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 Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837



Family: James (snr) DAWSON / Jane (Jean) HAMILTON (F-257)

m. 16 Feb 1818


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  • James (snr) DAWSONFather | Male
    James (snr) DAWSON

    Born  00 May 1785  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  29 May 1785  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 May 1865  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  24 May 1865  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  16 Feb 1818  [1, 2, 3, 4]  Falkirk Scotland  [1, 2, 3, 4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father   
    Mother   

    Jane (Jean) HAMILTONMother | Female
    Jane (Jean) HAMILTON

    Born  24 Feb 1802  Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  8 Mar 1802  Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Aug 1885  Springfield SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  William HAMILTON | F-2678 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Janet LOCKHART | F-2678 Group Sheet 

    James (Jnr) DAWSONChild 1 | Male
    + James (Jnr) DAWSON

    Born  28 Jan 1817  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  9 Feb 1817  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jul 1868  Akatore NZ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Sarah LATTA | F-738 
    Married  11 May 1849   

    Archibald DAWSONChild 2 | Male
    Archibald DAWSON

    Born  28 Jan 1821  Tehran Persia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Nov 1851  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Catherine DAWSONChild 3 | Female
    Catherine DAWSON

    Born  1825  Tehran Persia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Jan 1892  Hackney SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    West Terrace Cemetery SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Allan b.1811 Snr MCLEAN | F-2 
    Married  29 Feb 1844  Mt Barker SA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Eliza Willock DAWSONChild 4 | Female
    + Eliza Willock DAWSON

    Born  13 Feb 1830  Tehran Persia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 May 1926  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  2 Jun 1926  Woronora NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Thomas HALDANE | F-256 
    Married  8 Jun 1852  Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location

    George DAWSONChild 5 | Male
    George DAWSON

    Born  2 May 1832  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  6 May 1832  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  13 May 1832  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Jane DAWSONChild 6 | Female
    + Jane DAWSON

    Born  15 Jun 1834  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christened  29 Jun 1834  Falkirk Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 Jun 1903  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Richard HOOPER | F-889 
    Married  5 Jul 1853  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ann DAWSONChild 7 | Female
    + Ann DAWSON

    Born  28 Oct 1836  Scotland UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Aug 1914   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Richard STEPHENS | F-970 
    Married  29 Jun 1859  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Jean DAWSONChild 8 | Female
    Jean DAWSON

    Born  1838   
    Died  c Apr 1839   
    Buried     

    Mary  DAWSONChild 9 | Female
    + Mary DAWSON

    Born  1840  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  24 Aug 1937  Clare SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  29 Sep 1927  Adelaide SA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Richard Livette Snr 1831 LANDER, Senior | F-1049 
    Married  4 Aug 1858  Strathalbyn SA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Irregular marriage:
      A marriage by declaration was perfectly legal in terms of Scots Law until 1939 [but] it wasn't at all "legal" in terms of the canonical "laws" of the Established Church of Scotland. ..... A proportion of those who underwent a marriage by declaration did so in the presence of a minister of a secession church, or a minister who had at that time no "charge", ie wasn't the minister of any church. .... It could have equally been the case that the minister involved here, unnamed, was a secession church minister, but the couple still wanted the marriage recorded in the Old Parochial Register ... of the Established Church of Scotland.
      (Source: DavidWW, 28th Feb 2007 in http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8203)



  • Sources 
    1. [S-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.

    2. [S-59] Family History Group SA-COLONISTS, Barry Leadbetter, 1.
      MCLEAN Allan, Catharine DAWSON, married 29 feb 1844 at Wheatsheaf Inn Mt Barker as this information does not match the uncited/sourced information. As it is so different I have left it for further researchers to confirm or delete. Sourced 5 Feb 2016 Researcher Lorna McLean



    3. [S-137] FS Mark Brabant-no evidence provided-pending evidence, my heritage (with a log in), 17 Apr 2019 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      Jane ( Jean ) Dawson nee Hamilton 1802 - 1885 Birth:Mar 8 1802 Hamilton,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK Nationality:Australia Title:Mrs Religion:Protestant: Marriage to: James Dawson on Feb 16 1816 Falkirk Scotland Immigration:Apr 30 1839 Port Adelaide, South Australia Death: Aug 9 1885 Springfield, Strathalbyn, SA Burial:Strathalbyn General Cemetery SA
      Family members Parents:William Hamilton 1777 - 1850 Janet / Jannet Hamilton (born Pollock) 1777 - 1857 Husband: James Dawson 1781 - 1865

    4. [S-87] BDM Scotlands People requires own login , https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&event=M&record_type%5B0%5D=opr_marriages&church_type=Old%20Parish%20Registers&dl_cat=church&dl_rec=church-banns-marriages&surname=dawson&surname_so=exact&forename=james&forename_so=starts&spouse_name=hamilton&spouse_name_so=exact&from_year=1800&to_year=1850&record=Church%20of%20Scotland%20%28old%20parish%20registers%29%20Roman%20Catholic%20Church%20Other%20churches, 21 Apr 2019 Researcher Lorna McLean.
      DAWSON JAMES m.JEAN HAMILTON FR2560 (FR2560) on 16/02/1816 479/ 90 195 at Falkirk Scotland.saved on desktop as a snip page.