Victorian towns of interest are Logan, Woodhouse in Collingwood, Ferguson, Donovan in Fitzroy & Keilor, Davis, Barrett in Port Melbourne, Oakes, Gale-Tandy in Yarraville, Frost, Pearce in Prahran & Armadale, Sinclair, Low in Lt. Bourke Street, Melbourne, Peebles, Low from Perth Scotland

My grandfather Henry (Harry) Pearce married Estella Elizabeth Maria Oakes 17/12/1913. Henry son of William John Pearce and Isabella Margaret Sinclair, Estalla daughter of Alfred Augustus Oakes and Hannah Zenobia Ruth Gale Tandy. He born 1888, she 1891 in Yarraville, Victoria, Australia.

Have been researching Pearce, Oakes and Merrigan. Do you have any tie in between Pearce and Oakes or Merrigan and Oakes.Would be most interested in your response.

I am researching Catherine (Kate0 DONOVAN married Isaac SMART in Fitzroy, Victoria in 1856. Any connections with this DONOVAN family.
Her parents were John DONOVAN and Frances CROSBIE. (Irish)

Margaret Donovan from Co. Clare born c1834, married c1861 Keilor, Victoria, obtained from daughter's Mary birth certificate born 1864, Fitzroy, Victoria. Margaret died ?1909 cannot find death.

David Logan, son of David Logan and Jane Clarke, no records found in Ireland. He married Mary Woodhouse 16/11/1854 at St. Peters, East Melbourne. Family seemed to stay in Collingwood. Did research a David Logan who died at Inglewood but found he was Scottish and Single. Have not found my David's death.

Rural township of Logan, Victoria, was named after John Campbell Logan, son of Hugh Logan (d. Glasgow circa 1848-9) and Elizabeth (nee Campbell).

Elizabeth and 4 children - John, Agnes, Marion and Daniel, came to Australia in circa 1852, after Hugh d. in Glasgow, where is he is buried.

Daniel and Marion d. soon after arrival. (In Collingwood and Talbot, respectively).

John settled at Avoca Forest. The district was soon known as "Logan" and eventually became the legal name for the area. (See 'Place Names of Victoria' by Les Blake.)

Agnes m. Edward Parker Morris of Dunolly.

My children are descended from Hugh Logan and Elizabeth Campbell, via Agnes and Edward P Morris. Their great grandfather was Hugh Logan Morris, son of Edward and Agnes.

Correspondence welcome.

My Logans are clearly Scottish - not Irish. All born in Scotland. Elizabeth & 4 children died in Victoria, father Hugh died and buried in Glasgow

My ggf, William Ferguson, born in Dumfries C. 1817 to Andrew Ferguson, lived at Preston, Eccles-Manchester, and London where he was bookkeeper for a bakery on Edgeware Road. In the 1890's we think that he inherited the rest of the family money and with the younger members of the family left for Australia. My gm. came to Chicago and claimed to be of the house of Annie Laurie and Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch.

Some on in New Zealand and Australia is now researching and buying materials I am looking at from the LDC church. Are you researching?

Dean

Robert Ferguson C1834 Scotland, m C1861 Keilor, Victoria, daughter Mary b. 6/1/1864 Fitzroy, Thomas C1862 Melbourne? and William C1865 Fitzroy. Wife Margaret Donovan C1834 Co. Clare, Ireland. Lived 272 & 216 Young Street, Fitzroy, Vic