Alexander McINNES and Isabella McQUEEN
are my 4th Great Grandparents.
Their son, Alexander McINNES is my 3rd
Great Grandfather who married Mary ROBERTSON.
Alexander & Mary McINNES'
daughter, Jessie McINNES is my 2nd Great
Grandmother who married Alexander LANG.
McINNES: Anglicized variation of the
Gaelic name Mag Aonghuis,
meaning "descendant of Aonghus" whose
name was comprised of the Gaelic elements aon = one + ghus = choice.
An 8th century Pictish king bore the name and he was
popularly portrayed as being the son of Daghda, the
chief god of the Irish, and Boann who have her name
to the River Boyne. Angus was a county named for the king, and is still a
popular name among Scots -- the early occurrences in honor
of Mag Aonghuis . McGuinness is the most commonly found form of
this Irish name, with variations McGinnis,
McEnnesse, McEnnis,
McInnes, Maguinness, Maginness,
Maginnis, Magennis, Meginniss
, and Guiness, Guinness .
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Alexander McINNES
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Alexander McINNES Snr was born c1788 in Sleat,
Isle of Skye, Scotland. He married Isabella McQUEEN
c1823 in Scotland. Alexander McINNES Snr parents
were Jonathon McINNES & Mary McDONALD. Alexander came out to Australia aboard the ship
"William Nicol"
and arrived in Sydney, Australia on 27th Oct 1837. The ship
left Ornsay, Isle of Skye, Scotland on Thursday 6th
July 1837 with 321 passengers aboard, including their son, Alexander (my 3rd
Great Grandfather). One of their children, Donald, was born on the voyage.
The ship made one call on the way out at the Cape of Good Hope for water.
They were assisted immigrants under the care of Dr Dunmore LANG. Their son,
Alexander, could remember the cannons from Lord McDonald's castle roaming a
farewell as the ship weighed anchor. During the trip a member of each family
on board had to make his way to the gallery with the measured rations and
prepare the meals. After landing the family made their way to the Illawarra
district and Alexander was a farm labourer to a Mr Brown for |
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Isle of
Skye, SCOTLAND
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At this stage, I cannot find a NSW Death registry entry for his wife,
Isabella (nee McQUEEN)'s death in Australia. She did not
die aboard the ship "William Nicol" (no record of her death), so Isabella
must have arrived in Australia after giving birth to son, Donald, aboard the
ship. Numbaa Cemetery: Old Numbaa Cemetery developed in association with
the private township of Numbaa on Alexander Berry's Coolangatta Estate.
Burials began pre-1856 when the civil register of Births, Deaths and
Marriages was established. Located on the levee bank on the south side of the
Shoalhaven River the cemetery survived the disastrous floods of 1862 and 1870
which demolished much of Terara. |
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Alexander McINNES Jnr & Mary ROBERTSON |
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Alexander McINNES Jnr was born c1825 Ornsay, Sleat, Isle of Skye,
Scotland. He died 5th Aug 1907 at South Woodburn NSW Australia. (source:
NSW Death Reg. 8560/1907) |
Mary ROBERTSON was born c1832 Strath,
Scotland. Mary died in 7th Jul 1919 at Casino NSW. (Source: NSW Death Reg. 20849/1919) |
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"Mr. Alexander McInnes, an old resident of South
Woodburn, passed peacefully away at 11 a.m. on Monday last, without suffering
and in full possession of his faculties. The funeral, which took place on
Tuesday, was a very large one, extending from the Public School to the
cemetery. The pioneers of Shoalhaven and Richmond rivers were well
represented in the cortege, a notable feature of which was the presence of a
very large number of hardy old residents who had already passed the allocated
span, and who showed, by the general tone of their remarks, that they were
taking the death of their old friend, following, as it did, so closely on
that of many others, as a serious intimation that the evening of their lives
was also fast approaching. The late Mr. McInnes was, at the time of his
death, in his 86th year, and a native of the Isle of Skye. He, together with
his parents, five sisters and a younger brother, came to Sydney in the year
1837, direct from their native place, in the sailing vessel William Nicol. The ship made one call on the way out, at Cape of
Good Hope, for water. They were assisted immigrants under the care and
direction of the late Dr. Lang, Presbyterian minister, politician and
patriot. Young Alexander McInnes was then between 15 and 16 years of age, and
in later years could always give a graphic description of the feelings of
those on board as the cannon from Lord MacDonald's castle roared a farewell
to the ship as she weighed anchor, spread her sails and started on her voyage
round Africa's shores to the Land of the Southern Cross. During that long
trip through fair weather or foul, a member of each family on board had to
make his way to the galley with the measured rations and prepares the meals. People who had the pluck and endurance to move
from one end of the world to the other under such circumstances- which were
common at the time- might be relied on to fight well the battle of life in a
new country, and fight well the grand old pioneers did. After landing in the
country, 70 years ago, the subject of this sketch proceeded to Dapto,
Shellharbour, and other places, but soon found his way on to one of Mr.
