[Index]
Charles John MCGREGOR (1833 - 1921)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Robert Roy MCGREGOR (1861 - 1944)
Charles John MCGREGOR (1863 - 1945)
Annie Maria MCGREGOR (1865 - 1931)
Elizabeth MCGREGOR (1868 - 1945)
Douglas MCGREGOR (1870 - 1959)
Adelaide MCGREGOR (1872 - 1918)
Isabella MCGREGOR (1872 - 1873)
Alexander MCGREGOR (1875 - 1951)
Randolph MCGREGOR (1877 - 1956)
Jessie Catherine MCGREGOR (1879 - 1965)
Minnie F MCGREGOR (1882 - 1931)
Alice Cecilia MCGREGOR (1884 - 1969)
 Charles John MCGREGOR (1833 - 1921)

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Jessie STEPHENS (1843 - 1924)
 John MCGREGOR (1790 - 1870) John Row MCGREGOR



Mary MCDONALD



Annie STOBBIE (1790 - 1885) John STOBBIE



Mary (STOBBIE)



b. 14 Oct 1833 at Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
m. 21 Mar 1859 Jessie STEPHENS (1843 - 1924)
d. 23 Oct 1921 at Bega, New South Wales, Australia aged 88
Near Relatives of Charles John MCGREGOR (1833 - 1921)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John Row MCGREGOR
Grandmother Mary MCDONALD
Grandfather John STOBBIE
Grandmother Mary (STOBBIE)

Father in Law John STEPHENS
Mother in Law Maria Selina Leggo JEFFREY

Father John MCGREGOR 01 May 1790 Wester Fendoch, Perthshire, Scotland 11 Sep 1870 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 80
Mother Annie STOBBIE 02 Dec 1790 Scotland 01 Sep 1885 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 94

Self Charles John MCGREGOR 14 Oct 1833 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 23 Oct 1921 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 88

Wife Jessie STEPHENS 23 Nov 1843 Brooman near Nelligen, New South Wales, Australia 16 Mar 1924 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 80

Son Robert Roy MCGREGOR 20 Mar 1861 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 16 Mar 1944 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 82
Son Charles John MCGREGOR 21 Jul 1863 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 82
Daughter Annie Maria MCGREGOR 27 Dec 1865 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1931 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 66
Daughter Elizabeth MCGREGOR 14 Mar 1868 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 77
Son Douglas MCGREGOR 1870 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jul 1959 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 89
Daughter Adelaide MCGREGOR 1872 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 13 Mar 1918 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 46
Daughter Isabella MCGREGOR 1872 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1873 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1
Son Alexander MCGREGOR 1875 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 26 Sep 1951 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 76
Son Randolph MCGREGOR 05 Jul 1877 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jun 1956 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 78
Daughter Jessie Catherine MCGREGOR 1879 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 86
Daughter Minnie F MCGREGOR 1882 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1931 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 49
Daughter Alice Cecilia MCGREGOR 1884 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1969 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 85

Sister Elizabeth MCGREGOR 25 Oct 1827 Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland 1918 Moruya, New South Wales, Australia 91
Sister Mary MCGREGOR 27 Jun 1829 Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland 27 May 1837 At sea 7
Sister Catherine MCGREGOR 29 May 1831 Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland 16 Sep 1908 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 77
Brother William MCGREGOR 1836 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 1896 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 60
Brother John MCGREGOR 03 Oct 1838 Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia 21 Nov 1905 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 67
Brother James MCGREGOR 1840 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 21 Dec 1927 Dunwich, Queensland, Australia 87
Sister Annie MCGREGOR 23 Feb 1843 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 04 Dec 1914 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Sister Mary Isabella MCGREGOR 26 Sep 1845 Comarang, New South Wales, Australia 1920 75
Brother Robert Alexander MCGREGOR 18 Jun 1848 Bega, New South Wales, Australia

Daughter in Law Sarah CHARLTON 1874 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Son in Law Herbert C LANGLEY 1866 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia 80
Daughter in Law Marie Emilie VAN EPEN 21 Jul 1943 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter in Law Ethel May LAWS 1878 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 28 Sep 1965 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 87
Daughter in Law Ethel Emily PARBERY 1880 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 75
Son in Law Edward Edye ROBERTSON 1874 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1926 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 52
Son in Law Jack WARD

