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Thomas Morrison and Ann Geggie had either 11 or 12 children, most of whom died quite young, several as adolescents. 

I can't track down William but otherwise John seems to have been the only child who married and stayed in Scotland

Three of Thomas Morrison's children migrated to Australia , perhaps  better for their health. Helen married James Ferguson (my interest is the Ferguson line) and migrated to Victoria. She had 7 children, two of whom died in WW1

The marriage was reported as "At 67 Great King Street, Edinburgh, on the 12th Inst, by the Rev. R. H. Muir, Dalmeny, James Ferguson, Gawler, South Australia, to Helen Scott, only surviving daughter of the late Thomas Morrison, Wester Dalmeny, near Edinburgh."

Robert Hugh Muir Morrison (named after the local minister) also migrated to Australia where he was a pastoral agent and died in 1897.


The other one to migrate was Alexander- see below

Alexander Morrison (15 March 1849 – 7 December 1913) was the first Government Botanist of Western Australia.

Born in Western Dalmeny, Scotland, he began a medicine degree at Edinburgh, but suffered from ill health, prompting him to break his studies and visit Australia. He spent two years in Melbourne before returning to Edinburgh to complete his degree. He then undertook post-graduate studies at Glasgow, Würzburg and Vienna.

He returned to Australia in 1877 as a medical officer on a migrant ship. He practiced medicine in Melbourne for 15 years, but again ill health prompted him to travel. He visited the South Seas and spend some time living in the New Hebrides, where he collected plants for Ferdinand von Mueller.

After returning to Australia, he was appointed the first Government Botanist of Western Australia, holding the position from 1897 to 1906. He produced few papers during this time, but these were considered high quality work. Plant taxa published by him include Acacia densiflora, Acacia longispinea, Angianthus acrohyalinus (Hook-leaf Angianthus), Calandrinia creethae, Calandrinia schistorhiza, Drosera bulbigena (Midget Sundew), Drosera occidentalis (Western Sundew), and Indigofera boviperda. He also collected numerous specimens; for example he collected the type specimens for Eucalyptus ebbanoensis and E. platycorys.

Morrison was retrenched in 1906, thereupon returning to medical practice. In 1912 he was appointed assistant botanist to Alfred Ewart at the National Herbarium of Victoria. He died at Cheltenham, Victoria the following year. He bequeathed his herbarium to Edinburgh University, his library to the University of Tasmania, and the remainder of his estate to the University of Melbourne.

 

Descendants of Joseph Todd Beveridge

Joseph Todd Beveridge married on Margaret Esson Gillon on 6.11.1895. They lived at 340 St Vigeans Rd, Arbroath in 1901 and at 57B Colt Terrace Coatbridge in 1923. They joined their children in Canada in 1923 and took up Canadian citizenship. Joseph was listed in 1931-4 as a caretaker for the John Inglis Co, makers of appliances in Toronto and as living at 82 Gatwick Ave, Toronto. They later lived with their daughter Bessie. Margaret died on 20.5.1953 and Joseph on 28.1.1952.

1. Margaret Esson Gillon Beveridge born 1896 lived at Beverlea, Fergus St Arbroath in 1923. She married a widower, James Edwards Vannet in 1915 in Arbroath in 1913. Margaret died on 12.8.1946 and James on 26.3.1970.

2. James Gillon Beveridge born 3.9.1898 Scotland. A watch repairer, he migrated to Canada in 1923 with his brother. He married Susan Weir Marshall, daughter of Alexander Marshall and Susan Lawson on 12.9.1925 in Toronto with his brother William as a witness. He was a watchmaker then an instrument maker with Canadian Aircraft Instruments. Susan died in 1965

3. Betsy Todd Beveridge “Bessie” born 1900 Arbroath and living at 14 Hiawatha Rd Toronto when she married John Allan, 21, an auditor and accountant for the Ontario government and son of James Alexander Allan and Elsie Jane Mitchell on 6.6.1925 with her sister Rachel as witness. In 1927 they lived at 82 Gatwick Ave Toronto.

4. Joseph Todd Beveridge born 20.2.1902 Arbroath migrated to Canada in 1923 with his father to join his brothers and sister. He moved to the US and married Ardelle Thomsen on 3.1.1955 in Illinois.

5. William Gillon Beveridge born 22.5.1905 Arbroath Scotland. He worked in iron mills, before migrating to Canada with his brother James and future sister-in-law Susan Marshall. William first lived with his sister Bessie, who arranged for his transport and first job. In 1924, he lived at 14 Hiawatha Rd, a salesman for Ely Ltd. He married Marion Cicely Harwood, daughter of Caleb Harwood and Sarah Green on 21.1.1926 with his sister Bessie and her husband John Allan as witnesses. He died on 2.8.1972 Scarborough

6. Rachel Esson Beveridge born 1909 migrated to Canada to join her brother in 1923 on the Metagama. She married George Gordon. She died on 24.12.1952 of 235 Westlake Ave Toronto.

Thomas Ferguson who married Ann Frame was born circa 1787 in Kirkconnel Dumfiresshire the son of Thomas Ferguson, stone mason and Elizabeth Hutchison.  He joined the army, was discharged on a pension and supplmented that by teaching English in an elementary school and possibly other jobs as well.  Certificates from his children's marriages and deaths have both pensenior artilleryman and teacher.

I am seraching for Thomas Ferguson born circa 1788 son of Thomas Ferguson and Elizabeth Hutcheson in Kirkconnel Dumfrieshire.  He died in 1856, a pensioner artilleryman.  In 1851, he was living with his wife Ann 51 and sons Thomas, 29, John 22 and William 16, all labourers and born in Hamilton, Lanark. The ages also fit with the births of Thomas and John as sons of William Ferguson and Ann Frame.

He looks like the Thomas married to Ann Frame, however, her death certificate says that she was the wife of Thomas Ferguson, a teacher of English.  I suppose he could have taught English at home after he left the army, but it seems unlikley, especially if his sons were labourers.

Ann died on 11 January 1892 aged 92 a pauper, of senile debility at Springwall, Cambuslang. She was the daughter of John Frame, a joiner and Helen Scott.  Her daughter in law Helen Ferguson was the informant.

Any help with sorting out which Ann my Thomas Ferguson was married to would be much appreciated.