Relatives of these Scots Sought
Scots Link No 49 - May 1999

(13)  McKENZIE / McLEAN / HANKS

Alexander McKENZIE born c. 1803, Isle of Skye. Marr 1829 Armadale, there Anne McLEAN also born Isle of Skye c. 1805. Arrived Aust in ship William Nicol 27 October 1837 with four sons: Donald, Daniel, Alexander and John. Four more children born  Illawarra area: Mary, Catherine, Agnes and Angus. Anne d. Wollongong 1846. Sons Daniel & Alexander last heard of at Serpentine Creek, Otago and Arrawt River, NZ in 1863 & 1864. Alexander McKENZIE remarried 1849 to Elizabeth HANKS. Chn:  Eliza, Robert, Hugh, Thomas, Archibald, Anne, Flora, Christina and Charles. Elizabeth d. South Logan 1886. Alexander d. Canowindra 1891. Both buried Cowra Cemetery NSW. Information sought in Scotland and elsewhere by: Mr E. Finn, PO Box 282, Punchbowl NSW 2196, Australia.

(14)  McLAY

James b. 1832, Ayr, son of William McLAY from Ireland and Mary (Howie) from Ayrshire. Marr 1849 Elizabeth, dau of Samuel and Mary (McLeod) McLAY who lived at Campsie, Stirlinghsire. Arr Melbourne in the ship Norma  11 Dec 1852 with wife Elizabeth & dau Ann (6mths) & Mary (2yrs). Chn born Victoria: Elizabeth (Forest Creek 1854), Samuel (1856), *William Howie (1859), Margaret (Carisbrook 1861). James (1864), John (1866), Samuel (Moolort 1868), Helen McLeod (Carisbrook 1870), Hamilton Howie (1873). Died Carisbrook 1911. Son *William Howie McLAY b. 1859 Forest Creek, Vic. m. in Maryborough Vic 1888, Charlotte dau of Francis and Charlotte (O'Brien from Limerick, Ireland) SMITH from Hamburg, Germany. Chn: **Muriel Helen Louise (1889), Annie Mildred (1892), Francis William Hamilton, James Reginald. Dau **Muriel Helen Louise McLAY b. 1889 Maryborough, VIC m. in Cottlesloe, WA 1925 John Joseph CORBETT. Grandparents of Mrs Judy Johnson, 20 Renwick Street, Glen Iris, Vic. 3146, Australia.

(15) McPHAIL / McKINNON / ROSS / GRAHAM / MONTGOMERY

John McPHAIL b. 1791 Isle of Mull, Argyll m. Jessie McKINNON. They arr October 1851 Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, Vic, Aust in the ship Constance with children: Lachlan, Malcolm, *Donald, Isabella, Catherine (m. Walter ROSS) and Sarah (m. Geo GRAHAM). Died Geelong 1852. Son *Donald McPHAIL b. 1824 Isle of Mull, Argyll marr in Geelong 1853 Catherine, dau of Alex and Flora (McLeod) MONTGOMERY from Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. Children: **Jessie (b. Geelong 1855), Alexander (1857), John (1863),
Murdock (1865), Flora (1867) and others. Dau **Jessie McPHAIL m. in Sale, Victoria 1881 Frederick J., son of George and Fanny (Plummer) REID from Tasmania. Great grandparents of: Miss Barbara Manly, 19 Grey Street, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria 3340, Australia who seeks information on family who arrived in the ship Constance and their Scottish roots.

(16)  McVICAR / McINDOER / COLQUHOUN / WALKER

Alexander McVICAR and Isobel McINDOER m. 1758 Kilchrenen, Argyll. Son John b. 1759 Inverary m. Elizabeth COLQUHOUN 1792 Govan, Lanarkshire. Children: Elizabeth b.1793, Alexander b.1795, Margaret b.1795, James b. 1799, Agnes Ritchie b.1802, Alexander b.1805. Son Alexander, married Janet, dau of Gavin and Elizabeth WALKER  (Boyd m.s. Walker) at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 1838. Children all born there: Margaret b. 1841/2 m. John LAURIE, John b. 1843/4 m. Margaret GILLIES, James b.1847 m. Elizabeth ?, Elizabeth b.1849 m. William McCOUGAN, Gavin b. 1854 m. Mary Ellis DOWNING, Alexander b. 1856. Seeking information on any of the families: K. Santacatterina, P.O. Box 303, Mareeba, Queensland 4880, Australia.

