Jean (Ogilvie) Down (1833 - 1916)

Born 20 Aug 1833 in Clunie, Perth, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of George Martyn Down — married 31 Mar 1862 in New South Wales, Australia

Died 14 Dec 1916 at age 83 in Goulburn, Arglye, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Jean (Ogilvie) Down was born in Scotland.

Jean (Ogilvie) Down is a member of Clan Ogilvy.

Jean was born on 20 Aug 1833 to John Ogilvie and Marjory Crawford, in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland ^[1]

Occupation

1. Handloom Weaver^[2]
2. Housemaid ^[3]

Emigration

Jean^[3] emigrated from Scotland to Australia with her brother Joseph Sinclar Ogilvie ^[4]who was also a handloom weaver ^[5]and his wife Betsy. They both were still quite young in 1859, Jean being 26 and Joseph was about 22 years old. They both may have decided to look for a place where they might make a better living for themselves. Assisted immigration helped provide them the means to do that. Another brother John Ogilvie would leave Scotland 22 years later for Ontario Canada on the Lake Nepigon arriving on 29 of September 1881 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ^[6] Jean emigrated from Scotland to Austrialia in 1859 aboard the Palmyra^[7] She arrived in Australia on 27 May 1859'.^[3]

Marriage

She married George Down b.1833 in Okehampton, Devon, England, the United Kingdom to John Down and Jane Martyn,31 Mar 1862 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ^[8][9]

Her marriage to George seems to have been one full of trials, quite literally. Shortly after they married George was indicted for abusive behavior toward his sister Jemima Phillips who he was listed as living at the time.

In 1866 she would again face the legal system and her husband's errant ways as it was then that he was charged with armed robbery and sentenced to 3 yrs in the Parramatta Gaol.^[10] The space between their children George and David bares this out.

She would bury her husband at a young age, he was thirty-six years old and died of shock after falling from a wagon. He died in June of 1877 when his youngest was about four.

Children

1. John b. 1863^[11]
2. George b, 1865^[12]
3. David b. 1869^[13]
4. Jane b. 1872^[14]
5. William b. 1873^[15]

Residences

Jean is found in 1891 residing at 131 Sloane St., Goulburn, Argyle, New South Wales, Australia with one male and two females.^[16]

Death

Jean passed away before 16 Dec 1916 when her Funeral Notice if found in The Sydney Morning Herald. ^{[17] [18] [19]}Her memorial on Find A Grave says that she died on the 14 of December 1916 and that she is buried at Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1F5-1P1 : 11 February 2020), Jean Ogilvie, 1833.
2. ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a1543cef4040b9d6e54e911 : viewed 11 May 2021), Jean in the record for John OGLVIE, Rosmount, Perthshire, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /335, Folio 0, Page 10, Schedule 38, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Assisted Immigration Ship List" New South Wales State Archive and Records, the record of Jane Ogilvie "(https://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4795/Palmyra_27%20May%201859/4_479500248.jpg&No=6)
4. ↑ "Assisted Immigration Ship List" New South Wales State Archive and Records, the record of Joseph and Betsy Ogilvie(https://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4795/Palmyra_27%20May%201859/4_479500245.jpg&No=3)
5. ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a1543cef4040b9d6e54e911 : viewed 11 May 2021), Jean in the record for John OGILVIE, Rosemount, Perthshire, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /335, Folio 0, Page 10, Schedule 38, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ Library and Archives Canada "Immigration Records Passenger Lists Passenger Lists for the Port of Quebec City and Other Ports, 1865-1922" https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-quebec-port-1865-1900/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=109034&
7. ↑ "Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896" Age: 25 | Ship: Palmyra | Year: 1859 | Copy: Reel 2139, [4/4795] OGILVIE Jane
8. ↑ "Marriage Certificate" New South Wales BDM Registration: 1148/1862 Groom: DOWN GEORGE MARTIN Bride: OGILBIE JANE District: ST GEORGE
9. ↑ St Peters Cooks River History Group, St Peters Anglican Church Cooks River; St Peters, New South Wales, Australia https://Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St Peters Cooks River Select Births, Marriages and Burials, 1839-1963 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
10. ↑ METROPOLITAN GENERAL SESSIONS. (1866, June 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved June 7, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13132216
11. ↑ "New South Wales-Birth Registration" DOWN JOHN Father: GEORGE Mother: JANE District: ST GEORGE Registration: 4033/1863
12. ↑ "New South Wales-Birth Registration" DOWN GEORGE Father: GEORGE M Mother: JANE District: ST GEORGE Registration:4263/1865
13. ↑ "New South Wales-Birth Registration" DOWN DAVID Father: GEORGE M Mother: JANE Distristrict: NEWTOWN Registration:O3356/1869
14. ↑ "New South Wales-Birth Registration" DOWN JANE Father:GEORGE M Mother: JANE District: GOULBURN
15. ↑ "New South Wales-Birth Registration" DOWN WILLIAM Father: GEORGE MARTIN Mother: JANE District: GOULBURN Registration:10741/1873
16. ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96K-NLMN?cc=2317858&wc=3N22-SPV%3A1584644804 : 29 June 2016), Goulburn (36) subdistricts I-S > image 133 of 230; State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
17. ↑ "New South Wales-Death Certificate DOWN JANE (OGILVIE) Father: 84 YRS LIDCOMBE Mother: District: AUBURN Registration: 19572/1916
18. ↑ Funeral Notice 16 Dec 1916 The Sydney Morning Herald Page 11
19. ↑ " Sydney Morning Herald" Funeral notice 16DEC1916 DOWN Jane Funeral 16DEC1916 late of Goulburn The Ryerson Index http://ryersonindex.net/search.php
20. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : 17 July 2021), Memorial ID 188658854, Jane Down (unknown–14 Dec 1916), created Lostnwyomn: citing Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia.Find A Grave: Memorial #188658854[No gravestone picture]