24.2.08

Duncan McRAE


Born Lochalsh, Rossshire, Scotland about 1795. A son of Duncan and Isabella McRAE.
Arrived in Hobart Town on Resource in 1830 with his brother Hector, sister Flora, her husband Roderick McKENZIE and his brother Alexander.
He obtained a land grant on the Ouse river near Bothwell and married Honoria BALDWIN in about 1843. They had 10 children.
They lived at Selma near Bothwell.
He died in1887.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am descended from Roderick and Flora. Jessie Mc Kenzie married Donald Cameron Ferguson and had my great great grandfather Allan Martin Ferguson who moved to Barcaldine and set up the wool scout. He married Agnes Mc Cabe who had Peter Ferguson, my grandfather. My father is Russell ferguson.

Anonymous said...

Jo Ferguson is my name. You can find me on ancestry. I would love to know more about these early colonists.

Anonymous said...

My email is fergjoson@gmail.com