Lyn and Trevor..., Hi !
If some of the following info is new, I can try getting more.
Have a nice day..., Iain.
William Armour
Birth 1May1850 in Muasdale, Killean&Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland.
Death 1Jun1921 in 13Lennox St. Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
Ann McMichael
Birth 1851 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Death 1Apr1901 in Dalaruan Terrace, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.
(Note:
Ann here in 1901 was a neighbour of my G Grandfather Robert MacFarlane McArthur:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205 ... nscene.jpghttp://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t205 ... laruan.jpgHe was there from 1891 to 1911..., and my Grandmother was born there in 1895. So they obviously knew your family !
This is a short list of people living there just before WW2. Note the Armour family in N° 10.
Numbers: 1, Smith, 2 McCallum, 3 McKerral, 4 Houston, 5 Finn, 6 Clark, 7 McCaig, 8 West, 9 Henderson, 10 Armour, 11 a shop run by Nellie McLean, 12 Katie McLean, 13 McSporran, 14 McLean.
http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=Dalaruan+S ... 03,,0,2.57Note: I've just noticed that in the Google view, there are 8 houses. In the list above there are 14..., this means that when our families lived there the houses were half the size; being doubled up at a later date for more space.
Amazing !!! Robert had 12 children living there plus the parents and a servant !
Son:
Archibald Armour
Birth 21Mar1886 in Dalaruan Terrace, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.
Death 24April 1959 in Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne Victoria Australia
Archibald’s wife:
Ida Edith McDonald
Birth 18 Jun 1895 in Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia
Death 11 Dec 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Daughter:
Isabella Nancy Armour
Birth 5 Mar 1924 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
Death 4 Dec 1954 in Cohuna, Victoria, Australia