Port Fairy & Portland Bay District
1844
Births,Deaths and Marriages

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All care taken in transcriptions, but obvious spelling errors might occur as original spelling is retained.

Surname	Firstname		Reference:

(editors Note - Of the 15 births at Portland for the last twelve months 
(Feb 1843 - Feb 1844) only 2 were boys.

Aboriginal	boy (Tommy)	murdered/Port Fairy/by Jacky Jacky (2)
Aboriginal 	child		murdered Port Fairy/by natives/
Aboriginal	male		killed/Port Fairy/in battle amongst natives
Aboriginal	male		c35yo/died Portland/natives cremated him
Aboriginals	6		killed/Mr Arthur's station/Mount Schank
Allison		James		son of Dr E.D.Allison of Edinburgh/married Ann CLIFFORD
Athorn		Robert		drowned/Merri Creek

Batman		Maria		see Maria MacKINNEY
Best		Thomas		Portland/married Alice MAGUIRE
Beswicke	J.I		death of/24yo/Western Port Road /settler
Blair		Mrs James	birth of daughter/Portland 
Buchanan	John		shot by Stratton/Deep Creek
Budds		Mrs W		40yo/death of/Melbourne

Cairncross	Lt.Col		death of/uncle of Captain Cairncross of the
				'Davidsons'/died at sea/96th Regt.
Cam		Richard		death of/drowned/Wannon River/
Campbell	Alexander	married Miss Coulson at Port Fairy
Campbell	J.D.Lyon	death of/At Campbellfield
Carroll		Ned		of River Plenty/blacksmith/drowned Yarra river
Casey		Thomas		murdered/shepherd for Addison & Murray/Geelong
Cavenagh	Mrs G		birth of daughter/Richmond
Clifford	Anne Mary	daughter of William of Dublin/married at Canaan Farm/
				Port Fairy/to James ALLISON
Cook		Thomas		wheelwright/drowned Yarra river/married & 3 chn/
				an inquest held.
Coulson		Miss		daughter of George of River Tamar/married Alex.CAMPBELL

Dowling		William		drowned/Tasmania/native of Tas.
Dryburgh	George		married at George Town to Mrs Daniel ROBERTSON
Drysdale	old man		worked for Mr Burchett/mising/Deep Creek/possibly shot

Edgar		David		of the Bush Tavern/married Miss O'MEARA of Portland
Ellis		James		murdered/Fyans Ford

Fennell		Robert		married at Melb./to Maria MacKINNEY, nee BATMAN
Finn		Thomas		married at Portland to Sarah SMYTH

Gladwell	Mrs Martha	44yo/death of/at Portland
Gourlay		Oliver		of Melb./dired in Duel/off Singapore

Haldane		Wm Cunninghame	death of/at Woollongong
Harris		Ellen		wife of Captain Phillip Harris of 70th Regt/death of/
				daughter of Thomas Blair, Lucan, Dublin/died at Agra.

Illberry	Mr		Gawler town/his son missing

Jones		Mary Australia	daughter of RICHARD/married Wm Bligh John O'Connell

Kelly		James		publican/Melbourne/death of

Lang		Mrs Mary	75yo/wife of William of Sydney/mother of Rev.D Lang/
				died at Dunmore/Hunters River.

Maguire		Alice		Portland/married Thomas BEST
Martin		Mrs James	birth of daughter/Portland
Mathers		John		settler at Wannon/cousin lived nearby/death of
Mackinny	Maria		widow of J.of Geelong/daughter of John BATMAN/
				married Robert FENNELL at Melbourne.
Milligan	James		drowned Portland/married/old sailor who lost his arm
				in the Portland trade/well respected
Milligan	Mrs Joseph	birth of son/Flinders Island
Milligan	Eliza		wife of Joseph/18yo/died Flinders Island/daughter of
				W.E.Lawrence, VDL

Nimmo		George		seaman/drowned 'Sally Ann'/at Portland

O'Connell	Captain.E.M	married Sarah RUSSELL, of Hunter's River
O'Connell	Wm Bligh John	son of His Excellency Sir M.C.O'Connell/married
				Mary Australia JONES
O'Meara		Miss		of Portland/married David EDGAR
Osborne		Mrs.T.H		birth of son

Parker		Mrs.E.S		birth of daughter/at the Loddon
Peacock		Sarah		14yo/drowned/South Australia
Poyntz		Helena		daughter of John of Prospect Hill, Cork, Ireland/
				married at Sydney to John STEWART

Robertson	Mrs Daniel	of Launceston/married George DRYBURGH
Robertson	John		death of/at Main of Dunachton/1843/
				father of W.& J.Robertson at the Wannon
Rose		David		death of/Port Fairy/38yo
Russell		Sarah		daughter of W.Russell of Toolamba, Hunters River/
				married Captain E.M. O'Connell

Sheldrake	Samuel		death of/overlander guide to Sir .J.Franklin in 1839/
				died MElbourne/married.
Shrimpton	Charles		servant of Mr Gough/drowned/Pattersons Plains/VDL
Simpson		Revd. W		death of/at Launceston VDL
Sinclair	John		butcher/jumped overboard the Sally Ann at Cape OTway.
				enroute from Melb to Portland/'fit of delirium tremes'
Sinclair	Dr.W.S.Sutherland son of George Sutherland Sinclair of Brabster/
				Caithness/married Margaret TULLOH
Smyth		Sarah		married at Portland to Thomas FINN
Stewart		John		son of Dr Cornelius Stewart of Dumblane, Scotland/
				married Helena Poyntz/at Sydney
Sullivan	Patrick./Peter	chimney maker/Portland district/shot at Fiery creek/death

Thompson	Mrs		death of/at Port Fairy/married with 2 children
Tulloh		Margaret	daughter of Alexander of Forres, Morayshire/
				married Dr.W.S.Sutherland (Sinclair)

unnamed		shepherd	of Mr McPherson's station/Glenelg/missing
unnamed		child		wandered from Roadknight's station/Geelong district/
				body found near house.
unnamed		lad		shepherd of MR Steel, Cape Otway/murdered by natives/
				buried at Geelong.

Wells		Mr		publican/Lloyds Creek/Missing
Whyte		Mrs Chas.J	birth of son/at Koroit, Bryans Creek
Wilcox		William		old man/shot dead/V.D.L
Wilkinson	Mrs Thomas	Portland/birth of son
Wilson		Eliza		infant of Revd. J.Y Wilson/died/Portland
Witton		Mrs William	birth of daughter