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| − | Andrew McIntyre sailed to Australia on the Success in 1852. According to the shipping manifest he was 21 years of age in 1852 (born c1831), an agricultural labourer, from Fifeshire. He was going to work for the Clyde Company. With him were Christine, aged 23 years, a housekeeper, also from Fifeshire, and engaged back in Scotland. Her infant son was born on board. | + | Andrew McIntyre sailed to Australia on the [[Success]] in 1852. According to the shipping manifest he was 21 years of age in 1852 (born c1831), an agricultural labourer, from Fifeshire. He was going to work for the Clyde Company. With him were Christine, aged 23 years, a housekeeper, also from Fifeshire, and engaged back in Scotland. Her infant son was born on board. |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
Revision as of 07:37, 2 October 2022
There was another Andrew McIntyre who wrote a letter to his brother-in-law, A. C. KERR. This Andrew McIntyre was married to Margaret KERR.
He said in his letter he was arrested, charged and gaoled for three months, for his association with the burning of the Eureka Hotel.
Background
Andrew McIntyre sailed to Australia on the Success in 1852. According to the shipping manifest he was 21 years of age in 1852 (born c1831), an agricultural labourer, from Fifeshire. He was going to work for the Clyde Company. With him were Christine, aged 23 years, a housekeeper, also from Fifeshire, and engaged back in Scotland. Her infant son was born on board.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
By 1854 Andrew McIntyre was a miner at Ballarat. He is often confused with another man of the same name who was arrested for the burning of the Eureka Hotel.
Post 1854
An Andrew McIntyre was buried at the Ballaarat Old Cemetery, Grave GN25.
References
External links
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/art/1855-let.htm
