James Alexander MASTERTON

1821 - 1902  (81 years)

• Name	James Alexander MASTERTON  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Aug 1821	Culross, Perth, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Logie, Perthshire, Scotland   [3]
  	aged 15, possible
  Census	1851	Beauclerk Place, Alva, Stirling, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	aged 29
  Immigration	Dec 1852	Victoria, Australia   [5, 6]
  	aged 28, on "Ticonderoga" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticonderoga_%28clipper%29
  Employment	Aft Dec 1852	Jas Patten (Kilmore), Victoria, Australia   [7]
  	as Agricultural Labourer
  Occupation	Woollen Handloom Weaver (1851); Agricultural Labourer (1852); Gentleman (1896); Night Porter (1902)  [1, 4, 7]
  Cause of Death	Senility exhaustion 2 months. Dr J K Ramsey. Last seen 24 Oct 1902  [8]
  Residence	1856	George St, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia   [7, 9]
  	Labourer, freehold
  Death	26 Oct 1902	10 Trinian Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [8, 10, 11]
  	aged 82
  		James Masterton death 26 October 1902, 10 Trinian Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	27 Oct 1902	St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [8, 12]
  	aged 81, Presbyterian C, No 247.
  Person ID	I225	Mastertons from Culross
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	George MASTERTON,   b. 7 Dec 1778, Culross, Perth, Scotland d. 18 Jun 1857, Chilnealy (?) Street, Alva, Clackmannan, Scotland (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Agnes(s) (Annie) BROWN,   b. Bef 26 Nov 1781, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. Bef 18 Jun 1857 (Age < 75 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1804	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [3, 13]
  	listed as George Mastertown
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet PARK,   b. 19 May 1828, St Quivox And Newton, Ayr, Scotland d. 24 Oct 1905, Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1847	Alva, Stirling, Scotland   [3, 8]
  Children	1. George MASTERTON,   b. Bef 30 Mar 1849, Stirling, Scotland d. 1903, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia (Age > 53 years)   2. Alexander MASTERTON,   b. Bef 30 Jun 1850   d. Bef 1879 (Age < 28 years)   3. James MASTERTON,   b. 1853, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. Bef 1879 (Age < 25 years)   4. John MASTERTON,   b. 1855, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. 27 Sep 1932, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Age 77 years)   5. Janet (Jeanette) MASTERTON,   b. 1856, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. Aft 1902 (Age > 47 years)   6. Agnes May MASTERTON,   b. 1858, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. Aft 1902 (Age > 45 years)   7. Mary Hamilton MASTERTON,   b. 1860, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. Aft 1902 (Age > 43 years)   8. Jane Creighton MASTERTON,   b. 1863, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. 1866, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia (Age 3 years)   9. Catherine Park MASTERTON,   b. 1865, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. Bef 30 Sep 1936, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age < 71 years)   10. William Henry MASTERTON,   b. 1867, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. 1913, Prahan, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 46 years)   11. David McCulloch MASTERTON,   b. 17 Aug 1869, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Apr 1919, Corner of Kangaroo Road & Normanby Street, Oakleigh, Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021

  
  

• Headstones

  James Masterton and Janet Park and grandchildren Plot: Presyterian C; No 247

  
  

• Notes

  mother's maiden surname not known on death certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S373] David McCulloch Masterton and Rose Reynolds marriage. [S441] ChristineR, Masterton Website. [S9] General Registers of Scotland, Scotlandspeople. [S200] 1851 Census. [S364] Public Record Office, Victoria, Index to Assisted British Immigration 1839-1871. Book 7 p 109. [S365] Julie Ruzsicska, The Journey. [S363] Geoff Masterton, Masterton Website. [S374] James Masterton death. [S366] Victoria Electoral Roll. [S194] The White-Scott-Judd-Davie Family. [S352] Victorian Registry, Births, Deaths, Marriages. [S367] PW Tucknell, The Necropolis, Melbourne, Cemetery Records. [S81] David Lowndes, Descendants of John Masterton & Christian Drysdale.