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Henry George William WILKINSON (1863 - 1945)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Alan G WILKINSON (1901 - )
Geoffrey Selwyn WILKINSON (1902 - )
Marjorie Leila WILKINSON (1904 - )
D'Arcy R WILKINSON (1907 - )
Henry R WILKINSON (1914 - )
Lloyd N WILKINSON (1917 - )
Henry George William WILKINSON (1863 - 1945)

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Sarah WILKINS (1879 - )
Thomas William WILKINSON (1824 - 1904) William WILKINSON (1797 - 1860) John BOWMAN
Elizabeth BLAKLEY
Margaret KEOGH ( - 1829)



Susannah Helena BRIDLE (1833 - 1912) William BRIDLE (1797 - 1873)



Martha MILES (1807 - 1886) Edward MILES
Susannah (MILES)

b. 1863 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1899 Sarah WILKINS (1879 - ) at Granville, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1945 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 82
Parents:
Thomas William WILKINSON (1824 - 1904)
Susannah Helena BRIDLE (1833 - 1912)
Siblings (10):
John WILKINSON (1852 - 1937)
Thomas Henry WILKINSON (1854 - 1928)
William Edward WILKINSON (1857 - 1939)
Margaret Elizabeth WILKINSON (1859 - 1944)
Martha WILKINSON (1861 - 1944)
Philip Archibald WILKINSON (1867 - 1868)
Alfred Ernest WILKINSON (1868 - 1951)
Philip Edmund Norman WILKINSON (1870 - 1960)
Herbert Oswald Lewis WILKINSON (1874 - 1941)
Sydney Fitzroy WILKINSON (1876 - 1942)
Children (6):
Alan G WILKINSON (1901 - )
Geoffrey Selwyn WILKINSON (1902 - )
Marjorie Leila WILKINSON (1904 - )
D'Arcy R WILKINSON (1907 - )
Henry R WILKINSON (1914 - )
Lloyd N WILKINSON (1917 - )
Events in Henry George William WILKINSON (1863 - 1945)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1863 Henry George William WILKINSON was born Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1899 36 Married Sarah WILKINS (aged 20) Granville, New South Wales, Australia
1901 38 Birth of son Alan G WILKINSON Granville, New South Wales, Australia
1902 39 Birth of son Geoffrey Selwyn WILKINSON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1904 41 Birth of daughter Marjorie Leila WILKINSON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
11 Jul 1904 41 Death of father Thomas William WILKINSON (aged 80) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1907 44 Birth of son D'Arcy R WILKINSON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
16 Dec 1912 49 Death of mother Susannah Helena BRIDLE (aged 79) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1914 51 Birth of son Henry R WILKINSON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1917 54 Birth of son Lloyd N WILKINSON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1945 82 Henry George William WILKINSON died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
Tumut and Adelong Times 4 Dec 1945
OBITUARY
MR. HENRY WILKINSON
As briefly recorded in our last issue, death claimed a son of a Tumut district pioneer at the Tumut and District Hos pital on Wednesday night last, in the person of Hr. Henry George William Wilkinson, of Yellowin. Deceased, who was 82 years of age, had always enjoyed excellent health and was 'strong as a lion,' despite his advanced years. He suffered practically no illness during his lifetime until a week prior to his demise. He was admitted to hospital on the previous Sunday suffering from internal haemorrhage. Little hope was held for his recovery and his family was summoned to his bedside.
The subject of this obituary was the sixth child and the fourth son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson of Yellowin, where he was born. We will transgress a little to give a brief history of the arrival of the first of the Wilkinsons to that locality. In 1838 John and Thomas Wilkinson arrived in Tumut. They had settled at Gundaroo with their father in 1831, but in 1838, owing to disagreements with their step mother, they decided to strike out for themselves and, with 80 head of cattle as a parting gift, they arrived on the Gilmore and camped on what is now known as '"Rosebank''. They remained in this camp for over a year, and on applying for a squatter's licence they were given ''Yellowin," to which place they moved in 1839. When the Wilkinsons arrived in Tumut John was 17 and Thomas 14 years of age — another instance of heroic make-up of the bygone generation. Both built homes at Yellowin. In 1847 John married Elizabeth McAlister, the first white child born in the district, and in 1851 Thomas married Susannah Bridle, whose father then owned Talbingo. Thomas continued to reside at Yellowin, the property being still in the hands of the Wilkinson family, while John moved to Springfield.
Mr. Henry Wilkinson, son of the former, received his early education by private tuition at Yellowin and after wards attended the old Tumut Public School in Fitzroy-Street, Tumut, under Mr. Bax. On the completion of his education he assisted his father on the property until early in 1884, when he secured a position as overseer on "Gournama" Station, Warialda, where he remained for five years. Incidentally, "Gournama" was the original home of the famous Rangers' Valley Hereford herd, so well known in this district.
Deceased returned to Yellowin in 1889 and took up a selection on the original Yellowin run on the opposite side of the Tumut River. He also acquired the lease of considerable mounttain country on both sides of the river and went into cattle raising on a fairly large scale.
On the death of his father in 1904, he acquired portion of the latter's estate on both sides of the river and adjoining the property on which he was residing. He also leased property from the late Michael Donoghue and Alf. Duffy at Gocup, which he used as winter country for his cattle.
In the year 1899 the late Mr. Wilkinson married Miss Sarah Wilkins, Granville, and he built his home on the site where his father had originally set tled 60 years previously.
Besides the widow, a family of five sons and one daughter survives, viz. Alan (Wee Jasper), Geoff. (Talbingo Road- side), D'Arcy (Yellowin), Richard (Sydney), Mac (Yellowin) and Margery (Mrs. H. Whittle, Sydney).
There are two brothers, Alfred (Tumut) and Phillip (Yellowin), also surviving. Brothers and sisters deceased are John, Thomas, William, Herbert, Sid, Margaret (Mrs. E. J. Bridle) and Martha (Mrs. W. A. Lampe).
Six years ago Mr. Wilkinson retired from active work, selling his property, opposite Talbingo, to Mr. W. Matchett and leasing the one adjoining his residence to his sons, D'Arcy and Mac. He was one of the most experienced cattle men in the district and working them seemed to be his hobby. He was of a quiet disposition and did not take part in district public affairs. He was a lover of the Hereford breed of cattle, which he acquired as the result of his experience among the strain at Gournama and Rangers' Valley.
The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon last, leaving from the resid ence of Mr. Alfred Wilkinson after a short service conducted by Rev. A. Brown (Presbyterian) in the absence of the C. of E. rector, Rev. S. Broadfoot, for the C. of E. portion of the Tumut New Cemetery, where interment took place. The pall-bearers were the five sons, Messrs. Alan, Geoff, D'Arcy, Richard and Mac Wilkinson, and Mr. Harry Whittle (son-in-law).
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 39 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 39 (Birth)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
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