Louden is my mothers maiden name. Her father William Louden (dob 1894?) came out late 1890s from Perth, Scotland. settled northern Victoria, farming. Very likely a relative? Wonderful to see history on welcome wall!

Sun 20 Oct 2013

Hello, So pleased to see your message, sorry it took me so long to find it.
Every branch it seems has a William, thankfully, as so few seem to have had a Henry, in Australia that is. I lived in Victoria for 8 school years and even spent some time on a dairy farm. Would love to hear more details from you but not sure how all of this works. I don't have a webpage. They say above that email address is kept private but if you reply to this then perhaps I shall just put it in my next reply.

Mon 23 Jun 2014

Sorry my reply took even longer this time. Yes, every branch of every family seems to have a William for whom so many seek. I have not found any other link to Montrose. Unconfirmed info is that their "Scots" ancestor was an engineer who built a bridge in Poland and later perhaps had something to do with a port in Albany of Fremantle. Seems to be a generation or 2 missing. A possible unconfirmed link also with Loudons of Ayrshire. Have you found any more information? Family have a history of various spellings of "Lou/n/w/d/e/o/n" with some of those going to US favouring Louden. Henry and presumably William also visited America. Henry apparently ordered plants from all over the world. I did not know of William until the 1990s. Have you found any more information? Mary Regts

Thu 25 Jul 2019