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Scotland / Re: Shearer/Pettigrew Old Monklands
« on: Wednesday 10 March 21 10:34 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou EV,
My David Shearer was born on the 7th NOvember 1850 in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
He was the Son of a Stonemason and Blacksmith Peter Shearer and Wife Mary (nee Kirkness).
In 1852 the family emigrated to South Australia aboard the Omega and settled in the Clare Valley. After leaving school, David and his brothers, William and John, took up blacksmithing as a trade, purchasing their own businesses.
In the 1890s David and his brother John designed and built the first Steam driven car.
I am really interested if anyone has any information about Davids descendants.
Particularly my Grandmother Eunice Shearers, also her Mothers details and any siblings she had.
My Grandmother passed away 14 yrs ago at 102 yrs of age, in Penola South Australia.
My Mothers name was Margaret June Shearer, she passed away in 1978.
My David Shearer was born on the 7th NOvember 1850 in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
He was the Son of a Stonemason and Blacksmith Peter Shearer and Wife Mary (nee Kirkness).
In 1852 the family emigrated to South Australia aboard the Omega and settled in the Clare Valley. After leaving school, David and his brothers, William and John, took up blacksmithing as a trade, purchasing their own businesses.
In the 1890s David and his brother John designed and built the first Steam driven car.
I am really interested if anyone has any information about Davids descendants.
Particularly my Grandmother Eunice Shearers, also her Mothers details and any siblings she had.
My Grandmother passed away 14 yrs ago at 102 yrs of age, in Penola South Australia.
My Mothers name was Margaret June Shearer, she passed away in 1978.