William Oswald Hodgkinson (1836 - 1900)

Born 31 Mar 1836 in Handsworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 23 Jul 1900 at age 64 in Brisbane, Colony of Queensland

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Biography

William Hodgkinson was an Australian explorer.

William Hodgkinson is Notable.

William Oswald Hodgkinson was born in England in 1836. He was the son of William Oswald Hodgkinson and Harriet Brown.^[1][2]

During his life, William was a sailor in the Merchant Marines, an explorer, journalist, a miner, a goldfields Warden and a Politician. He joined the ill fated Burke and Wills expedition but left before it ended in disaster in 1860. He then joined in one of the search parties for the lost expedition in 1861.^[3]

He married Catherine or Kate Robertson at Rockhampton in the Colony of Queensland in 1862^[4] and they had four children.

• Harriet Browne; b 1864; C1106; d 1865; C603.
• William Oswald; b 1865; C1590; d 1918; B26532; 1922; F4045
• Edith May; b 1867; C2131;
• Catherine Mabel; b1869; C2548; .

William Hodgkinson passed away in Brisbane in the Colony of Queensland in 1900.^{[5] [6]}

Research Notes

• William's brother Alfred Wilders Hodgkinson, marr. Eliza Maria Jones in 1875; C146; died in Brisbane Qld in 1926..B50190.
• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 21 October 2019), memorial page for Harriet Brown Hodgkinson (unknown–5 Feb 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #160411932, citing South Rockhampton Cemetery, Allenstown, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by BKGeni (contributor 46895980) .
• William' son, Major Willliam Oswald Hodgkinson marr. Elizabeth Neylan in 1902 in Qld, she predesceased him in 1917.
• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 21 October 2019), memorial page for Major William Oswald Hodgkinson (unknown–5 Jan 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #66234401, citing Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by IWPP Custodial Account (contributor 48586138) .

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB42-23P : 11 February 2018, William Hodgkinson, 31 Mar 1836); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,771, 919,772, 919,773.
2. ↑ "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDL-T7TL : 14 September 2022), William, 16 Mar 1840; from parish registers of the Church of England, database and images, citing Baptism, , Warwick County Record Office, England.
3. ↑ Burke and Wills, Wikipedia
4. ↑ Australia, Queensland - Queensland Marriages Index > "Search Historical Records | Queensland Government". 2019. Bdm.Qld.Gov.Au. Accessed October 21, 2019. Australia, Qld Marriage Index > Year: 1862; Ref: C296; William Oswald Hodgkinson & Kate Robertson.
5. ↑ Australia, Queensland - Queensland Death Index > "Search Historical Records | Queensland Government". 2019. Bdm.Qld.Gov.Au. Accessed September 28 2019. Australia, Qld Deaths Index > Year: 1900; Ref: B509; William Oswald Hodgkinson s/o William Oswald Hodgkinson & Harriett Brown.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7B-4V54 : 21 June 2017), William Oswald Hodgkinson, 1900; Burial, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia, Toowong Cemetery; citing record ID 179299988, Find a Grave,

See Also:

• William Oswald Hodgkinson>"William Oswald Hodgkinson". 2019. Burkeandwills.Net.Au. Accessed October 21 2019. BurkeandWillsnet, W O Hodgkinson
• Biography - William Oswald Hodgkinson - Australian Dictionary of Biography>"Biography - William Oswald Hodgkinson - Australian Dictionary Of Biography". 2019. Adb.Anu.Edu.Au. Accessed October 21 2019. Autralian Dictionary of Biography, William Oswald Hodgkinson
• Wikipedia contributors, "William Hodgkinson," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Hodgkinson&oldid=842535014 (accessed October 21, 2019).William Oswald Hodgkinson
• Find A Grave, database and images  : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for William Oswald Hodgkinson (31 Mar 1835–23 Jul 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #179299988, citing Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by letemrip (contributor 49084452) .
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Acknowledgements

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