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French, Walter P

Male Cal 1833 - 1909  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name French, Walter P 
    Born Cal 1833  St Hillier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 Jun 1834  St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Emigration 29 Mar 1848  Plymouth, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Passenger List From 29 Mar 1848 to 5 Jul 1848  Mahomed Shah Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation old age pensioner  [1] 
    Occupation Abt Jul 1848  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 5 Jan 1909  Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 5 Jan 1909  Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried 7 Jan 1909  Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Church of England burial
    Notes 
    • There was a Walter French, miner, listed as living in Avoca Lead 1903 and 1905. He was not listed in Avoca Polling place in 1915. This could not have been the son of James Henry French, as he was only nine in 1903.
    Person ID I1309  Shelley's Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2017 

    Father French, James Henry,   b. Est 1805,   d. Bef 1854  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Da Rocha, Eliza Matilda,   b. Abt Apr 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1854, 17 New Street, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1824  St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F55  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Cal 1833 - St Hillier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 18 Jun 1834 - St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 7y - 6 Jun 1841 - St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - 29 Mar 1848 - Plymouth, England Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPassenger List - for 98 days - From 29 Mar 1848 to 5 Jul 1848 - Mahomed Shah Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - shopboy, employed by Thomas Weekley for three months at a wage of 6 per annum, with rations - Abt Jul 1848 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 5 Jan 1909 - Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Jan 1909 - Amherst Hospital, Amherst, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 7 Jan 1909 - Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1203] Death certificate: Walter French, 1909.

    2. [S1838] Census 1841 St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands HO107/1461/8 (Eliza French household), (HO107/1461/8).

    3. [S1832] JerseyHeritage: CIFHS Transcriptions of Baptisms for the Parish of St Helier, St Helier Baptisms 1834-1838 Francis to Gotrell "French".
      FRENCH...18.6.1834 Peter Walter fs James Henry & Eliza Matilda da Rocha 15 (Pré Tocque & Susanne Hamon)27.8.1834 Joseph Geo. fs James Henry & Eliza Matilda Da Rocha 29ne sur mer (-------)

    4. [S1832] JerseyHeritage: CIFHS Transcriptions of Baptisms for the Parish of St Helier, St Helier Baptisms 1834-1838 Francis to Gotrell "French".
      FRENCH
      ...
      18.6.1834 Peter Walter fs James Henry & Eliza Matilda da Rocha 15
      (Pré Tocque & Susanne Hamon)
      27.8.1834 Joseph Geo. fs James Henry & Eliza Matilda Da Rocha 29
      ne sur mer (-------)

    5. [S376] Mahomed Shah, (Mahomed Shah: James William French and family, JUL 1848).

    6. [S376] Mahomed Shah, (Mahomed Shah: James William French and family, JUL 1848), pp 362, No 56.


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