Katherine Kirkland

KATHERINE HAMILTON

Katherine Kirkland (1808-1892), née Hamilton, was born on 23 February 1808 in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of Archibald Hamilton (1772-1827), merchant, and his wife Agnes Anna, née Trokes. On 14 April 1836 at Glasgow she was married to Kenneth William, the seventh of eight children of John Kirkland and his wife Sybilla who was a sister of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, the Canadian explorer. Kenneth was then working in the sugar refining business inherited by his brother Alexander, but he became exasperated by Alexander's overbearing ways, and in June 1838 sailed from Greenock in the Renown with his wife and infant daughter Agnes, and with Katherine's brothers, James and Robert. The party arrived at Hobart Town in October and the men went to Port Phillip to select a farm. Kirkland chose one at Trawalla, 120 miles (193 km) north-west of Melbourne, returned to Launceston, bought livestock, equipment and provisions, and in January 1839 took his family to Geelong. Australian Dictionary of Biography

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 23 February 1808 birth or baptism of Cathrine Hamilton, daughter of Archibald Hamilton and Agnes Frokes [child 3], in the parish of Glasgow

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

• 14 April 1835 marriage or banns of Katherine Hamilton to Kenneth William Kirkland, in the parish of Glasgow

From Ancestry 18920714 probate Katharine Kirkland Brooke Road Blundellsands Lancashire widow d 18920610 pr Liverpool Walter Hebden Wilson Frank Hebden Wilson £1679

14 July 1892 probate of Katharine Kirkland of Brooke Road Blundellsands, Lancashire, widow, who died 10 June 1892, probate granted at Liverpool on 14 July 1892 to Walter Hebden Wilson, shipowner, and Frank Hebden Wilson, shipping agent. Effects £1677 9s. 2d.