Berry's farms in Numbaa, where 57 years ago, he married Mary Robertson, who
survives him. During the rush for gold at Braidwood, Major's Creek and
Araluen the late Mr. McInnes took many valuable loads of produce from
Shoalhaven to diggers, with bullock and horse teams, under great
difficulties, in troublesome times, and through country infested with
bushrangers and their friends, but was never molested by them. At this period
of his life he had many a mouth full of damper and a cup of tea at Sassafras
with Mr. Donald McKinnon, the present Mayor of Coraki. Later on, deceased
spent some years dairying and labouring at Milton,
and in the employ of Messrs. Goodlet and Smith,
Sydney. He subsequently moved to South Woodburn, where he has remained. worked hard, and lived happily for the past 30 years. The
late Mr. William Gollan and deceased were life long friends and strongly attached to each other. A
striking feature at the former's funeral, about eight days previous to his
own, was old Mr. McInnes on the roadside, seated in a chair, acknowledging
the salutes of good old friends in that cortege, and in a silent and saddened
mood paying his last tribute of respect to the remains of one he was to
follow so soon. During his 70 years in Australia, which was a period of
constant hard work, the deceased gentleman cleared many an acre of land, made
hundreds of friends and no enemies, was noted for his muscular power,
strength and will and commonsense. He leaves a widow, six sons and five
daughters to cherish his memory. The daughters are Mrs. Loutit,
Balmain, Mesdames John and Alex Lang, Ballina: and Misses Flora and Catherine
McInnes, Woodburn. The oldest son, Alexander, is in North Queensland, and
Donald at Milton: Hector, Marble Bar (W.A.): Robert, Jonathan and Neil of
this district, to whom we extend profound sympathy in their sad bereavement.
A solemn service was conducted at the house and again at the graveside by
Rev. J.A.R. Perkins. The coffin was borne from the hearse to the grave by
four of his grandsons, viz., Arthur, Alex and Phillip Lang and David McInnes.
There is now left one surviving member of the family which emigrated to
Australia in 1837-- Mrs Flora Watson of Isle Ornsey,
Waverley, the other brother, Donald, having died in Braidwood about six years
ago." |
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"There passed away at South Woodburn on 7th. one of the oldest and most respected residents of the
district, in the person of Mrs. Alexander McInnes, of South Woodburn, aged 81
years. A native of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, she came to Australia 74 years
ago, at the age of seven years, in the ship Henry Porcher.
Though so young in leaving Scotland, she never forgot the language of her
childhood days (Gaelic) of which she was fond, and in which could converse
till the last. Married to Alexander McInnes in 1851, in Sydney,
by the late Dr. Fullarton, the young couple went to Shoalhaven, where they
resided until coming to Richmond River, 39 years ago, and ever since the
family has resided at South Woodburn. The deceased lived an exemplary and
beautiful life, with an intense love for her husband and children, which was
returned with deep devotion by her sons and daughters (her husband died many
years ago) who attended their mother in her declining days and last illness
with a devotion that touched all who new them.
