Antipodean MOLISONsI noticed mention (in the four pages since last I looked!) of a
half-brother James MOLISON in Sydney (ASM - "2 February 1855 Signs a Power of Attorney in favour of his 'half brother' James Molison, then resident in Sydney.." and "7 January 1863 Sells his land in Wollongong New South Wales to James Waddell Frazer for 100 pounds. The deed of conveyance signed under Power of Attorney by his half brother James Molison.")
This will be the James MOLISON Rambler mentioned a couple of pages back as follows:
"James Molison married Isabella Anne Forsyth in Elgin, Moray on 18 Jul 1849. 2 children I've found so far:
Margaret Molison - chr. 28 Aug 1851, Stockwell, Surrey
Annie Forsyth Molison - 22 Jan 1854, Balwain, New South Wales, Australia"
There were Antipodean MOLISONs in the 1881 census on FamilySearch which I couldn't tie in earlier but we now find that they are linked (and one is named Osbert - wasn't there an Osbert FORSYTH or some such name mentioned at one stage?).
Anyway, an exact spelling search for MOLISON in the 1881 census on FamilySearch only brings up 20 names. As an
aide-memoire, I'll list the family with Antipodean connexions. It is in Lewisham Kent and comprises:
- Osbert W MOLISON, Head, 25, b Sydney Australia, Commercial Clerk
- Isabella E. MOLISON, Sister, U, 30, b Kennington, Surrey, England
- Annie F. MOLISON, Sister, U, 27, b Balmain, Australia
(Balmain is a suburb of Sydney) - Mildred F. MOLISON, Sister, U, 18, b Woolhara
(sic), Australia
(Woollahra is a suburb of Sydney) - Jeanie W. MOLISON, Sister, U, 14, b Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England
- Florence WATSON, Visitor, U, 25, b Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
- and 2 servants.
Noticing that birth in Holloway, Middlesex, I suspect that the following lad is a member of the same family:
At school in Lancing as a Boarder:
- Robert J MOLISON, 12, b Holloway, Middlesex
The following births (I didn't find any marriages or deaths) are in the New South Wales BDM at:
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/To James MOLISON and Isabella A
(this will be Isabella Anne FORSYTH)1854 Annie F
1856 Osbert W
1860 Allan D
1862 Annie F
1862 Mildred F
1865 Saltoun F
There's that forename Saltoun! It was mentioned a few pages back - IGI extracted entry is: Saltoun MOLISON chr 23 Oct 1820, Fraserburgh Aberdeen, parents Wm M MOLISON and Margt DAVIDSON JAP
PS: Isabella Ann FORSYTH chr 12 Mar 1826, Saint Mathew, Brixton, London, parents Osbert FORSYTH and Isabella.
Osbert FORSYTH married Isabella REID, 6 Nov 1819, Banff, Banff, Scotland
(both extracted entris from IGI)
PPS: a couple of entries from FreeBMD
Death, Jun qtr 1879 - Isabella Anne MOLISON, age 54, Isle of Wight(?)
Death, Dec qtr 1882 - Osbert William MOLISON, age 26, HastingsPPPS: a couple of facts which we had earlier in the thread (one just a page or so back!) and which I'd forgotten about (it's getting so hard to keep track of it all).
1. Alexander Strachan MOLISON ("our" Allan's maternal grandfather) was thought to have been illegitimate. It seems to be accepted that William Maule MOLISON (we already have JoT's challenge of trying to link William back to Gaurin de Maule who came with William the Conqueror!) was ASM's father ( i.e. "our" Allan's maternal ggfather) but there doesn't seem to be any record of ASM's birth/christening or of his mother's name (there's a challenge - find "our" Allan's maternal ggrandmother!). ASM was born ca 1802 when William Maule MOLISON was supposed to have been about 21. WMM married Margaret DAVIDSON in 1813 and had several children including James MOLISON - so that's why James (who went to the Antipodes) b 1816 is referred to as ASM's 'half-brother'.
2. JoT (more great work) found (a page or so back) the death of half-brother James, age 53, in 1869 in Nigg, Kincardine; also his Will - "James Molison 10 Dec 1869 Residing at Sydney, thereafter Commission Agent in London, thereafter residing at Craigshaw in County of Kincardine"