Grandson Robert R MCGREGOR 1893 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Margaret MCGREGOR 1896 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Jessie E G LANGLEY 1892 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 74
Granddaughter Mary M McGregor LANGLEY 1894 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Berry, New South Wales, Australia 1
Granddaughter Marjorie Eileen McGregor LANGLEY 1899 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia 1975 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 76
Granddaughter Phillis Catherine MCGREGOR 1903 Casino, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 56
Grandson Douglas G MCGREGOR 1905 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 1905 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Allister Stephen C MCGREGOR 1906 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jun 1981 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 75
Grandson Kenneth C MCGREGOR 1903 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Ian Alexander MCGREGOR 13 Aug 1907 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 1964 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 57
Grandson Donald W MCGREGOR 1909 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia South Africa
Grandson Allan Graeme MCGREGOR Apr 1915 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jan 1983 New South Wales, Australia 67

Nephew Charles John MCNAUGHT 1855 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1935 Croydon Park, New South Wales, Australia 80
Niece Janet MCNAUGHT 1857 Eden, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Annie MCNAUGHT 1859 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1918 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 59
Nephew Alexander MCNAUGHT 07 Feb 1861 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1938 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 77
Nephew Duncan MCNAUGHT 1862 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1862 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Nephew James MCNAUGHT 1864 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary MCNAUGHT 1867 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1879 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 12
Niece Catherine MCNAUGHT 1869 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1902 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 33
Niece Isabella Ellen MCNAUGHT 1871 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Ellen J MCNAUGHT 1873 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1912 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 39
Nephew Andrew Roy MCNAUGHT 1875 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Patience Ann MCGREGOR 17 Mar 1863 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1951 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 88
Nephew John Smallridge MCGREGOR 16 Aug 1865 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1927 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 62
Niece Mary Rosina MCGREGOR 26 Apr 1867 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1941 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 74
Nephew William Henry Alexander MCGREGOR 1869 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Moree, New South Wales, Australia 60
Niece Annie Elizabeth S MCGREGOR 1870 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 1870 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 0
Nephew Donald Robert MCGREGOR 1871 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1871 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Niece Rose MCGREGOR 1873 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1874 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1
Nephew Charles Francis MCGREGOR 1874 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1875 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1
Niece Sarah Rosina MCGREGOR 1876 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1944 Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia 68
Nephew Henry Augustus Otton MCGREGOR 1878 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1930 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 52
Niece Bessie Isobella MCGREGOR 1880 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1954 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 74
Nephew Christy W MCGREGOR 1883 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1931 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 48
Nephew John MCGREGOR 25 Feb 1874 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 16 Feb 1942 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 67
Niece Mary Isabella MCGREGOR 26 Jul 1875 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 29 Aug 1875 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Niece Ellen MCGREGOR 30 Dec 1876 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1943 Kingsford, New South Wales, Australia 67
Nephew Charles James MCGREGOR 23 Oct 1878 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 81
Nephew David Edward MCGREGOR 03 Jun 1880 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jan 1917 Wiltshire, England 36
Niece Florence Eva MCGREGOR 1882 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 79
Niece Ada May MCGREGOR 1884 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 75
Nephew Harold L MCGREGOR 1886 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 27 Nov 1907 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 21
Nephew Wallace Neil MCGREGOR 30 Oct 1888 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1970 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia 82
