Charles Edwin WATKINS

1858 - 1933  (74 years)

• Name	Charles Edwin WATKINS
  Birth	26 Nov 1858	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Surveyer, Canterbury, Western Australia and New South Wales  [2]
  Death	10 Jul 1933	Albany, Western Australia, Australia   [1, 3]
  Burial	11 Jul 1933	Albany, Western Australia, Australia   [4]
  Person ID	I11023	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Green WATKINS,   b. 13 Feb 1829, London, Middlesex, England d. 01 Nov 1879, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Maria EVANS,   b. 24 Feb 1837, Gibraltar d. 18 Jul 1894, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1853	Plumstead, Kent, England   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F1874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth KIPPENBERGER,   b. 03 Apr 1858, Kindenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany d. 19 Aug 1934, Albany, Western Australia, Australia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1884	Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 7, 8, 9]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Thomas WATKINS [Tom],   b. 08 Feb 1886, Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand d. 20 Jul 1969, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F3517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Nov 1858 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 23 Dec 1884 - Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - 10 Jul 1933 - Albany, Western Australia, Australia Burial - 11 Jul 1933 - Albany, Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY LATE CR. C. E. WATKiNS. The death occurred at his residence, "The Bungalow," Middleton Road, on Monday, July 10, of Councillor Charles Edwin Watkins, at the age of 74 years. Born is Akaroa, New Zealand, in 1859, the late Cr. Watkins was the son of the late Dr. H. W. D. Watkins. His grandfather was one of the earliest settlers in the Canterbury district, under a scheme under the auspices of the Church of England. Educated in New Zealand, the late Cr. Watkins early showed an aptitude for surveying and civil engineering, and while still in his teens won a prize of £100 for devising a drainage scheme for the Ashburton County Council. Later he was engaged in mining surveying in New Zealand, and was attracted to Western Australia by the gold discoveries of the 90's. Shortly after his arrival he held the position of manager of Hope's Hill mine at Southern Cross, but later transferred his activities farther afield, after the discovery of Coolgardie by Bayley. For several years he acted as representative for various London financial interests, and was also engaged on mining surveys for the Government. When gold mining declined, he selected land in the vicinity of Woodanilling, which he farmed for some years, and which he held at the time of his death. He returned to surveying in the agricultural areas for a time, and from 1915 to 1927 was in New South Wales, where he held various positions as an engineer for the Metropolitan Board of Works, Sydney, and as Consulting Engineer for various Shire Councils. In 1927 he returned to Albany, and had resided here continuously since. He represented the East Ward in the Council for nearly five years. During his residence in Albany he designed the storm water drainage system on Mt. Clarence for the Council. The late Cr. Watkins is survived by a widow and one son, Mr. C. T. Watkins, who practised his profession as a solicitor in Albany for some years, and who is now practising in Perth. Source: Mount Barker and Denmark Record (Albany, WA), Mon 17 Jul 1933, Page 3.

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Doreen Corrick, A Watkins Family of New Zealand, (Doreen Corrick, 1988). [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S1837] Petra Taylor, Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Taylor Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S1831] Funeral Notice. WATKINS - The friends of the late Cr. Charles Edwin Watkins, of the "Bungalow," Middleton Road, Albany, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment in the Church of England Cemetery, Albany. The funeral will leave his late residence at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. H. C. Prior, Undertaker. - Published in Mount Barker and Denmark Record (Albany, WA), Mon 10 Jul 1933, Page 1 [S266] Rex Davis, Akaroa, NZ, Your Pedigree - Alfred K. G. Wallace, (Rex Davis, 61 Beach Road, Akaroa, 1973). [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZSG Certificates Collection [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S524] David Bryant, NZSG Index - St Mary's Timaru Marriages, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand).