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Gavin Houston 1809–1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 AUG 1809

Birth Location: Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Death Date: 1880

Death Location: ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645

Father: Gavin Houston

Mother: Janet Paul

Spouse(s): Agnes Holmes

Children(s): John Houston, William Houston, Agnes Houston, Janet Houston, Margaret Houston, Gavin Houston, Elizabeth Houston

Gavin Houston was born in 1809 in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland., the child of Gavin Houston And Janet Paul. Gavin Houston married Agnes Holmes, and had children including Agnes Holmes Houston, Elizabeth Houston, Gavin Houston, Janet Houston, John Houston, Margaret Houston, William Houston. Gavin Houston passed away in 1880 in ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645.

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Biography

  • Gavin Houston was born in 1809 in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland., the child of Gavin Houston And Janet Paul.
  • Gavin Houston married Agnes Holmes, and had children including Agnes Holmes Houston, Elizabeth Houston, Gavin Houston, Janet Houston, John Houston, Margaret Houston, William Houston.
  • Gavin Houston passed away in 1880 in ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gavin Houston
1774–1867
Birth Location: Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Janet Paul
1778–
Birth Location: Green, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Holmes
1809–1880
Birth Location: Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Houston
1838–1925
Birth Location: Bridge of Johnson,Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Houston
1846–1917
Birth Location: Hinton, New South Wales, Australia
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Agnes Houston
1834–1916
Birth Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
AH
Janet Houston
1836–1837
Birth Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JH
Margaret Houston
1844–1945
Birth Location: Hinton, New South Wales, Australia
MH
Gavin Houston
1840–1929
Birth Location: Maitland NSW Aus
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Elizabeth Houston
1842–1922
Birth Location: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
EH

Gavin Houston's Ancestors

Self
Gavin Houston
1809–1880
Birth Place: Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Parents
Gavin Houston
1774–1867
Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Janet Paul
1778–
Green, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Grandparents
Andrew Paul
1740–
Caulside, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Agnes Carruth
1749–
Dippeny, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Great-Grandparents
William Paul
1702–
Margaret Carruth
1706–
John Carruth
1715–1784
Isabell Shearer
1719–1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William CARRUTH
1671–
JANET Cunningham
1676–

Gavin Houston's Descendants

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Gavin Houston (9 AUG 1809–1880) m. Agnes Holmes (8 DEC 1809–1880)
  1. 1. John Houston 1838–1925 m. Mary (Ann) Childs 1849–1919
    1. 1. Leslie (John Gavin) Houston 1881–1962 m. Blanche Siddall 1885–1940
      1. 1. Marie (Jeanne) Houston 1923–1986 m. William (Henry) Purvis 1921–1998
      2. 2. Leslie (Harold) Houston 1907–1985
      3. 3. Irene (Doris) Houston 1908–1992 m. Hume 1907–
      4. 4. Ernest (Roy) Houston 1910–1984
      5. 5. Reginald (Raymond) Houston 1911–1983 m. Clarice (Irene) Field 1912–1984
        1. 1. Shirley (Lorraine) Houston 1937–2016
        2. 2. Kenneth (Raymond) Houston 1945–1968
      6. 6. Albert (Walter) Houston 1912–2001 m. Rose May –1981
      7. 7. Violet (May) Houston 1914–
      8. 8. Muriel (L (Gladys)) Houston 1915–
      9. 9. Iris (Evelyn) Houston 1916–1994 m. Clifford (Edward) Foreman 1913–2000
      10. 10. John (G (Jacky)) Houston 1918–
      11. 11. Robert (W) Houston 1920–
      12. 12. Nell Houston 1926–1977
    2. 2. Ethel (Mary) Houston 1880–1953 m. James (Ernest) Triggs 1882–1922
    3. 3. Maude (A H) Houston 1884–1884
    4. 4. Jessie (May) Houston 1887–1973
    5. 5. Mary (F) Houston 1890–
    6. 6. Joseph (B) Houston 1892–
    7. 7. Thomas (B) Houston 1894–
    8. 8. George Houston 1896–
  2. 2. William Houston 1846–1917 m. Eliza Dawes 1844–1937
    1. 1. Alice Houston 1878–
    2. 2. Amy (M) Houston 1871–
    3. 3. Alice (Louisa) Houston 1877–1904
  3. 3. Agnes (Holmes) Houston 1834–1916 m. George Sutherland 1830–1889
    1. 1. Marion Sutherland 1856–1932
    2. 2. George (Alexander) Sutherland 1861–1888
    3. 3. Mary (Jane) Sutherland 1867–1888
    4. 4. William (A) Sutherland 1869–1925
    5. 5. Jeannet (Holmes) Sutherland 1871–
    6. 6. Margaret (Annie) Sutherland 1874–1965 m. Ernest (Arthur Edwin) Houston 1874–1958
      1. 1. Alan (Robert) Houston 1917–1991
      2. 2. Ronald (Sutherland) Houston 1912–1997
      3. 3. Jean Houston 1906–1993
      4. 4. Lylie (H) Houston 1905–1909
      5. 5. Wallace Houston 1898–1904
      6. 6. Margaret Houston 1901–1982
      7. 7. Wallace Houston 1898–
      8. 8. Ernest (W) Houston 1903–1904
    7. 7. Gavin (A) Sutherland 1864–1885
    8. 8. Margaret (H) Sutherland 1860–1861
  4. 4. Janet Houston 1836–1837
  5. 5. Margaret Houston 1844–1945
  6. 6. Gavin Houston 1840–1929
    1. 1. Annie (A M) Houston 1869–
    2. 2. Gavin (M J) Houston 1872–1880
    3. 3. Mary (Grace) Houston 1875–
  7. 7. Elizabeth Houston 1842–1922

Gavin Houston's Timeline

3 Records

1809
9 AUG 1809
Birth of Gavin Houston in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
1880
2 MAY 1880
Age 71
Death of Gavin Houston in Stephen St, Camperdown Sydney NSW Aus#3506
Stephen St, Camperdown Sydney NSW Aus#3506
1880
1880
Age 71
Burial of Gavin Houston in ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645
ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 AUG 1809
    Event Place: Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 MAY 1880
    Event Place: Stephen St, Camperdown Sydney NSW Aus#3506

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1809

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: ROOKWOOD CEMETERY, SYDNEYSection5, Presbyterian, Row 13, Grave No:643, 645

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 7 FEB 1840
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