John Campbell

Birth Name Campbell, John 1a 2a
Also Known As Campbell, William 3
Also Known As MacIver, John 4
Gender male
Age at Death 48 years, 11 months, 7 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
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http://stacey-campbell.com/mcivor-campbell.html

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http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/content/official-passenger-lists

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https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1635/30796_125535__118-00139

Birth 1828-05-07 Lochcarron, Ross-shire, Scotland   1b 4
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Parents listed as Roderick MacIver and Margaret McRae of Janetown at https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Residence 1841-06-06 Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   1c
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Age: 13. Janetown.

Occupation 1849-01-00 Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Agricultural Laborer  
Departure 1849-09-21 Plymouth, Devon, England    
Event Note

With family on the "Harry Lorrequer."

Arrival 1849-12-26 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia   5a
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"Harry Lorrequer"

Residence 1854-04-00 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia    
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Per mother's death certificate.

Property 1857-07-13 Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia Bought 200 acres of Crown Land. Alexander Campbell's name also on deed. Allotment 18, sec 2, parish of Newham. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240911860  
Occupation 1871 West Coast, New Zealand Presumably prospecting. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240911915  
Departure 1872-06-19 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   2b
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240911915

Occupation 1872-07-00 Woodend, Victoria, Australia Miner  
Property 1872-07-00 Woodend, Victoria, Australia Owned property with brother Alexander.  
Property 1872-07-03 Woodend, Victoria, Australia John is the complainant, Alexander is remanded for stealing deeds. 6a
Property 1872-07-20 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia In Castlemaine Court with brother, Alexander Campbell.  
Residence 1872-07-20 Woodend, Victoria, Australia    
Arrival 1872-10-00 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia    
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232565071

Probate 1877 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia    
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To be verified. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223759798

Death 1877-04-14 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia   3
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TO BE VERIFIED. Drowned.
Alexander Campbell claimed the estate of this William Campbell, miner, as his cousin. It's likely this person was actually his brother, John Campbell. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115376970

Burial 1877-04-16 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia    
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To be verified this was actually John Campbell.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Roderick Campbellabout 18001854-02-12
Mother Margaret McRae18011854-04-05
    Sister     Isabel MacIver 1821-05-20 before 1849
    Sister     Margaret Campbell 1826-03-10 before 1849
         John Campbell 1828-05-07 1877-04-14
    Brother     Alexander Campbell 1830-12-16 1915-06-26
    Sister     Mary Campbell 1834-10-31 1899-03-22
    Sister     Campbell before 1849

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: 1841 Scotland Census
      • Page: Parish: Lochcarron; ED: 4; Page: 1; Line: 940; Year: 1841
      • Page: Parish: Lochcarron; ED: 4; Page: 1; Line: 940; Year: 1841
      • Page: Parish: Lochcarron; ED: 4; Page: 1; Line: 940; Year: 1841
  2. Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923
      • Page: Series: VPRS 13439; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (New Zealand Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
      • Page: Series: VPRS 13439; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (New Zealand Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]
  3. Ancestry.com: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
  4. Ancestry.com: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  5. The South Australian Register
      • Date: 1849-12-29
      • Page: 1849 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 29 December, p. 2
      • Source text:

        SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

        ARRIVED.

        Wednesday, December 26.— The ship Harry Lorrequer, Jeffares, master, from London and Plymouth. Passengers— In the cabin — Mr Thos. Gibson, and D. Rock, Surgeon-Superintendent. In the steerage. — From London — Thomas Brookes and wife. Peter Brown wife and two children, John Campbell, Roderick Campbell, Margaret Campbell, Mary Campbell, Alexander Campbell, Peter Campbell, Jane Campbell

  6. Ancestry.com: Victoria, Australia, Petty Session Records, 1854-1922
      • Page: Public Record Office of Victoria; Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Petty Sessions Records, Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia, 1854-1922