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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong Midlothian 1823
« on: Monday 31 July 17 10:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi Aaron

Yes he was an orphan in 1844. He gets a couple of other mentions in Trove after this. I have found Andrew Paton in the Edinburgh Guild records in the 1830's and have wondered if Colville came here already indentured. There is also a Armstrong link via Canada but it has been a long time.

Cheers

Graham

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong Midlothian 1823
« on: Saturday 15 July 17 06:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Julie

Don't know how she came up with a link other than she has found something somewhere that I'm not privy to. I just find the whole history thing interesting and just love the language used by our forebears and don't get too fazed about not finding the answers.

Cheers

Graham

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong Midlothian 1823
« on: Monday 10 July 17 10:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Julie

My sister believes that Colville with some of his siblings arrived on the same ship as George and Walter under the name of McKinnon. The link below is to a Glen Huntly blog. My sister Maree has been doing a lot of work on the Colville trail but it was a long time ago. http://www.katebirrell.com/blog/2014/3/6/cctyc08qt88rqb8ul7q24fwg852kqe

Cheers

Graham

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong Midlothian 1823
« on: Tuesday 17 January 17 10:06 GMT (UK)  »
It is an interesting thought but not convinced they were the same person. My sisters have been to Scotland and have found something about Colville coming here but under another family name. There is also the chance that he was here before George and Walter came to Australia. I knew my G grandfather Colville Jnr. but I was more interested in his stories of the gold rushes around central Victoria. My grandfather and Dad used to tell some stories but they too have gone, I have an uncle (86) near Melbourne (the only one left that could know something) he talks freely about growing up around Colville Jnr. Some things we will never know.

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong
« on: Friday 10 June 16 11:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jo

A bit more info re Colville Snr. (Trove) He was indentured to a Andrew Paton in Melbourne in 1844 as a tinsmith. He is listed as a orphan so wondering if he was indentured in Scotland as a teen & came to Oz with the Paton family after George died. I have found a listing of Andrew Paton Tinsmith in a Edinburgh Guild Book, I'm still looking. If only we asked these questions when the ones that may have known had the answers. Good photo on Trove of Colville Jnr. & the Armstrong family at Tongala. Colville Jnr. is on left.

Graham


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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong Midlothian 1823
« on: Monday 07 March 16 08:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Trudy

Been awhile. Granddad & dad used to talk about Hume quite often unfortunately both now gone. Are you still in the Jerilderie/Berrigan area, I'm not far from there? I have a suspicion that Colville Snr may have come to Oz via Canada, US or NZ I'm still trying to track it down. Another name that has popped up is Black not sure if there is a family link.

Army

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong
« on: Tuesday 09 February 16 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jo,

It all gets a little interesting the more information you glean. Did you know Beatrice? My brother & I used to visit Colville Jnr. up until he died in 1962. For some reason we never knew or met many of our extended family. I have a photo of Colville Jnr. if you would like I can PM it to you. Did you check out the Glen Huntley story? Dad told the story passed to him from Colville Jnr. that George who was a blacksmith had to carry all his tools of trade across the beach & marshes of Point Ormond and fell whilst carrying his anvil and died of dysentery 3-4 days later. We are lucky to be here really.

Graham (Army)

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong
« on: Tuesday 09 February 16 06:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jo,

I have Thomas married a Mary Jane POLLARD in 1887 and had 4 boys and 8 girls. Beatrice married a William Thomas Wallis abt. 1920.

Graham (Army)

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Midlothian / Re: Colville Armstrong
« on: Monday 08 February 16 10:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jo,

John was George's father. George came here on the "Glen Huntly" with a son leaving the rest of the family in Scotland, he died about four days after landing in 1840. If you do a search you will find the story about the ship and its fate.

Graham (Army)


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