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Looking for Henry Kirkman born 1831-32 in Alloa, Clackmannan Scotland.

Became a Goldminer in Queensland 1864.

Married Rosannah Dempsey.

Father was John Kirkman, a woolen manufacturer.

Any information please.

a possible death:-


Name:
Henry Kirkman

Death Date:
2 Apr 1909

Death Place:
Queensland

Father's Name:
Kirkman

Registration Year:
1909

Registration Place:
Queensland

Registration Number:
001217

Page Number:
14173

from a Public tree on ancestry



Henry Kirkman
Birth: 1831 - Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Death: 2 April 1909 (2 Apr 1909) - Queensland, Australia
Marriage: 29 August, 1864 (29 Aug 1864) - Queensland
Spouse: Rosannah Dempsey

I am wondering if he had altered his surname. There are quite a few Kirk families in the area in 1841 although no Henry Kirk.

I am not seeing any Kirkman families in Clacks. in 1841


Do you have his arrival in Australia please>

Wondering about this one - Henry is on the crew of this ship.

Name: Henry Kirk
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Age: 26
Port of Departure: Melbourne
Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date: 18 Jan 1854
Vessel Name: Jane
Origin Location: Scotland



You can search the 1841 census here

http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Australia Death Index.

Name: Rosannah Kirkman
Death Date: 28 Sep 1908
Death Place: Queensland
Father's Name: William Dempsey
Registration Year: 1908
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 001186
Page Number: 14174
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Electoral Roll. 1903 & 1908. Division of Capricornia, Gladstone. Q'land.

Name. Sex. Place. Occupation.
Kirkman Henry. M. Calliope. Miner.
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Australia Death Index.

Name: Samuel Kirkman
Death Date: 26 Mar 1941
Death Place: Queensland
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's name: Rose Hannah Depsey
Registration Year: 1941
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 000744
Page Number: 1275
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Australia birth index.

Name: Samuel Kirkman
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1874
Father's Name: Henry Kirkman
Mother's name: Tosanna Dempsey
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Queensland
Page Number: 8074
Registration Number: 000635
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I cannot find Henry Kirkman on Ships Passenger Lists, so I searched for nearest match to surname, and found a Henry Kirkland.
No matches appear on the right hand side (Ancestry) signifying that there are no further matching records for 'Henry Kirkland' in Australia. That leads me to believe it is a (remote) possibility this is your man....wish I could find stronger evidence though! Without that, we're stuck.

Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923.
Name: Henry Kirkland
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Age: 29
Arrival Date: 9 Jul 1858
Arrival Port: Melbourne, Australia
Departure Port: Liverpool
Ship: Columbia
Nationality: Scottish

I wonder if Sharon Kirkman knows how to get back to her thread ? :-0

Karen .................


she's possibly / probably not even a member!

This request was posted on the first day of the WDYTYA event ...................


so Sharon could just have been a visitor.


It is one of the things that has happened in previous years ............... requests posted during the event, but the person cannot access GR .........

...... or at the very least ........ they may be able to see the post, as anyone can who uses Google, but a non-member cannot post on the thread



so we may never ever know :-(