Wilkinson, John

John Wilkinson, 1789-1871


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John Wilkinson: Profile Biography Research Notes

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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:	25 October 1789	Leeds, Yorkshire, England [01].
Baptised:	22 November 1789	Call Lane Chapel (Arian Independent Congregationalist), Call Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, England [02].
Married:	10 September 1814	Leeds Parish Church of England, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, to Mary Hawkins [1795-1874] [03] [04].
Arrived:	31 October 1835	Sydney, Colony of New South Wales on the barque Lloyds. Departed London, 24 May 1835, via Hobart Town [05] [06].
Died:	23 October 1871	Fyans Street, Geelong, Colony of Victoria [residence], aged 81 years [07] [08] [09].
Buried:	28 October 1871	Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Section 1, No 0839 (807-839)] [10].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Gold Commissioner:	1851	1852	1853
	Chinese Protector:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
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References

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Notes
01⇑	England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms - Leeds, Yorkshire, England, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
02⇑	England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms - Leeds, Yorkshire, England, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
03⇑	Yorkshire Marriages - Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding), England (Bishop's Transcript), [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 12 November 2023].
04⇑	Licence dated 29 August 1814.
05⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; The Sydney Herald, 2 November 1835, p 2 [Trove; 24 April 2023].
06⇑	Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Sydney, Volume 2 1826-1840; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1977; p 138.
07⇑	Cemetery has 24 October, but gravestone is also 23 October.
08⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1871-008401.
09⇑	Deaths - Wilkinson; The Argus (Melbourne), 25 October 1871, p 4 [Trove; 18 April 2023].
10⇑	Deceased Search [Geelong Cemeteries Trust; 12 November 2023].

Further Reading

Updates

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