G'day Cobbers, Researching McINTOSH from Ross Shire, Scotland, who migrated to Australia and have the following: Descendants of Isabella McIntosh & Thomas BIRCH 1. Isabella McINTOSH b. 1838, Ross Shire, Scotland, m. 17 Jan 1862, in Ipswitch, Qld, Aus, Thomas BIRCH, b. 1839, Yorkshire, UK., (son of John BIRCH and Annie REEVES) d. 8 Nov 1873, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Witness to the Marriage Certificate is a David McINTOSH Thomas: Queensland Death Registration No. 1873/B008095 Children: + 2. i Ann Reeves b. 31 March 1863. + 3. ii David b. 23 Aug 1866. Second Generation 2. Ann Reeves BIRCH (1.Isabella1) b. 31 March 1863, Ipswitch, Queensland, Australia, m. 29 Dec 1881, Joseph Dalziel RUDD, b. 1861, Cambentown, England, (son of Joseph RUDD and Jane TOPPING). Ann died 25 Sept 1893, Croydon, Qld, Australia, buried: 26 Sept 1893, Croydon Cemetery. Children: 4. i William Thomas RUDD b. Dec 1882, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, m. 10 Nov 1928, Alma Muriel GREEN. William died 15 Sept 1947, Warwick res Croydon, Qld, Australia. 5. ii Reeves Elizabeth Isabella RUDD b. 20 May 1882, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, d. 1930, NSW. Queensland Birth Reg No 1882/001829 6. iii Reginald David Bewsher RUDD b. 27 June 1885, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, m. 15 March 1909, Alexandrina MacPherson. Reginald died 25 May 1969, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Queensland Birth Reg No 1885/001828 7. iv Cecil Valentine Killum RUDD b. 17 Sept 1887, d. 1919, ENG res Cooktown, Croydon, Qld, AUS. 8. v Joseph Dalziel RUDD b. 4 Feb 1890. Queensland Births Reg No 90/002630 9. vi Rupert Alexander RUDD b. 7 Nov 1892, Croydon, Queensland, Australia. Queensland Births Reg. No. 90/000960 3. David BIRCH (1.Isabella1) b. 23 Aug 1866, Wivenstone, Ispwich, Queensland, Austral, m. 8 Dec 1888, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Isabella Oliver McLEAVY, b. 29 March 1868, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland, (daughter of Hugh McLEAVY and Agnes OLIVER). David died 26 Feb 1922, Cairns, Qld, Australia, buried: 27 Feb 1922, Martyn St Cemetery. Record in Cairns & District Family History Society Inc. Pioneers & Settlers Register Reference Numbers B92. Children: 10. i Thomas BIRCH b. 18 Sept 1889, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, d. 2 Dec 1918, France; World War 1, buried: France 341 Busigny Communal Cemetery Ext. Service Number 1536 - AIF - WW1 11. ii John Charles BIRCH b. 13 Dec 1890, Cairns. Queensland, Australia, m. 10 Sept 1913, Maud Victoria SPRENGER. John died 13 May 1938, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, buried: 14 May 1938, Martyn St Cemetery, Cairns, Qld, Austral. Record in Cairns & District Family History Society Inc. Pioneers & Settlers Register Reference Numbers B91. 12. iii David (Dod) Temple BIRCH b. 12 June 1892, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, m. 20 May 1932, Beatrice May FRANCES. Uncle Norman BIRCH advises that David was always called Dod. He was a top class butcher and was recognised as the fastest & best butcher at Biboorah Meat Works. 13. iv James Le Fevre BIRCH b. 5 Oct 1894, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, d. 7 Oct 1939, District Hospital Cairns, buried: 7 Oct 1939, Cairns Cemetery. Service No 1002 5968 - AIF - WW1 Death Certificate Reg No 56421 14. v Albert Victor BIRCH b. 18 Apl 1896, Cairns, Queensland, Aus, m. 10 Mar 1917, in Rockhampton, Queensland, Salvation Army, Dorothy McLEAN, b. 7 Dec 1896, Balaclava, Cairns, Queensland, (daughter of Robert Clark McLEAN and Amelia Benton WHITEHOUSE) d. 16 May 1986. Albert died 28 Jun 1943, buried: 1 Jan 1943, Windsor Cemetery, Brisbane. Record in Cairns & District Family History Society Inc. Pioneers & Settlers Register Reference Numbers B90. Queensland Birth Reg No 96/001718 Service No 713A 1486 - AIF - WW1. Medal Inscription: 713 PTE A. V. BIRCH 25 BN. AIF Dorothy: Recorded in the Cairns & District Family Society Inc. Pioneers & Settlers Register Reference Mc44 15. vi Agnes Olive BIRCH b. 27 Feb 1898, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, m. 19 Feb 1916, Albert Ernst WILLIAMS. 16. vii Annie Bella Ivy BIRCH b. 27 Sept 1899, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, m. Jack NORRIS. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Greg Baldwin AIGS 9842 CFHS 8731 Researching Surnames: ALLEN - Cornwall, UK. BALDWIN - Kent, UK>New Zealand> Qld, AUS BENTON - Warwick, UK BIRCH - Yorkshire, UK> Qld, Australia BRODIE - Parish of Boyndie, Banffshire, SCT CLARK - Rhynie & Essie, Aberdeen Scotland EDWARDS - Cornwall, UK. FRANCES - Australia GRANT - Parish of Rhynie, Aberdeen, Scotland INCH - Cornwall, UK>New Zealand LEYLAND - Warwick, UK. LUMSDEN - New Zealand MacDONALD - Inverness, SCT. MASSEY - Ireland>Qld, Australia McFADDEN - Ireland McINTOSH - Inverness, SCT > Qld, Australia McINTOSH - Ross Shire, Scotland>Qld, Australia McLEAN - Garmouth, Moray, Scotland>Qld, Australia McLEAVY - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland>Qld, AUS OLIVER - Roxburgh, Scotland REEVES - Yorkshire (?), UK REYNOLDS - Cornwall, UK. RUDD - Qld, Australia SMITH - Scotland SPENCER - Scotland SPRENGER - Qld, Australia WHITEHOUSE - Warwick, UK. WILSON - Scotland>New Zealand email to: [email protected] snail mail: 33 Johnson Drive, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia 3156 Australian Genealogy: http://opax.swin.edu.au/andrew/aust_genealogy.html