Wills, Alfred Currie

Alfred Currie Wills, c1823-1871


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Alfred Currie Wills: 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:	c1823	Kennington, Surrey, England [01].
Baptised:	30 December 1825	St Mark's Church of England, Kennington, Surrey, England [02].
Arrived:	9 February 1842	Wellington, Colony of New Zealand, on the barque Brougham. Departed London, then Cowes (Isle of Wight) 26 October 1841 [03] [04].
Arrived:	5 March 1852	Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the brig Annie. Departed Mauritius [05].
Married:	2 January 1861	St John's Anglican Church, Launceston, Colony of Tasmania, to Emma Gresley, née Ring [1831-1912] [06] [07].
Died:	26 June 1871	Como, Wangaratta, Colony of Victoria, aged 48 years [residence] [08] [09].
Buried:	28 June 1871	Wangaratta Cemetery, Wangaratta, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, No 0306] [10] [11] [12].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:	Police Magistrate:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871
	Gold Warden:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870
		1871
	Crown Lands:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862
	Chinese Protector:	1851	1852	1853	1854	1855	1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862

Career

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

Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	From death certificate.
02⇑	London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 13 November 2023]. Baptised as Alfred Wills.
03⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 12 February 1842, p 2 [Papers Past, 16 April 2023].
04⇑	The arrival notice has 106 days passage, which matches to the Cowes departure.
05⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Port of Hobart Town - Arrivals; Colonial Times (Hobart), 5 March 1852, p 2 [Trove; 16 April 2023].
06⇑	Marriages RGD37/1/120/0126.
07⇑	Marriages - Wills-Ring; The Argus (Melbourne), 7 January 1861, p 4 [Trove; 16 April 2023].
08⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1871-007511.
09⇑	Deaths - Wills; The Tasmanian, 1 July 1871, p 7 [Trove; 16 April 2023].
10⇑	Sudden Death of Mr A C Wills, PM; Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 27 June 1871, p 2 [Trove; 16 April 2023].
11⇑	Alfredo [sic] Wills [Find a Grave; 16 April 2023].
12⇑	Correspondence from Wangaratta Cemetery.

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Updates

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