George Wilkins
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George Edward Wilkins (1857 - 1944)

George Edward Wilkins
Born in Homebush, Victoria, Australiamap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1882 (to 2 Apr 1925) in Avoca, Victoria, Australiamap
Husband of — married 5 Oct 1925 in Avoca, Victoria, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Avoca, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Homebush, Victoria One Place Study.

George Edward Wilkins was born on 5 April 1857 in Homebush, Victoria.[1][2]

George trained as a teacher. On 24 October 1889 he passed the Class lesson for permit to teach in Victoria. He already had a New South Wales Certificate III class Section A.[2] In December 1889 he was appointed head teacher at school 1798, Major's Line in the Loddon Region.[3] George was certificated from 1 January 1891 and in October 1891 transferred to 1567, a school in Richmond, Melbourne. While there he was appointed a junior assistant on probation. A note on his file noted he gambles but other wise the inspector was favourably impressed. In 1892 his appointment was confirmed and he also was qualified to teach military drill. In 1893 he was transferred to school 2849, Rathscar North in the Central Highlands Region. Annual reports were positive. He transferred in 1899 to school 1109, Mount Lonarch, also in the Central Highlands. In 1901 he transferred to school 3022, Warrenmang, again in the Central Highlands. In 1902 he was at school 2811, Glenlogie in the Central Highlands and then later that year back at Warrenmang. In 1907 he transferred to 2258, Homebush school. He remained there until December 1921when he resigned. One of the final notes on his file was that ill health had interfered with his teaching.[2]

Lower Homebush school building in February 2022. To the left of the main school, the weatherboard building is the former school building from Mt Lonarch shool where George Wilkins taught from 1899.

George married Charlotte Young in 1882 at Avoca.[4] They had three children together.

  1. Ethel Caroline Wilkins 1883–1955
  2. George Ernest Wilkins 1884–1909
  3. Eva Wilkins 1886–1886

After Charlotte's death in April 1925, George then married Laura Eliza Squires on 5 October 1925 in Avoca, Victoria.[5]

George died on 19 May 1944 in Avoca, Victoria, at the age of 87.[6]

Sources

  1. Birth Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jan 2022). Index entry for George Edwin WILKINS, Year: 1857; Parents: George and Emma MOORE; Place: AVOCA Reg. Number: 7100/1857
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Public Record Office Victoria Teacher Record Books VPRS 13579/P0001, Teacher Record No. 11957 https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AEA5341-F7E4-11E9-AE98-07008DA21C7B?image=163 and https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3AEA5341-F7E4-11E9-AE98-07008DA21C7B?image=164
  3. A list of school numbers and index reference to Vision and Realisation: a centenary history of state education in Victoria, Vols. 2 & 3, Education Department of Victoria, Melbourne, 1973, is at https://justlovehistory.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/vicschoolsnumbervols2-3.pdf
  4. Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jan 2022). Index entry for WILKINS, George Edward and YOUNG, Charl Ethel; Year: 1882, Reg. number: 4692/1882
  5. Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jan 2022). Index entry for WILKINS, George Edward and SQUIRES, Lorna Eliza; Year: 1925, Reg. number: 9776/1925
  6. Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 17 Jan 2022). Index entry for George Edward WILKINS, Year: 1944; Parents: WILKINS George Edward and Emma MOORE; Spouse: -; Death Place: AVOCA; Birth Place: HOMEBUSH; Age: 87; Reg. Number: 17672/1944; Reg. Number: 17672/1944




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