Nephew Albert Lachlan MCGREGOR 1892 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1967 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 75
Nephew Kenneth Christie MCGREGOR 1892 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1962 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 70
Niece Annie MCGREGOR 1871 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1948 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia 77
Nephew James MCGREGOR 1873 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1873 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Niece Maunser MCGREGOR 05 May 1875 Broulee, ACT, Australia 05 May 1875 Broulee, ACT, Australia 0
Niece Annie MCGREGOR 1876 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 1876 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 0
Niece Mary MCGREGOR 1877 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 1877 Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia 0
Nephew Alexander J MCGREGOR 1878 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia 01 Sep 1918 Walgett, New South Wales, Australia 40
Niece Flora Ethel MCGREGOR 1880 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia 1956 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 76
Niece Olive Angie Stoobie MCGREGOR 1882 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jul 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 82
Nephew Leo G M MCGREGOR 1885 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia 1932 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia 47
Nephew Charles Thomas ALLEN 1872 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1936 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 64
Niece Eliza Annie ALLEN 1875 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1936 61
Nephew Sidney Allan ALLEN 1877 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew William Ernest ALLEN 1880 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew John ALLEN 1882 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Bertram Wigram ALLEN 1884 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Katie A ALLEN 1889 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew William Alexander BALL 1873 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 69
Nephew Robert John BALL 1876 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1944 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 68
Niece Ellen E BALL 1878 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1962 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 84
Niece Victoria Ann BALL 1881 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 76
Niece Mary E BALL 1883 Bega, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law William MCINTOSH 1811 1874 Broulee, ACT, Australia 63
Brother in Law Alexander MCNAUGHT 1817 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 27 Jan 1887 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 70
Sister in Law Maria Rosina Smallridge OTTON
Sister in Law Isabella BROWN 07 Dec 1849 Moruya, New South Wales, Australia 04 Oct 1936 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 86
Sister in Law Amelia EDMUNDS
Sister in Law Amelia MANUSU 1857 Broulee, ACT, Australia
Brother in Law John ALLEN 1841 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Robert John BALL 1914 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Emma M BAVAGE 1892 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Events in Charles John MCGREGOR (1833 - 1921)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
14 Oct 1833 Charles John MCGREGOR was born Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1837 4 Immigration Australia per 'John Barry' 30
21 Mar 1859 25 Married Jessie STEPHENS (aged 15)
20 Mar 1861 27 Birth of son Robert Roy MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 7274/1861
21 Jul 1863 29 Birth of son Charles John MCGREGOR Eden, New South Wales, Australia 7489/1863
27 Dec 1865 32 Birth of daughter Annie Maria MCGREGOR Eden, New South Wales, Australia 8173/1866
14 Mar 1868 34 Birth of daughter Elizabeth MCGREGOR Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 8930/1868
1870 37 Birth of son Douglas MCGREGOR Eden, New South Wales, Australia 9418/1870
11 Sep 1870 36 Death of father John MCGREGOR (aged 80) Eden, New South Wales, Australia 3500/1870
1872 39 Birth of daughter Adelaide MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 6907/1972
1872 39 Birth of daughter Isabella MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 6908/1872
1873 40 Death of daughter Isabella MCGREGOR (aged 1) Bega, New South Wales, Australia 3317/1873
1875 42 Birth of son Alexander MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 7859/1875
05 Jul 1877 43 Birth of son Randolph MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 8444/1877
1879 46 Birth of daughter Jessie Catherine MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 9737/1879
1882 49 Birth of daughter Minnie F MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 15280/1882
1884 51 Birth of daughter Alice Cecilia MCGREGOR Bega, New South Wales, Australia 18280/1884
01 Sep 1885 51 Death of mother Annie STOBBIE (aged 94) Bega, New South Wales, Australia 9548/1885
13 Mar 1918 84 Death of daughter Adelaide MCGREGOR (aged 46) Bega, New South Wales, Australia Note 1
23 Oct 1921 88 Charles John MCGREGOR died Bega, New South Wales, Australia 18429/1921
Note 1: 1725/1918 - did not marry - no children
Personal Notes:
It is 158 years since the first white man walked through the Bega Valley. He had to walk because he was a shipwrecked sailor His name W. Clarke. His companions? Three Lascar seamen.

