Gow

DESCRIPTION

NameGowDescriptionDuncan Gow was born in Perthshire, Scotland about 1828. He arrived in Australia about 1859 and settled in Shellharbour.

He married Frances Ball (nee Atkinson) in Sydney in 1865.

Duncan and Frances (Fanny) had five children; William, Catherine, John, Duncan and Jeanette.

The Gow family farm "Cedar Grove' was on Pioneer Drive (formerly Tongarra Road), the site of the current Seacrest Estate, Flinders. The fig tree that marked the site of the family farm is in the entry way to the estate.

External LinkThe Late Mrs GowObituary Mrs Duncan Gow

Photograph

Fig Tree Former Gow Family Farm

Map or Plan

Bassett-Darley Estate Map A

Place

Flinders Fig Tree

Shellharbour Reserve Rifle Club 1905.

Back l-r: Herb Hockey, Dan Gleeson, .?, Joe Byrne, Bill Hazelton, Dan Condon, Denny Kelleher, Bill McCoy, Charles Bursill, John Seymour, Duncan Gow Jnr, Sid Bursill, Jack Toohey, Bill McEnroe, Ted McInnery, Jimmy Rose, Joe Martin, Tom Stewart, Police Officer Denman, Ted Hazelton.

Front l-r: Percy East, .?, Bill Hambly, Tom Murphy, Jim McCabe, Maurice Galbon, .?, Ted Biggs, Henry Atchison, Mick Synnott, Ned Bonsor, Paddy King.

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CollectionFamiliesLocalityShellharbour City LGAFlinders

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