Smith, John Spencer

John Spencer Smith, 1803-1875

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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:5 August 1803TBD [01] [02].
Baptised:12 October 1803St Mary's Church of England, Walmer, Kent [03] [04].
Arrived:Before February 1854TBD [05]
Died:10 August 1875Alexandra, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 73 years [06] [07] [08]
Buried:12 August 1875Alexandra Cemetery, Alexandra, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Strangers] [09] [10] [11]

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Gold Commissioner:1851185218531854

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑Kent Baptisms, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 14 October 2024].
02⇑Bower Marsh, Frederick Crisp [Editors]; Alumni Carthusiani: A Record of Foundation Scholars of Charterhouse, 1614-1872; Charterhouse School, 1913, p 204.
03⇑Kent Baptisms, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 14 October 2024].
04⇑Bower Marsh, Frederick Crisp [Editors]; Alumni Carthusiani: A Record of Foundation Scholars of Charterhouse, 1614-1872; Charterhouse School, 1913, p 204.
05⇑First Victoria Government appointment was 17 February 1854.
06⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1875-009426.
07⇑Deaths - Smith; The Mercury (Hobart), 31 August 1875, p 1 [Trove; 15 April 2023]
08⇑Death certificate has 10 August, death notice has 9 August.
09⇑Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1889-015050.
10⇑John Smith [Find a Grave; 15 April 2023]
11⇑Death certificate has 12 August, Find a Grave has 11 August.

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Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-01-31Page created.