Jones, Francis

Francis “Frank” Jones, c1823-1891


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Francis Jones: 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:	c1823	County Cork, Ireland.
Arrived:	2 August 1852	Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the ship Castle Eden. Departed London, 1 May 1852, via Plymouth [01] [02] [03] [04].
Married:	24 July 1856	St George's Church of England, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England, to Juliana Read [05] [06] [07].
Departed:	30 December 1875	Returned to England on the RMS Sumatra. Arrived Southampton [08].
Died:	16 August 1891	Prospect Villas, Rushbrooke, Queenstown [now Cobh], County Cork, Ireland [residence], aged 68 years [09] [10].
Buried:	August 1891	Ireland.

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Gold Commissioner:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1852-10-27				First Colonial appointment
		1853-01-01	1853-12-31			Senior Assistant Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields
		1854-01-01	1855-06-30			Commissioner	Victoria	Gold Fields

References

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Notes
01⇑	This is most likely the ship he arrived on. Another possibility is the Maria on 19 October 1852, but this was only a week before he was appointed Gold Commissioner.
02⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 3 August 1852, p 2 [Trove; 18 July 2023].
03⇑	Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 117.
04⇑	Castle Eden Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, January-September 1852 [PROV; 18 July 2023].
05⇑	Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 19 January 2024].
06⇑	Marriages - Jones-Read; St James's Chronicle, 26 July 1856, p 4 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 8 May 2023].
07⇑	Jones took 12 months' leave, sailing to England on the Thames on 24 January 1856 and returning with his bride on the Simla on 6 January 1857.
08⇑	Departure of the Mail Steamer Sumatra; The Herald (Melbourne), 30 December 1875, p 3 [Trove; 10 May 2023].
09⇑	Death Registration [Irish Genealogy; 19 January 2024].
10⇑	Deaths - Jones; Cork Constitution, 18 August 1891, p 1 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 8 May 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2024-01-19	Life Events updated and references added.