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Name/TitlePioneer register: WILSON, Alexander

About this objectFamily name: WILSON
Given name: Alexander
Birth year: 8 April 1827
Birth place: Armagh, Ireland
Parents: Adam & Margaret WILSON, Armagh, Ireland
Arrival: 15 Sept 1858, on ship 'Conway''.
Victorian residence: Black Flat (Glen Waverley), Oakleigh, Mulgrave.

Family name: BINGHAM
Given name: Eliza
Born: 1840, Armagh, Ireland
Marriage year: 21 May 1858
Marriage place: Armagh, Ireland

Alexander and Eliza had 13 children all born in Oakleigh district:
1860 Ann Jane; 1861 Helen, c.1864 David Andrew, 1867 Robert,
1868 Elizabeth, 1869 Francis, 1870 Aaron, 1871 Emma, 1872
Margaret, 1873 Isabella, c. 1875 John, c.1876 William, 1878 James.

Were market gardeners growing strawberries, bought 'Wilson' variety
called 'Hoboy', with them from Ireland.

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 numberPR W-0079.1

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