(17)  MALPAS / ANDERSON / BOYD

Elizabeth b. 1863 Dunedin NZ, dau of Charles Thomas MALPAS (from America) and his wife Mary Ann (Pettiford from London) who were married 1862 Dunedin NZ. Arrived Sydney? Aust with parents and sibling, Frederick (b. 1866 Dunedin NZ).  Other siblings born Balmain, Syd 1869-1878: *Emily Kate, Arthur, Ellen, Edward, Bertha. Married 1893 Sydney NSW Robert ANDERSON  (widower). Died  Ballina NSW. Sister *Emily Kate MALPAS m.  Sydney 1891 Robert, son of James and Janet  (McFarlane) BOYD from Ayrshire who was born 1858 Paisley, Renfrewshire.  (See entry for BOYD, SL46, August 1998). Robert and Emily (Malpas) BOYD are the grandparents-in-law of: Mrs Wilma Boyd, 4 Orchid Close, Taree, NSW 2430, Australia.

(18)  MILL / BURTON / FIELDER

James Henderson MILL b. 1854 in Coupar Angus,s on of linen weaver John b. 1813 and Jean/Jane  b. 1821 (Henderson) MILL. Both John and Jane born and marr (1845) there. Siblings born there also: Peter John Lindsay (1845), Georgina (1847), Thomas George (1851), William Gladstone (1856), George Henderson (1858). Married. Emily Alice BURTON (b. 1862 Middlesex) in 1879, Sunderland, Durham. Arrived in Maryborough, Qld, Aust in the ship Kapunda 1883 with chn: William II and *Jane (an infant). Nine more chn born Maryborough. Moved to Brisbane early 1900. Died Brisbane 1920. Emily d. 1933. Dau *Jane m. Joseph FIELDER (b. 1868 Tunbridge Wells, Kent) in Brisbane 1918. Grandparents of: Dorothy McCarthy, PO Box 119, Dunwich 4183, Queensland 4183, Australia.

(19)  MITCHELL /BYERS

John, parents unknown, b.c. 1822 Three Mile Town, near Linlithgow, Scotland. Marr c. 1845 Catherine BYERS. They arrived Australia c. 1853. Catherine died Melbourne 1862. Information sought on John or any of his family, or remarriage or death in Victoria or Tasmania.  Mrs Jean Scully, 154 Fernleigh Road, Wagga Wagga, NSW  2650, Australia.

(20)  MUTCH / NAIRN /GIBBS/ TAPSCOTT

Alexander b. 1838 Rayne, Aberdeen, Sct, son of William and Isabella (Smith from there) MUTCH from Cushietown (also there) who were married in Rayne 1835. Marr 1859 Margaret, dau of Cuthbert (b. Stewarton, Ayrshire) and Jean (Laing) NAIRN who married in Dunbartonshire. They arr Melbourne in the ship Annie Wilson 25 Nov 1864 with chn: *Ann and Cuthbert; father-in-law Cuthbert NAIRN; Cuthbert's second wife Ann (Montgomery), brother-in-law Robert and his wife Agnes (Greig) NAIRN. Chn born Victoria: Alexander (1866), Margaret (1868), Isabella Smith (1871). Died Collingwood 1871. Dau *Ann MUTCH b. 1860 Aucmill, New Hills, Aberdeen m. in Fitzroy Vic 1883 James, son of John and Lucy (Smeeth) GIBBS from Amesbury, Wiltshire, Eng. Chn all born Vic. **Margaret Lucy (1884), Demetrius Gerashe (1886), Alexander Alfred (1889), William James (1893). Dau **Margaret Lucy GIBBS m. in Clifton Hill 1904 Ernest Eden TAPSCOTT Grandparents of: Mrs Diane Glancy, 15 Yaringa Street, Manly West, Queensland 4179, Australia.

(21) NEILES/NEIL / McBRYDE / McBRIDE / SPEIKER

Joseph NEILES/NEIL (calico printer) born c. 1827 Glasgow, Sct Mother unknown, father possibly John. Transported for 21 years, served time Norfolk Island & Tasmania. Arr Hobart Tasmania 10 July 1845 in the ship The Theresa. Granted free pardon 1869. Marr Tasmania 1857 Sarah McBRYDE or McBRIDE (country servant) from Hull, U.K. Sarah was also a convict, transported for 10 yrs. Arr 5 July 1850 in the ship Baretto Junior. Dau *Sarah Jane b. 1855 Hobart (named McBride, took Neiles name after mother’s marriage) marr Henry, son of Johannes and Arendji (Fisscher) SPEIKER from Zwartsluis, Holland. Grandparents of: Mrs Betty Dewar, PO Box 17 Axedale, Victoria 3551, Australia

 

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