Hotspur 'First Families'

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A list of some of the early inhabitants and visitors to Hotspur on the Crawford River in south western Victoria from its settlement, circa 1840. We are attempting to collect the names of individuals and families associated with the Hotspur area ranging from long term residents to those who may have had a child born or registered in Hotspur, owned land, or a residence in the area in the 1800s or were associated with an organisation or event in the area.

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A
Ainsworth, Anderson, Ashton,

B
Ball(Mary), Bannam, Barber, Barclay, Barnes, Barr, Bastable(Mary), Baton, Beaton, Beaton(Jno), Beavis, Beecham, Begg, Bell, Bethune, Bilston, Blackwood, Blackwood(Hannah), Blackwood(Rach), Blamires, Bolam, Bourke, Brennan, Brindley(Frances), Brindley(Tho), Brooks, Brown(Hy),

C
Cain, Cameron(Jno), Campbell, Campbell(Don1866) Carmichael, Carter, Carter(Chris), Charter(Polly), Charter, Chisholm, Clarke(Jno), Clune, Coates, Cobb(Abigail), Cobb(Jane), Condon(Sam), Cooper, Cooper(Wm), Coulson(Guy), Crawford(Jas), Cross, Cruse, Cutting,

D
Day(Eliz), Day(Geo), Day(Jane), Day(Wm), Deadman, Devereux, Dickinson, Doggett, Drinkwater,

E
Egan(Eliza), Eke, Eldridge, Evans(Wm),

F
Fairall, Farr, Fennell, Fenwick, Fidler, Fidler(Charlotte), Finlay, FIRTH(Abraham), Flemming, Forte, Foster, Fuller(John), Fyfe,

G
Gibbs, Glenton(Helen), Gleeson, Gough, Greenham(Jane), Grey(Jane), Grier,

H
Hagen, Haith, Haley, Hall(Phoebe), Hanks, Harvey, Hawkes, Hawkins, Healey, Hennessy, Hickleton, Hicks, Hide, Hill, Hiscock, Holden, Hunt,

I
Ind, Iverach,

J
James, Jeffreys(Jno), Johnson(Han), Johnston(Abr), Johnstone(Tho), Jones(Ellen), Jordan,

K
Kay, KELLY(Daniel), Key(Emma), Key(Wm), Kilpatrick, King(Eliz), King(Emily), King(MaryAnn), King(Wm), King(Wm1857),

L
Lambourn, Lamond, Lamont, LARKIN, Mary 1835-1903, Laurie, Laverty, Lawton, Leonard, Looney,

M
Mack(Ann), Mackey, Maling, Manny, Marsh, Matheson(Ann), Matheson(Don.1828), Matheson(Isabel), Matheson(MaryAnn), Matheson(Rebecca), McCombe(Hy), McConachy, McDermott, McDermott(Ann), McDonald(Alex), McDonald(Angus), McDONALD, Ann 1838-1926, McDonald(Ann), McDonald(Charlotte), McDonald(Flora), McDonald(Hec1806), McDonald(Jno1804), McDonald(Jno1847), McDonald(JnoS1837), McDonald(Margt), McDonald(Mary1838), McDonnell(Wm), McEachern(Angus), McEachern(Dunc), McEachern(Jno), McEachern(Wm), McGuiness(Jane), McGUINESS, Thomas 1829-1872, McInnes(Cath1843), McInnes(Cath1849), McInnes(Isabel), McInnes(Isabella.1830), McInnes(Marg), McIntosh(Don), McIntyre(Jno), McKay(Flora), McKay(Margaret), McKeand, McKenzie(Kenneth), McKenzie(Marion/Sarah), McKinley, McKinnon(Neil), McLean(Alex), McLean(Ann1852), McLean(Ann), McLean(Arch), McLean(Cath), McLean(Lach), McLellan(Susan), McLennan(Chr), McLennan(Jno), McLeod(Alex), McLeod(Ann), McLeod(Don), McMahon(Jane), McMahon(Marg), McMillan(Christy), McNichol(Eliz), McPherson, McRae(Alex), McRae(Christine), McRae(Duncan), McRae(Janet), McRae(Neil), McSwain, Meade, Meade(Jane), Mickleborough, Millard, Miller(Eliz), Milne, Mitchell, MONRO, Henry 1810-1869, MONRO (CHRISTIE), Maria Agnes 1836-?, Moore, Munro(Jno), Munro(Rod), Murchison, Murchison(Cath),

N
Naylor, Newell(Jno), Newitt, Nicholson(Don), Nicholson(Marg), Nugent,

O
O'Brien(Mary), O'Leary(Mary1836), O'Leary(Mary1838), Osborn, Outtram, O'Neill, Daniel 1805-1871, O'Toole, Eliza,

P
Paterson, Ann 1803-1846, Pennefeather, Penrose, Pevitt(Louisa), Pevitt(MaryJane), Pevitt(Wm), Philip, Potter, Powell, POWER, Catherine "Kate" 1810-1889, Price, Prior, Price(SarahAnn), Prior, Pulford,

R
REID, James 1834-1915, Reynolds, Ross(Helen), Rowland, Rule, Rundell, Russell,

S
Savige, Savin(Sam), Scantlebury, Sedgwick, Sharpe, Shaw(MaryAnn), Shaw(Wm), Shaw(WmMcKay), Simkin, Slattery, Smith(Geo), Smith(Jas1833), Smith(Jno1816), Smith(Jno1810), Smith(Jno1822), Smith(Jos), Smith(Marion), Smith(SarahAnn), Smith(Tho), Speedy, Stanford, Stewart, Stewart(Marg1868) Stock, Stone, Stoney, Storer, Stuart(Margaret), Swift(Jno), Sypott(Frances), Sypott(Jno),

T
Talbot, Teasdale, Terry, Thomas, Todd, Treloar, Turner(Isabella),

U
Ullithorne,

W
Wagland, Walsh, Ward, Wellner, Wheeler(Eliz), Wheeler(Jan), Wheeler(Tho), Wheely(Mary), Whitworth, Wise(Hannah), Whyte(Chas), Whyte(Robert), Williams(Jno1812), Williams, Wilson(Annie), Wilson(Peter), Wilson(Sarah), Woods,

Y
Young, Youngman



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Brindley=Hiscock 1894
The 1894 marriage of
Henry Hiscock (b. Hotspur 1861) &
Martha Brindley (b. Hotspur 1873)
linked two Hotspur pioneering families.

Jno Brindley & Sarah McDermott 1884
John Herbert Brindley (b. Hotspur 1860),
(brother of Martha above)
& Sarah McDermott (b. Hotspur 1860)
mar. 1884 in Hamilton.
Two sons, 'Mac' & 'Jack' died in
France in WW1.

Francis & Caroline Brindley 1898
Francis Brindley (b. Hotspur 1871),
(brother of Martha above)
& Caroline Wagland (b. Heywood 1871)
mar. 1898 in Caulfield.
Florence Brindley & Frank Fidler
Florence Brindley (b. Hotspur 1880),
(sister of Martha above)
& Frank Fidler (b. Hotspur 1876)
mar. 1906.