Agency:
Jacobina Burn
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1763
End Date:
10 Jan 1851
Description:
Jacobina Burn (1763-1851) nee Hunter was born in Edinburgh. She was granted land in Van Diemen's Land, taking it near Hamilton and calling it Ellengowan (1821). ;;;;The widow of David Burn (1758-1798), a marble cutter of Edinburgh, Jacobina arrived in Van Demen's Land on the 'Westmoreland' on 5 May 1821. Her son David arrived in September 1824 with his small daughter Jemima Francis Burn (1822-1919) (later Irvine), leaving his wife behind in Scotland. In 1832 he married a second time to Catherine Fenton.;;;;Jacobina died at Bothwell on 10 January 1851 and is said to be buried in the private cemetery at Dennistoun, Bothwell beside her aboriginal maid.
Information Sources:
K R von Stieglitz, "The History of Bothwell and its early settlers on the Clyde," p.78
Functions Performed:
Family archives
Related Agencies:
| Irvine Family (NG2606) | 23 Oct 1865 | 12 Jan 1916 |
Series Created By Agency:
| LMSS14 Letters Written by Mrs Jacobina Burn, Mainly to her Grand-Daughter, Jemima Irvine. | 01 Jan 1835 | 31 Dec 1847 |