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MONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander

MONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander

Male 1836 - 1893  (56 years)

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  • Name MONTEATH (MONTEITH), Alexander 
    Birth 2 Nov 1836  Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 May 1893  Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 28 May 1893  Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I326  Staleys
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2011 

    Father MONTEITH, Hugh,   b. 17 Apr 1792   d. 10 Jan 1870, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother HANNAH, Margaret,   b. 2 Sep 1796, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Dec 1877, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1820  Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F422  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family STALEY, Mary,   b. 8 Sep 1844, Greenburn, Parish Of Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1915, Kew, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1863  Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 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,   b. 15 Jan 1864, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1913, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     2. MONTEITH, Elizabeth,   b. 5 Jun 1865, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940, Golden Square, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. MONTEITH, Margaret,   b. 9 Jun 1867, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. MONTEITH, Thomas Staley,   b. 5 Jul 1869, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1947, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. MONTEITH, Isabella Ferguson,   b. 4 Mar 1871, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1873, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     6. MONTEITH, Janet Brown Dods,   b. 30 Apr 1873, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     7. MONTEITH, Mary,   b. 11 Feb 1875, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935, Malvern, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     8. MONTEITH, Jane Allen Donaldson (Jeanie),   b. 3 Jan 1877, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     9. MONTEITH, Alexander,   b. 11 Oct 1878, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1891, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
     10. MONTEITH, Robert,   b. 8 Jun 1880, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1958, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     11. MONTEITH, William,   b. 27 Apr 1882, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1939, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     12. MONTEITH, Jonathan,   b. 8 Jan 1885, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1937, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     13. MONTEITH, Isabella,   b. 22 Feb 1887, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1986, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     14. MONTEITH, Charles Walter,   b. 26 Aug 1889, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Nov 1836 - Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jan 1863 - Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 May 1893 - Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 May 1893 - Campbell's Creek, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Alex Monteith    		Alex Monteith

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] Monteath/ Gooley Family History supplied by Bruce Gooley.

    2. [S35] Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, State of Victoria, Death Certificate.

    3. [S82] Copy of Death Certificate, 5 Apr 2011, 5360 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S74] Falkirk Parish Register, 479/12 [Q:3] (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S45] Wedding Certificate.