Capt John MURCHISON 1798-1882 ROC, Sct > Aus

By Daryl Povey March 10, 2002 at 09:03:06

I am looking for information the family (siblings & children) of Capt John MURCHISON (the town of Murchison, Victoria, Australia is named after him) b. ca 1798 Ross & Cromarty, Sct., son of Kennth MURCHISON and Martha URQUHART. John married a Mary Ann ROBERTS, 1826, Nova Scotia, had a least one child in the West Indies, arrived NSW, Australia in the early 1830's and settled at King Parrot Creek where he took-up "Flowerdale" Station at Kerrisdale, Victoria in the late 1830s. I have located the following children : Jenetta, Martha, Emily, Roderick, Mary Ann & Flora all born around the 1830s.
TIA, Daryl Povey - povey@sebas.vic.edu.au

comments powered by Disqus

No replies.