Harper, George Mitchell

George Mitchell Harper, 1822-1856

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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:26 December 1822Sydney, Colony of New South Wales [01] [02].
Baptised:7 February 1823St Philip's Anglican Church, Church Hill, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales [03].
Married:28 August 1844Oswald, Colony of New South Wales, to Janet Wright Snodgrass [1824-1896] [04] [05].
Died:25 June 1856Wangaratta, Colony of Victoria, aged 33 years [06] [07].
Buried:27 June 1856Wangaratta Cemetery, Wangaratta, Colony of Victoria [Grave: TBD] [08] [09]

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages New South Wales Birth Index B1822-000547 (V18225478) or B1822-006104 (V182261041B).
02⇑Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 1 October 2023].
03⇑Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 1 October 2023].
04⇑Married - Harper-Snodgrass; The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 31 August 1844, p 3 [Trove; 1 October 2023].
05⇑Janet was the sister of Peter Snodgrass. After George's death, Janet married Francis Augustus Hare.
06⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1856-004393.
07⇑Died - Harper; The Argus (Melbourne), 1 July 1856, p 4 [Trove; 16 April 2023].
08⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1856-004393.
09⇑G M Harper [Find a Grave; 16 April 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-11Life Events updated and references added.