McFARLANE South Australia

[krisesjoint]

Sorry Heath but I suspect you do not have Duncan's family since he was not born in 1792 if he was 30 when he arrived in 1840. This is the JP who was born in 1792. He had the brothers Walter and James. I fear it is becoming quite clear that this Duncan McFARLANE is not Elizabeth's husband. It seems this fellow had been in Australia since 1824 and was not married.  Someone seems to have decided they are one person, but it seems they were not. The JP died in 1856 but what happened to Elizabeth's husband? - were they even married? - they appear to have arrived single in 1840?

Kris 

[heath]

yes I have, interesting that he had been in Aust since 1824. that's not right. his chn all match up. they married before registration in 1842.
He is in the Biographical Index of South Australian 1836-1885 page 1064.the chn Benjamina & Margaret are not there's that's incorect, they are the chd of Allan & Margaret of Wick Scotland
married Free Church of Scotland  but no recorded born 1798 Buchanan Stirlingshire. I have a copy of birth.

[krisesjoint]

Heath,

The problem here is the BISA is submitted information. I really feel there is a serious problem here. Elizabeth's husband was 30 when they immigrated. Elizabeth remarries in 1854 aged 34. Yet the only death we have for a Duncan - dies in 1856 aged 63. Duncan is in hospital in 1849 aged 54. This is the Duncan born on 1792 but this is not the husband of Elizabeth. I actually am not even confident your Duncan and Elizabeth were even married. They arrived in 1840 unmarried. This other Duncan was already in SA so he is not Elizabeth's husband. He seems to be unwed. It looks to me that someone has incorrectly attributed this Duncan as Elizabeth's husband. I am going to check those free travel applications when I am at the library in a week or so and will get back to you with what they contain, but at this stage I feel you have the wrong man attributed as Elizabeth's husband.  Sorry I do not believe this Duncan was married to Elizabeth.

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1838Parland.gif

Here is the arrival mentioned in the Hahndorf article.

Kris 

[Aussie1947]

Here is the departure information of the Parland from the Sydney Herald 5th Dec 1838.

Gerry

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12859176?searchTerm=parland

[krisesjoint]

He was purchasing land in NSW before your Duncan and Elizabeth had arriived. It all fits with the Hahndorf article. Cannot possibly be the same man.

1835 Governent Gazette

Duncan MacFARLANE -  1110 acres, Argyle, lot 28.
Deeds dated 8 June 1835.
Advertisement of 27 January, 1835.

1839 Government Gazette (presumably the brother)

Duncan McFARLANE 640 acres at Argyle
James McFARLANE 640 acres at Argyle

and another mention of him being in SA 1839

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jksgenie/mtbarker/identities.htm#Duncan

Kris 

[Essie]

Hi All

Elizabeth and Duncan may have still been single when they applied to emigrate. However, sometimes couples then married just before sailing so the passenger list may have still named them as per their application.

Essie

[krisesjoint]

Hi Essie,

Yes you are quite right, they may have wed before setting sail and if so that marriage should be found. Could prove very interesting. What I though curious was that the app numbers were not consecutive which would seem to indicate they did not apply together. Although the numbers are close I would think a couple planning to marry and emigrate would go together to make the application. 

Lovely obit here for the pastoralist and JP but again no wife and children listed. I really don't think this fellow was married, even if estranged surely his children would be mentioned somewhere in these articles.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/7140701?searchTerm=%22duncan+macfarlane%22

Now we have in 1862 4 adverts in May Duncan Lennox McFARLANE Heir-at-Law to Duncan McFARLANE of the Hay Valley - farmer near the Finnis. so yet another curiousity. Heir-at-Law would seem to indicate an intestate estate, and its in the same general area as the JP.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/31810269?searchTerm=%22duncan+mcfarlane%22

I really hope there is a marriage in Scotland to help clear some of this up.

Where did you get Duncan's age as 30 at immigration Heath? These early ones are generally just an item in a newspaper and ages are not listed. I think this will be all there is on the voyage and passengers.

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1840India.htm

Kris 

[Aussie1947]

Good morning,

You may know this already, another Roots site has some early history of the Mt Barker District and it mentions a Duncan McFarlane and a Lachlan McFarlane who was related to Duncan (didn't say how related but Lachlan built the hotel and was a farmer like Duncan).

The Hahndorfwiki site has a brief mention of publican and farmer Lachlan McFarlane Marrying Louisa Lubasch .

http://hahndorf.wikispot.org/HahndorfLittlehampton

Probably brothers!

Regards

Gerry

[krisesjoint]

Morning Gerry,

Seems to be contradictions with that. (was related - was not related)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jksgenie/mtbarker/identities.htm#Duncan

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jksgenie/mtbarker/mtbpeople.htm

Lachlan married in 1845 so father not listed.

Cheers Kris