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Marriage: Children:
  1. William Richard Scott: Birth: 1874 in Chatsworth Island Clarence River Nsw ??.

  2. Isabella (Bella) Scott: Birth: 1876.

  3. David Greenhill Scott: Birth: 10 APR 1877 in Chatsworth Island Clarence River New South Wales. Death: 28 OCT 1962 in Mackay, Qld, Australia

  4. George Scott: Birth: 1878. Death: 6 JUN 1958

  5. Robert Scott: Birth: 1880.

  6. Elizabeth (Bess) Janet Scott: Birth: 1882.

  7. James Laing Scott: Birth: 1884.

  8. Jessie Clarence Scott: Birth: 1886.

  9. Minnie Alice Scott: Birth: 1888.

  10. Marguerite (Maggie) Scott: Birth: 1890.

  11. Walter Herbert Scott: Birth: 1892.

  12. Evaline Scott: Birth: 1896. Death: 1967

  13. Person Not Viewable


Notes
a. Note:   ing with her parents and family on Chatsworth Island, Clarence River Nth. NSW (Near McLean) David Greenhill Scott and his brother came out from England as seamen on a ship, having worked on the Suez Canal on the way. (They came from Manchester).
 They arrived at Point Henry, the then landing point for ships coming in to Geelong. (A sand bar prevented entry in to Corio Bay). Aftyer jumping ship they had ab arguement, one brother stayed in Geelong, the other David Greenhill headed north. David Greenhill appears to have settled in the Tweed River or Clarence River Districts.Here he was known as "The big Scott" Familt legend has it that the name "Scott' was added after the Surname "Greenhill" but documents from Manchester say this isn't so.
 David Greenhill Scott married Elizabeth Eddleston on 1 Dec 1873. David possibly worked in the new Chatsworth Sugar Mill ( The first co-operative sugar mill in Australia) David and Elizabeth eventually had 12 children
 Copy of Marriage registered in NSW:- Entry no 2603 Marriage of DAVID SCOTT to ELIZABETH EDDLESTON issued at Sydney on 18 Jul 1995. The family then moved north and settled in the Herbert River district Nth Queensland.
 BIRTH CERTIFICATE COL106912
 Registration District. Manchester.
 1851 Birth in the sub district of Ancoats Manchester County of Lancaster
 Column No 75.
 When and where born. Seventh August 1851. 2 Ridgeway Street.
 Name Daniel Greenhill
 Sex Boy
 Father. William Scott
 Mother Jannet Scott formerly Smith
 Occupation Engineer.
 Signature and Residence of Informant Jannet Scott 2 Ridgeway Street Manchester.
 When Registered Eighth September 1851
 Signature of Registrar William Royston (Registrar)
Note:   Around 1870, when Elizabeth Eddleston was 16 or 17 years of age and liv


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