Mary (Scott) Heath (1827 - 1901)

Born 1827 in Lamplugh, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Joseph Allan — married Jan 1850 in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Wife of William Henry Harrison Heath — married 30 Jun 1873 in Gobur, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1901 at about age 74 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

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Mary SCOTT was baptised 1827 in Lamplugh, Cumberland, England.^[1] She confirmed this in her 1873 marriage Entry (attached). She was the daughter of Joseph Scott and Jane Brown.

She married Joseph Allan in 1850 in Lamplugh, Cumberland.^[2] Carlisle Journal, Friday 5 Apr 1850: 'At Lamplugh, on Saturday last, by the Rev. Joseph Gillbanks, ......... Mr. Joseph Allan, of Bannacrow, in Dean, to Miss Mary Scott, of Havercroft.'

Mary and Josephs' children seem to have only been:

• William Allan (1856–1920)^[3]
• Joseph ALLAN (1858-1859) ^[4]
• Samuel Allan (1860–1860)^[5]
• Thomas Allan (1862–1923)^[6]

Mary SCOTT ALLAN emigrated with her young son WILLIAM and arrived in Victoria, Australia 30 Jun 1862 aboard the ship LIGHTNING. ^[7] As well as arriving with William, then 5, Mary must have arrived pregnant with their youngest son Thomas, born 18 Nov 1862 in Calendonia, Victoria, then a gold mining boom town.

Mary SCOTT ALLAN definitely had another child Jonathan ALLAN in Fisher's Creek, near Marysville, Victoria in November 1865.

Mary SCOTT ALLAN married William Heath in 1873 in Gobur, Victoria. ^[8]

Mary SCOTT ALLAN HEATH died at Jonathan Allans residence,19 Montgomery St, Richmond on 17 Jun 1901. ^[9] (Name: Mary HEATH); (Place: RMOND); (Mother: Jane WHITEHEAD); (Father: SCOTT Jos.) The informant at her death got her mothers surname wrong; it was not WHITEHEAD but BROWN: WHITEHEAD was her maternal grandmother.

Mary HEATH was buried in Kew Cemetery on 19 Jun 1901, in plot C/E A 0378, which is a co-interment with her son Jonathan ALLAN, and Jonathans son who died in 1891. ^[10]

Research Notes

Marys mother, father and most of her siblings, except for one of her brothers, emigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1852 aboard the ship SIX SISTERS, arriving in Melbourne in January 1853.^[11] SIX SISTERS - SCOTT, JOSEPH age 49; SCOTT, JANE, age 48; SCOTT, JOHN, age 17; SCOTT, WILLIAM, age 14; SCOTT, JANE, age 13; SCOTT, ANTHONY, age 10; SCOTT, JONATHAN, age 6. The personal pressure on her over the next ten years to also emigrate and join her family must have been intense. Her husband Joseph being a coal miner would have added to her motivation, because after gold rushes kept happening in Victoria over those years, she would have known that her husband could easily apply his skills on the goldfields, and very profitably.

Her family prospered in Victoria, settled on prime land at Yarra Glen, and became prominent and respected among the settler community. I propose the possibility that the pressure on Mary built up to a point where she decided to emigrate without her husband Joseph, but finding the latters definite 1862 death ^[12] would prove otherwise.

To date I have not found any passenger lists to support the propsition that she emigrated with Joseph on or around her arrival in Victoria, Australia 30 Jun 1862 aboard the ship LIGHTNING. ^[13] It is still possible Joseph died elsewhere than Victoria in 1862.

Mary married WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON HEATH in 1873 in Gobur, Victoria, another gold mining boom town. (Image - HEATH ALLAN 1873 marriage.png)^[14] She stated at that time that she had 3 children living, and 2 dead. This statement covers her children I have chrted here. It is possible Henry was the father of Jonathan before he and Mary married.

Henry became the servant of Marys brother ANTHONY SCOTT, for whom he worked at Steels Creek, Yarra Glen for 20 years. ^[15]

HEATH.— On the 17th June, at the residence of her son, Jonathan Allan, 19 Montgomery street, Richmond, Mary Heath, beloved wife of Henry Harrison Heath, and mother of William and Thomas Allan, aged 74 years. ^[16]

The lineage of Jonathan is still being researched by several descendants.

Sources

1. ↑ FMP
2. ↑ FreeBMD - Mar 1850, Whitehaven 25 / 153 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
3. ↑ FreeBMD - Dec 1856, Cockermouth 10b / 423 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
4. ↑ Birth Dec 1858 Cockermouth 10b 411; Death Mar 1859 Cockermouth 10b 307 - https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
5. ↑ FreeBMD - Mar 1860, Cockermouth 10b / 438 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
6. ↑ Birth record: 21333 / 1862. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Thomas ALLAN); (Place: CALE); (Mother: Mary SCOTT); (Father: Joseph)
7. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Lightning%2C_Arrived_30_Jun_1862
8. ↑ Victoria Australia BDM marriage 1873 / 1502.
9. ↑ Death record: 7335 / 1901. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
10. ↑ Kew Cemetery, Booroondara https://boroondaracemetery.com.au/grave-locator/
11. ↑ https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/assisted-passenger-lists
12. ↑ Marriage record: 1504 / 1873. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
13. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Lightning%2C_Arrived_30_Jun_1862
14. ↑ Marriage record: 1504 / 1873. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
15. ↑ National Library of Australia TROVE digitsed newspapers, creative commons licence - https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers
16. ↑ National Library of Australia TROVE digitsed newspapers, creative commons licence - https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers