WHILKES Francis William Herbert
| Name | Francis William Herbert WHILKES |
| Country Of Origin | unknown |
| Born | 1840 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/ Baptism | Born approx. 1840 |
| Parents | Charles William (watchmaker) and Frances Agnes Wilkes (formerly Caulfield) |
| Apprenticeship | Most likely with his father |
| Skills | Clockmaker, Watchmaker |
| Work Locations | Campbell Town, Sorell |
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| Marriage/Spouse | 2 September 1867, Registrar’s Office, Fitzroy, Victoria, to Jane Annie Cecilia McDonald.
6 April 1876, at the residence of Thomas Townsend, Bream Creek, to Emily Cook. |
| Arrival | Date unknown, ‘free’ to colony on the ship, Tamar. |
| Other | 1873: ‘Francis William Henry Wilkes, alias Clockey’, three-month sentence for theft, residence, Richmond. Note: Birthplace was recorded as Brussels, Belgium, and on the 1867 marriage record as Birmingham, England.April 1879: Charged with the manslaughter of a painter, Henry Entwhistle at Campbell Town, found not guilty. Late 1870s-early 1880s: Recorded as a clock and watchmaker on his children’s birth records at Sorell and Campbell Town. |
| Death | unknown |
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| TAHO: RGD37/1/35 no715 Marriage 1876, RGD33/1/55 no1677 Birth 1877, RGD35/1/46 no795 Death 1877, RGD33/1/56 no117 Birth 1878, RGD35/1/47 no52 Death 1878, RGD33/1/57 no2388 Birth 1879, SC32/1/9 Court 1879 [Thomas Whilkes], RG33/1/59 no2144 Birth 1881. Web: Births Death Marriages Victoria, Registration No. 3292/No. 97/1867 [Francis William Henry Wilkes]; Ancestry: Tasmania, Reports of Crime 1873. The Mercury (Hobart) 2 April 1879, 4 April 1879; The Tasmanian Tribune 9 June 1879. |
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