William Neilson
1811 - 1845 (34 years)1. William Neilson was born on 1 Apr 1811 in Cult, Fifeshire, Scotland; died in Jun 1845 in Scotland. William married Janet "Jessie" McFarlane on 31 Aug 1840 in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Janet (daughter of John McFarlane, JoM19 and Margaret Leishman) was born on 27 Jul 1820 in Springfield, Fifeshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Aug 1820 in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 30 Oct 1887 in Dergholm, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 1 Nov 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. William Neilson, J.P.
was born on 7 Sep 1842 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 11 Dec 1916 in Penola, South Australia, Australia. - 3. John Neilson was born on 15 Jan 1844 in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1922 in Leongatha, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
- 2. William Neilson, J.P.
Generation: 2
2. William Neilson, J.P. (1.William1) was born on 7 Sep 1842 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 11 Dec 1916 in Penola, South Australia, Australia. William married Margaret Duncan Wilson on 10 Jan 1867 in Penola, South Australia, Australia. Margaret was born on 23 Mar 1847 in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1940 in Penola, South Australia, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. John Neilson (1.William1) was born on 15 Jan 1844 in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1922 in Leongatha, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. John married Margaret Stuart McKinnon [MacKinnon] on 16 May 1871 in Penola, South Australia, Australia. Margaret was born in 1850; died on 25 Dec 1897 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 29 Dec 1897 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- 5. John Shaw Neilson, Australian poet was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Penola, South Australia, Australia; died on 12 May 1942 in Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Footscray Cemetery, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
John married Elizabeth Isabella McFarlane on 22 Mar 1911 in Victoria, Australia. Elizabeth (daughter of David McFarlane and Martha Ann Elliot) was born in 1883; died in 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
- 5. John Shaw Neilson, Australian poet
Generation: 3
4. Living Nicholson (2.William2, 1.William1)5. John Shaw Neilson, Australian poet (3.John2, 1.William1) was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Penola, South Australia, Australia; died on 12 May 1942 in Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried in Footscray Cemetery, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.