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Name/TitlePioneer register: WEBSTER, George

About this objectFamily name: WEBSTER
Given name: George
Birth year: 1830
Birth place: Roscrea, Ireland
Parents: Joseph WEBSTER & Mary DANIEL
Parents lived at Windsor Castle in Army 78th Highlanders,
Knight of Windsor.
Arrival:10 Aug 1851 on 'Thomas Sparks''.
Victorian residence: Ballarat Goldfields 1851, Mt Alexander goldfields 1853, Geelong 1860, Ballarat to 1867, Castlemaine - Warden and Commissioner on Goldfields. Official Assignee at Geelong.

Family name: HICKLING
Given name: Émily
Parents: James Wigg HICKLING & Ellen Elizabeth WYNNE of East Melbourne.
Marriage year: 1860
Marriage place: St Peter's Church, Melbourne

George and Emily had 5 children: 1861 Joseph Douglas, Enid Mary, Mary Emma, George, Dorothea Mary 1873.

Notes on back: George fought in the Eureka Riots on the side of the authorities. In 1868 the family moved to Benmore, Southland, New Zealand. George died in 1875 and all the family returned to Victoria.

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 W-0039.1

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