Malcolm PROVAN

[Loke456]

Looking for descendants of Malcolm Provan who emigrated to Australia (Melbourne) om the sailing vessel 'Amoor' in 1857. Estimated journey 154 days He was born in Paisley ca 1834 to Robert and Janet Provan and is listed as a 'dyer'.

[CaroleW]

I have asked the moderator to move your post to the Australia board

Can you please include what info you already have so we don't waste time duplicating?  Who & when did he marry?  When did he die etc etc

[Loke456]

I have no further information on him I'm afraid, although i have tried

[CaroleW]

What is your connection to him?  Putting his name into Ancestry shows some possibilities but I don't have a Worldwide sub to view the entries

[Loke456]

His father Robert Provan, born 1790, died 1870, worked in a silk factory in Paisley, Scotland is my great -great grandfather

[CaroleW]

Unfortunately the Scotlands People website is down for maintenance at the moment as I was going to check in case he returned to Scotland and died there

I see his younger brother Alexander named one of his sons Malcolm

[Loke456]

He was my grandfather, he named one of his sons Malcolm too, he was my father

[CaroleW]

I found this on Family Search but info is sparse so no way of knowing if it is your Malcolm

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV31-LTR

[Christine53]

Probate record for Malcolm Provan died Sandhurst 27 April 1874 , engine driver, mentions two brothers Alexander and Sandy Provan and one sister Catherine Provan all residing in Paisley, Scotland. There is no mention of any wife or children.