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Name/TitlePioneer register: TREGURTHA, John William Burgess

About this objectFamily name: TREGURTHA
Given name: John William Burgess
Birth year: 17 March 1819
Birth place: Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Parents: Edward Primrose TREGURTHA & Mary BURGESS.
Arrival: 1834 with Governor Arthur
Victorian residence: 1835 Geelong.
Harbour Pilot at Williamstown.

Family name: ABRAHAMS
Given name: Sarah
Parents: Abraham & Elizabeth ABRAHAMS
Born: 1828.
Arrived: 1840 with parents.
Marriage year: 23 Dec 1851
Marriage place: Adelaide, S. A.
Victorian residence: Williamstown, Vic
Died: 1884 in Williamstown.

Family name: TREGURTHA: Nine children: Alfred Burgess; Elizabeth Rose; John Raymond; Annie Adelaide; Sarah Catherine; Mary Burgess; William Pyke; Alice Melita; Fanny Gertrude Maud.

Captain William Tregurtha died on 3 May 1898 in Williamstown, 79 years.
Notes on back written by his daughter Annie Adelaide in 1933 tells pf his life . See transcription in manuscripts: No. ............................


Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR T-0031

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