William Edward VINCENT

1823 - 1861  (38 years)

• Name	William Edward VINCENT
  Birth	17 Sep 1823	Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Nov 1861	Grafton, NSW
  Person ID	I14	minnie
  Last Modified	1 Jan 1970

  
  

  Family	Anne Sophia SQUIBB,   b. 1825, Crown St St Giles in the Fields london UK d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1844	Wellington, NZ
  	Type: marriage
  Children	1. Emily Matilda VINCENT   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 1970

  
  

• Notes

  William Edward Vincent Birth: 17 Sep 1823 Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Death: 22 Nov 1861 (aged 38) Grafton, Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Grafton General Cemetery, Grafton, Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia Plot: cemetery assumed at this time Memorial #: 258846917 Bio: William was a son of Thomas Vincent (1782-1929) & Anna Muddle Canney () who married 15 May 1810 in Church of St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England. A brother was Henry Vincent (1813-1878), who was active in the formation of early Working Men's Associations in Britain, a popular Chartist leader, brilliant and gifted public orator, prospective but ultimately unsuccessful Victorian member of parliament, and later an anti-slavery campaigner. William arrived into Wellington, New Zealand, on the Slains Castle. On board was his future wife, 15 year old Anne Sophia Squibb in 1840 as soon as the first ship docked, Samuel Revans, a peripatetic newspaperman, merchant and political agitator, landed his press on the beach at Petone and immediately began the important business of colonial communication and information exchange. Rival newspapers were established and Wellington soon boasted a strong print economy. The Burgess Roll lists several players George Fellingham Thomas McKenzie James William Muir Edward Roe (snr and jnr) WILLIAM EDWARD VINCENT He married Anne Sophia Squibb in the Wesleyan Chapel, Wellington 1 July 1844 He was a Printer in Ghuznee Street until 1850 when his address was in Dixon Street. they had 9 children (5 sons, 4 daughters, added as found) .. in NZ .. 1844 - 1928 Agnes Anne Vincent (+Cavill) 1846 - 1925 Henry Cleave Vincent 1848 - 1854 Flora Anna Vincent (age 5 in NSW) 1850 - 1903 Frank Walter Vincent 1852 - 1911 Arthur Vincent .. in NSW .. 1854 - William A. Vincent 1856 - Ann Sophia Vincent (+Bellamy _Harris) 1859 - 1933 Sydney Herbert Vincent (+Godbey) 1861 - Emily Matilda Vincent (+Marshall) 10th Feb 1847 edition of New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, volume III, Issue 160, List Of All Persons Qualified To Serve As Jurors, For The District Of Port Nicholson ...VINCENT, WILLIAM EDWARD - Ghuznee Street, PRINTER Wellington, 22 June 1850 WILLIAM EDWARD VINCENT, on retiring from the joint proprietorship of the Wellington Independent and the printing business connected therewith, begs to return thanks to the Merchants, Traders and Settlers of Wellington for their support to that establishment during the last five years and to express his hopes that such support will be continued to his late partners. * In 1850 William was a Licensed Victualler of Thorndon Quay. He was the proprietor of the Te Aro Hotel. This was not successful and by 1852 he was again a Printer of Manners Street. Wellington Independent, 4 Dec 1850 (as a witness in a Manslaughter Case) William Edward Vincent sworn - is a licensed victualler; lives at the corner of Willis-street and Dixon-street .. John Vincent sworn, I am living with my brother as barman. I remember seeing the prisoner at the house on Thursday, the 31st, in the forenoon; he was in the front of the bar with a Mr Squibb and several other customers .. In 1853 the family moved to Sydney where he worked as compositor and then proofreader on the Sydney Morning Herald. In June 1859 he established a weekly newspaper, the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, in Grafton, northern New South Wales. As in Wellington he sought to support the commercial community rather than the pastoralists, but his principal backer disapproved and early in 1861 the Examiner was sold off. A few months later he began the Clarence and Richmond Independent, which was barely established when he died at Grafton on 22 November 1861. His two eldest sons, Henry (aged 14) and Frank (nearly 12), continued the paper, the first of many Vincent-owned newspapers in the district. New South Wales, 3 Dec 1861 DEATH OF MR WILLIAM E. VINCENT - It is our melancholy duty to record the death and burial of Mr W. E. Vincent, the editor of The Independent. He expired on Friday night, at his late residence, Bacon street, after a short illness, and was buried with military honours by the Grafton Volunteers, of which corpse was member, on Saturday afternoon. Mr Vincent was an old colonist, although but 37 years of age at his death. He was the pioneer of the Press in this district, having established the Examiner and recently The Independent; and some years ago was long connected with the Wellington NZ Press. He also held the office of reader on the Sydney Morning Herald. Mr Vincent was ever liberal in his politics, and the staunch advocate of Separation, although his swan song was rather in favour of Anti-Separation. He has left a widow and a family of eight children to to struggle on as they can in adversity NZ Times, 16 June 1902 Journalism in Wellington - How The New Zealand 'Times' and 'Mail' were Founded .. Journalism in Wellington began with that bright morning of the 18th April, 1840 .. The 'Independent' which may justly be regarded as the pioneer of the New Zealand Times, was issued thrice weekly. Its proprietors were Messrs William Edward Vincent, T. W. McKenzie, George Fellingham and James Muir, whose names appeared on the imprint. Though the name of Mr Edward Roe also appeared on the first imprint, he declined to have any share in the venture, believing apparently, that it had little hope of success .. Also see: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1v2/vincent-william-edward Family Members Parents Thomas Vincent 1782-1829 Anna Muddle Canney Vincent 1790-1866 Spouse Annie Sophia Squibb Vincent 1824-1914 Siblings Henry Vincent 1813-1878 John Vincent 1827-1897 Created by: pkg (46968786) Added: 2023-08-29T12:45:57.000Z URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258846917/william-edward-vincent Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258846917/william_edward-vincent: accessed March 21, 2024), memorial page for William Edward Vincent (17 Sep 1823–22 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 258846917, citing Grafton General Cemetery, Grafton, Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786).