Guilford Onslow is thought to have been born in 1842 in the state of Virginia in the United States before enlisting in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and dying in Queensland, Australia. His name, however, is shown on the Queensland Death Index not as Guilford Onslow but as being ‘William' Onslow; the son of another William Onslow. It appears he may have used the name ‘Guildford' as an alias for some reason, taken perhaps from the name of a county in North Carolina, Guildford County, North Carolina, perhaps because of his age or maybe over the objections of his family in joining the military.
There were a number of Onslow's that enlisted in the Confederate States Army from Virginia; all being related but not all served in Virginia. J. Satterfield Onslow in Co. "K", 14th Virginia Infantry and B. Sims Onslow in Capt. G. G. Otey's Company Virginia Light Artillery, however, we definitely he know served within the state of Virginia. The Confederate enlistment rosters have only one individual who was a Confederate with the last name of Onslow. This is C.S. Onslow, Co. B., 23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. The individual calling himself ‘Guildford Onslow' who died as ‘William' Onslow' in Queensland, may not have even been born as ‘William'; he may have changed his name, as many did, or he may have in fact been one of the two we know that did serve in Virginia, since he said he served there.
It also could have been he was a Virginian of French heritage, as the original name Guilliame is often corrupted to Guilford; and the name ‘Guilliame', when translated into English, usually becomes ‘William'. One must keep in mind too, that someone may not have realised that Abraham Lincoln divided Virginia into two separate states during the Civil War and it could have erroneously connected him to what we now call as West Virginia, or he could have been from that part of Virginia that is now Tennessee.
Guildford (William) Onslow migrated to Australia at the age of 24, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria in March 1862 on the ship Orwell from a British port. There is also a record for Onslow travelling from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales aboard the ship Balcutha II in Nov. 1862. Unfortunately, there are no indexes to departures from Sydney as yet and he may have at some point returned to Australia directly to Queensland. Eventually he resided at a community then known as ‘Consuelo' in Rockhampton, Queensland.
While in Rockhampton he applied to the Colonial Secretary for a position as Clerk of the Court. In his application he stated that he had spent a short time in the "late Confederate States Army in America" and had also served 6 years in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, serving in Central India during the mutiny.
William Onslow died in Queensland in 1894 at 52 years of age.
‘Guilford' William Onslow is thought to have been a Confederate soldier of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
There were a number of Onslow's that enlisted in the Confederate States Army from Virginia; all being related but not all served in Virginia. J. Satterfield Onslow in Co. "K", 14th Virginia Infantry and B. Sims Onslow in Capt. G. G. Otey's Company Virginia Light Artillery, however, we definitely he know served within the state of Virginia. The Confederate enlistment rosters have only one individual who was a Confederate with the last name of Onslow. This is C.S. Onslow, Co. B., 23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. The individual calling himself ‘Guildford Onslow' who died as ‘William' Onslow' in Queensland, may not have even been born as ‘William'; he may have changed his name, as many did, or he may have in fact been one of the two we know that did serve in Virginia, since he said he served there.
It also could have been he was a Virginian of French heritage, as the original name Guilliame is often corrupted to Guilford; and the name ‘Guilliame', when translated into English, usually becomes ‘William'. One must keep in mind too, that someone may not have realised that Abraham Lincoln divided Virginia into two separate states during the Civil War and it could have erroneously connected him to what we now call as West Virginia, or he could have been from that part of Virginia that is now Tennessee.
Guildford (William) Onslow migrated to Australia at the age of 24, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria in March 1862 on the ship Orwell from a British port. There is also a record for Onslow travelling from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales aboard the ship Balcutha II in Nov. 1862. Unfortunately, there are no indexes to departures from Sydney as yet and he may have at some point returned to Australia directly to Queensland. Eventually he resided at a community then known as ‘Consuelo' in Rockhampton, Queensland.
While in Rockhampton he applied to the Colonial Secretary for a position as Clerk of the Court. In his application he stated that he had spent a short time in the "late Confederate States Army in America" and had also served 6 years in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, serving in Central India during the mutiny.
William Onslow died in Queensland in 1894 at 52 years of age.
