Notes:

Hugh was listed as an Engineer on his Marriage Certificate in 1885, yet in the 1899 Electoral Roll he is listed as a Foundryman, living in Bull St. Castlemaine. He was very musical and was head of the Castlemaine Band.

Hugh married NORRIS, Mary Alice on 13 Oct 1885 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Mary (daughter of NORRIS, Nathan and SCOTT, Elizabeth) was born on 20 Jun 1863 in Barker's Creek, Victoria, Australia; died in 1955 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They married inChrist Church Church of England
Hugh and Alice lived in Bull Street, Castlemaine and were remembered there as practical Christians of the "old school" , where their care extended to the "down and outs"

1. MONTEITH, Hugh Stanley was born on 4 Dec 1886 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 20 Oct 1944 in Footscray North, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 21 Oct 1944 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
2. MONTEITH, Cyril Reginald (Rex) was born on 17 Oct 1888 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1948 in Footscray, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 15 Jun 1948 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
3. MONTEITH, Alexander Norris was born on 12 Oct 1890 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1943 in Warragul, Victoria, Australia.

Notes:

In 1851, Alexander is a 14 year old living with at Lint Riggs, Stirlingshire,with his parents and 4 siblings, his occupation being Iron Moulder. Alexander immigrated to Australia as a single man on an unassisted passage without any other memberers of his family when he was 20 years old. He boarded the "Mindoro" which left Liverpool on 22 April 1856 and arrived in Melbourne on 14 July 1856. He purchased the land prior to his marriage.and built the cottage where the family lived, he waas described as a labourer on his arrival in Australia and he soon moved to Castlemaine where he worked as a foundry employee with Vivian & Co. and later with Thompson's Foundry where his eldest two sons, Hugh and Thomas, worked w ith him. Messrsrs Vivian & Co. Foundry began operations in 1857 and was probably the earliest foundry in Castlemaine, it was partially destroyed by fire in 1877 when Thompson's Foundry purchased most of the machinery. Alexander acquired two adjoining blocks of land facing Verlin Street and Happy Valley Road in Castlemaine in an original subdivision of land in 1862, the two blocks are numbered 14 and 15 on the original subdivision plan, which still shows the name "A.Monteath" and an area of about 65,000 square feet with the measurements shown in acres, rods and perches. The original cottage was built by Alexander in 1862 and was still in use some 120 years later. He died at 56 years of age in 1893 of exhaustion caused by iron dust in his lungs from the foundry.

Alexander married STALEY, Mary on 15 Jan 1863 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Mary (daughter of STALEY, Thomas and HAMILTON, Elisabeth) was born on 8 Sep 1844 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died on 5 Oct 1915 in Kew, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 7 Oct 1915 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary lived for 64 years in Victoria after her arrival on board the "Reaper" back in 1853, she married at 18 years in her parents home at Moonlight Flat, she had 14 children, 11 of whom had families of their own. At the time of her death in 1915 she was living at Barkers Road, Kew.

Notes:

Married:
Alexander and Mary were married at the father of the brides 's home at Moonlight Flat near Castlemaine. Both were members of the Presbyterian denomination. Moonlight Flat was a well-populated locality in those days.

Notes:

Hugh was the 5th. of 7 children

Hugh married HANNAH, Margaret on 21 Jan 1820 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of HANNAH, William and MILLER, Elizabeth) was born on 2 Sep 1796 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 26 Dec 1877 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas and his wife Elizabeth sailed from Glasgow on 8 March 1853, aboard the vessel "Reaper" of 424 tons with five of their children and Agnes Wilson aged 13 years, who was listed in the 1851 census as a step-daughter, after a voyage of nearly 5 months they arrived in Port Phillip on 2 August 1853. They were soon in the Goldfields in the Castlemaine area where they remained until their deaths.

Buried:
Castlemaine General Cemetery
Cemetery Rd. Campbell's Creek
Victoria, 3451

He is in the grave next to his wife and their first born son Jonathan.

Thomas married HAMILTON, Elisabeth on 6 May 1842 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Elisabeth was born on 4 Aug 1816 in Scotland; was christened on 15 Sep 1816 in West Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died on 14 May 1878 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 16 May 1878 in Castlemaine General Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Castlemaine General Cemetery
Cemetery Rd. Campbell's Creek
Victoria, 3451

She is in the same grave as her first born son Jonathan and next to the grave of her husband.

William married McPHERSON, Isabel on 3 Jan 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married MILLER, Elizabeth on 14 Mar 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A copy of the Family Bible entry says Jonathan was born in Glasgow, Parish of Kilbride.

Jonathan married GOLDIE, Mary on 30 Jun 1820 in Coltburn, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of GOLDIE, Thomas and McRAE, Agnes) was born on 8 Dec 1800 in Coltburn, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 27 Dec 1854 in Kensington (Leopold), Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 Dec 1854 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary arrived with 4 of her children at Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 31 March 1852 aboard the "Cambodia" a vessel of 914 tons, also on board was another daughter, Mary along with her husband and their three children, who were bound for the golldfields. There are eleven children of Jonathan and Mary listed on Mary's death certificate, James and the first John had their ages are given as 0 although James reached at least 10 years by 1841, there was evidence of another son, Jonathan who was Christened on the same day as Agnes and was her twin.

Buried:
Geelong Eastern Cemetery