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DESCENDANTS OF JOHN RAE
OF DORNOCK, DUMFRIESHIRE, SCOTLAND

PLEASE NOTE: From here onwards the place names are all in Victoria, Australia
This family is related to the ARMSTRONG, JARDINE, BEATTIE and PORTEOUS families.

John RAE born c.1750, farmer of Black Hills, Parish of Dornock (Scotland)
married Margaret Rosne
Margaret Rosne born c.1757, died March 1832 aged 75
John RAE died on Sept.10th 1797 aged 47
They were both buried in Dornock Church Yard, Scotland

Their children: William (1789-), and Jane (1793-)

William RAE was born 1789 at Pentacles (farm) in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
He married Mary Beattie
Mary Beattie (wife of William Rae) born c.1787-94.
She died aged 38 years on Dec 10th, 1832 of Black Hills, Parish of Dornock, Scotland
William died on Feb 24th 1867 aged 78 years in Black Hills, Parish of Dornock, Scotland

Their children: Hellen (1822-1906), John (1823-), William (1830-1897), Margaret (1830-), Francis (1832-1835)
Hellen RAE was born in 1822 in Pentacles (farm) in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland.
She died Nov 4th, 1906 aged 83, in Annan, Scotland and buried in Dornock Church Yard

John RAE was born in 1823 in Pentacles (farm) in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
He married Agnes Leckie. She was born 1827 in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
Their children: Robert (1851-), William (1853-)
Robert RAE was born in 1851 in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
William RAE was born in 1853 in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland.

William RAE was born in 1828 at Pentacles (farm) in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
and baptised July 13, 1830 in the Parish of Dornock, Dumfrieshire
He was 24 when he emigrated - departing June 26th, 1857
on board SS. Marco Polo, arriving Melbourne Aust. in Sept. 1857
Also on board the MARCO POLO were William and Thomas ARMSTRONG B130/4
(possibly relatives of his future wife)

William married Jannett Armstrong ARMSTRONG on Feb 10, 1869. V.681
She was born Sept 27, 1869 in Charlesworth, County of Derby, Eng.
(registered as Jennett), daughter of David Armstrong and Mary Polkey.
Jannett died January 30th, 1922 in Wareek, Victoria aged 79 years V.287.
William RAE died Nov 3, 1897 in Rathscar, Victoria aged 68 years V.13035,
They were both buried in Wareek Bung-Bong Cemetery.
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Their children: Mary Helen (1870-), William Polkey (1871-), David Armstrong (1873-),
Margaret Jane Beattie (1876-), John Samuel (1877), Jannett Ann (1879-),
Frank Maurice (1882-), Emma Harriet (1884-)
FAMILY OF WILLIAM and JANNETT RAE

Margaret RAE (1830-) was born in Pentacles (farm)
in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland in 1830.
She married William Rob.

Francis RAE (1832-1835) was born May 27, 1832 in Pentacles (farm)
in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
He died Dec 15, 1835 aged 2 in Dornock.


Jane RAE (1793-1866) born in 1793 in Pentacles (farm) in the Parish of Dornock, Scotland
and died April 7, 1866 aged 73, in Browhouses, Gretna Scotland.
She married John GLOVER

Their children: John, Elizabeth (1817-), Agnes (1819-), Isabella (1821-),
William (1824-1880), Margaret (1826-), Ann (1830-), Mary (1833-)

John
Elizabeth in 1817 born Graitney, Scotland
Agnes born in 1819 Graitney, Scotland
Isabella born in 1821 Graitney, Scotland
William (1824-1880) born Graitney, Scotland in 1824
He was 31 when he emigrated from Scotland in June 1856
on board BRITISH TRIDENT, arriving in Melbourne in September 1856
William married Margaret HOY on June 24th 1866. She died 1916
William died in 1880 aged 56, at Glenmona, Victoria, Aust.
They are buried at Wareek Bung-Bong Cemetery, Victoria
Margaret born in 1826 Graitney, Scotland
Ann born in 1830 Graitney, Scotland
Mary born in 1833 Graitney, Scotland


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