Bega Valley was not visited by whites for almost 30 years and early in 1829 William D Tarlington came as far south as Cobargo. Later that year he came to Bega.

The Bega Valley of 1829 was a dangerous valley. All who came to it faced the perils of complete isolation. They lived off the land until they could grow their own food. They built their huts of stringy bark and slabs because there was nothing else.

The very early settlers had blacks who were often hostile as their neighbours. They had no roads at all. There was no public transport and no mails. But always there was a loneliness. More important there was a spirit that built the Far South Coast

CHARLES JOHN McGREGOR was one of the early pioneers. Born at Perthshire, Scotland in 1830, he sailed with his parents, sisters and brothers from Dundee, Scotland, on the “John Barry” a sailing vessel of 524 tons in 1834. The ship carried 312 Scottish immigrants but 32 died on the voyage, an appallingly high death rate that must indicate the conditions aboard ship.

His father, John McGregor, settled near Manly but soon afterwards the family began the long trek southwards, and settled first at Araluen. Soon afterwards they moved to Moruya, and then to Nerrigundah.

The year is not definite, but the family commenced farming, and the house was built on the site of land that proved to be the richest claim in the goldfields. The family was on the site of both goldfields without a speck of gold to show for it. Planting fruit trees, the copper-like mineral was picked up. “Throw it away, it’s of no value” was the instruction given. Here having to live off the land, turnips were planted, but they were plundered by the aborigines, and as the few whites did not dare to stop the blacks, the McGregors moved south to Bega. There were already some permanent

Settlers here. Thomas Underhill had arrived in 1842. John Otton had come from Jamberoo. Charles McGregor arrived in Bega in 1848. The McGregors’ home was built at Corridgeree, and Charles commenced to grow wheat. They had no stock, but Charles ran in wild horses while his father manufactured the harness of tussock grass bound around with strips or stringy bark for collars, and the traces were made of green hide. This was the early equipment for the ploughing of the rich alluvial flats along the Brogo River, near Bega, then controlled by the Imlay Bros, who lived at Tarraganda

The McGregor’s primitive home was built on the flat near the river. They were soon to learn the danger. The big flood of 1851 swept away the home and drowned a number of whites and aborigines. The bullock team was used to take the household’s belongings to safety, but some settlers named Rolfe remained on a haystack for four or five days, the only food coming from two hens that were also on the stack. Charles McGregor and all his family survived the flood, just as he was cured of snakebite by his father( a Waterloo soldier) who made an incision, applied gunpowder and lit it with a match

Meanwhile Bega was growing, if few accept it as a town without a house in South Bega and three in North Bega. Charles McGregor is accepted as the first to take flour (by bullock team) to Monaro. There was no other transport.

Later as a few roads were made, he got a horse team and used to drive eight and ten horse.

Illegible….One of the horses was a racehorse Meteor which won an epic race against Pollack’s Gramalda in three heats of a mile each for fifty pounds aside Big stakes in the 1850. Charles McGregor was a horseman, and his ride from Moruya and return 160 miles in 23 hours is a record that few if any have ever bothered to better in Australia.

The Sydney Bulleton said of him:

Charles McGregor was the delight of the( illegible)..of 50 or 60 years back, when, with …….coat and top boots and huge stock…Hip, he kept the track clear for the races. No small job because everyone came mounted and there were usually about 150 to 200 blacks present, with their full compliment of dogs.

An undated “Bega Budget” says Charley McGregor was a splendid horseman and even the Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy,…who visited Bega, he got into difficulties in the river atDundindi while hunting, and it was Charley McGregor, who saved him from being drowned. He gave the distinguished visitor his stirrips and finished the hunt about them.

(there were not any rabbits) Alludes almost certainly to foxes, dingoes or wallabies.editor

To illustrate the difficulties of the period the same paper said. In case of sickness the doctor would travel on horseback with Charley’s mail team. They would leave Bega perhaps at midnight, for Moruya.

Charles McGregor lived for a time on the site of the present Grand Hotel. Later he moved to Brogo. He grew sorghum and tried to convert it to sugar.

The “Bega Budget,” hinting at a secret formula said. “The mill was erected and a quantity of cane put through but when the treacle stage was reached the man who was to carry out the treatment died, and the secret never revealed.”

He had helped to build the first Anglican Church in Bega and was married in it.

He took the first picnic party to Tathra but it rained and the party had to stay all night in the dray.

Thus life continued in the Bega Valley. Communications were hard Life was hard.

But there was a deep abiding comradeship among the early settlers.

Possibly it was this that led to the historic meeting in the Victoria Inn in 1857 when the Bega Agricultural Society was formed. We can be sure – although we have no positive record that the ploughing match of that year was a gala day. We can be certain that the entire population of Bega was there, and that in the calm of the morning there would be the sight of the bullocks with necks to the yoke bent low” as Charles McGregor drew his furrow.

It is equally certain that Daniel Gowing was an expert with his horse team, and it can never be doubted that these two pioneers congratulated each other for their skill.

Theirs was the spirit that pioneered the Far South Coast. It was the spirit that all who came here in those early days had in full measure. The story of any of the early pioneers is the story of the Bega Valley

Copied from Century of Progress by Barbara Adams [davida8-at-bigpond.com]
Source References:
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- Reference = Neil McGregor - e-mail (Immigration)
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