McCormick, George Deihl

George Deihl McCormick, 1830-1916

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Roles (R): = Government Office (Paid),   = Government Duties (Unpaid),   = On leave,   = To be determined,   = Squatter/Grazier,   = Private enterprise,   = Parliament/Council,
= British Army,   = Royal Marines,   = British Militia,   = State Militia,   = East India Company Army,   = Royal Navy,   = Other Maritime,
= Education,   = Army Education,   = Navy Education,   = Immigration,   = Emigration,   = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book,  CL = Commissioner of Crown Lands,  CP = Chinese Protector,  CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions,  GC = Gold Commissioner,  GR = Gold Receiver,
GW = Warden of the Gold Fields,  JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate),  PM = Police Magistrate,
FN = Footnotes,  PSL = Public Service List  S/S1/S2 = Source,  TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed,   = Reappointed (under new legislation),   = Promoted,   = Demoted,   = Redesignated,   = Succeeded,   = Transferred,   = Replaced.
= Position made permanent,   = Paid as (role).
Sources (S): = Blue Book,   = Blue Book derived,   = Government Gazette,   = Government Gazette derived,   = Public Service List,   = Public Service List derived,
= Report,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document,   = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract,   = Cemetery,   = Census,   = Legal,
= Newspaper family notice,   = Newspaper article,   = Book/Magazine,   = Other,   = Unconfirmed,   = Military service record,   = Internet.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format,  "Ongoing" = Continues into next calendar year,  New date,  Date changed in source,  Date died,  Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Other Symbols: = External link,   = Army promotion by purchase of commission,   = By exchange.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed information.
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Life Events

Born:4 October 1830Niagara, Upper Canada [Ontario] [01] [02].
Baptised:11 December 1831St Mark's Church of England, Niagara, Upper Canada [Ontario] [03].
Arrived:20 April 1853Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, on the ship Fanny. Departed New York, 23 December 1852, via Boston [04] [05] [06].
Married:18 November 1859St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, to Barbara Waddell [1842-1928] [07] [08].
Died:29 May 1916Hazelburn, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia [residence], aged 85 years [09] [10] [11].
Buried:31 May 1916Warrnambool Cemetery, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia [Grave: Church of England, Section 6, No 0026] [12] [13].

Golden Colony Roles

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Career

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References

Notes

Notes
01⇑ Victorian Public Service List has 4 October 1833, but as he was baptised on 11 December 1831 and he was 21 on the Fanny passenger list, I had assumed that the birth year was 1831. However, Francis Augustus Hare, in his book The Last of the Bushrangers, says that McCormick and he shared the same birthday - 4 October 1830. The book The Jarvis Family (Case, Lockwood and Brainard, Hartford, 1879) also has 4 October 1830 on page 105, though 1836 on page 61,
02⇑ McCormick's middle name is spelled with EI in most sources and IE in some. His will, written in his own hand, has EI.
03⇑ Papers and Records, Volume 3; Ontario Historical Society, Toronto, 1901, p 52.
04⇑ Shipping Intelligence - Arrived; The Argus (Melbourne), 21 April 1853, p 4 [Trove, 23 April 2023].
05⇑ Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 2 1846-1855; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1987; p 161.
06⇑ Fanny Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 947, April-May 1853 [ 23 April 2023].
07⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1859-003740.
08⇑ Marriages - McCormick-Waddell; The Argus (Melbourne), 19 November 1859, p 4 [Trove, 25 January 2024].
09⇑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Index D1916-008142.
10⇑ Deaths - McCormick; The Argus (Melbourne), 31 May 1916, p 1 [Trove, 18 April 2023].
11⇑ McCormick's death notice, cemetery record, and death registration have his age as 82 years, but he was 85, if born in 1830.
12⇑ Warrnambool Cemetery - George McCormack [sic] [ 25 January 2024]. He is listed as George McCormack.
13⇑ Find a Grave - George Deihl McCormick [ 25 January 2024].

Further Reading

Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-01-24Life Events updated and references added.