The Life and Times of Don Roulston Buzzardby Philip John Buzzard
2.0The Dymock Family of Scotland
The Dymock family emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland on the ship Eliza, on 29th April 1845 and their first port of call was Port Phillip (Melbourne) on 16th September 1845. The “Eliza” then left for Port Jackson (Sydney) on 13th October 1845 and arrived on 21stOctober 1845. On the ship was Margaret Lindsay Dymock (nee Waugh) and her four children, William (1832 – 1911), John Waugh (1834 – 1911), Helen MacLean (1837 – 1880) and David Lindsay (1839 – 1937). Sadly a daughter Jane had died in England, 18 days after she was born on 3rd May 1836.
Dymocks Emigrate on “Eliza”, 1845 [1]
Dymocks Emigrate on “Eliza”, 1845
Some years before they emigrated, Margaret’s husband John Dymock W.S. had died in Scotland on 17th February 1841 of a disease of the heart.
Gravestone of John Dymock husband of Margaret, St. Cuthbert’s Edinburgh [2]
John Dymock W.S. had a rather rare occupation as a “Writer of the Signet”. [3]
------------------------------ [1] Ancestry [2] Find A Grave [3] Wikipedia - Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet
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