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Marriage of Alexander Wilkinson of West Maitland to Miss Jane Sanderson of Morpeth on 27 April. Officiating clergy Rev. J.R. Bloomfield
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Granted publican's license for the Waterloo Hotel
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Waterloo Hotel, West Maitland
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Granted Publican's License
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West Maitland Marriage Register p 3
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Marriage of John Hocking to Anne McMullin. Witness Alexander Wilkinson of West Maitland
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The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison Morrison, W. Frederic Sydney. The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888
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ALEXANDER WILKINSON, J.P., Lieut.-Colonel, was born at Bathurst -then Bathurst Settlement -in December, 1826, and removed with his parents to Maitland in 1833. The late Mr. Wilkinson -his father was a member of the Royal Artillery, but afterwards exchanged into the 1st regiment of Life Guards, and served both on the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where he was wounded. He came out to New South Wales as a member of the Veteran Corps, and became entitled to a grant of land, which is now in the possession of the subject of our sketch. This gentleman was educated in West Maitland, and then entered a general store as an apprentice. In 1849 he went with Hargraves party to the California goldfields, and returned by a trading vessel, calling at the South Sea Islands, and reaching New South Wales in 1850. He visited the gold diggings in Mudgee district, and returned to Maitland in 1852, where he has since resided. He has sat as an alderman of West Maitland for twenty-one years, was elected mayor in 1883, and re-elected in 1886. Our subject holds the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the Northern Reserve Force, and formerly held the same rank in the New South Wales Volunteer Infantry. He is a commissioner of the peace and returning officer for West Maitland, has been actively connected with friendly societies for thirty-five years, and has helped to form lodges in the G.U.O.O.F. and A.O.F. He was elected W.M. of Lodge 537 E.C., which office he held at different times for twelve years, and took an active part in founding the Co-operative Baking Society, of which he was for some time a director ; also is a director of the Northern Permanent Building Society, is sole surviving trustee of the Falls Estate, and was for a number of years connected with the Maitland Mercury. Colonel Wilkinson was married in 1852, and is father of six children-five sons and one daughter
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Alexander and Jane
Source:
Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
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Birth of Edith Elizabeth Susan, daughter of Alexander and Jane Wilkinson
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Alexander and Jane
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Australian Births and Baptisms - Family Search Historical Records
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Birth of John Henry, son of Alexander and Jane Wilkinson
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Mrs. Alexander
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Gave birth to a son on 27 February
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Mrs. Alexander
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Waterloo Hotel, West Maitland
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Gave birth to a daughter on 8th August at her residence, the Waterloo Hotel
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Wilkinson (obit)
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General regret was expressed this morning when it became known that Colonel Alexander Wilkinson, V.D., Mayor of West Maitland, was dead. Deceased was born at Bathurst in 1826, and was the twenty-seventh person born in that part of New South Wales. His father, Sergeant John Wilkinson, was a non-commissioned officer in the First Regiment of the Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo. Deceased came to West Maitland in 1832 with his parents, and early engaged in mercantile pursuits, while he found time to indulge in aquatic sports, being a very accomplished sculler. He was also closely identified with various benefit societies, such as the Masons, Odd fellows, and Foresters. He joined the volunteers at the inception of that body in 1860, and the military spirit being inherited gradually worked his way up to the position of lieutenant-colonel of the 4ih Infantry Regiment, and in 1885 he was placed in command of the northern district reserves, from the Hawkesbury River to Tenterfield, and to the north-west as far as Narrabri. He was retired with the rank of colonel in 1893. In his younger days, Colonel Wilkinson did wonderful service with his own boat, in times of floods, and in 1857 he and his crew were the means of saving 300 people from the disastrous inundation. He was a total abstainer and had. occupied the residence in which he died since 1840, excepting for a period of nine months, when he visited California during the gold fever there in 1849. Deceased rendered great assistance to the West Maitland Borough Council as alderman and treasurer, which positions he held for very many years. He was several times Mayor of the town.
