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Thanks to you all. Before I get delusions of grandeur I will need to confirm a few things. I have been deceived before with my Jones line. I know what I need to do now but it seems so daunting.
Where is John Roberts birth record? When did he leave for Australia, where from and was he really alone as I've always believed? Where is the marriage record for George and Elizabeth and was her name really Stewart or Stuart? and if my Buchanan line is so well known how come no one else has researched this line of Buchanan descendents of George and Elizabeth as they had more than the one child John Robert? Oh lordy I'm beginning to rave and thats certainly delusions of an altogether other variety. So off to work for me in the real world. Once again many thanks.

Thanks again, Elizabeth's maiden name(from John Robert's Death cert) was Stewart, name recorded as Elizabeth Jane. What info was on the 1841 Scotland Census? Dont have this at all.
It would be so good to have someone else researching this Buchanan line. I have found so many other lines and am getting discouraged! Thought I may have found a marriage for George and Elizabeth but dont yet have the skills to confirm this. Date July 2 1820, Barony, ?Lanark.
Just read your new post. No I have nothing to prove these are John Roberts parents just clutching at straws! On John R's death cert it claimed he had been in Victoria Australia 61 years making him arriving there in c 1852. I know of no others travelling with him or of any other family in Australia at this time.
Kath

The 1851 and 1861 Cheltenham Census shows an Elizabeth Buchanan. Trying so hard to confirm this is my ancestor All I have is my GGrandfather John Robert Buchanan born c 1841-1843 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland to George and Elizabeth Buchanan nee Stewart/Stuart. John Robert came out to Victoria, Australia c1852. His descendants I'm getting my head around, its his ancestors I cant seem to trace in Scotland. Then I came across a George and Elizabeth with a son John R living in Cheltenham 1851, so now the question is do they belong?
Any help ever so much appreciated.

John Robert born c.1842 in Dunbarton to George and ?Elisabeth Stewart. Went out to Australia ? early 1850s and married in Australia 1874 to Mary ? Hartle/o. 3 children John George, James and Elizabeth Marion. Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks Kath

Thanks for your response. ok here goes I can read John Robert Buchanan, batchelor, Loch Lomond, sheep drover, 31, ? Station, Kerang,? his parents names and fathers profession. Mary Hartlo/e, spinster, ?Ballinadee, ? Cork, Ireland, servant,26,? Station, Kerang,? parents, farmer. Married 20th January 1874 at ?