456317
- TitleEckford family - correspondence, together with correspondence of the Montgomery family, 1846-1887, 1919, transcribed by, and with genealogical notes by Angela Prosser-Green, 2006
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- Call numberMLMSS 7722
- Level of descriptionfonds
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1846 - 1887, 1919, transcribed 2006 - Type of material
- Reference code456317
- Physical Description1 folder - 0.01 Meters
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Textual Records - (computer printouts) photocopies - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
James Eckford (1810-1881) born in India graduated from the University of Edingburgh 1830 and arrived in Australia as ship's surgeon on the `Duchess of Northumberland' 1835. In 1841 he married Elizabeth Caroline Montgomery (d.1900) daughter of Frederick Campbell-Montgomery and together had fourteen children (Frederick Montgomery, Marian E., Robert Cathcart, Anna Luisa, Edward James Simpson, Mary Emily, Arthur Eglinton Montgomery, James Heatley Montgomery, Caroline Augusta Sarah, Conway Heatley Montgomery, Elizabeth, Clara, Eleanor Kennedy, Norah). The family left Sydney and arrived in Tasmania aboard the `Emma' in 1848 - Scope and ContentContains mainly letters written and received by various members of the Montgomery and Eckford families; Notes relating to the Montgomery and Eckford genealogy
Also includes a genealogical history of the Eckford family, a typed transcript of the letters, photocopies of original documents concerning James Eckford compiled by Angela Prosser-Green - Creator/Author/Artist
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