Alfred Deakin (1856 - 1919)

Born 3 Aug 1856 in Collingwood, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Martha Ann (Browne) Deakin — married 3 Apr 1882 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1919 at age 63 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Alfred Deakin was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

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MLA (Vic) 1879, 1880-1901, MHR 1901-1919, Attorney General 1901-3 and Australian Prime Minister three times.

Alfred Deakin was born on the 3rd of August 1856 at Collingwood, Colony of Victoria to William Deakin and Sarah Bill, who arrived in Australia in 1849.^[1]

The Deakins originally came from Staffordshire, although Alfred's grandfather, John Deakin, moved around England as a revenue collector, eventually settleing at Witney in Oxfordshire. Other names in the tree include Cross and Howcroft. Alfred Deakin's mother Sarah Bill was from Llarnarth, Monmouthshire, although her father William Augustus Bill was born at Brosely in Shropshire. Other names in her tree include Jones and Bagnell.

Arthur Deakin married 19 year old Elizabeth Martha Anne (Pattie) Browne in 1882, In the Colony of Victoria.^[2] They would go on to have 3 daughters: Ivy, Stella and Vera, who were born between 1883 and 1891 while Deakin was a member of the Victorian Parliament.^[3]

Alfred Deakin died at his home at South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, on the 7th of October 1919, aged 63.^[4] His official cause of death was given as meningoencephalitis. He was granted a state funeral at Queen's Hall in Parliament House, Melbourne, after a period lying in state. He was interred next to his parents in the non-denominational section of St Kilda Cemetery, joined by his widow Pattie following her death in 1934.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria BMD Birth Index: Name: DEAKIN, Alfred; Birth; Mother: DEAKIN, Sarah; Mother's family name: BILL; Father: DEAKIN, William; Place of Birth: Collingwood; Year: 1856; Ref: 6910/1856
2. ↑ Victoria BMD Marriage Index: Name: DEAKIN, Alfred; Marriage; Spouse Name: BROWNE, Pattie; Year: 1882; Ref: 1433/1882
3. ↑ Alfred Deakin's partner: Pattie Deakin from the NATIONAL ARCHIVES of AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 18th of January 2021 at: partner
4. ↑ Victoria BMD Death Index: Name: DEAKIN, Alfd; Death; Mother: Sarah; Mother' Family name: JONES; Father: Deakin, Wm; Place of death: S Yarra; Age: 63; Year: 1919; Ref: 18978/1919
5. ↑ Wikipedia entry on Alfred Deakin

See Also:

• Wikipedia entry on Alfred Deakin
• Australian Dictionary of Biography - Alfred Deakin
• National Museum of Australia - Alfred Deakin
• Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House) - Alfred Deakin
• J. A. La Nauze, Alfred Deakin: A Biography, (Melbourne University Press, 1965).
• "THE VISIONARY: Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)", from the FRIENDS OF ST KILDA CEMETERY as archived on the Internet Archive WAYBACK MACHINE first accessed online on the 18th of January 2021 at: https://web.archive.org/web/20120321091232/http://www.foskc.org/deakin.htm
• Alfred Deakin from the Parliament of Victoria's RE-MEMBER FORMER MEMBERS website. first accessed online on the 18th of January 2021 at: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/231
• Alfred Deakin from the NATIONAL ARCHIVES of AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 18th of January 2021 at: https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/alfred-deakin
• Find a Grave, database and images  : accessed 18 January 2021), memorial page for Alfred Deakin (3 Aug 1856–7 Oct 1919), Find A Grave: Memorial #8480637, citing St. Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
• Grave record for Alfred Deakin (3 Aug 1856 - 7 Oct 1919), Billion Graves Record 23300622 St Kilda East, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia. first accessed online on the 18th of January 2021 at: Alfred BillionGraves