by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
Thomas Rea was a native of Roxburghshire in Scotland. He is thought to have been baptised at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire on 26 June 1811, the son of John Rea and Isabella Armstrong who had been married at Kelso on 14 November 1806. Thomas was married on 7 October 1833 at... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
In the Supreme Court – Napier v. Snodgrass (defendant) & Chisholm v. Snodgrass On Monday, the 4th day of April 1842, at the Lamb Inn, Melbourne, the Deputy-Sherriff will cause to be sold, and to be delivered at the station –... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
Mr. Duncan and his wife Alexina voyaged to Port Phillip on the first settlers’ ship, the “David Clark” in 1839. After putting his hand to a variety of jobs, in 1848 Mr. Duncan became a member of the provisional committee to report on the formation... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
A Mr. Brunton was a cabin passenger on the “Agnes and Elizabeth” (a schooner of 74 tons, Captain J. Mitchell), which departed Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land on 25 January 1840 and arrived at Melbourne, Port Phillip, on 30 January 1840. (... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
William Wareham married Esther Forbes, a young Irish bounty immigrant, in Melbourne, Port Phillip District on the 23rd September 1844. William was from Basingstoke, Hampshire, England and Esther from County Derry, Ireland. William died on the 29th January 1866, his... by pppg | Jun 18, 2022 | Pioneers
Decades before the Irish potato famine, John and Mary Mulqueeny of County Clare had two daughters. Well, they probably had many more offspring, but we need only concern ourselves with the two, Bridget and Ellen. In fact, it is likely that Bridget was one of the oldest...