McCormick, George Deihl

George Deihl McCormick, 1830-1916

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Contents:George Deihl McCormick:  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:4 October 1830Niagara, Upper Canada [Ontario] [01] [02].
Baptised:11 December 1831St Mark's Church of England, Niagara, Upper Canada [Ontario] [03].
Arrived:20 April 1853Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Fanny. Departed New York, 23 December 1852, via Boston [04] [05] [06].
Married:18 November 1859St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, to Barbara Waddell [1842-1928] [07] [08].
Died:29 May 1916Hazelburn, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 85 years [09] [10] [11].
Buried:31 May 1916Warrnambool Cemetery, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Section 6, No 0026] [12] [13].

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⇑Victorian Public Service List has 4 October 1833, but as he was baptised on 11 December 1831 and he was 21 on the Fanny passenger list, I had assumed that the birth year was 1831. However, Francis Augustus Hare, in his book The Last of the Bushrangers, says that McCormick and he shared the same birthday - 4 October 1830. The book The Jarvis Family (Case, Lockwood and Brainard, Hartford, 1879) also has 4 October 1830 on page 105, though 1836 on page 61,
02⇑McCormick's middle name is spelled with EI in most sources and IE in some. His will, written in his own hand, has EI.
03⇑Papers and Records, Volume 3; Ontario Historical Society, Toronto, 1901, p 52.
04⇑Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 21 April 1853, p 4 [Trove; 23 April 2023].
05⇑Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 161.
06⇑Fanny Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, April-May 1853 [PROV; 23 April 2023].
07⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1859-003740.
08⇑Marriages - McCormick-Waddell; The Argus (Melbourne), 19 November 1859, p 4 [Trove; 25 January 2024].
09⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1916-008142.
10⇑Deaths - McCormick; The Argus (Melbourne), 31 May 1916, p 1 [Trove; 18 April 2023].
11⇑McCormick's death notice, cemetery record, and death registration have his age as 82 years, but he was 85, if born in 1830.
12⇑George McCormack [sic] [Warrnambool Cemetery; 25 January 2024]. He is listed as George McCormack.
13⇑George Deihl McCormick [Find a Grave; 25 January 2024].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-24Life Events updated and references added.