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Australian Pioneer Families
John Fithie

The H C Kidston came Sep 1852 with John Fithie 40, Mrs Fithie 33, Ann Fithie 13, Betty Fithie 7, Elizabeth Fithie 6, James Fithie 4, Jane Fithie 2, Job Fithie Infant

John Fithie 1811 - 1887 #13565 aged 76, son of Elizabeth Steel and John Fithie, and Charlotte Duncan 1819 - 1898 #2149 aged 79, son of Jane Linsay and William Duncan, came Sep 1852 and lived at Nunawading

10 Children

1. Ann Fithie c1839
2. Betsy Fithie c1845
3. Elizabeth Fithie c1846 from Forfar Scotland
4. James Fithie 1846 - 1926 #16098 aged 80 wed 1900 #3477 to Margt Moore
5. Jane Fithie c1851
6. Job Fithie 1852
7. Duncan Fithie 1852 - 1867 #8851 aged 15 born at Dundedin
8. David Fithie 1859 #17400 - 1936 #4001 aged 76
9. John Fithie 1862 #15118 - 1932 #2083 aged 70
10. Charlotte Fithie 1865 #4645

1. Betsy Fithie c1845 wed 1865 #1903 to William Currie and lived at Steiglitz

4 Children

1. William John Currie 1866 #5159
2. James Joseph Currie 1867 #24859
3. Duncan Currie 1869 #5474
4. David Currie 1870 #12028

2. Elizabeth Fithie from Forfar Scotland, wed 1866 #1383 to Edward Jonas from Liverpool, and lived at Richmond

7 Children

1. John Jonas 1868 #11724
2. Margaret Ann Jonas 1876 #4671
3. Samuel Jonas 1878 #4723
4. Elizth Jonas 1880 #11020
5. Alexander Jonas 1882 #4777
6. Sarah Jonas 1884 #12141
7. James Jonas 1888 #32913

Jane Fithie wed c1869 to George Cockroft and lived at Box Hill. He appears to be George Cockroft aged 38 came Jul 1867 on the Great Britain

9 Children

1. Aaron Cockroft 1870 #983
2. Mary Jane Cockroft 1871 #21686
3. George Henry Cockroft 1874 #827
4. John Cockroft 1877 #13390
5. Judith Cockroft 1879 #14002
6. Hannah Cockroft 1881 #14311
7. Joseph Cockroft 1883 #21625
8. Ernest Cockroft 1885 #23484
9. Elsie Ada Cockroft 1888 #806

4. David Fithie 1859 #17400 wed 1885 #2099 to Margaret Schoberg 1864 #22493 - 1942 #4279 aged 78,

4 Children

1. Charlotte Fithie 1886 #8151 - 1960 #3187 aged 73 wed McInnes
2. Edith Fithie 1888 #8876 - 1970 #15015 aged 82 wed 1912 #3881 to Chas Rupert Toogood
3. Eliz Fithie 1890 - 1941 #22231 aged 51 wed Stuckey
4. James Fithie 1896 - 1963 #25617 wed 1922 #652 to Amelia Sarah Stuckey

6. Charlotte Fithie 1865 #4645 wed 1885 #6111 to Hugh Brisbane

From on Mon, 28 Jan 2008

I am making a study of the Fethy/ Fithie/ Futhie name (over 40 different spellings), and I noticed your website the other day. Would you have any objection to me adding the information on your family to my notes? In Scotland according to the International Genealogical Index John Fithie and Charlotte Duncan lived at Carmyllie, and some at least of their children were born there.
So far I have 1842, 17th December: John Fithie, at Carmyllie, married Charlotte Duncan.
Their children were Betsy (born 3rd June 1843 and christened on the 3rd of July),
Elizabeth (born on the 23rd of September 1844 and christened on the 6th of October),
James (born on the 1st of June 1846 and christened on the 5th of August),
and Jean (born on the 8th of July 1848 and christened on the 3rd of July), all at Carmyllie.
Some of these details are slightly different from yours, but the IGI is a bit of a mess. If you have any photographs or further information on any Fithie I would be most grateful. It is a novel feeling for me to read placenames such as Dundedin and Steiglitz, which I know absolutely nothing about.

I live about 6 miles east of the parish, which mainly consists of a church surrounded by farmland. The image attached is of the present church, which is 19th century. I don't know its age precisely, but it is on the same site as any older ones. There may be a website. There is at least one Duncan gravestone, but whether it is a relative of Charlotte I do not know. I didn't hang about for more because the parish is known as cauld (cold) Carmyllie for very good reasons. It is inland and very open, so it gets more snow than we do in Arbroath and it can be bitter in winter. It was yesterday when I took these pictures.

Carmyllie church Bob Duncan

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