Mcharg, Alexander

[Auchencrieff]

Can anyone help me find Alexander McHarg believed to have emigrated to Australia   He was born in 1864 in Quarroch, Portpatrick, Scotland and last known in the 1881 census aged 16 living in Scotland. Any help would be appreciated

[rosie17]

Possible immigration record
Alexander transcribed as McKarg on Ancestry
Age 23
Arrival date 23 July 1889
Queensland
Ship Jumna


Several trees on Ancestry has him married to a Margaret Scott

Alexander McHarg
Marriage date 12 January 1894
Sydney New South Wales

Rosie

[Auchencrieff]

Hi Rosie
Many thanks for your reply. As I am not on Ancestry I would appreciate any links you can suggest for further information as Alexander was the son of my gggrandfather and named after him. Many thanks

[rosie17]

You can try looking on familysearch.org which is free you need to register first
Then there is trove newspapers also free and you can browse through some of the records

Rosie

[sparrett]

This death notice for the wife Margaret McHARG in Sydney Morning Herald, 1952, lists children and grandchildren

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27528469

Sue

[maddys52]

the NSW BDM is free to search:
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?4

You can see the marriage of Alexander M[a]cHARG and Margaret SCOTT in 1894 (159/1894) in Sydney.

[maddys52]

Death of Alexander M[a]cHARG registered at Bankstown in 1952 (11457/1952 ) parents Alexander and Jane.

Death of Margaret M[a]cHARG at Bankstown in 1952 (21827/1952) parents Richard and Isabella.

Modified to add:
death notice for Alexander:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18263137

[maddys52]

For interest, in various electoral rolls Alexander McHARG is at Scott St, Bankstown/Punchbowl with wife Margaret and family, he is a carter. (Available on Ancestry)

You can also find him in the Sydney Sands Directory:
https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/495003

eg in 1925 at Scott St, Bankstown
https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1899473
(scroll down to page 12 /61. Page 209 on the Directory)

[Neale1961]

I have had a look at the passenger list for the ship “Jumna” which sailed from London 31st May 1889 and arrived at Brisbane (Moreton Bay) 23 July 1889.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177609912?searchTerm=Jumna
There is not a great deal of information given for each passenger.
Alexander was recorded as a Free Settler, disembarking in Brisbane. (Jumna stopped a numerous ports in Qld)
Alexander McKarg, age 23, can read and write, Nationality - Scotch. Religion – P, county of origin- Wigtown
1 comment in Remarks “landed as Archibald Newlands”

(I'm not sure what that comment means , or if it is relevant.)