Euphemia (Gordon) McCallum (1810 - 1888)

Born 22 Feb 1810 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander McCallum — married 1836 in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 4 Apr 1888 at age 78 in Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Euphemia (Gordon) McCallum was an Assisted Immigrant to New South Wales.

Euphemia (Euphan) Gordon was born on 25 February 1810. She was the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Catherine Robertson. ^[1]

Euphemia married Alexander MacCallum on 30 September 1836 at Auchtergarven, Perthshire. ^[2]

She was living with her husband and 5 sons at Strathmiglio, Fife in 1851. ^[3]

Euphemia and Alexander immigrated to New South Wales in 1855 on the 'Golden Era', with four of their sons. ^[4]

Euphemia died at the age of 80 on 8 April 1888 at Ulmarra, New South Wales. ^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 11 Mar 2021), Euphan Gordon, 25 Feb 2021, Perth, Father: Thomas Gordon, Mother: Catharine Robertson; citing Parish Number 387/, Reference Number: 150 259.
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSB-62C : 11 February 2020), Euphemia Gordon in entry for Alexander MacCallum, 1836.
3. ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a14a789f4040b9d6ea57eea : viewed 11 Mar 2021), Euphemia MCALLUM in household of Alexander MCALLUM, Newbiggin, Fife, Scotland; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /457, Folio 0, Page 11, Schedule 43, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX748241
4. ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2470; Item: [4/4949]. Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
5. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Euphemia MacCullam, Death. Registration number: 8044/1888, District: Ulmarra. Father: Thomas. Mother: Catherine. Accessed 11 Mar 2021.Deaths search page
6. ↑ Family Notices (1888, April 14). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62091192

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