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Monte Grande Additional Records - Page 7-B
The Colony of Monte Grande, additional records - Page 7-B
ADDITIONAL RECORDS WHICH MAY BE RELATED: --
(1) Maria McClimont [sic], age 28, born Scotland; died October 7th, 1831,
(2) John Robson listed as (Robertson), age 21, born Scotland (Farm-worker), died April 7th, 1829,
(3) Symmetry passenger number # [?] - couldn't match it; however, Passengers numbers 85 & 87 are ages 30 & 24 respectively. Both are Servants - James has a wife, Catharine. Neither have any children lissted, other is JOHN.-- [baptised at MONTE GRANDE [COLONY] - ARCHIBALD WATSON on January 6th, 1827; born November 21st, 1826 to ARCHIBALD & ELIZABETH WATSON (FARM SERVANTS)].
MARRIAGE DECLARATIONS IN BEUNOS AIRES, 1856-1866: --
(1) JOHN GRIERSON, age 30, born in [c1828] Buenos Ayres, of English parents.-- to JANE DUFFY, age not listed, born in IRELAND - Declaration on July, 1858; married August 18th, 1858, Church in St.
A[ndrews - marriage declarations made at the British Consulate in Buenos Aires, transcribed from the national archives, Kew]. I believe he is the son of William Grierson & Catharine Montgomerie.
ST. JOHN'S BURIALS, VICTORIA, 1854-1855, burials in the Victoria Cemetery, 1854-1855 - Archives: 35-25-03:
(1) JAMES GRIERSON, born c1771, Scotland; died April 11th, 1855 - aged 84 years. I believe he is the son of William Grierson & Catharine Montgomerie.
(2) JAMES GRIERSON, bor c1826, Buenos Aires, Argentine Province; died April 27th, 1857; (FARMER) died of T.B. [Consumption]; died in Buenos Aires - aged 31 years, (Reverend) James Smith. These are most likely the burial dates. I believe he is the father of William Grierson (FARMER) and colonist of Monte Grande who wrote the Voyage of the Symmetry.
N.B.: "Servants were not domestic servants, generally, but farm servants, e.g. ploughman, dairymaid, labourer, etc. Maiden names, where known, are given in parentheses. These are not shown in the original, neither are the names of the children. (Reverend) [James] Dodds renders the Mc and Mac prefixes as M`, as far as I can tell, the Symmetry colonists all adopted the Mc prefix. Dodds names the captain of the Symmetry as William Cochrane. According to Cecilia Grierson, granddaughter of William Grierson, Cochrane was the normal captain of the Symmetry but was replaced by Captain Smith for the voyage to Argentina."
Source: (1) Records of The Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and their Churches, by Rev James Dodds. Published Buenos Aires 1897, (2) Iain Stewart's, "From Caledonia to the Pampas, pp. book, (3) Records of baptisms celebrated at St. John's Church, Buenos Aires, 1825-1900, J. Armstrong minister, (4) Consular Registers, by Maxine Hanon, (5) St. Andrews's Cathedral Archives.
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Robertson, John and William - of Roxburghshire. Founded the first successful British colony in Argentina in 1824 at Monte Grande, six leagues from Buenos Aires, on 16,000 acres that they had purchased. About 250 Scots left Edinburgh in May 1825 and when they debarked from the ship Symmetry on August 8 the entire assembly drank a toast of whisky and sand "Auld Lang Syne." By 1829 they were 514 Scots in the colony, but a civil war plunged Argentina into chaos and brought an end to Monte Grande. The Robertsons were ruined but the Scottish colonists dispersed and founded many pioneer estancies, opening Presbyterian churches and schools wherever they went. The St. Andrews Church at Buenos Aires, the first presbyterian church in South America was opened with an entirely Scottish congregation in 1835.14
The Colony of Monte Grande, additional records - Page 7-B
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