Gilles, Lewis William

Lewis William Gilles, 1796-1884




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Life Events


Born:8 October 1796London, England [01] [02]
Baptised:5 February 1797St Anne’s Church of England, Soho (Westminster), Middlesex, England [03].
Arrived:7 May 1823Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, on the ship Andromeda. Departed Leith, Scotland [04] [05] [06].
Married (1):20 December 1823St David's Church of England, Hobart Town, Colony of Van Diemen's Land, to Mary Woodley Horne [1806-1844] [07] [08].
Married (2):25 March 1878Woodley House, Glen Osmond, Colony of South Australia, to Amelia Ann Bristow [1833-1915] [09].
Died:2 January 1884Woodley House, Glen Osmond, Colony of South Australia [residence], aged 87 years [10].
Buried:19 January 1884St Saviour’s Anglican Church (Glen Osmond Cemetery), Glen Osmond, Colony of South Australia [11].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:18511852185318541855TBD1857185818591860186118621863186418651866
Crown Lands:185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862

Lewis William Gilles [12].

Career


OriginalGazettedFromToAgeRTitleStateDepartmentDistrictSCommentsFN
1810181114Boy, Second Class, HMS San DomingoRoyal Navy Volunteer First Class.
1811181215Volunteer First ClassRoyal Navy Midshipman.
1812181316Midshipman, HMS Loup CrevierRoyal Navy
1813181417Midshipman, HMS CleopatraRoyal NavyResigned.

References


Notes

Notes
01 Baptisms - Lewis William Gilles; England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [FamilySearch, 21 January 2024].
02 The family had a previous son baptised as Lewis William Gilles [1791-1792].
03 Baptisms - Lewis William Gilles; England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [FamilySearch, 21 January 2024].
04 Ship News; Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, 10 May 1823, p 2 [Trove, 12 June 2023].
05 Ian Hawkins Nicholson; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Tasmania, Volume 1 1803-1833; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1983; p 88.
06 The ship stopped at Falmouth and departed there on 10 December 1822.
07 Marriages - Gilles-Horne; Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933 [FamilySearch, 21 January 2024].
08 Married - Gilles-Horne; Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, 20 December 1822, p 2 [Trove, 12 June 2023].
09 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [Ancestry (Membership required) 21 January 2024].
10 Deaths - Gilles; Daily Telegraph (Launceston), 9 January 1884, p 2 [Trove, 21 January 2024].
11 Obituary - Gilles; South Australian Register, 19 January 1884, p 1 [Trove, 21 January 2024].
12 State Library of South Australia [ 28 October 2024].

Further Reading

Statistics:Gilles, Lewis William (1796-1884); in: Herbert James Gibbney, Ann Gertrude Smith; A Biographical Register, 1788-1939, Volume 1; Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 1987; pp 262-263.

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-21Life Events updated and references added.