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Passage to Australia - CUMMINGThe tree consists of Joan Cumming’s ancestors who
immigrated to Australia from 1839 to 1852. Please stay tuned for more passenger details,
especially for Janet McCormick.
CUMMING:
1839
Ewen and Elizabeth CUMMING, along with their children,
Donald and Anne, immigrated to Australia from Scotland as part of the
"Assisted British Immigrants" program that occurred from 1839-1871.
This most likely means their passage was subsidized by the Victorian
Government. During this era, Victoria was actively seeking immigrants who
were highly skilled in such fields of farming and fishing.
On the ship records, both Ewen and Donald are listed as
shepherds and Elizabeth and Anne are listed as hand maids/servants. The family departed on 14 Dec 1839 from Greenock,
Scotland and arrived to Port Philip, Victoria, on 17 Apr 1840. Their
passenger ship was the famous Glen Huntley, mastered by Captain John Buchanan. The following is an excerpt
from Public Record of Victoria (PROV) website:
The Glen Huntley passenger ship was the eighteenth of the original Bounty
Scheme ships. It was a 505t Braque and traveled through Oban. What
makes the Glen Huntley passenger ship so famous is that an outbreak of the
typhoid fever occurred during the journey, which resulted in Victoria's first
quarantine. A temporary camp was set on the beach at Point Ormond where it
was guarded by armed men to ensure the infected did not escape. Of the 160
passengers, 15 died on the voyage and another 3 died while on the beach.
A monument is now in the St. Kilda Cemetery as well as the graves of the 3
persons who died at the
temporary camp on the beach. Also, there is a
town called Glen Huntley to commemorate this unfortunate circumstance that our
forefathers had to endure. Donald Cumming was born bet 1814-1820 in Ullapool,
Ross-shire, Scotland. He married Janet McCormick in 1843 and died on 13
Jan 1898 in Kanumbra, Australia. Donald
and Janet had a son named Hugh, who married Sarah Magdalene Fraser.
They had a son named Donald, who married Mary Alice Spencer, and had a
daughter named Joan Cumming. Details on the Glen Huntley passenger ship can be found
in the following references: Glen
Huntly Pioneers St Kilda Historical Society
FRASER and McTAVISH: 1840 The following is a direct
excerpt from “The Lost
Families of Stratherrick, Strathnairn, and Dunmaglass, Inverness-shire, Scotland”,
Magdalene McTavish webpage: “ Magdalene McTavish was the daughter of Alexander
McTavish and Christiana Williamson. Alexander
was the Tacksman of Migovie in the Dores or Boleskine parish of Stratherrick,
Inverness-shire, Scotland. The
family was prominent in the area at that time, but like many other Scot’s the
sea’s called and they emigrated with the Laird of Glengarry to Australia.
They departed 1840 from Greenock in the ship, “The Perfect”.
They arrived at Port Jackson (Sydney) in New South Wales on 12/20/1840.
Deciding that Victoria, then called "Port
Phillip District" was to be their final destination they transferred
to the ship "The Brothers” with all their implements and stock and
arrived to the newly discovered Port Albert and disembarked on the Albert
River at what we now call "Old Port" on the 6th July 1841.
It was only due to a shipwreck on the 2nd January 1841that the bay
was discovered. "Brothers" was only the about the 5th
or 6th ship to arrive in that period. Glengarry settled on land ten miles inland on the
Tarra River. The much reduced
acreage is now called Green mount. Alexander
Fraser was the head stockman in this operation. The men would round up the stock while the milkmaids would
mike the herd. Due to the large
difference in farming from the Highlands of Scotland to the lands in Australia,
this venture went broke within 12 months. So
Aeneas Randal McDonnell, the laird of Glengarry returned to Scotland, however
Alexander and Magdalene stayed in the area. We next find evidence of Alexander 3
years later in reference to a cow being given to one of Alexander’s sons by
Patrick Cody Buckley, the owner of a station.
Fraser worked for other station owners before taking up his own land at
Merton in central Victoria. He
lived and worked here until his death in 1792.
He and Magdalene are buried in the Merton cemetery. “ Magdalene McTavish and
Alexander Fraser had a son named Donald. Donald
married Sarah Bickford and had a daughter named Sarah Magdalene Fraser.
Sarah married Hugh Cumming, and had a son named Donald.
Donald and Mary Alice Spencer gave birth to Joan Cumming.
McCORMICK:
abt 1840 Janet McCormick immigrated to
Victoria, Australia in 1840. Janet was born abt 1825 in
Argyleshire, Scotland. She
immigrated to Victoria in 1840 and married Donald Cumming in 1843 in Melbourne,
Victoria. She died on 11 Mar 1909
in Kanumbra, Victoria, Australia. Donald and Janet gave birth to Hugh, who married Sarah
Magdalene Fraser. They had a son
named Donald, who married Mary Alice Spencer, and had a daughter named Joan
Cumming.
BICKFORD:
1852 Sarah Bickford arrived in
Victoria, Australia on Dec 1852 on the passenger ship, Persian.
She is on the list of passengers who emigrated from Britain to Victoria
under the “Assisted British Immigrants” act that occurred between 1839 and
1871. Therefore, it is highly
likely that Sarah’s passage was subsidized by the Victorian government, and,
it is highly likely she had a skill-set in which Victoria needed to ensure
growth of their new state. The following is an excerpt
from Public Record of Victoria (PROV) website:
The Persian ship was manned by
Captain James Peat. Sarah Bickford was born in 1832
in Plymouth, Devon, England. She
immigrated to Victoria, Australia on Dec 1852 and married Donald Fraser in 1858.
They had a daughter named Sarah Magdalene Fraser.
Sarah Magdalene married Hugh Cumming, and they had a son named Donald.
Donald and Mary Alice Spencer gave birth to Joan Cumming. Sarah Bickford died on 31 Oct
1905 in Merton, Victoria, Australia
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