SCOTT, John Robert
May 1796 – 29 July 1880
Origin Lanarkshire, Scotland
Accompanying Family Helen (Ellen) wife.m.(Scotl).I.1819(nee McGregor, nee Forrest) Johns stepson, Daniel & 2 sons John & Robert
First settled in Guildford, where Perth Airport stands, WA
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Farmer
ELIZA
Arrival Year 1831
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In 1838, John blazed a trail to Bunbury to find good farming land for Governor Stirling. His wife Ellen (Helen) was a midwife & attended the birth of Lord Forrest. In 1847 John & a son built the Picton Church. John & Helen (Ellen) had two sons, William Frederick b.1821 in Scotland & Daniel McGregor b.1815, died 1898.
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John and Helen also had a son called John Scott, he married into the Roberts family and owned the property called strathern, which is located between Bunbury and capel
Thu 25 May 2017
The scott family of Western Australia are my desentents on my mother's side her family name is pyane, my mother's is Lila Mary pyane
Tue 6 Sep 2022
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