John LAURIE / LOWRIE b. 1850 Newcastle, son of Thomas LAURIE / LOWRIE and Jessie PURVES was married in 1879 to Elizabeth Eleanor CRUSE, b. 1858 Branxholme, Vic., daughter of James CRUSE and jane Eleanor EVANS. John was a selector at Hotspur ca 1890 and they had the following children:

1. Jane Eleanor LAURIE b. 1879 Merino, Vic, m. Frederick Charles PITTS;
2. John Andrew LAURIE b. 1881 Merino, Vic;
3. Jessie Purvis LAURIE b. 1884, Hotspur, Vic m. Bertie Thomas PITTS;
4. Robert James LAURIE b. 1884, Hotspur, Vic, d. 1885;
5. Thomas Henry LAURIE b. 1885, Hotspur, Vic, m. Emma WALKER;
6. Elizabeth Alice LAURIE b. 1888, Hotspur, Vic, m. Robert Charles PITTS;
7. Ruby Agnes LAURIE b. 1889, Hotspur, Vic, m1. Albert Allen STEVENS, m2. ? McLAREN;
8. Ernest Albert LAURIE b. 1891, Hotspur, Vic;
9. Ivy Australia LAURIE b. 1893, Hotspur, Vic, m. George Andrew THORN;
10. Anna Margaret LAURIE b. 1894, Hotspur, Vic;
11. Myrtle Josephine LAURIE b. 1898 Condah, Vic

John LAURIE was listed as an early landowner on the Hotspur Parish map.

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