Charles Ferguson, c1813-1868
Contents: | Charles Ferguson: Profile Biography Research Notes |
Life Events
Born: | 11 April 1813 | South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [01]. |
Baptised: | 25 April 1813 | South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [02]. |
Arrived: | 4 May 1850 | Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque Rajah. Departed London, 27 November 1849 [03] [04]. |
Married: | 1 July 1843 | 35 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Colony of Van Diemen's Land [residence of James Barnard], to Kezia Elizabeth Hayter [1818-1885] [05] [06]. |
Departed: | 7 February 1868 | Returned to England on sick leave on the ship Omar Pacha [07] [08] [09]. |
Died: | 27 December 1868 | 13 Norfolk Street, Strand, London, England [residence], aged 55 years [10]. |
Buried: | 31 December 1868 | All Saint's Cemetery, Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey, England [11]. |
Golden Colony Roles
Victoria: | Police Magistrate: | 1851 | 1852 |
Career
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References
Notes
01⇑ | Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 January 2024]. To be confirmed that this is the correct Charles Ferguson. |
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02⇑ | Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 January 2024]. To be confirmed that this is the correct Charles Ferguson. |
03⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 6 May 1850, p 2 [Trove; 11 January 2024]. |
04⇑ | Ferguson was the Captain of the Rajah and made a number of voyages between London, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, between 1838 and 1850, before settling in Victoria in 1850. Captain McQueen took the Rajah back to England. |
05⇑ | Marriages RGD/37/1/3, No 359 [Libraries Tasmania; 19 December 2023]. |
06⇑ | Married - Ferguson-Hayter; The Courier (Hobart), 7 July 1843, p 2 [Trove; 10 January 2024]. |
07⇑ | Shipping Intelligence - Cleared Out; The Age (Melbourne), 8 February 1868, p 4 [Trove; 11 January 2024]. |
08⇑ | Omar Pasha [sic] Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 948, January-June 1868 [PROV; 11 January 2024]. |
09⇑ | Name of the ship from Lloyds, rather than the newspaper reports, which has Omar Pasha. Ferguson intended to return to Australia, but died in England. |
10⇑ | Deaths - Ferguson; The Globe (London), 29 December 1868, p 4 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 10 January 2024]. |
11⇑ | London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 [Ancestry (Membership required) ; 11 January 2024]. Another reference has St Giles, but that is the parish in which the Nunhead cemetery is located. Also Southwark. |
12⇑ | Ferguson Family History [RootsWeb; 26 December 2024]. Please contact me if you are the owner of this image or have a better quality version. |
Further Reading
Updates
2024-10-13 | Page formatting revised. |
2024-01-11 | Life Events updated and references added. |