Dane, John

John Dane, 1810-1882


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Life Events


Born:7 January 1810Quebec City, Quebec, Lower Canada [01].
Baptised:28 January 1810Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City, Quebec, Lower Canada [02].
Married:23 February 1834St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Madras [Chennai], Madras Presidency, India, to Mary Hayes [c1818-1903] [03] [04].
Arrived:10 August 1851Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the barque Troubadour. Departed Plymouth. 27 April 1851 [05] [06] [07].
Died:30 April 1882Campbelltown, Colony of New South Wales [daughter's residence], aged 72 years [08] [09].
Buried:May 1882St Peters Anglican Church Cemetery, Campbelltown, Colony of New South Wales [10].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852

John Dane [11]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
18251836-09-1716Military career prior to Sergeant TBDBritish Army Sergeant.
1836-09-181838-05-1016Sergeant, 57th Regiment of FootBritish Army Ensign.
1838-05-111838-05-111840-07-2728Ensign, 62nd Regiment of FootBritish Army Lieutenant.
1840-07-281840-07-281842-10-1330Lieutenant, 62nd Regiment of FootBritish Army 28th Regiment
1842-10-141842-10-141851-02-2032Lieutenant, 28th Regiment of FootBritish Army Captain.
1851-02-211851-02-211851-03-1341Captain, UnattachedBritish Army Reserve 53rd Regiment
1851-03-141851-03-141851-03-1441Captain, 53rd Regiment of FootBritish Army Retired.
1851-031851-12TBD
1851-12-151852-02-03Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold DistrictsGold DistrictsResigned

References


Notes

Notes
01⇑ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 7 May 2026].
02⇑ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 7 May 2026].
03⇑ British India Office Marriages - Madras [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 4 May 2026].
04⇑ War Office WO025-3239 - Reports of Officers' Marriages. Page 549, John Dane [National Archives UK; 4 January 2024].
05⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 August 1851, p 2 [Trove; 4 May 2023].
06⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 81.
07⇑ There is a story told by Louis Dane (grandson?) in The Times of 18 October 1934. This says that Dane brought his family to settle in Melbourne, arriving on 9 August 1848. There are many factual errors in this account, so is probably referring to the arrival on 10 August 1851.
08⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages new South Wales Death Index D1882-006626.
09⇑ Deaths - Dane; The Argus (Melbourne), 4 May 1882, p 1 [Trove; 4 January 2024].
10⇑ John Dane [Find a Grave; 4 January 2024].
11⇑ John Dane [Parliament of Victoria; 30 October 2024].

Further Reading

Profile:John Dane (politician) [Wikipedia; 23 October 2024].
Profile:Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (Editor); Burke's Irish Family Records; Burke's Peerage, London, 1976 (5th Edition); p 318.
Statistics:John Dane [Parliament of Victoria; 5 November 2024].
Statistics:Kathleen Thomson, Alan Serle; A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament 1859-1900; Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972; p 49.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-04Life Events updated and references added.