Janet Armstrong (bef. 1841 - 1919)

Born before 21 Mar 1841 in Half Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Armstrong — married 1859 in Victoria, Australia

Died 1919 after age 77 in Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Janet Armstrong was born before 21 March 1841 in Half Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, the daughter of Margaret (Lorraine) Armstrong and James Armstrong.

She was baptised on 21 March 1841.^[1]

Janet arrived in Australia as a child with her parents and siblings on 14 April 1848 into Port Phillip, Victoria, having departed from Plymouth aboard the vessel Palmyra. Her father is listed on the passenger manifest as a Labourer and mother is listed as a "Housekeeper".^[2]

She married Thomas Armstrong in 1859 in Victoria.^[3] Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Ellen Scott Armstrong (1859–1860)
• John James Armstrong (1859–?)
• Thomas Shaw Armstrong (1861–1931)
• Vere Scott Armstrong (1863–1913)
• Margaret Lorraine Armstrong (1865–?)
• James Forbes Charlton Armstrong (1867–1905)
• Alfred Ernest Walter Armstrong (1868–?)
• Janet Ellen Scott Armstrong (1870–1934)
• William Lorraine Armstrong (1873–?)
• Mabel Elizabeth Armstrong (1877–?)
• Ada Lorraine Armstrong (1880–1931)
• Phyllis Armstrong (1883–1898)

Janet died in 1919 in Armadale, Victoria, aged 78 years.^[4]

Research notes

No sources provided for children.

Sources

1. ↑ OPR Baptism index; ARMSTRONG, JANET; JAMES ARMSTRONG/MARGARET LORRAIN FR70 (FR70); F; 21/03/1841; 828/ 20 31; Half Morton; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
2. ↑ Ancestry Document Viewer: Passenger Manifest.
3. ↑ Marriage Record: 834 / 1859 Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia (Name: Janet ARMSTRONG and Thomas ARMSTRONG).
4. ↑ Death Record: 15627 / 1919 Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia (Name: Janet ARMSTRONG); (Death Place: ARM, VICTORIA); (Mothers Name: ARMSTRONG, Margt LORRAINE); (Fathers Name: ARMSTRONG, Jas ).

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