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McGEORGE, James (DNA Link)
(About 1783-Before 1875)
REID, Jane
(About 1785-Before 1875)
McDOWALL, John
(About 1775-)
McALPINE, Jane
(About 1775-)
McGEORGE, Robert
(About 1806-)
McDOWALL, Sarah
(1803-1890)
McGEORGE, Jane
(1830-1911)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. BRUCE, Henry

McGEORGE, Jane 2 3 4

  • Born: 1830, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 2 5 6
  • Marriage (1): BRUCE, Henry on 31 December 1856 in Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland 1
  • Died: 7 December 1911, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 7 8
  • Buried: 1911, Nundah Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 8

   Other names for Jane were BRUCE, Jane,6 9 BRUCE, Jean 7 10 and GEORGE, Jean.1 5

  General Notes:

Jane McGeorge was the eldest of five children living at 1 Cameron's Court in the Anderston area of Glasgow, Scotland, as recorded by the 1851 census. She was recorded as single, aged 20 years, and born in Kilmarnock. She worked as a steam loom weaver.

"Name:Jane Bruce
Age:34
Birth Year:abt 1830
Ship Name:Sultana
Port of Departure:Liverpool, England
Port of Arrival:Maryborough (Queensland, Australia)
Arrival date:29 Jul 1864"

from Passenger Lists

"Name:Jean Bruce
Gender:Female
Electoral Year:1903
Subdistrict:Sandgate
State:Queensland
District:Moreton
Country:Australia"

from Electoral Roll

"Name:Jean Bruce
Death Date:07 Dec 1911
Death Place:Queensland
Father's name:Robert Mcgeorge
Mother's name:Sarah McDowell
Registration Year:1911
Registration Place:Queensland
Registration Number:B015055
Page Number:3119"

from Death Index 2 6 7 10 11


Jane married Henry BRUCE on 31 December 1856 in Blythswood, Glasgow, Scotland.1 (Henry BRUCE was born about 1820 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland,6 9 died on 22 October 1900 in Queensland, Australia 8 and was buried in 1900 in Nundah Cemetery, Queensland, Australia 8.)


Sources


1 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.

2 1851 UK census, Barony 622 en d 75 page 15 1 Cameron's Court.

3 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.

4 ancestry.co.uk, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922.

5 1841 UK Census, Kilmarnock parish Ayrshire; ED: 1A; Page: 8.

6 ancestry.co.uk, Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912.

7 ancestry.co.uk, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985.

8 ancestry.co.uk, Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007.

9 1861 UK census, Glasgow Govan parish Lanarkshire; ED: 24; Page: 16.

10 ancestry.co.uk, Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980.

11 1861 UK census, Anderston 644/8 en d 86 page 10 Cameron Court 1-10.

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