Alexander Kyle (1799 - 1888)

Born 30 Dec 1799 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Turnbull) Kyle — married 5 Dec 1824 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1888 at age 88 in Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Alexander was born in 1799. He was the son of John Kyle and Janet Ferguson. He passed away in 1888.^[1]

Baptism: 01 Jan 1800; Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[2]

Banns date: 05 Dec 1824; Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Alexander Kyle to Mary Turnbull^[3]

Alexander had migrated to Sydney on the Mary in November 1839 with his wife Mary, nee Turnbull, and four children - Margaret age 20, Martha 14, Isabella 10 and John 2. In due course they settled in the Hunter River Valley near Singleton, NSW. Martha married Duncan McLennan and they raised 6 children in Sydney. Isabella married Alexander Dean and they had 9 children, also in Sydney. John died at the age of 4 so the Kyle name in this branch of the family died out in New South Wales by 1888 with the death of Alexander.

As noted above, Alexander’s daughter Jennet had remained in Scotland in the household of her grandfather. In 1852 she married John Hope in Jedburgh and they arrived in Melbourne on the Chance as unassisted migrants in October the same year. They had a son John born in 1860 at Ballarat. He died at the age of 6 in 1866 and Janet died the following year at Scotchmans Lead, near Ballarat. She is buried in the Buninyong cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153029735/alexander-kyle: accessed 30 August 2022), memorial page for Alexander Kyle (30 Dec 1799–25 Apr 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 153029735, citing Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Kaz Bee (contributor 49124188) .
2. ↑ https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=SCOT%2FOPR%2FBAP%2F4998067
3. ↑ https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=SCOT%2FOPR%2FMAR%2F1574864%2F1
4. ↑ https://electricscotland.com/history/australia/kyle_family.htm