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George Stibbs was a mining engineer who was born in Buckinghamshire, [[England]]. He married Ellen Cornell in 1875 and they had five children.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
 
George Stibbs was a mining engineer who was born in Buckinghamshire, [[England]]. He married Ellen Cornell in 1875 and they had five children.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
  
George Stibbs died in August 1888 at Ballarat and was buried on 28 August 1888 at the Ballaarat New Cemetery.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
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George Stibbs died in August 1888 at Ballarat and was buried on 28 August 1888 at the [[Ballaarat New Cemetery]].<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref>
  
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==
 
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854==

Latest revision as of 18:36, 18 June 2013

Background

George Stibbs was a mining engineer who was born in Buckinghamshire, England. He married Ellen Cornell in 1875 and they had five children.[1]

George Stibbs died in August 1888 at Ballarat and was buried on 28 August 1888 at the Ballaarat New Cemetery.[2]

Goldfields Involvement, 1854

According to family history George Stibbs was in gaol on the night of the Eureka Stockade on account of losing in Gold License. [3]


Post 1854 Experiences

Stibbs lived at Ballarat, and was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Miner’s Right. [4]

See also

Further Reading

Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.


References

  1. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  2. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  3. Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
  4. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.

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