Robert William Charles Wake (abt. 1874 - 1946)

Born about 1874 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Victoria Helena (Young) Wake — married 1899 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1946 at about age 72 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Robert was born in 1874 in Sandhurst, Victoria. He is the son of Robert Wake and Elizabeth Mary Clark^[1][2]

"Sandhurst was the official name given to the township surveyed in 1854 on the Bendigo goldfields, 130 km north-west of Melbourne. The name was most probably inspired by the chief commissioner of the goldfields, William Henry Wright, who was born at Sandhurst, England, and who attended the Royal Military College there. The name was also given to the local parish and to the Sandhurst mining district.

The Sandhurst municipality was constituted on 24 April 1855, and the name was retained with subsequent proclamations as a borough (11 September 1863), and a city (21 July 1871). The name was not limited to the municipality, there being a Sandhurst newspaper. The founding name, Bendigo, was kept up with the Old Bendigonians Society (1871).

In 1891 a local campaign began for the city's name to be changed from Sandhurst to Bendigo, partly motivated by a belief that the name so long associated with gold would attract British investment. A poll decisively affirmed the change and the city's name became Bendigo on 8 May 1891. 'Sandhurst' continues as the name of the diocese, the football club and of numerous local businesses."^[3]

Robert William Charles Wake married Victoria Helena Holland Young in 1899 in Victoria^[4]

Children: Robert Frederick Bird (1901-)

He passed away in Moonee Ponds, Victoria at the age of 72 in 1946^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria Birth Registration Certificate No. 5072/1874. Mother's family name at birth - Elizabeth Mary Clark. Father's name - Robert Wake. Place of birth - S'HURST.
2. ↑ https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
3. ↑ https://victorianplaces.com.au/sandhurst
4. ↑ Victoria Marriage Certificate Registration No. 6320/1899. Vic Helena Holland Young married Robt Wm Chas Wake.
5. ↑ Victoria Death Certificate Registration No. 897/1946. Mother's family name - Elizabeth Mary Clark. Father's name - Robert Charles Wake. Place of birth - Bendigo. Place of death - Moonee Ponds. Age 72.
6. ↑ "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 February 2018, 18:50), entry for Robert William Charles Wake (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KC7Y-TLF ); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgements

The initial profile of Robert William Charles Wake was created by Sharryn (Bolitho) Nankervis on 31 May 2021. Further improvements were made to this profile in 2021 by Nigel Clark.

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