Wheeler, William Edward

William Edward Wheeler, 1831-1884

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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:1831London, England [01].
Baptised:16 October 1831St Clement Danes Church of England, Westminster, Middlesex, England [02].
Arrived:">1851-1852TBD [03]
Married:22 November 1865Tower Hill, Belfast (Port Fairy), Colony of Victoria, to Anne "Annie" Norman [04] [05].
Died:27 November 1884Turnback Mountain, near Buchan, Gipps Land, Colony of Victoria, aged 53 years [06] [07] [08].
Buried:30 November 1884Bairnsdale Cemetery, Bairnsdale, Colony of Victoria [Grave: TBD] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

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Gold Warden:18711872187318741875187618771878187918801881188218831884

Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ London, England, from death certificate.
02⇑ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1819 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
03⇑ Death certificate says that he had been in the Colony of Victoria for 33 years. His first Government appointment was on 1 November 1852.
04⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index BDM VIC M1865-003717.
05⇑ Marriages - Wheeler-Norman; The Argus (Melbourne), 11 December 1865, p 4 [Trove; 24 May 2023].
06⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1884-0011475.
07⇑ Deaths - Wheeler; The Argus (Melbourne), 4 December 1884, p 1 [Trove; 18 April 2023].
08⇑ Grave plaque has 26 November, but death certificate, death notice, and probate have 27 November.
09⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1884-0011475.
10⇑ William Edward Wheeler [BillionGraves; 24 May 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-11-12Life Events updated and references added.