Hi Dolphin and Kitty, Glad to hear from you Kitty, I am fascinated by your Aussie/NZ connections to John Diamond b. Kirkmaiden 1800. I have very little info about his descendants. From NSW index records I was aware of the Sydney marriage William Diamond and Johanna in 1860 but I hadn't chased it up as a possible family/ Wigtownshire link. Regarding Dr. William Diamond, (son of Dr. James)born Howwood, Renfrewshire, 1864; he was in Victoria, Australia late 1890s, then Sydenham, ChristChurch (not Auckland as I originally said) where he seems to have died in 1918 ( BDM index, plus marked D/C on the medical reg. in 1919).
To Dolphin 53, re. William b. 1829, I cannot find a arrival date into Australia, and didn't suspect him as an immigrant, HOWEVER, I acted on a hunch- there is a 1891 NSW index record for the death of William Diamond, parents listed as "William and Elizabeth". I ordered this and its says "William Diamond of Wigtownshire, Scotland.... aged 61yrs ...in the colonies approx. 7 years; Occupation, Stonemason; parents William & Elizabeth Diamond". The informant was his "brother John Diamond of Ferris St, Annandale, Sydney" (Im sure the same who immigrated in 1857). Unlike brother John who was subsidised William probably arrived as a free and fee paying settler, which meant his travel records were very basic/poor. It also says he had 2 former wifes!!! a Helen Cairns & Ann Smart. Unfortunately no children are listed although I know of one, James, from the 1861 Scottish Census, when residing at Stranraer with William Snr & Eliz. Hope info. useful