My GGG grandfather Thomas Haldane, well I just found a newspaper reference saying he was a Chief Magistrate in Girvan, Ayr (See below). All this time I thought he was always a Draper & silk Mercer. Can anyone find further mentions or documents of him as a magistrate in Girvan? He left Ayr to Aus in 1852.
MARRIED. 26th Sept 1856
On the 24th inst., at 86 Dryburgh-street, North Melbourne, by special license, by the Rev. Dr. Cairns, of Chalmers's Free Church, William Dunn, Esq., of Fairy-hills, on the banks of the Yarra Yarra and Darebin Creek, to Eliza Anne, second daughter of Thomas Haldane, Esq., formerly Chief Magistrate of Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Thomas Haldane.
Born: 11th Jun. 1796, at Carleton Mains, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Occupation: Draper and Silk Mercer.
Immigrated: 1852,on the clipper ship ‘Lord Stanley’ to Adelaide, South Australia.
Died: 9th Mar. 1878, at 6 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia – 82 years.
Buried: 11th Mar. 1878, at Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia.
Married: 4th May 1829, at Knockdolian Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Anne Mcilraith – Mcilwraith