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MONTEITH, Hugh Orwin

Male 1897 - 1993  (95 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  MONTEITH, Hugh Orwin was born on 31 Oct 1897 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia (son of MONTEITH, Thomas Staley and ORWIN, Alice Maud); died on 7 Oct 1993 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

    Notes:

    Hugh moved with other members of his family to Sydney in 1907. He enlisted at Victoria Barracks, NSW for service abroad with the Australian Imperial Force on 13th October 1915 and joined the 1st Field Artillery Brigade 12th Reinforcements, he was under age when he enlisted.

    Hugh married LOVE, Agnes Dora in 1922 in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. Agnes (daughter of LOVE, John and CHARLEY, Rebecca) was born in 1896 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia; died on 4 Jun 1983 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  MONTEITH, Thomas StaleyMONTEITH, Thomas Staley was born on 5 Jul 1869 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia (son of MONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander and STALEY, Mary); died on 7 Jun 1947 in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

    Thomas married ORWIN, Alice Maud on 1 May 1895 in Victoria, Australia. Alice (daughter of ORWIN, Thomas William and HOUGH, Annie Rosina Charlotte) was born in 1873 in Taradale, Victoria, Australia; died on 27 May 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  ORWIN, Alice Maud was born in 1873 in Taradale, Victoria, Australia (daughter of ORWIN, Thomas William and HOUGH, Annie Rosina Charlotte); died on 27 May 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

    Notes:

    Alice was born in Taradale where her father owned a bakery for many years.

    Children:
    1. MONTEITH, Millicent Maud was born on 18 Feb 1896 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1971 in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
    2. 1. MONTEITH, Hugh Orwin was born on 31 Oct 1897 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 7 Oct 1993 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
    3. MONTEITH, Donald Staley was born on 24 May 1900 in West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; died in 1958 in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.
    4. MONTEITH, Arthur George (Monty) was born in 1902 in Melbourne West, Victoria, Australia; died on 2 Jan 1995 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
    5. MONTEITH, Wallace Rupert was born in 1912; died on 29 Oct 1998 in Warriewood, New South Wales, Australia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  MONTEATH (MONTEITH), AlexanderMONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander was born on 2 Nov 1836 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (son of MONTEITH, Hugh and HANNAH, Margaret); died on 27 May 1893 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 May 1893 in Campbell's Creek, 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]


  2. 5.  STALEY, MarySTALEY, Mary was born on 8 Sep 1844 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland (daughter of STALEY, Thomas and HAMILTON, Elisabeth); died on 5 Oct 1915 in Kew, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 7 Oct 1915 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia.

    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.

    Children:
    1. MONTEITH, Hugh Thomas was born on 15 Jan 1864 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 2 Apr 1913 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 3 Apr 1913 in Coburg Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    2. MONTEITH, Elizabeth was born on 5 Jun 1865 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1940 in Golden Square, Victoria, Australia.
    3. MONTEITH, Margaret was born on 9 Jun 1867 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1958 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    4. 2. MONTEITH, Thomas Staley was born on 5 Jul 1869 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 7 Jun 1947 in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    5. MONTEITH, Isabella Ferguson was born on 4 Mar 1871 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1873 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    6. MONTEITH, Janet Brown Dods was born on 30 Apr 1873 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1958 in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia.
    7. MONTEITH, Mary was born on 11 Feb 1875 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1935 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
    8. MONTEITH, Jane Allen Donaldson (Jeanie) was born on 3 Jan 1877 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1960 in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia.
    9. MONTEITH, Alexander was born on 11 Oct 1878 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 20 Dec 1891 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    10. MONTEITH, Robert was born on 8 Jun 1880 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    11. MONTEITH, William was born on 27 Apr 1882 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1939 in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 4 Dec 1939 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
    12. MONTEITH, Jonathan was born on 8 Jan 1885 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 14 Aug 1937 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 16 Aug 1937 in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
    13. MONTEITH, Isabella was born on 22 Feb 1887 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 8 Jan 1986 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.
    14. MONTEITH, Charles Walter was born on 26 Aug 1889 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died in 1889 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 6.  ORWIN, Thomas William

    Thomas married HOUGH, Annie Rosina Charlotte. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  HOUGH, Annie Rosina Charlotte
    Children:
    1. 3. ORWIN, Alice Maud was born in 1873 in Taradale, Victoria, Australia; died on 27 May 1951 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  MONTEITH, Hugh was born on 17 Apr 1792 (son of MONTEITH, William and McPHERSON, Isabel); died on 10 Jan 1870 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

    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]


  2. 9.  HANNAH, Margaret was born on 2 Sep 1796 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (daughter of HANNAH, William and MILLER, Elizabeth); died on 26 Dec 1877 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 4. MONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander was born on 2 Nov 1836 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 27 May 1893 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 May 1893 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 10.  STALEY, Thomas was born on 23 Jul 1821 in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland (son of STALEY, Jonathan and GOLDIE, Mary); died on 21 Mar 1878 in Moonlight Flat, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 23 Mar 1878 in Castlemaine General Cemetery.

    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]


  4. 11.  HAMILTON, 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.

    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.

    Children:
    1. STALEY, Jonathan was born on 29 Apr 1842 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died on 20 Dec 1859 in Near Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 22 Dec 1859 in Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia.
    2. 5. STALEY, Mary 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.
    3. STALEY, Elizabeth was born on 18 Aug 1846 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. STALEY, Jane was born on 25 Jul 1849 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; was christened on 9 Aug 1849 in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland; died in 1897 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    5. STALEY, Robert was born on 14 Sep 1851 in Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland; died on 27 Dec 1853 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    6. STALEY, Robert was born on 18 Dec 1854 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Oct 1926 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 6 Oct 1926 in Coburg Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
    7. STALEY, Thomas was born on 18 Dec 1854 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia; died on 19 Mar 1925 in Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia.
    8. STALEY, Margaret was born in 1859 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia (Forest Ck); died in 1881 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
    9. STALEY, Jonathan was born on 3 Sep 1862 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; died on 26 Nov 1890 in Queensland, Australia.