1840–1896

Aaron Wakefield

Plumber

DocumentedProved by 2 records. 5 records that name them have been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →

Parents

James Wakefield1799–1857Qld death reg. 1896/C/3402 · direct line Hannah SANIGER1805–1873Qld death reg. 1896/C/3402 — “Hannah Sanegar” · direct line

Aaron Wakefield1840–1896in the tree

7 brothers and sisters

Eliza Wakefieldb. 1832 Ellen Wakefieldb. 1834 Martha Wakefield1836–1899 Hiram Wakefield1837–1905 Miriam Wakefield1840–1909 Jabez Wakefield1843–1903 Zillah Wakefield1846–1900

written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

2 of the 9 relationships shown here are written in a record this archive has read; the other 7 come from the family tree and have not been tested. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born	1840	England
Died	21 SEP 1896	Ann-street, Breakfast Creek, `Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause	Bright's disease
Buried	—	Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland (Port. 13, Sect. 73, Grave 12)
Trade	Plumber

Counted here with the Wakefield family · that family →

Family

Parents

James Wakefield · Hannah SANIGER

Married

Elizabeth Ann Birch · 11 JUL 1861 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Brothers and sisters

Eliza Wakefield (b. 1832) · Ellen Wakefield (b. 1834) · Martha Wakefield (1836–1899) · Hiram Wakefield (1837–1905) · Miriam Wakefield (1840–1909) · Jabez Wakefield (1843–1903) · Zillah Wakefield (1846–1900)

Where this comes from

2 of the relationships drawn above are written in a record this archive has read. Qld death reg. 1896/C/3402; Qld death reg. 1896/C/3402 — “Hannah Sanegar”.

Every entry naming Aaron Wakefield in the register →

What the records say

Every record this archive has read that names Aaron Wakefield. The name is unique in this tree, so these are his or hers. The whole register →

died 21/09/1896 · mother: Hannah Sanegar · father: James Wakefield

recordQueensland death index 1896/C/3402 · the source ↗

married Elizabeth Ann Birch · 11 July 1861 · Brisbane — two brothers, two Birch sisters, four months apart

recordQueensland marriage index 1861/B/142 · the source ↗

aged 1 · born in Gloucestershire

record1841 census, HO107/374, ED 13 p.10, Drivers Fields, St Paul, Bristol · the source ↗

aged 14 · farm labourer · native place BRISTOL · entered among the single men

recordQSA S13086/ITM18474, passenger register, image DR38490 · the source ↗

son, aged 10, errand boy

record1851 census, Drivers Fields, St Paul, Bristol — HO107/1949 f.478 p.14 sch.66 (FindMyPast) · the source ↗

Everywhere Aaron appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutAaron Wakefield in prose, gathered automatically — 4 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

Drivers Fields, 1841

…s the clerk wrote her Registration Ephraim Wakefield 26/05/1868 Anna Sanniger 1868/B/4544 Aaron Wakefield 21/09/1896 Hannah Sanegar 1896/C/3402 Zillah Frederich 27/06/1900 Hannah Saniger 1900/C/3322 Hiram Wakefield 25/06/1905 Hannah Sa…

What Has Been Read

…mpiled from. 13 Sep 2026 Queensland BDM — the Birch sisters found something Who Hiram and Aaron Wakefield married four months apart in 1861 Margaret Birch's own death registration, 1898/B/30356, names her parents as JOHN BIRCH and ANNI…

The General Hewitt

…pation Country Hiram Wakefield entered separately, with his own county 16 Plumber Bristol Aaron Wakefield entered separately, with his own county 14 Farm labourer Bristol Single women · page 81 Name Age Occupation Country Marion Wakefi…

Hannah was a Berkeley woman

…akefield Wife 45 — BERKELEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND Hiram Wakefield Son 13 Errand boy — Aaron Wakefield Son 10 Errand boy — Miriam Wakefield Daughter 10 Servant — Jabez Wakefield Son 8 — — Zillah Wakefield Daughter 5 Scholar — Englan…

Written about here

Pages of this archive where Aaron is part of the argument, not just a name in a list.

The voyage out, 1854

The household, 1841

What is written about Aaron

Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.

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Family Notices (1896, September 26). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 4. Link to TROVE
Late Mr. Aaron Wakefield.
Another Old Resident's Death.
The funeral notices to-day contain announcements of the death of Mr. Aaron Wakefield, who for 32 years has carried on business as a plumber in Elizabeth street. Deceased was a sufferer from Bright's disease, compounded with other ailments. He died at his residence in Ann street, off Cooksley street, Breakfast Creek, at about 1 o'clock this morning. Mr. Wakefield, who had reached the age of 56 years, arrived in Brisbane by the General Hewitt in 1854, and has therefore been 42 years in the city. Immediately on arrival he entered into apprenticeship with his brother, Mr. Hiram Wakefield, then and still carrying on a plumber's business, and 10 years later established the works in Elizabeth street over which his name has continuously since appeared. He married the daughter of the late Mr. John Birch, who in the early days kept a grocery store on the site now occupied by the Opera House in Queen street. Deceased's wife survives him, as does his only daughter, Mrs. G. Harden, and his only son, who assisted him in business. The funeral is announced to leave Ann street at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

Sources attached in the tree

Backhouse Web Site — Aaron Wakefield

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