Hillhouse,
Are you still interested in migrants from Bute to Australia? (Perhaps an enquiry on the Bute board would be more successful?)
Margaret MUIR, bap 1821, was a daughter of James MUIR of Barone Park, Rothesay and his wife Margaret BLAND. Her father James (1786-1866) was b Rothesay, a son of William MUIR and Margaret MCDONALD. William presumably a son, b 1759 in Rothesay, of James MUIR and Isobel FISHER.
Margaret migrated to Australia in the 'Goldfinder' which arrived in 1855. She came with her husband John PHILP, b 1824, son of Robert PHILP and Margaret LOCHTIE of Bankhead, Dalgety, Fife and their children.
Sadly, Margaret (MUIR) PHILP died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 16 Jan 1859.
John PHILP and Margaret MUIR had married in Jan 1847. Their children were
-Margaret Bland PHILP b 11 Nov 1847 in Rothesay (Margaret m Jeremiah Clarke MORGAN in 1870 in Melbourne and had several children; she died 1922)
-Mary Muir PHILP b 4 Jun 1852 in Rothesay (she married James Christopher BOLGER in 1870 in Melbourne and had several children; she died 1899)
-Eliza Jane PHILP bap 1 Nov 1854 in Rothesay; she died 1927
-James Muir PHILP b 1856 in Melbourne, Victoria; he died 1861
-William John PHILP b 31 Dec 1858 in Melbourne (he married Mary Ann SULLIVAN in 1887 in Melbourne and had several children; he died 1915).
I understand that Thomas Bland MUIR, b 1816, Margaret's brother - also a child of James MUIR and Margaret BLAND of Barone Park - died in New Zealand. I understand that descendants of Thomas live in Queensland, Australia.
Regards,
JAP