Keogh, John

John Keogh, 1836-1923

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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:18 May 1836Clonbrock, County Galway, Ireland [01] [02].
Baptised:15 July 1854St Patrick's Church, Fohenagh, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland [03].
Arrived:28 December 1858Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Meteor. Departed Liverpool, 24 September 1858 [04] [05].
Married:8 September 1868Lake Menenia Station, Mininera (near Ararat), Colony of Victoria, to Mary Anne "Minnie" Fitzgerald [1850-1901] [06] [07] [08].
Died:19 May 1923Mininera, Inkerman Road, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 87 years [09] [10].
Buried:21 May 1923St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Roman Catholic, Compartment A, No 0656] [11].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:18711872187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890
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Gold Warden:18711872187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890
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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Mr John Holmes; The Argus (Melbourne), 22 May 1923, p 10 [Trove; 9 July 2023].
02⇑Date from Victorian Public Service lists.
03⇑A John and Honoria Keogh appear in the Fohenagh Parish Congregational Records as taking their first communion. This may or may not be our John Keogh and his sister, Honoria. Some have concluded that this was their baptism, but I doubt that this is correct.
04⇑Shipping - Arrived (Hobson's Bay); The Age (Melbourne), 29 December 1858, p 4 [Trove; 9 July 2023].
05⇑Meteor Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, October-December 1858 [PROV; 9 July 2023].
06⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index B1868-002757.
07⇑Marriages - Keogh-Fitzgerald; The Argus (Melbourne), 12 September 1868, p 4 [Trove; 9 July 2023].
08⇑The wife as Marianne. The name of her father's station varies in sources, but "Lake Menenia Station" is the name he used.
09⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1923-007969.
10⇑Deaths - Keogh; The Advocate (Melbourne), 24 May 1923, p 23 [Trove; 18 April 2023].
11⇑Deceased Search [St Kilda Cemetery; 9 July 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-16Life Events updated and references added.