Armstrong, David

David Armstrong, 1820-1883




Contents:Profile Biography Research Notes

Life Events


Parents:Thomas Armstrong [1791-1862] and Mary Little [1791-1870].
Born:15 May 1820Albierigg Farm, Canonbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland [01] [02].
Baptised:17 January 1821Canonbie Parish Church, Canonbie, Dumfries-shire, Scotland [03].
Arrived:27 October 1839Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque David Clark. Departed Greenock, Scotland, 13 June 1839 [04] [05] [06].
Married:Did not marry.
Died:26 March 1883South Melbourne Hospital, South Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, aged 62 years [07] [08].
Buried:29 March 1883Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Presbyterian, Compartment H, No 0249] [09] [10].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Gold Commissioner:18511852

David Armstrong (1872) [11]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1851-10-311851-11-011852-03-31Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold DistrictsGold Districts to Police.

References


Notes

Notes
01 Canonbie Parish Records, ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) [ 10 April 2023].
02 Farm to be confirmed.
03 Canonbie Parish Records, ScotlandsPeople (Membership required) [ 10 April 2023].
04 Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 1 1798-1845; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1984; p 39.
05 David Clark Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 14, Book 1 [ 23 February 2024].
06 First Port Phillip-specific emigrant ship. Armstrong then went to California and returned 1850-1851.
07 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1883-002508.
08 Death of an Old Colonist; The Herald (Melbourne), 28 March 1883, p 3 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
09 Correspondence from Melbourne General Cemetery.
10 Funeral Notices - Armstrong; The Argus (Melbourne), 29 March 1883, p 1 [Trove, 23 February 2024].
11 Thomas Foster Chuck; The Explorers and Early Colonists of Victoria; Melbourne, 1872. State Library of Victoria [ 22 October 2024].

Further Reading

Profile:Armstrong, David (1830-1883); in: Justin Corfield, Dorothy Wickham, Clare Gervasoni; The Eureka Encyclopaedia; Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004; p 17.
Profile:Kay J Gibson; Inspector David Armstrong; in: Journal of Police History, Summer 1996-7, pp 13-19.
Statistics:Armstrong, David (1820-1883); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; p 19.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-20Life Events updated and references added.