Symons, George

George Symons, 1824-1860

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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:1824Bully, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England [01].
Baptised:14 November 1824St Andrew's Church of England, Ipplepen, Devonshire, England [02].
Married:November 1849St Mary's Church of England Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England, to Elizabeth Bickford Henley [1820-1868] [03].
Arrived:17 March 1850Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the ship Statesman. Departed Gravesend, 1 November 1849 [04] [05] [06].
Died:16 September 186037 George Street, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 36 years [07] [08]
Buried:19 September 1860Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Section G, No 0022] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:Police Magistrate:185118521853185418551856185718581859

Career

OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1859-01-31Acting Police MagistrateVictoriaCrown LandsFitzroy

References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Devon Baptisms - Ipplepen [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 9 April 2023]
02⇑ Devon Baptisms - Ipplepen [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 9 April 2023]
03⇑ Devon, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1920 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 23 May 2023]
04⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 18 March 1850, p 2 [Trove; 9 April 2023]
05⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 55.
06⇑ Frederick Hale Puckle on the same voyage.
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1860-007238.
08⇑ Deaths - Symons; The Argus (Melbourne), 18 September 1860, p 4 [Trove; 9 April 2023]
09⇑ George Symons [Find a Grave; 9 April 2023]
10⇑ Funeral Notices - Symons; The Argus (Melbourne), 19 September 1860, p 8 [Trove; 23 May 2023]

Further Reading

Updates

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