Hi Kris & Andy
Thank you both for your all your kind assistance and information today! I know this post is long but I wanted to address points by letting you know what I have already
Kris …..thank you for finding information on the Andersons living 2 doors away in Thebarton
No I did not have this information and was not sure if these families had kept together between landing and moving up to the Mt Barker area .....do you have an actual address ?
I have Alexander purchasing allotment 236 in section 1 in Light's Village for eight pounds on 2nd of Feb 1839 and he kept this property until 1873 (now 32-34 Kintore ave,Thebarton ..but would have been 32-34 South Terrace,Thebarton early on & name changed at some point later)
I believe from your info Alex&Jane would have had George & Hugo (died 1842) & Jane's Mother Christian Ross living with them I would say.
Isabella & Archibald Simpsons daughter Margret b 1839 Tullibody married John Anderson b 1835 so he would be a child of 7 yo in 1841C...(they went on to have 13 Children together)
Re Simpsons I only have following references to them living in Wistow /Strath area but no actual address and nothing for them before 1842...for up here in the hills.
I have Emily Montgomery Simpson b 1842 Greenside,S.A (not sure where Greenside is unless should be Greenhill a locality in the area?) marrying John Hill @ residence of James Forbes Mt Crawford in 1863
and I also found another daughter....Christian Simpson b 1837 Scotland married to John Dingle Coad (of Sandegrove nr Strathalbyn) in 1856 @ the residence of A Simpson of Kondaparinga.
.... and another reference to Morning Star rd which although it has been realigned basically runs off the top of "Woodcot" farm in Wistow. (This property was sold after Alexander’s death in 1874 and became the notorious "Eden Park" Salvation Army Boys Home)
How did you find the brand registration
? I would love more details....
Andy
I agree Alexander certainly lived in Dollar area from marriage up to coming to SA but he may have been born anywhere and I need a date of birth to go any further ….I did find a property on the Back rd in Dollar also called "Woodcot" which is name of the farm in S.A. ….however I don’t’ know this means anything more than maybe Alexander or Jane admired it.........all the Ross children were born in Dollar & it appears they were all well educated and attended Dollar Academy with son Hugh attending for many years.....I found a reference to a will for John Ross - Jane & Isabella's father who died in 1828 in free search......do you know how informative will's may have been if made in this era?
My strong favorite for Alexander's parents are an Alexander Paterson & Isabel Robertson (her father is named George from Stirling) or an Alexander & Isabella Patterson Tartan weavers from Bannockburn.....or is this too far away? I thought it was a possibility as Alexander worked in the bleach fields so his occupation may have followed on from skills &/or knowledge learned from parents occupation …..having said this however I haven’t totally ruled out the many Paterson Miners from Dollar or Clackmannan …as some emigrated to South Australia …
Thank you both for your assistance & information……I feel a little more enthusiastic to keep going …..I will try to piece together as much as I can for these families particularly their early years …acknowledging & regardless of the fact I may not get any further with Alexander’s parents
I will also do as Kris suggested and go back through resouces links………..
