Roderick Hurd KILBORN

1827 - 1916  (89 years)

• Name	Roderick Hurd KILBORN  [1]
  Birth	Apr 1827	Leeds Co., Ontario, CANADA   [1]
  Baptism	17 Feb 1833	Wolford Parish, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, CANADA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Kilborn's autobiography states that Roderick settled in Australia The following is taken from 'The Cyclopedia of Victoria,' p. 14 -downloaded from information supplied by Marg Richards, a descendent ofhis: 'Roderick Kilborn, Goojumg Vinehard, Wahgunyah, five miles fromRutherglen, was born in Canada, on teh river St.Lawrence, in the year1829, and is the third son of the late Mr. John Kilborn, who saw activeservice in the American War of 1814. He was educated in Canada, and cameout to Victoria in 1852 in the ship 'William Fotheringham.' On arrival,he went to the Forest Creek diggins, and subsequently visited all thegoldfields of Australia. After being engaged in various occupations, suchas carrier, coach-driver,etc., he joined the Telegraph Department of theGovernment Service, from which he retired in 1890, after completingthirty-one years of service. His present property was taken up in 1860,and Mr. Kilborn was one of the first to plant vines in the district. Itcomprises forty acres, of which thirty are under vines, and ten underorchard cultivation. Mr. Kilborn, who is highly esteemed throughout thedistrict, married, in 1864, a daughter of the late Mr. John Foord, an oldand respected pioneer of Victoria, and has a family of four sones and twodaughters. Two of his sons, Messrs. George and Walter Kilborn, have themanagement of the property. mr. Kilborn was one of the first members ofthe Alexandra Lodge of Freemasons, Rutherglen. he is an ex-president ofthe Shire of Rutherglen, and has held a seat in the coucil thereof forsix years.'
  Death	10 Sep 1916	Elsternwick, Victoria, AUSTRALIA   [1]
  Burial	Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA   [1]
  Person ID	I8745	MM
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2002

  
  

  Father	John KILBORN,   b. 27 Jun 1794, Leeds Co., Ontario, CANADA d. 25 Mar 1888, Kilmarnock, Ontario, CANADA (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BALDWIN,   b. 11 Apr 1795, Leeds Co., Ontario, CANADA d. 30 Oct 1877, Kilmarnock, Ontario, CANADA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah FOORD,   b. 16 Apr 1844, Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA d. 2 May 1899, Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1864	Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA   [1]
  Family ID	F2409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Apr 1827 - Leeds Co., Ontario, CANADA Baptism - 17 Feb 1833 - Wolford Parish, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, CANADA Marriage - 1864 - Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA Death - 10 Sep 1916 - Elsternwick, Victoria, AUSTRALIA Burial - - Wahgunyah, Victoria, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S195] Douglas Chaffey Gedcom, 195.