O’Meara, John Joseph

John Joseph O’Meara, 1830-1905

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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:31 March 1830Dublin, Ireland.
Baptised:6 April 1830St Mary's (Pro Cathedral), Dublin, Ireland.
Arrived:1852TBD
Married:21 June 1870Church of St Ignatius, Richmond, Colony of Victoria to Georgina Josephine Bennett [1850-1901].
Died:19 June 1905205 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 75 years [01] [02].
Buried:20 June 1905St Kilda Cemetery, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Roman Catholic, Compartment A, No 0667].

Golden Colony Roles

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Gold Warden:18711872187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884188518861887188818891890
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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1905-006307.
02⇑Deaths - O'Meara; The Argus (Melbourne), 20 June 1905, p 1 [Trove; 18 April 2023]
03⇑Has O'Meara as Police Magistrate in Ballarat in 1854, but this is not the case as he only became a Police Magistrate in 1885.

Further Reading

Profile:O'Meara, John Joseph (1830-?); in: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni; The Eureka Encyclopaedia; Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004; p 413. [03]

Updates

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