Individual Details
Richard Millar PINKERTON
(11 Dec 1844 - 16 May 1926)
Events
| Birth | 11 Dec 1844 | (father Robert a watchmaker, mother Amelia Davis) - Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Emigration | 1874 | arriving in Queensland aboard the "Zoroaster" on 25 Sep 1874 | | ||
| Note | 1880 | Richard's first job was making ammunition in the Woolwich Arsenal for the British troops in the Crimea War. He then did an apprenticeship as a goldsmith and immediately after arriving in the colonies travelled extensively through Queensland prospecting for gold | |||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1881 | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - Rhoda KNIGHT | | ||
| Occupation | 1882 | watchmaker & jeweller | | ||
| Death | 16 May 1926 | Yandina, Queensland, Australia | |
Families
| Spouse | Rhoda KNIGHT (1857 - 1892) |
| Child | Harold Richard Vicars PINKERTON (1882 - 1947) |
| Child | Percy George Davis PINKERTON (1884 - 1945) |
| Child | Walter Vincent PINKERTON (1886 - 1957) |
| Child | Florence Amelia Alice PINKERTON (1888 - 1946) |
Endnotes
1. UK BMD Index (either from FreeBMD or gro.gov.uk): Vol 3 Page 242
2. Cemetery Records
3. Queensland Archives, Immigration Indexes
4. NSW BMD Index: 4424/1881
5. The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 Nov 1882
6. Queensland BDM Index, C1437/1926
7. Cemetery Records