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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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 1842 - 1871 (29 years)
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| Name |
Catherine MCCOLL |
| Born |
1842 |
| Gender |
Female |
| General event |
Birth : Catherine's birthdate is not known but is GUESSED that she was 19 when she was married. |
| Immigration |
Migration : On the Burlington ex South Hampton on 25th December and arriving in Fremantle, West Australia, on 8th April 1863. |
| Residence |
Residences :
* Migrated to Western Australia in 1863.
* Bunbury for about 8 months in 1863
* Alma from 1864 |
| Died |
18 Jun 1871 |
| Person ID |
I349 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
6 Jun 2018 |
| Family |
James MCLACHLAN, b. 16 Jul 1842, Snaib (or Snebe or Shebe), Parish of Avondale near Strathhaven, Lanarkshire, UK  , d. 5 Oct 1904, Dalkey (Age 62 years) |
| Married |
9 Dec 1862 or 1st Feb 1862 |
Dunlop, Scotland, UK |
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| Children |
| + | 1. Annie MCLACHLAN, b. 9 Oct 1863, Bunbury, WA, Australia , d. 28 May 1934, Jamestown, SA, Australia (Age 70 years) |
| + | 2. James MCLACHLAN, b. 9 Mar 1871, Alma, SA, Australia , d. 1 Dec 1956 (Age 85 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Family ID |
F117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Gordons & McLachlans about 1896
* Annie & Donald Gordon (with children James, Ethel, Katherine & Linley)
* Annie's parents (James & Catherine McLachlan)
* Donald's nephew (Lav) |
| Documents |
 | Catherine McLachlan, nee McColl - died 18th June 1871 in Dalkey
Age 28 years, born c1843
Husband: James McLachlan
Residence: Dalkey
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 | James McLachlan & Catherine McColl - marriage on 9th Dec 1862 in Cambusnethan parish
Place: 24 Hill Street, Wishaw
Groom: age 20 yrs, agricultural labourer, bachelor, of Drumloch Glassford (signed)
Parents of groom: Peter McLachlan, quarry labourer, deceased. And Mary McLachlan, daughter of Mr L McPherson, deceased
Bride: age 18 yrs, dairy maid, & domestic servant, spinster, of Fifth part?? Dunlop (her mark)
Parents of Bride: Donald McColl, road?? lawyer?? And Ann McColl, daughter of Mr L Steel
After banns, according to the forms of the United Presbyterian Church
Officiating: Peter Brown, minister, United Presbyterian Church, Wishaw (signed)
Witnesses: Peter McLachlan (signed) & John Watt
Registered: 10th Dec 1862 at Wishaw Cambusnethan, Thomas B Gibson, Assistant Registrar Tect?? |
| Stories |
 | 2.70 - James McLACHLAN (snr) & Catherine, nee McCOLL
James was born in Lanarkshire in 1842. He married Catherine and they migrated aged 20 and 18 years. He pioneered South Australian farmland around Alma and Owen and was a leader in the church and the community. He was a municipal counsellor for many years and was in the South Australian parliament for nine years.
James and Catherine had two children – Annie in 1863 and James jnr in 1871. Catherine died a few months after giving birth to James jnr. James second marriage was with Fanny Cope and they had three children.
James died in 1904 at the age of 62.
(Biography by Don Gordon in June 2019) |
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