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I am a relative of Mary Keenan who Married John Campbell Houston. They lived in Jumbunna, he was a miner, and one of their children Jean Elizabeth Houston who married to Hugh Crocker having son Barry Crocker (singer) (my uncle) and My Mother Laurel Crocker. Its amazing to have found some info on this line here. I have been looking into Mary Houston (nee Keenan)s history. She was burried up in Bendigo Cemetery on 5/09/1973, Interment Number: 043954, Section: LAWN 2: Grave Number: 43954. Anyway I found alot of info on her and some on John C Houston here http://www.thekeenans.id.au/index.htm. I never knew they lived in Jumbunna until I moved out to Wonthaggi 10 min from Jumbunna and my mother mentioned that this was where my relatives on her side had settled. How weird ! so now I have to hit the historical society here. I really hope you find your Christina Campbell. I was so happy to find Mary and be able to visit her grave in Bendigo.karenmcc wrote:Hi Anne,
I hope you can prove this is your Christina somehow. I had a look around for the Houstons to see if there was anything interesting about them and found this database http://www.homeofhouston.com/deathhou.PDF which shows that John CAMPBELL HOUSTON ended up in Victoria, Australia, married and had kids out here. ( I haven't done very much Australian research, but Victoria seems to be one of the states which doesn't seem to have very much free info on the net.) I don't know how or with whom he came out, but maybe someone else might be able to find these details.
I wonder if the families had any contact once they were all out here? Is there any older members you can ask? My great aunt ( by marriage, no blood relations from that generation left) denied any knowledge of an alias my family were using up until they left scotland, but as soon as I found most of the details myself she amazingly remembered!
Karen
