MONAGHAN & ANTRIM, NORTHERN IRELAND ; ALLANSFORD, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

John HALL

b. c1813? Co. Monaghan, Ire. ; parents David HALL & Ann JORDAN
d. 15 Jan 1885 Allansford, Vic. ; buried 18 Jan 1885 Warrnambool, Vic.
Occupation: butcher

Arrived in Port Phillip 2 Oct 1841 aboard the Thomas Arbuthnot.
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m. 10 Jun 1856, Summer Hill, Wangoom, Vic.

Rachel McCAUGHEY

b. 1833, Portglenone, Co. Antrim, Ire. ; parents John McCAUGHEY & Catherine JAMIESON
d. 27 Feb 1918 Allansford, Vic. ; buried 1 Mar 1918 Warrnambool, Vic.
Obituary

Arrived in Port Phillip Jul 1855 aboard the Tornado.

Children

1. Mary Ann HALL b. 27 Apr 1857 Warrnambool, Vic. ; d. 14 Jun 1948 Glen Iris, Vic. Death Notice; buried 16 Jun 1948 St Kilda Cemetery, Vic. ; m. 1889 Allansford, Vic. – Simon FRASER (b. 13 Feb 1859 aboard ship Dirigo ; parents Alexander FRASER & Elizabeth FRASER) – 2 children:

1. Alexander John Jamieson FRASER b. 1890 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 1968 Vic. ; cremated 28 May 1968 Springvale Necropolis, Vic. ; m. 21 Aug 1911 – Emily Margaret PATTERSON (parents William PATTERSON & Maria READ ; d. 1983 Vic. ; cremated 21 Aug 1983 Springvale Necropolis, Vic.) – 4 children
2. Mabel Gertrude FRASER b. 1893 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 1979 Blackburn, Vic. ; cremated 13 Dec 1979 Springvale Necropolis, Vic. ; buried St Kilda Cemetery, Vic. ; m. 1916 Vic. – Walter PHIPPARD (b. 1896 ; parents Henry PHIPPARD & Elizabeth STANIFORTH ; d. 29 Sep 1971 Fitzroy, Vic. ; cremated 1 Oct 1971 Springvale Necropolis ; buried St Kilda Cemetery, Vic.) – no children

2. John HALL b. 31 Oct 1858 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 1940 Allansford, Vic. m. 1893, Vic. – Louisa Jane COATE (b. c1871, Vic. ; parents George Coggan COATE & Mary HANNAN ; d. 1947 Warrnambool, Vic.) – 2 children:

1. George Alfred Coggan HALL (b. c1907 ; d. 1969 Allansford, Vic. ; m. Eva Millicent DALE ; 2 children)
2. Thelma Rachel Mary HALL (d. 20 Nov 1987 ; buried Traralgon, Vic. ; n.m.)

3. William HALL b. 17 Jan 1861 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 29 Feb 1940 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 6 Sep 1893 Melbourne, Vic. – Janet (Jessie) McKENZIE (b. 24 Apr 1864 Kilmore, Vic. ; parents Alexander McKENZIE and Janet GRANT ; d. 18 Sep 1951 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic.) – 5 children

4. Isabella HALL b. 8 Oct 1863 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 1 Aug 1946 Malvern, Vic. ; buried 2 Aug 1946 St Kilda Cemetery ; n.m. Article

 5. David HALL b. 11 Jan 1867 Allansford, Vic. ; d. 1942 Warrnambool, Vic. ; m. 1899, Vic. – Jane McQUEEN (b. 1865 Hamilton, Vic. ; parents Archibald McQUEEN & Mary McINNES ; d. 1932 Allansford, Vic.) – 7 children:

Ship: Thomas Arbuthnot (1841)

Departed: Greenock, Scotland
Arrived: 02 Oct 1841 Port Phillip, Vic.
Master: Captain John Brown
Particulars: 621t ship

Notes: The ship carried sundry cargo, 4 passengers and 260 bounty immigrants, one of whom was Irish John Hall. It was cleared from Melbourne 9 Nov 1841 and set off to Calcutta carrying original cargo plus tobacco and opossum rugs.
In the passenger list John Hall is listed as a government servant to be in service for one year to Robert Smith(?) of Melbourne. He is Protestant, a labourer, 21 years of age from Glasgow. The list says that he could both read and write, but subsequent documents indicate this was not the case.

Also aboard the Thomas Arbuthnot in 1841 were two relatives (perhaps sisters) Mary Hall and Agnes Hinds (nee Hall) and her family. Agnes and William Hinds would soon be licensees of the Ulster Family Hotel in Spring Street, Melbourne, and later employ Rachel McCaughey.

