Brackenbury, Walter Charles

Walter Charles Brackenbury, 1822-1899




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Life Events


Born:7 March 1822Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [01].
Baptised (1):11 March 1822St Andrew's Church of England, Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [02].
Baptised (2):31 March 1825St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex, England [03].
Married (1):9 August 1843Vepery, Madras, India, to Elizabeth Stonham [1824-1844] [04].
Married (2):18 May 1848House of the British Ambassador, Paris, France, to Valentine Marie Paris [1822-1893] [05].
Arrived:1852TBD
Departed:TBDTo New Zealand TBD
Died:2 March 1899District Hospital, Auckland, Colony of New Zealand, aged 76 years [06] [07] [08].
Buried:4 March 1899Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland, Colony of New Zealand [Grave: Block A, Row 13, No 0042] [09].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Gold Commissioner:1851185218531854
Gold Warden:18511852185318541855185618571858

Walter Charles Brackenbury [10]

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
183917CadetMadrasHEIC Madras Army Ensign.
1840-06-121841-10-2118Ensign, 30th Regiment of Native InfantryMadrasHEIC Madras Army Lieutenant.
1841-10-221851-01-1419Lieutenant, 30th Regiment of Native InfantryMadrasHEIC Madras ArmyCashiered.
18511852TBD
1852-11-241852-12-31Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold Fields
1853-01-011853-03-31Junior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold Fields
1853-04-011853-12-31Senior Assistant CommissionerVictoriaGold Fields
1854-01-011855-06-30CommissionerVictoriaGold FieldsServices dispensed with.

References


Notes

Notes
01 England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988, [FamilySearch 30 December 2023].
02 Lincolnshire Baptisms - Sausthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, [Find My Past (Membership required) 30 December 2023].
03 England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988, [FamilySearch 30 December 2023]. No explanation for two baptisms. Both were officiated by Walter’s father, Joseph.
04 Marriages - Brackenbury-Stonham; India Marriages, 1792-1948 [FamilySearch, 30 December 2023].
05 UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, [Ancestry (Membership required) 30 December 2023]. The bride is listed as Valentine Marie Paris and she signed as such. Later records have Marie Valentine Brackenbury.
06 Births, Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Death Index D1899-00406.
07 Deaths - Brackenbury; Auckland Star, 16 March 1899, p 8 [PapersPast, 20 April 2023].
08 Probate has 2 March, but death notice has 1 March.
09 Purewa Cemetery - Walter Charles Brackenbury [ 20 April 2023].
10 Puke Ariki Heritage Collection, New Zealand.

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2023-12-30Life Events updated and references added.