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Hi Elizabeth,
Just came upon your GOVANs on the net. I think I knew the last family at Sebastopol that moved into Ballarat. The father was Albert and his two sons run a Car spray painting business.
Looking at all your lot there are quite a few with the name Alexander in it and I wondered if perhaps these families might be part of my maternal grand father’s family. Joseph Alexander GOVAN arrived in Auckland New Zealand on the ship, Helenslee in December 1864. He was born about 1840 in Scotland. I understood it he came from the ship building town of Govan, which is now said to be a suburb of Glasgow. He later married a DEWAR.
One of his sons was John Alexander GOVAN, and then my grandfather was the eldest of 13 from that family....living in Coromandel, NZ. He was Joseph Alexander GOVAN. He only had one son, Joseph Arnaud GOVAN. From him came my first cousins, Robert, Christine, Keith Murray and Mary....all from Te Puke, NZ. Lost contact with them when I joined the Navy in 1960. Maybe we will find a connection there later on eh. Thanks.

I am actually researching the Gall family. My husband's great grandmother was Margaret Gall, sister to Jane Gall.
Margaret married James Govan in Dumbarton in 1840. The govan family came to Aus in 1855 on the Brilliant
I am at present collating a book on the Gall Govan families so was pleased to find info on Henry and Jane Walkerden. I am trying to incorporate photos where possible.