Greene, William Wentworth

William Wentworth Greene, 1846-1920

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Contents:William Wentworth Greene:  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:20 March 1846Ireland [01].
Arrived:4 November 1852Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Marlborough. Departed London, 14 August 1852, via Plymouth [02] [03] [04] [05].
Married (1):9 February 1880Catholic Apostolic Church, 164 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Colony of Victoria to Janet McGregor [1857-1898] [06] [07].
Married (2):31 March 1911St Paul's Church of England, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, to Elizabeth Annie Jessie Burstall [1873-1944] [08] [09].
Died:7 November 1920Jessborough, 164 Glass Street, Essendon, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 65 years [10] [11] [12].
Buried:9 November 1920Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Section D, No 0822] [13].

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Date from Public Service Lists.
02⇑Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 November 1852, p 4 [Trove; 22 April 2023].
03⇑Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 132.
04⇑Marlborough Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, October-November 1852 [PROV; 25 April 2023].
05⇑William Henry Bonsey was on the same voyage.
06⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1880-001212.
07⇑Marriages - Greene-M'Gregor; Ballarat Star, 21 February 1880, p 2 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
08⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1911-002969.
09⇑Marriages - Greene-Burstall; The Argus (Melbourne), 5 April 1911, p 9 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
10⇑Death notice has 8 November. Probate is 7 November, so he presumably died early in the morning of the 8th.
11⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1920-014273.
12⇑Deaths - Greene; The Argus (Melbourne), 9 November 1920, p 1 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
13⇑William Wentworth Greene [Fawkner Cemetery; 7 March 2023]

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-22Life Events updated and references added.