LAUNCH OF THE SHIP 'THOMAS ARBUTHNOT', OF PETERHEAD. This splendid vessel was launched on Tuesday afternoon, from the yard of Messrs Hall and Sons, shipbuilders, Footdee. She received her name from the Captain's lady. We understand she is a first class ship, of upwards of 600 tons, and is the largest British oak vessel that has been built at this port. In point of stability and symmetry of construction a more admirable specimen of naval architecture is seldom to be seen, at once affording a strong proof of the high estimation of which Messrs Hall and Sons are entitled to rank as shipbuilders, and recommending them to all encouragement from this and other ports. The cabins of this vessel are fitted out in a most superior style. The saloon enters from the main deck, and describes a sharp ovaI — is lined with sofas, and is lit from the front, and on each side, by ports. It is seven feet high. In this saloon there is a library and a splendid mirror; and the whole is finished in a style equal at least to the best finished saloon in any of our first class steamer. The cabins that range off the saloons are elegant and commodious; every state-room being lit with side ports, and the lobby lit from the deck. There is a shower-both off the lobby, and every other convenience that can possibly be required. It is calculated that this cabin will accommodate twenty-two passengers. The second cabin is under the poop, and runs along the main deck fifty-two feet. It is divided into excellent state-rooms, each having a side port. This cabin will accommodate, with ease and comfort, sixty passengers. The steerage, which is on a level with the second cabin, and also seven feet high, is to be fitted up for one hundred and forty passengers. Altogether, the cabins of this vessel are decidedly the most commodious and elegant that were ever fitted up in any vessel from Aberdeen, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. The Thomas Arbuthnot sails first for Glasgow, where she takes in passengers for New Zealand and Port Phillip. She will afterwards be employed in the New South Wales and East India trade, and is built to class twelve years at Lloyd's. We beg to congratulate the owners of this magnificent ship, and wish great success may attend their spirited undertaking.—Aberdeen Herald. (The Australian, 29 Jun 1841, p.2)

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Ship: Tornado (1855)

Departed: 14 Apr 1855 Greenock, Scotland.
Arrived: 15 Jul 1855 Port Phillip, Vic.
Master: D. Macosh

Particulars: 1,229 t. ship ; 92 days voyage ; sailed from Glasgow on the 19th January, but had to put into Greenock ; 407 passengers (44 adult male, 332 adult female, 12 male children, 19 female children) ; 3 deaths on board, all adult females. Irish Rachel McCaughey (listed as McAughery) was amongst the passengers on this ship. She shows as being from Antrim, a domestic servant, Presbyterian, able to read but not write, aged 22, to be assigned as a domestic servant to Mr ‘Hines’, Spring Street. Rachel would later meet her future husband via her employers who were licensees of the Ulster Family Hotel. She would commence her employment on 27 July for one year and be paid 20 shillings with rations.

VESSELS IN HOBSON'S BAY AND THE RIVER By the courtesy of Captain Crighton, of the Tornado, we have in our possession later English news, being down to the 13th of April. As there was only one paper of that date on board, of course the news is very meagre. The vessel brings nearly four hundred Government female immigrants, who appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. One poor girl, just as the ship entered port, fell into a fainting fit and died. The vessel is remarkably clean, and fitted with great care toconvenience and accommodation, and Dr. Macosh, under whose immediate care the immigrants have come out, speaks very highly of the general conduct of the whole of them. (The Argus, 16 Jul 1855, p.4)

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Obituary: John Hall

One by one the old pioneers of our district are going in their final rest(?). Mr John Hall, who came to Allansford some 34 years ago, departed to join the great majority on Saturday morning, and was buried on Sunday afternoon. It will be remembered that some months ago, Mr Hall, who was so affected with rheumatism as to make locomotion a difficult matter, was knocked down in the dusk of the evening by a vehicle passing over Allansford bridge. Almost incapable of movement before, this laid him on his bed, till on Saturday death came and released him from suffering. He died full of years and honour, and on Sunday the largest gathering of people that ever assembled at a funeral in our district came together to pay tribute to the memory of a man who in his long residence amongst us had made many friends and no enemies.

Obituary: Rachel Hall

A very old colonist, of 63 years, Mrs. Rachel Hall, died on Wednesday, 27th February, at her residence, Allansford, after being confined to her bed for two months. She was born at Port Glenone, County Antrim, Ireland, and settled at Allansford with her late husband, John Hall, who predeceased her by 33 years.
The deceased was the mother of Mr. John Hall, Mr. David Hall (Allansford), Mr. Wm. Hall (Emu Flat), Mrs. Fraser and Miss Hall (Allansford). The remains were interred in the Warrnambool cemetery. Messrs. Beattie and Phillips carried out the mortuary arrangements. (The Argus, 16 Jun 1948, p.2)

Death Notice: Mary Ann Fraser

FRASER.—On June 14, at the residence of her son-in-law, 3 Maitland street, Glen Iris, Mary Ann, beloved mother of Mabel (Mrs. W. Phippard), and mother-in-law of Walter. (Warrnambool Standard, 8 March 1917, p.3)

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Place Note: Wangoom

Wangoom is a rural village in western Victoria, 10 km north-east of Warrnambool. (Whereis) It was named after the Wangoom pastoral run (1842) which extended southwards to the mouth of the Hopkins River. It is thought that the name was derived from an Aboriginal word meaning boomerang or throwing stick. (Victorian Places) The Summer Hill property abuts the Hopkins River at Allansford and contains a homestead built in the 1870s. It's hard to say who or what might have occupied the property when John Hall wed Rachel McCaughey there in June 1856.