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Name/TitlePioneer register: WINDRIDGE, Samuel

About this objectFamily name: WINDRIDGE (Lieutenant Colonel)
Given name: Samuel
Birth year: 1816
Birth place: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England
Parents: Samuel WINDRIDGE and Mary MORTON
Arrival: 1836 'Susan' Sydney
Victorian residence: Port Phillip, Kyneton, Sandringham

Sergeant in Her Majesty's 28th Regiment. Chief Constable Kilmore then Kyneton. Inspector at Forrest Creek (now Castlemaine). Chairman of Road Board Kyneton. Colour Sargeant, Castlemaine Mounted Rifle Corp. Commandant, Kyneton Prince of Wales Light Horse.

Family name: WINDRIDGE (nee WATSON)
Given name: Mary
Parents: John WATSON and Margaret MORTON
Marriage year: 1842
Marriage place: Sydney

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: Margaret
Birth year: 1843

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: Mary Ann
Birth year: 1845

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: Caroline
Birth year: 1848

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: Samuel
Birth year: 1849

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: Jane
Birth year: 1853

Family name: WINDRIDGE
Given name: John
Birth year: 1855

The file contains 3 pages of handwritten information about Samuel WINDRIDGE, an extract from a book on early Victorian Pioneers, a 3-page letter from WINDRIDGE's grandson dated 1939 and a copy of a photograph. The information was submitted in 1990 by WINDRIDGE'S great great granddaughter. Subjects include 'Clun Mil' shipwreck, Anne McPherson 'The White Woman of Gippsland', Indigenous Australians, Lake Tyers, 'Rose Hill' Kyneton, Mounted Rifle Corps, Kyneton Troop Prince of Wales Light Horse, Bendigo gold escort, Kyneton showgrounds, Kyneton cemetery, 'Atherstone' Sandringham, prisoner stockade Batman Hill.

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

Subject and Association KeywordsKyneton (Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsPolice

Subject and Association KeywordsMilitary

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR W-0092

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