[Index]
James Alexander MCINTOSH (1818 - 1889)
police constable, farmer
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Donald MCINTOSH (1847 - )
Jessie MCINTOSH (1850 - )
Elizabeth MCINTOSH (1852 - )
Andrew MCINTOSH (1855 - )
Catherine Isobella MCINTOSH (1857 - 1929)
James Alexander MCINTOSH (1818 - 1889)

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Catherine MCPHERSON (1829 - 1857)

Ann MCINTOSH (1814 - 1874)





























b. 1818 at Inverness-shire, Scotland
m. (1) 1847 Catherine MCPHERSON (1829 - 1857) at Abernethy, Inverness-shire, Scotland
m. (2) 1869 Ann MCINTOSH (1814 - 1874) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
d. 01 Sep 1889 at Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia aged 71
Near Relatives of James Alexander MCINTOSH (1818 - 1889)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law James MCINTOSH
Mother in Law Margaret MCDONALD

Self James Alexander MCINTOSH 1818 Inverness-shire, Scotland 01 Sep 1889 Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia 71

Wife Catherine MCPHERSON 1829 Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland 21 Feb 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 28
Wife Ann MCINTOSH abt 1814 1874 60

Son Donald MCINTOSH 1847 Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Daughter Jessie MCINTOSH 1850 Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Daughter Elizabeth MCINTOSH 1852 Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Son Andrew MCINTOSH 1855 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Catherine Isobella MCINTOSH 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 03 Feb 1929 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 72

Son in Law Mathew O'BRIEN 1855 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 23 Apr 1937 Westlack, New South Wales, Australia 82

Grandson John James O'BRIEN 1884 Jeir, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Patrick O'BRIEN 1886 Bedelluck, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Mathew Bernard O'BRIEN 1888 Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Jane Madeline O'BRIEN 1890 Bedelluck, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Andrew Alexander O'BRIEN 1892 Emu Bank, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Francis Daniel O'BRIEN 1894 Emu Bank, New South Wales, Australia 22 Jun 1971 Canberra, ACT, Australia 77
Granddaughter Catherine Josephine O'BRIEN 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Sidney O'BRIEN 23 Dec 1899 Emu Bank, New South Wales, Australia Feb 1969 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 69

Events in James Alexander MCINTOSH (1818 - 1889)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1818 James Alexander MCINTOSH was born Inverness-shire, Scotland 6
1847 29 Birth of son Donald MCINTOSH Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland 6
1847 29 Married Catherine MCPHERSON (aged 18) Abernethy, Inverness-shire, Scotland 6
1850 32 Birth of daughter Jessie MCINTOSH Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland 6
1852 34 Birth of daughter Elizabeth MCINTOSH Alvey, Inverness-shire, Scotland 6
27 Jul 1853 35 Immigration Australia per 'Empire' 6
1855 37 Birth of son Andrew MCINTOSH Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
1857 39 Birth of daughter Catherine Isobella MCINTOSH Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
21 Feb 1857 39 Death of wife Catherine MCPHERSON (aged 28) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
1869 51 Married Ann MCINTOSH (aged 55) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
1874 56 Death of wife Ann MCINTOSH (aged 60) 6
01 Sep 1889 71 James Alexander MCINTOSH died Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 208 (Marriage)
- Reference = 208 (Marriage)
- Reference = 208 (Death)
- Reference = 208 (Birth)
- Reference = 208 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 208 (Immigration)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2290/james-alexander-mcintosh.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: James Alexander McIntosh

Born: 1818; Died: 1889; Married: 1. Catherine McPherson; 2. Ann McDonald (widow, maiden name McIntosh)

James Alexander McIntosh (1818-1889)

James McIntosh was a native of Urquhart, Inverness-shire, the son of Donald and Isabella McIntosh. He and his wife Catherine (nee McPherson), also of Inverness-shire, emigrated to Australia aboard the 'Empire' in 1853 with the first three of their five children - Donald, Jessie and Elizabeth. Andrew and Isabella were born in Australia. In 1857 the family were living in Morisett Street, Queanbeyan, where Isabella was born. James was at some time a policeman in Queanbeyan, and later at Yass. Sadly his wife Catherine, aged thirty, died in 1859, leaving James a widower with five children to care for.

Ten years later (1869) James married a widow, Ann McIntosh, one of the six children of James McIntosh, pioneer settler of the Majura district and founder of the large McIntosh clan well known in the Majura and Queanbeyan districts, and well beyond. James was not part of this extended family.

Ann McIntosh (1814-1874) was previously married in 1834 to Donald McDonald. They emigrated to Australia on the 'Stamboul' in 1854. Donald worked for the Campbell family on the 'Duntroon estate. He died in 1866 at the Duntroon shepherd's 'outstation' of Mugga Mugga. They were married for thirty-two years, but had no children. So it was that in 1869 the widow Ann and the widower James married, Ann becoming step-mother to five children. The marriage was to be rather short-lived however, as Ann passed away from bronchitis in 1874.

By that time the family was living at 'Walleroo' - and James had become a farmer. In 1883, according to Leon Smith 600 acres 'close to the Murrumbidgee' was registered in the name of James McIntosh. According to Smith this land was eventually absorbed into the McCarthy's 'Glenwood' estate. James' daughter Jessie married Lachlan McPherson and they set up home not far away at 'Willow Creek', Wallaroo. Another daughter, Isabella, married Matthew O'Brien (1882), the son of pioneer settlers in the Jeir district, Jane and John O'Brien

James died in 1889 at the age of seventy-one at his Wallaroo residence. A police constable before spending his last twelve years as a farmer, his death was recorded by The Wizard in the following terms:

Died at the residence of his son-in-law Mr L McPherson of Wallaroo on Sunday morning last (1.9.1889). The deceased had for many years followed the occupation of farmer and grazier at Wallaroo. Some two years ago he was seized with a paralytic stroke which deprived him of the use of his legs and this combined with general breakup of the system from old aged was the immediate cause of his death. The deceased had been twice married but both his partners had gone before him. He leaves a family of four children all of whom are grown up and married. [Wizard's Notes Post 10.9.1889]

References
McIntosh, S & K. 2017. The Highland Shepherd. The story of James McIntosh and his family. Privately published.
Gillespie, L. L. 1992. Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra. The Wizard (Canberra local history series): Campbell
Smith, L. R. 1975. Memories of Hall. Roebuck: Canberra
Brown, J. 1985. O'Brien. Family tree of John and Jane, Canberra

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