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Lanarkshire / Re: NEIL family
« on: Monday 28 March 11 05:28 BST (UK)  »
Gail,

Robert Neil (brother of your Hugh) was born in 1825 in Glasgow. He married Mary Cooper in 1844. She was born in (approx)1823 in Ireland.
Robert died in 1900 in Geelong, Victoria and Mary died in 1885 in Collingwood (suburb of Melbourne).
They had 10 children, three of whom died before they immigrated to Australia.

Robert and Mary were married by a Methodist minister in Glasgow so i'm having a lot of trouble trying to locate any birth records.

Anyway, look forward to talking more and sharing the information I have.

Elise

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Lanarkshire / Re: NEIL family
« on: Monday 28 March 11 05:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gail,

Thanks for replying.  :)
 
Yes, that's the family. Robert came out to Australia by himself in 1852 on the ship Aberfoyle then his wife Mary and their three children John, George Holmes Cooper and Robert, came out in 1854 on the ship the Norwood.
Robert came out to the Goldfields near Ballarat in Victoria to a place called Amphitheatre. It's where nearly all the Neils come from and they were one of the first pioneer families in the area.

Elise

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Lanarkshire / Re: NEIL family
« on: Thursday 24 March 11 07:00 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Gail,

Hugh Neil's brother Robert was my Great Great Great Grandfather and I have a lot of information on his line of the family.
More than happy to send you what I have, just email me if you're interested.

Regards
Elise

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