GEORGE, Samuel 2 4
General Notes: Samuel was 4 years old in the 1861 census entry. Research Notes: Many thanks to Vanessa for her assistance with information about this family in Australia. Noted events in his life were: 1. Arrival: aboard 'Scottish Knight' at Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1882, From Glasgow, Scotland. 9 2. Arrival: At Sydney New South Wales, 29 December 1887, From Rockhampton. 10 Samuel married Margaret McKenzie HUNTER, daughter of John HUNTER and Margaret CUNNINGHAM, on 25 November 1880 in Whilletts, St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland.1 2 (Margaret McKenzie HUNTER was born on 11 December 1858 in Old Monkland Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland 5.) Marriage Notes: The marriage took place after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. James Wilson, Minister of St Quivox, officiated. The witnesses were Agnes Paterson and Robt. Norrie. Samuel next married Ellen LINTHWAITE on 13 August 1890 in Emu Park, Queensland, Australia.3 (Ellen LINTHWAITE was born in 1864 in England 6.) |
1 GRO Scotland, Births Ayr Ayrshire 1881.
2 GRO Scotland, St Quivox and Newton district Ayrshire Marriages 1880.
3 ancestry.co.uk, Australian Marriage Index.
4 ancestry.co.uk, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985.
5 LDS Family Search.
6 ancestry.co.uk, Family Trees: George/Lindsay.
7 GRO Scotland, Death certificate RDS 619 No 36 Tarbolton 1877-mother.
8 1871 UK census, Kilmaurs 598 en d 2 page 22 Elderslie 11 High Row.
9 ancestry.co.uk, Queensland Australia Passenger Lists.
10 ancestry.co.uk, NSW Australia Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists.
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