Alexander McKenzie Allen
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Background
Alexander McKenzie Allen was born on 03 September 1920 at Montrose, Scotland.[1] Margaret (Gellatly) and her husband Alexander McKenzie Allen and three children sailed from Scotland on the Flora in 1852. He was a tailor who was working as a miner at Eureka at the time of the Eureka Stockade. Alexander died in September 1899 and was buried at Mount Egerton Cemetery.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
The family lived on the east side of Ballarat West where Alexander worked as a tailor.[3]
Family
Alexander and Margaret had six children, three born in Australia:
1. Margaret Ann Allen (birth unknown. Died 18 April 1854 at Eureka).[4]
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4. Esther Ann (Born Ballarat 1855. Married Robert Grant in 1874)[5];
5. Georgina Rennie (Born 1858 Ballarat. Married John Zehan Phillips in 1881)[6];
6. Mary Bathgate (Born 1861 Ballarat. Married Alexander Rae in 1881)[7]. [8]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.
- ↑ Information from Maureen Stapleton, 19 July 2018.
- ↑ Information from Maureen Stapleton, 19 July 2018.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009.
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