Janet Don

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Castlemaine immigrants James Don and Janet Rorison

I would like to find descendants of James Don and Janet Rorison. Children were Margaret Rorison (who married Thomas Turner Pownall 1854), Peter Henderson Rorison (who married Elizabeth Ann Parker 1857) and Jessie Rorison (who married John Barr in 1854, married Frederick Charles Augustus Bond in 1856 and married James Shorter in 1864). Especially would like to know if father James Don was son of James Don and Margaret Henderson... as seems likely given son Peter's middle name of Henderson.

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 24 June 1830 marriage or banns of James Don to Janet Rorison, in the parish of Glasgow
• 17 July 1830 marriage or banns of James Don to Janet Roryson, in the parish of Kilmore and Kilbride

From MyHeritage: James Don: 1841 Scotland Census (transcription only)

6 June 1841 Census for residents of Kirk Street, now Stevenson Street, Glasgow G40 2LW 55.8533692, -4.2334334, Scotland

• James Don, male, aged 35 [born about 1806], in Lanarkshire; Warehouseman
• Janet Don, female, aged 30 [born about 1811], in Lanarkshire
• Margaret Don, female, aged 10 [born about 1831], in Scotland
• Peter Don, male, aged 8 [born about 1833], in Scotland
• Janet Don, female, aged 5 [born about 1836], in Lanarkshire

From MyHeritage: James Don: 1851 Scotland Census (transcription only)

30 March 1851 Census for residents of [32 McFarlane Street, Glasgow G4 0TL 55.8561938, -4.2357717], Scotland

• James Don, head, married, male, aged 45 [born about 1806], in Blantyre, Lanarkshire; Warehouse salesman
• Janet Don, wife, married, female, aged 44 [born about 1807], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Margaret Don, daughter, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1832], in Kilbride Oban, Argyllshire; Hat trimmer
• Peter H Don, son, single, male, aged 17 [born about 1834], in Kilbride Oban, Argyllshire; Stationer shop man
• Jessie Don, daughter, single, female, aged 15 [born about 1836], in Blantyre, Lanarkshire; Milliner
• John Rorison, brother-in-law, single, male, aged 17 [born about 1834], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire; Jeweller's shop man NOTE: 17 years difference between Janet born about 1807 and John born 1834 - probably step-siblings
• Ann Neil, servant, single, female, aged 17 [born about 1834], in Isle of Wight; General servant

From rootsweb

James Don (c1804-1883) and his wife Janet (née Rorison c1807-1898) were married in Glasgow, Scotland in 1830. In 1852 they emigrated to Australia on the "Aberfoyle" with their children, arriving in Melbourne in December and settling in Castlemaine. Their children were:

• Margaret Don (c1831-1902) who married Thomas Turner Pownall in 1854
• Peter Henderson Don (c1833-1899) who married Elizabeth Ann Parker in 1857
• Jessie Don (c1835-1907) born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, who was a dressmaker who married John Barr (in 1854), then Frederick Charles Augustus Bond (in 1856) and finally James Shorter in 1864

From The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) Tuesday, 14 December 1852 Page 4 Shipping Intelligence.

12 December 1852. - Aberfoyle, ship, 950 tons, James Nourse, commander, from Greenock 11 September 1852. Passengers, cabin - Mr and Mrs Miller and Family, Miss Fisher, Mrs Fletcher and family, Mrs Thompson and family, Mrs Cameron, Misses Cameron 2, Messrs Anderson, Gray, Bell, Cumming, Smith, G Smith; N B Fletcher Esq, surgeon; and four hundred and six in the intermediate and steerage. Willis, Merry, and Co, agents

From Victoria Australia - Births, Deaths, Marriages

1898 [Death of:] Janet Don; [Mother's maiden name:] Unknown; [Father's name:] John Rorrison; [aged:] 93 [Born about 1805]; [died in:] Hawth Hawthorn, [Melbourne]; [Reference:] 7825/1898

From MyHeritage: Janet Don (born Rorison): FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Janet Don (born Rorison)
• gender: Female
• born: Circa 1807 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• marriage: on Thursday, 24 June 1830 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• husband: James Don
• children: Margaret Martin Don, Peter Henderson Don, Janet Don
• census: Sunday, 6 June 1841, residence: Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• census: Sunday, 30 March 1851, residence: Lanarkshire, Scotland
• residence: 1851
• died: Sunday, 12 June 1898 at Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
• father: John Rorison
• sister: Janet Rorison
• source: FamilySearch