James Wilson

• 1838 James married Margaret Punton in the Church of Scotland, West Lothian, Linlithgow.
• 1851 census family living at Muiravonside, Linlithgow Bridge, Scotland.
• 1853 James and family immigrated to Melbourne on the ship "James Brown" landing in Geelong on the 05/01/1853. Departed Liverpool. They immigrated unassisted.
• He was listed as a bleacher on the 1851 census and then a ploughman on the immigration record, and later as an engineer on his son James's death certificate.
• James could read and write according to immigration record, but 2nd marriage was signed with an x.

Cemetery Geelong Eastern Cemetery Location EAS-PRES-OLD-X-825-X Section Presbyterian Row OLD Grave X

Register # 49682 Surname Wilson Given Names James Service Date 24 Aug 1866 Date of Birth Date of Death 23 Aug 1866 Age 56 Y