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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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 1831 - 1915 (83 years)
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| Name |
Hugh Innis Cameron MATHESON |
| Born |
12 Aug 1831 |
| Christened |
5 Oct 1831 |
Plockton, Lochalsh, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Notes for biography |
"The following wills of last week are extracted from the Merchantile Trade Protection Associations Trade Gazette : Probates .. Hugh Innis Cameron Matheson, Strathalbyn , 750 pounds ..." (The Register, Adelaide , Mon 20th Sept 1915, p 4) |
| Notes for biography |
Donald Gollan played significant parts in Hugh's life:-
* Donald, might have assisted Hugh to migrate (along with his brother George & half-brother Alexander).
* Hugh married Margaret Gollan, who might have been Donald's niece.
* A middle name of three of their children have a middle name of Gollan - but this might be acknowledging their mother rather than Donald. |
| Immigration |
* Disembarked from the Charlotte Jane at Adelaide on 4th May 1854.
* Hugh was possibly sponsored by Donald Gollan
* Historian Barry Leadbeater does not have any record of the 'Charlotte Jane' arriving in SA (it arrived in Canterbury in NZ around 1850). There was a 'Charlotte' which arrived ex Launceston on 7th Aug 1839 but there were no Mathesons or Gollans on board. And there was a 'Maria Charlotte' ex Stockholm on 8th Oct 1850 but no Gollans or Mathesons on them either.
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| Occupation |
Initially worked at Donald Gollan's farm, 'Burnside'. [1] |
| Residence |
'Clashmore', 28 (or 20) Sandgrove Rd - on the southern side of Strathalbyn. [2] |
| Residence |
'Durham' or 'Eskdale' in Angas Plains |
| Residence |
Described as 'of Lochalsh' in his death notice - Southern Argus, 3rd June 1915, p2 |
| Residence |
Farmed section 2800 |
| Died |
28 May 1915 |
'Clashmore',Strathalbyn, SA, Australia [3] |
| Buried |
Strathalbyn SA |
| Person ID |
I161 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Father |
Alexander MATHESON, b. 1767, Loch Ailsh, Scotland, UK , d. 6 Feb 1865, Bonar, Scotland (Age 98 years) |
| Mother |
Betsy MURRAY, b. 1799, d. 6 Jan 1875, Fearn Farm, Scotland (Age 76 years) |
| Family ID |
F50 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Munro GOLLAN, b. 1836, Beauly, Inverness-shire , d. 15 Jul 1927 (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
18 Sep 1861 |
Strathalbyn,SA |
- Married at Margaret's mother's residence, 'The Swamp Farm', Strathalbyn. Her mother is Amy (or Ann) Gollan. The wedding was officiated by Rev John Anderson
- Question : Some sources indicate that Hugh's wife was someone else, but it is doubted that these other sources are correct.
* Margaret GORDON : The birth record of her daughter, Jessie Gollan MATHESON has her mother as Margaret GORDON (ref : Aust Birth Index, vol 73, p 166). If it is true that her mother was a Gordon, is this Margaret related to the Alexander Gordons? He had a daughter, Margaret, but she would have only been 9 years old when Jessie was born.
* Catherine Christina GOLLAN : "He married a niece of Gollan's, namely Catherine Christina Gollan." (ref : Alexandrina's Shore, Jim Faull, p 150) But who is this Catherine, and what connection has she with Donald Gollan?
* Resolution: It is most likely that Jessie's mother is Margaret Gollan as indicated by Jessie's middle name. And Margaret's marriage notice states that the wedding was held in the home of the bride's mother - Ann Gollan. We need to get a copy of actual birth record's of Hugh's children (rather than a transcription from the Aust Birth Index).
This note was by Don Gordon on 7th April 2018.
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| Children |
Of Hugh and Margaret's six daughters, only the first, Elizabeth was married. Four of them were spinster teachers at neighbouring schools - Jessie, Christina, Margaret and Alexandrina - ie four Miss Mathesons were teachers. Their other daughter, Jane, died when she was just three years old.
This note by Don Gordon on 6th April 2018 |
| Residence |
'Clashmore', 28 Sandergrove Rd, Strathalbyn |
| Wedding |
18 Sep 1861 |
Strathalbyn |
| "Married - Matheson-Gollan: On September 18, at the residence of the bride's mother, near Strathalbyn, by the Rev John Anderson, late of Aird, Inverness-shire." (South Australian Advertiser, 20th Sept 1861, p2) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elizabeth Catherine Gollan MATHESON, b. 9 May 1863, d. 1952 (Age 88 years) |
| | 2. Margaret Ann Fraser MATHESON, b. 3 Apr 1865, d. 22 Jun 1965 (Age 100 years) |
| + | 3. John Gollan MATHESON, b. 29 Jun 1867, d. 1 May 1905 (Age 37 years) |
| | 4. Jessie Gollan MATHESON, b. 18 May 1869, Strathalbyn, SA, Australia , d. 24 Jul 1950 (Age 81 years) |
| | 5. Christina Isabella MATHESON, b. 17 Feb 1871, d. 5 Jun 1966 (Age 95 years) |
| | 6. Jane McCallum MATHESON, b. 18 Nov 1872, d. 15 Mar 1876 (Age 3 years) |
| | 7. Alexandrina May MATHESON, b. 7 Jun 1875, d. 9 Dec 1955, or 1935 (Age 80 years) |
| + | 8. Alexander Donald MATHESON, b. 16 Apr 1878, d. 4 Sep 1957 (Age 79 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2021 |
| Family ID |
F60 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S2] Nancy Gemmell's book: 'Old Strathalbyn and It's People', Nancy Gemmell, Page 199.
- [S5] Ian Young - ID 292.
- [S1] Trove newspapers, Southern Argus, 3rd June 1915, p2.
On May 29th, at Clashmore, Strathalbyn, Hugh Innes Cameron Matheson, loved husband of Margaret Matheson, aged 83 years. Late of Lochalsh, Rosshire, Scotland.
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