Researching William Kirkness
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 340 people with the Kirkness surname? In that year Kirkness was ranked number 3239 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Kirkness on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Kirkness and the Kirkness Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 204 people with the Kirkness surname in the UK? Kirkness is now ranked number 3850 for popularity in the UK. |
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William Kirkness
William Eames Kirkness (22 January 1862 – 12 February 1944) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Mudgee to machinist James Flett Kirkness and Emma Eames. He worked at Gosford and Woy Woy, ran a grocery at Waverley and farmed at Wisemans Ferry and Central Colo, but he was bankrupted in 1892. On 30 June 1887 he married Mary Dunlop, with whom he had six children. Discharged from bankruptcy in 1896, he returned to Gosford, where he became a councillor around 1900. From 1898 he worked as an orchardist, becoming active in the Fruitgrowers Association. From 1927 to 1934 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, representing the Nationalist and United Australia parties. Kirkness died in Gosford in 1944.
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