‘Guilford' William Onslow is thought to have been a Confederate soldier of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
Guilford Onslow is thought to have been born in 1842 in the state of Virginia in the United States before enlisting in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and dying in Queensland, Australia. His name, however, is shown on the Queensland Death Index not as Guilford Onslow but as being ‘William' Onslow; the son of another William Onslow. It appears he may have used the name ‘Guildford' as an alias for some reason, taken perhaps from the name of a county in North Carolina, Guildford County, North Carolina, perhaps because of his age or maybe over the objections of his family in joining the military.
There were a number of Onslow's that enlisted in the Confederate States Army from Virginia; all being related but not all served in Virginia. J. Satterfield Onslow in Co. "K", 14th Virginia Infantry and B. Sims Onslow in Capt. G. G. Otey's Company Virginia Light Artillery, however, we definitely he know served within the state of Virginia. The Confederate enlistment rosters have only one individual who was a Confederate with the last name of Onslow. This is C.S. Onslow, Co. B., 23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. The individual calling himself ‘Guildford Onslow' who died as ‘William' Onslow' in Queensland, may not have even been born as ‘William'; he may have changed his name, as many did, or he may have in fact been one of the two we know that did serve in Virginia, since he said he served there.
It also could have been he was a Virginian of French heritage, as the original name Guilliame is often corrupted to Guilford; and the name ‘Guilliame', when translated into English, usually becomes ‘William'. One must keep in mind too, that someone may not have realised that Abraham Lincoln divided Virginia into two separate states during the Civil War and it could have erroneously connected him to what we now call as West Virginia, or he could have been from that part of Virginia that is now Tennessee.
Guildford (William) Onslow migrated to Australia at the age of 24, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria in March 1862 on the ship Orwell from a British port. There is also a record for Onslow travelling from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales aboard the ship Balcutha II in Nov. 1862. Unfortunately, there are no indexes to departures from Sydney as yet and he may have at some point returned to Australia directly to Queensland. Eventually he resided at a community then known as ‘Consuelo' in Rockhampton, Queensland.
While in Rockhampton he applied to the Colonial Secretary for a position as Clerk of the Court. In his application he stated that he had spent a short time in the "late Confederate States Army in America" and had also served 6 years in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, serving in Central India during the mutiny.
William Onslow died in Queensland in 1894 at 52 years of age.
‘Guilford' William Onslow is thought to have been a Confederate soldier of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
There were a number of Onslow's that enlisted in the Confederate States Army from Virginia; all being related but not all served in Virginia. J. Satterfield Onslow in Co. "K", 14th Virginia Infantry and B. Sims Onslow in Capt. G. G. Otey's Company Virginia Light Artillery, however, we definitely he know served within the state of Virginia. The Confederate enlistment rosters have only one individual who was a Confederate with the last name of Onslow. This is C.S. Onslow, Co. B., 23rd Georgia Infantry Regiment. The individual calling himself ‘Guildford Onslow' who died as ‘William' Onslow' in Queensland, may not have even been born as ‘William'; he may have changed his name, as many did, or he may have in fact been one of the two we know that did serve in Virginia, since he said he served there.
It also could have been he was a Virginian of French heritage, as the original name Guilliame is often corrupted to Guilford; and the name ‘Guilliame', when translated into English, usually becomes ‘William'. One must keep in mind too, that someone may not have realised that Abraham Lincoln divided Virginia into two separate states during the Civil War and it could have erroneously connected him to what we now call as West Virginia, or he could have been from that part of Virginia that is now Tennessee.
Guildford (William) Onslow migrated to Australia at the age of 24, arriving in Melbourne, Victoria in March 1862 on the ship Orwell from a British port. There is also a record for Onslow travelling from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales aboard the ship Balcutha II in Nov. 1862. Unfortunately, there are no indexes to departures from Sydney as yet and he may have at some point returned to Australia directly to Queensland. Eventually he resided at a community then known as ‘Consuelo' in Rockhampton, Queensland.
While in Rockhampton he applied to the Colonial Secretary for a position as Clerk of the Court. In his application he stated that he had spent a short time in the "late Confederate States Army in America" and had also served 6 years in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, serving in Central India during the mutiny.
William Onslow died in Queensland in 1894 at 52 years of age.
‘Guilford' William Onslow is thought to have been a Confederate soldier of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.
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