Gilbert, George Alexander

George Alexander Gilbert, 1815-1877

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Contents:George Alexander Gilbert:  Profile  Biography  Research Notes
Explanations:
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:1815Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [01].
Baptised (1):3 December 1815Church of St Thomas of Canterbury (Portsmouth Cathedral), Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [02].
Baptised (2):16 July 1816St Andrew's Church of England, Chichester, Sussex, England [03] [04].
Married (1a):15 June 1839St George's Church of England, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, to Anne Byerley, née Bird [1793-1878] [05].
Married (1b):25 June 1839St James's Church, Piccadilly (Westminster), London, England, to Ann Byerley, née Bird [1793-1878] [06] [07].
Arrived:4 November 1841Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the ship Diamond. Departed London, 1 July 1841, via Cork [08] [09].
Departed:Before 1863Moved to Canada.
Married (2):TBDTBD
Departed:1871Moved to USA.
Married (3):30 May 1871Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, to Matilda (Matilde) K Blankenbach [c1847-?] [10] [11].
Died:23 December 1877Hartford, Connecticut, USA [12] [13].
Buried:26 December 1877Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [Grave: Section E] [14] [15].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:185118521853

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1852-02-161852-12-31Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold Fields
1853-01-011853-04-15Junior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold FieldsResigned.

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Most modern sources have 3 December 1815 as his birth date, but that date was his (first) baptism. The family was living in Portsmouth.
02⇑ George Alexander Gilbert; England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Baptisms, 1538-1940 [FamilySearch, 17 January 2024].
03⇑ George Alexander Gilbert; England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910 [FamilySearch, 17 January 2024].
04⇑ I have not found a reason for the two baptisms.
05⇑ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 17 January 2024]. The bride is recorded as Anne Bird, spinster.
06⇑ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 17 January 2024]. The bride is recorded as Anne Byerley, widow.
07⇑ I have not found a reason for the two ceremonies ten days apart in different, but nearby, churches.
08⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; Port Phillip Patriot and Melbourne Advertiser, 8 November 1841, p 2 [Trove; 21 April 2023]
09⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 1 1798-1845; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1984; p 69.
10⇑ George A Gilbert and Matilde K Blankinbach [sic]; New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938 [FamilySearch, 17 January 2024].
11⇑ Matilda's age was given as 24 in the 1871 Canada Census, but 30 on the marriage registration.
12⇑ Professor George A Gilbert; The Hartford Daily Courant, 25 December 1877, p 2 [Newspapers (Membership required) 17 January 2024].
13⇑ According to Bowman (see Further Reading), he died at the local insane asylum.
14⇑ Professor George A Gilbert; The Hartford Daily Courant, 28 December 1877, p 2 [Newspapers (Membership required) 17 January 2024].
15⇑ George A Gilbert [Find a Grave; 18 January 2024].

Further Reading

Biography:Margaret Bowman; Cultured Colonists: George Alexander Gilbert and his family, settlers in Port Phillip; Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2014.
Profile:Gilbert, George Alexander (1815-?); in: Joan Kerr (Editor); The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992; pp 291-291.
Statistics:Gilbert, George Alexander (fl1820-1857); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 260.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-18Life Events updated and references added.