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Alcorn, Robert
DESCRIPTION
Date of Death7/12/1876
We don't have much information on Robert and his family as we have not found the shipping records.
Robert and family came to Australia and landed in Melbourne in 1857. His brother Joseph his wife Ellen and children (7 children) accompanied Robert.
After arriving in Melbourne, they boarded a coastal ship called the "City of Sydney" and sailed for Sydney. The families then went by coastal steamer either 'the Kiama' or ' Illawarra' to the Illawarra.
Joseph and family stayed at Dapto while Robert came to Shellharbour.
Robert and family leased a farm near Shellharbour and in 1859 Robert signed a petition to form a Municiple Council in Shellharbour.
In 1861 due to the Crowns Alienation Act Robert decided to buy land at Kangaloon and left
Shellharbour to reside there.
Robert and Margaret's children were:
Andrew Carson (A.C.) married Isabella Thompson and then Letitia Alcorn.
James
Elizabeth Margaret (Lizzie)
Robert Jnr. Married Ellen Alcorn.
Both Letitia and Ellen were half-sisters to William Alcorn. Their father was Joseph Alcorn.
Sources:
Alcorns of Kangaloon, Newrybar and Kyogle !857-1950
Mathew Dorrough Illawarra Pioneer -Elsie McDonald.
We don't have much information on Robert and his family as we have not found the shipping records.Robert and family came to Australia and landed in Melbourne in 1857. His brother Joseph his wife Ellen and children (7 children) accompanied Robert.
After arriving in Melbourne, they boarded a coastal ship called the "City of Sydney" and sailed for Sydney. The families then went by coastal steamer either 'the Kiama' or ' Illawarra' to the Illawarra.
Joseph and family stayed at Dapto while Robert came to Shellharbour.
Robert and family leased a farm near Shellharbour and in 1859 Robert signed a petition to form a Municiple Council in Shellharbour.
In 1861 due to the Crowns Alienation Act Robert decided to buy land at Kangaloon and left
Shellharbour to reside there.
Robert and Margaret's children were:
Andrew Carson (A.C.) married Isabella Thompson and then Letitia Alcorn.
James
Elizabeth Margaret (Lizzie)
Robert Jnr. Married Ellen Alcorn.
Both Letitia and Ellen were half-sisters to William Alcorn. Their father was Joseph Alcorn.
Sources:
Alcorns of Kangaloon, Newrybar and Kyogle !857-1950
Mathew Dorrough Illawarra Pioneer -Elsie McDonald.
CONNECTIONS
Alcorn, Robert. Shellharbour City Council, accessed 09/10/2024, https://discovershellharbour.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/14658