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Name/TitlePioneer register: WHITELAW, John

About this objectFamily name: Whitelaw
Given name: John
Birth year: 1819
Birth place: Glasgow, Scotland
Parents: Layton Wells & Lena Castin
Arrival: 1837
Victorian residence: Woods Point, Alexandra & Walhalla

Family name: Simpson
Given name: Elizabeth (or Eliza) born 1821
Parents: John Simpson & ?
Marriage year: 1842
Marriage place: Sydney
Victorian residence: Woods Point, Alexandra & Walhalla

Family Name: Whitelaw
Given Name: John & Elizabeth had four sons and two daughters however the year of their birth is not recorded: The daughters were Laura and Gertrude and the sons, Simpson, Edgar, Oliver and Norman.

The physical record is accompanied by detailed notes about the children, in particular the life of Oliver, who was engaged in surveying and exploring and lost his life by drowning in floods at Walhalla in 1891. Oliver left a widow and nine children.


Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberW - 0058

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