There are living six sons and five daughters, Alexander (single), Queensland;
Donald (married), Casino; Hector (single), Queensland; Robert and Neill
(single), Woodburn; Jonathan (married); Mrs Loutit
(Sydney), Mrs A Lang (Ballina), Mrs John Lang (Queensland), Flora and
Catherine (Woodburn). There are 30 grandsons and 20 great grandsons. Ten
grandsons went to war, two made the supreme sacrifice-Lex
Lang (Lismore) and Donald McInnes (Casino). The deceased was the fourth
daughter of the late Captain Alexander Robertson, who was in the navy with
Lord Nelson and Admiral Hardie. While in the navy
he sustained a painful injury, after which he got his discharge, came to
Australia and followed farming. The deceased passed away as if falling quitely asleep, after a tender farewell of her children
leaving behind her memory of a long life well and nobly spent." |
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Alexander (born 5th Oct
1821 Camiscross, Sleat,
Isle of Skye, Scotland. He died before 1825 in Scotland) -
Mary (born 4th Jan
1823 Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Died 9th
Oct 1873 Greenwell Point, Shoalhaven NSW. She married Laurence NICHOLSON in
1848 who died in 1852, then married David BERRIE ) -
Alexander (born 1825 Ornsay, Sleat, Isle of Skye,
Scotland. Died 5th Aug 1907 South Woodburn NSW. He married Mary
ROBERTSON) -
Catherine (born 2nd Feb
1827 Scotland, Died 1893 in Bendigo VIC. She married James KERR in 1847
Sydney NSW) -
Flora (born 1829 Isle Ornsay, Isle of Skye, Scotland. He died 2nd
Jun 1911 Waverley, Sydney NSW. She married Robert Robertson WATSON in 1849 in
Sydney) -
Margaret (born 24th Dec
1832 Camiscross, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Died 28th
Nov 1884 Sandhurst VIC. She married Luke CRESSWELL on 31st Mar
1851 at Sydney) -
Ann (born 1833 Isle Of Skye,
Scotland. Died 8th Oct 1889 Myrtle Creek, Bargo NSW. She married
Angus McINNES in 1857 at Clifton, Picton NSW) -
Donald (born 1837 aboard the ship
William Nicol. He died 26th Nov 1902
Braidwood NSW. He married Sarah Jane ALLSTAINS on 4th Mar 1874 at
Braidwood NSW). |
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Flora McINNES |
Ann McINNES |
Margaret CRESSWELL |
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Alexander I (born 1852; died 19th
Dec 1929 in Queensland) -
Ann (born 1852) -
Isabella (born 1853, died 1935
Woollahra NSW, married James LOUTTIT in 1876 in Sydney) -
Janet (born 1854) -
Jessie (born 1855 Shoalhaven NSW,
died 15th Jun 1945 in Lismore NSW. Buried at Ballina, married
Alexander LANG in 1882 in Sydney NSW) -
Donald (born 11th Dec
1857 Numbaa NSW, died 26th Sep 1943 Milton NSW, married Frances
WILMOTT in 1881 on the NSW south coast) -
Hector (born 2 Jul 1859 Numbaa
NSW, died in Western Australia) -
Robert
Robertson (born 22nd Jul 1861 Numbaa NSW, died 7th Aug
1944 Lismore NSW) -
Flora Ann (born 17 Jul 1863 Numbaa
NSW, died 20 Sep 1946 Lismore NSW) -
Jonathon (born 1865, died 24th
Jul 1939, married Elizabeth LANG in 1889 Lismore NSW) -
Marion (born 29th Aug
1867 Numbaa NSW, died 26th Feb 1938 in Queensland, married John
LANG in 1892 in Lismore NSW) -
Neil (born 1870 Numbaa NSW,
died 1933 Lismore NSW) -
Mary (born 1872 Ulladulla NSW,
born 1926 Corowa NSW) -
Catherine (born 1874 Ulladulla,
died 31 Jan 1933) |
William Nicol ship passenger list:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heathsmith/maxwell/william_nicol_passenger_list.htm
Contributors to the
information on Alexander McINNES & his descendents:
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Lesa
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Kaye
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Paul Box |
Judy Mulveney |
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Rosanne McInnes |
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