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Tag: Turnbull

  • Why were the Turnbull in Marshall Mount?

    As is usual with coincidences and flukes of nature, I posted a Thread about the Turnbulls in Wollongong (William and Mary) and another genealogist has contacted me regarding their daughter Ann.

    It appears that Ann was the reason for the Turnbulls came to Australia.

    Ann Turnbull was bc1824 in or around Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She was convicted in 1848 of culpable homicide and sentenced to 10 years transportation to Van Dieman’s Land (now Tasmania).

    It appears that the family decided to come to Australia too, though I have no proof that

  • Why were the Turnbulls in Marshall Mount?

    As is usual with coincidences, serendipity and flukes of nature, I posted a thread about the Turnbulls in Wollongong (William and Mary) and another genealogist has contacted me regarding their daughter Ann.

    It appears that Ann was the reason the Turnbulls came to Australia.

    Ann Turnbull was born circa 1824 in or around Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She was convicted in 1848 of culpable homicide and sentenced to 10 years transportation to Van Dieman’s Land (now Tasmania).

    It appears that the family decided to come to Australia too, though I have no proof that there was any communication between Ann once she arrived in Tasmania and the Turnbulls while they were still in Hawick.

    Ann married another convict, William Weedon, and had 5 children, as far as I have found, and died in 1901 at the age of 78. The Weedons lived around the Westbury area, about 50kms west of Launceston.

  • Turnbulls in Wollongong area c1860s

    I will be travelling to the Wollongong area shortly to investigate the areas where my Turnbulls lived after emigrating to Australia from Scotland. Sadly, I am yet to find their emigration details.

    William Turnbull and his wife Mary (Wilson) Turnbull were both born c 1799, in/around Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Of course, everyone knows that the Scots continued to use the wife’s maiden name after marriage, but once arrived in Australia – Turnbulls every one!

    I have found them in Australian censuses as living at Osborne’s Estate, Marshall Mount.

    These days, Marshall Mount is often called/referred to as Marshall’s Mountain, though I believe that the correct usage should still be Marshall Mount. The only reference to Osborne’s Estate is the heritage listed house of the family, located on one of the main  roads in the area – Marshall Mount Road and North Marshall Mount Road.