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From: Daryl Povey <>
Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Re: Roderick McNEILL Family
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 21:57:02 +1100


Hello Margaret

I may a couple of items of use for your search...

"Margaret Smith" <> wrote :
>Hello Everyone
>Am gradually putting some McNEILL puzzle pieces together.
>Roderick McNEILL's Death Certificate is "Best Quality Image", but parts
>are very hard to read.
>The column "When and Where Died" has "Panyyabynr" and I think "Shire of
>Dundas" and "County ?????" Anyone any knowledge of what county name
>follows please?

It would probably have been the Parish of Panyyabyr in the County of Dundas
[Source ; "Place Names of Victoria" - Les Blake]

>Roderick died June 1871, and the Undertaker's name looks like "Daswel
>Gunn". Does anyone know of this name, (or something like it!!) and whether
>his burial records are still available please?
>
>I also found Roderick's eldest son and daughter predeceased him. The
>family arrived in Port Adelaide, September 1855, and spent six years
>approx. in South Australia before coming to Victoria.
>Would some kind person be able to check S.A. and Vic. Death CDs for the
>period 1855 to 1871 for the death of the following two children for me please??
>Malcolm McNEILL was born abt. 1840, so would have been between 15 and 31
>years old when he died in either South Australia or Victoria.

This looks like Malcolm's death in the Disrtict of Robe, SA

Digger - South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842 to 1915
Surname: MCNIEL
Given Names: Malcolm
Date: 1855-10-12
Sex: M
Age: 15y
Status: C
Residence: (not recorded)
Death Place: (not recorded)
District Code: Rob
Book: 4
Page: 77


>His sister:
>Margaret (AKA: Peggie, Peg) McNEILL was born about 1843, so would have
>been between 12 and 30 when she died, either in South Australia or Victoria.
>Parents were Roderick McNEILL and Ann (nee SHAW)

I think she married John Shaw McKAY in Naracoorte in 1859, age 17 as shown

Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916
Groom: MACKAY
Given names: John Shaw
Bride: MCNEILL
Given names: Margaret
Date: 1859-07-01
Groom Age: 27
Status: N
Groom's Father: Samuel MACKAY
Bride Age: 17
Status: N
Bride's Father: Roderick MCNEILL
Place: Res of Mrs McKay [Naracoorte]
District: Rob
Symbol: V
Book/Page: 39/264

her husband died in Vic in 1873, but I cannot locate her death or the birth
of any chn in Vic or SA

Regards, Daryl Povey

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