in England and did not return to Australia.
09⇑	Shipping; Geelong Advertiser, 7 September 1911, p 6 [Trove; 10 March 2024].
10⇑	No Court of Appeal; The Herald (Melbourne), 19 September 1911, p 8 [Trove; 10 March 2024].
11⇑	England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 4 January 2024].

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Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-01-03	Life Events updated and references added.