1839 to 1908?
Family
Parents
Angus McKinnon – 1 May 1804 to 1864
Ann McInnes – 27 Jun 1802 to 1860
Siblings
Ann – 1823 1903
Christy “Catherine” – 1.10.1826 to 1893
Duncan – 16.12.1829 to 1907
Catherine – 16.6.1832 to 1899
Christy – 1837 to 1860
Marion โ 1842 to 1924
Angus – 1845 to 1920
Marriage
Margaret Maher 1841 to 23 Apr 1927
John married Margaret at Ballan on 8 Mar 1864.
Children of John and Margaret
Angus Ignatius – 28 Apr 1865 to 14 February 1921
Stephen โ 1867 to post 1921
Hugh Patrick โ 1889 to 1961
John โ 1871 to 1961
Anne Jane (Annie) โ 1877 to 1929
Elizabeth – 1878 to 1958
Christina โ 1881 to 1936
Biography
John MacKinnon was born on sky in about 1839. He was the eighth of 10 children one of whom died in infancy. John emigrated to Australia in 1853 on the ship Priscilla with his parents and all of his siblings other than he is eldest sister Ann. In 1857 Ann with her husband and children followed her family to Australia on the ship Melbourne.
John married Margaret Maher in Ballan Victoria. Margaret had emigrated to Australia from County Carlow Ireland. John’s marriage to a Catholic girl estranged him from his family. John and Margaret had nine children two of whom died in infancy. John left his wife and children and may have travelled to New Zealand. It is said that other members of his family sought to make contact with his family:
โThe family lived in Melbourne (possibly near Coburg), and some members of the McKinnon family tried to contact them, but were not very well received. Mary Minchin and James McKinnon of Mardan were among these. Another family who lived around Prahran were friendly with Catherine Hicks, who visited them.โ
Almost nothing is known of John’s life from the time he left his family. No record has been found of John’s death, his son Stephen thought he may have died working on the property of one of his brothers in Picola Victoria. It is thought he died about 1908.
Acknowledgement: The dates and biographical information on this page have largely been adapted from information provided by Chris Allan of Brisbane some of which he received from J Whitehand. Chris is a descendant of John’s brother Alexander.
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