Alexander Low Fenwick (1832 - 1864)

Born 1 Jun 1832 in Dundee, Scotland

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Died 3 Jun 1864 at age 32 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Alexander Fenwick was born in Scotland.

Alexander was born June 1st 1832. at Dundee, Angas Scotland.He was the son of James Fenwick and Catherine Drummond. Alexander was baptised June 19, 1832 at Dundee.^[1]

Travel Alexander arrived in Melbourne in 1852 from South Australia on the Nantilus. He was 19 years old and his profession was 'Labourer". ^[2]

Alexander Low Fenwick (1832-1864) married Jane Cooper (1835-)

1863- Insolvency. Alexander Low Fenwick, picture dealer and frame maker, Melbourne. Causes of insolvency : Absconding of travelling agent, losses from speculations under contracts for mounting maps and almanacs, and pressure of creditors. Debts, £123 11s 2d ; assets, £21 ; deficiency, £102 10s 2d. Mr Courtnoy, official assignee.^[3]

Alexander Low Fenwick (1832-1864)passed away in 1864 in Victoria. Birth place listed as Dundee and parents named on the death index. ^[4]

Obituary FENWICK. -On the 1st inst., at Prahran, Alexander Low Fenwick, of the firm of Fenwick and McFarlan, gilders, Bourke-street west, aged thirty-two years.^[5]

Alexander is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton. ^[6]

Research Notes

Checked both the Victorian and South Australian Registers for a marriage - no success. Still to be established - if the arrival was in 1861, in the name of 'Fennick" where he arrived married. Citing this Record "Australia, Victoria, Outward Passenger Lists, 1852-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2PQ-9Z5L : 17 March 2018), Fennick, born , emigrated 1861; citing series VPRS 948, Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne; FHL microfilm 284,487. Barriers to sourcing the actual voyage is that Fenwick was a travelling salesman (that led to his insolvency).. selling his picture framing and gilding services.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB8M-KLB : 12 February 2020), Alexander Low Fenwick, 1832.
2. ↑ "Australia, Victoria Coastal Passenger Lists, 1852-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DS85-TTZM : 26 September 2020), Alex L Fenwick, 1852.
3. ↑ Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Saturday 24 October 1863, page 5; [1]
4. ↑ Victoria BDM Deaths: 4563 / 1864
5. ↑ Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thursday 2 June 1864, page 4; [2]
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192431076/alexander-low-fenwick: accessed 14 May 2023), memorial page for Alexander Low Fenwick (19 Jun 1832–1 Jun 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #192431076, citing Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Val Sullivan (contributor 48262968).

• Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages [BDM] Victoria online Index: http://bdm.vic.gov.au