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Eleanor Mary Reid

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Biography

Birth	15 August 1873	Eleanor Mary Reid was born on 15 August 1873 in Horton, Tasmania, Australia.1
Death	27 March 1954	She died on 27 March 1954 at age 80 in Tasmania, Australia.2

Citations

1. [S2] Tasmania Registry of B, D & M, Birth Certificate, Father: James Henry Reid, Farmer - Mother: Mary Louisa Reid formerly Godfrey - Registered: 25 August 1873 by William Reid, Uncle, Robbins Island
2. [S23] TROVE, Circular Head Chronicle (Stanley, Tas. : 1906 - 1954) Wed 31 Mar 1954, MRS. E. M. SAMPSON. Mrs. Eleanor Mary Sampson, whose death occurred on March 27, at the age of 78, was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid, and was born at Robbins Island, which was leased by the Reid family for a period of 40 years. Mrs. Sampson had been an invalid for many years, and was bed-ridden for the last ten years of her life. As a young woman she won many prizes for horse-riding at Irishtown gymkhanas, and rode in the parade at Stanley held to celebrate the relief of Mafeking in the South African War. Of a kindly and sympathetic nature, the late Mrs. Sampson worked tirelessly in nursing those stricken by the epidemic of pneumonic influenza which followed World War I, and was a keen worker for the Red Cross. She is survived by her brothers, Messrs. James Reid (Alcomie) and Chas. Reid (Smithton). A brother, William B., and a sister, Louise, predeceased her. The funeral service, at the Irishtown cemetery on Monday, was conducted by the Rev. B. D. Allen. The chief mourners were the widower, Mr. Maurice Sampson, brothers and foster son, Mr. Owen Ollington. The carriers were Messrs. R. B., Don., L. S. and Clarence (Dick) Reid (nephews), and the pallbearers Messrs. L. F. Beacom, L. W. Brooks, H. H. Kay and Vern. Boote. Among the many floral tributes were those from :—President and members Smithton Club, Loyal Smithton I.O.O.F Lodge, Smithton Harbour Trust, management and directors Duck River Butter Factory, Past Grand Masters of Loyal Table Cape I.O.O.F. Lodge, Jaeger Bros., B.
   H. Wragg, U. J. Kay and F. C. Hudson.
3. [S23] TROVE, She is referred to in the death notice of her brother William B

Lillian Samuel

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Biography

Birth	1897	Lillian Samuel was born in 1897 in Leichhardt, NSW, Australia.1,2
Marriage	29 July 1922	John William Swasbrick and she were married on 29 July 1922 in Leichhardt, NSW, Australia.3
Death	22 December 1984	She died on 22 December 1984 at age ~87 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.4

Citations

1. [S3] NSW Registry of B, D & M, She was aged 25 at her marriage in 1922
2. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, Name: Lillian Samuels [sic] - Birth Date: 1897 - Birth Place: New South Wales - Registration Year: 1897 - Registration Place: Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - Father: Andrew Samuels - Mother: Elizabeth Samuels - Registration Number: 4193
3. [S3] NSW Registry of B, D & M, Marriage Certificate, Married at All Souls Church - Groom: John William Swasbrick, aged 28; Police Constable; living in Redfern; born Bolga, Victoria; Father - John Swasbrick, Labourer; Mother - Ann Courtney --- Bride: Lillian Samuel, aged 25; Tailoress; living in Leichhardt; born Leichhardt; Father - Andrew Samuel, Labourer; Mother - Elizabeth Lawson --- Registered 8 August 1922
4. [S25] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Name: Lillian Swasbrick - Gender: Female - Death Date: 22 Dec. 1984 - Cemetery: Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New South Wales, Australia - URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/255404784/lillian-swasbrick

James Graham ("Gregor") Roy

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1. [S17] E-mail feedback, Descendants of Rob Roy, Gregor, alias James Graham. b 1741. d 1799 at Greenock. Went to sea. Became a ship's captain in the West Indian trade. m Miss Mary Hamilton, `said to be a grand-daur of the Duke of Hamilton, but this supposition is not proved' - Dick tree. He also contacted another marriage in Scotland. In Jamaica he may have become the father of a female child borne by Isabella, Princess of Diabenti. (Correspondents: Mrs Peggy Davis, Anona, Elderslie, Tasmania 7030, Australia. Also Joanne Jensen, Carinya RSD1760 Bishopsbourne Tas.) Gregors second marriage may have been to Betty Graham or McG as witness the following from GD50/184/84/2K (Quaich No 15 p 108): "Glasgow 19Oct1773 Sir, Whereas as our desire you are to pass credit for Ronald Drummon in Kirktown of Balquhidder to the amount of one hundred pounds sterling of which engagement we oblidge ourselvs to free and relieve you and yours from paying any part thereof in doing wherof you will oblidge. Sir, your humble servants, Grigor Drummond, Betty Graham or McGregor."

Isabella of Diabenti

Biography

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1. [S14] Papers - Anthony Fletcher - Hepburn Family Tree.doc, Based on birth date of oldest child
2. [S19] Email from website, See notes, Confirmed from Rob Roy tree also from Robert William Hepburn's Will - "Lineal descendant by my father, Captain Hepburn of the family of Hepburn of Keith East Lothian Scotland, and by my mother Mary Ann Roy, great grandson of Rob Roy Macgregor, and by my grandmother Isabella Princess of Diabenti, Daughter of the King of the Koromantic Nation of the Gold Coast of Africa I am Prince of Diabenti Lineal descendant of the King of the nation in Africa"