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I've got a hint on ancestry for a death of Andrew Gibb Murray 1858 Australia but I don't have access
I would be gratefull if anyone can access this and let me know any info it might have please

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
about Andrew Gibb Murray
Name: Andrew Gibb Murray
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 26
Father's Name: Alexander
Mother's name: Ann
Registration Year: 1858
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 4819
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832

Anne

Thank you Anne

it looks as though it's mine pitty it didn't say where he was born

Mine was born in Linlithgow and was in the 1841 census

Hi Sylann,
I have looked in Trove but found no death announcement for him, but I did find an article in The Argus( Melbourne) dated 7 Oct 1856 under <Missing Friends, Messages ECT
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=%22andrew%20gibb%20Murray%22

Do you recognise the others?

"ANDREW GIBB MURRAY and ALEXANDER MURRAY ALLEN
-WRITE TO JOHN BAIRD MURRAY AT POST OFFICE, CASTLEMAINE"

Will look again
Anne

Hi anne
Not sure about Alexander Gibb Murray but yes I recognise Alexander Murray Allen

And John I have John Murray his father was Alexander Murray his mother was Janet Baird Their eldest daughter had a son Alexander Murray Allen

it sounds hopeful

Sorry I tried to edit/ amend before you responded.
It does indeed say : Andrew Gibb Murray!

So it means he was in Australia with his cousin.
Did you know this?

No I didn't I've only just started doing this part of the family

I wonder if John Baird Murray is Andrews brother and why did he want to contact them ? as far as I know John didn't go to Australia.
He married and had a family in Scotland

The plot thickens!!

Just seen on ancestry that Alexander Murray Allen had an unassisted passage to Australia but I can't access it

I doubt John Baird Murray was actually in Australia at the time.
Knowing his brother and cousin were in Victoria, he was trying to track them down via Castlemaine Post Office.
Either a letter or telegram will have been left for them.
Is the year 1856 significant for the family?

Anne

No I've just checked ,

do you have access to passenger lists

Just wondered when they went to Australia?

I cannot find any immigration, but what were their occupations in Scotland?
Trying to find them on 1856 Electoral Rolls
Were they miners?

Anne

Sorry Anne not been able to find them after 1841 when they were 8 & 2 living in Linlithgow

Sylann,
There is no real info for unassisted passages but.....
The ship was the Red Jacket from Liverpool arriving Melbourne in Mar 1855.

16yr old Alexander Murray Allen and 24yr old Ander David Murray are both aboard the ship.
Oddly the nationality for both of them is entered as : Irish
There are many transcription errors on Anc records

Hopefully, someone on this forum may have a way of getting more info on this ship and its passengers.
Check threads for offers of assistance.
Cherilyn may be able to help you, especially with the death of Andrew 1858

Anne

Thanks Anne

will do tomorrow had enough for today, but if that is them they should be somewhere in 1851

Sylann,
30 yr old John Baird Murray WAS on that same ship from Liverpool to Melbourne.

I found it on another website.
All 3 men arrived Melbourne Mar 1855
Andrew is entered as Andrew Baird Murray
All are together Port B. Fiche 89. page 4
They are the only Murray and Allan's aboard the ship

If John married John must have returned to the UK.

Edit:
Are you sure that John Baird Murray married and had a family in Scotland?

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about John Baird Murray
Name: John Baird Murray
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 42
Registration Year: 1866
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 5406
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1824

Anne