Peter ARMSTRONG

Abt 1821 - 1890  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Peter ARMSTRONG
  Birth	Abt 1821	Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Nov 1821	Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
  Census	6 Jun 1841	Wylam Hills, Wylam, Northumberland, England
  Residence	3 Jul 1848	Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
  Immigration	25 Mar 1855	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1856	Hiscock's Gully, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	31 Aug 1868	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	21 Nov 1872	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1882	Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	11 Jul 1889	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Death	4 Jan 1890	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	6 Jan 1890	Buninyong Cemetery, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I75	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John ARMSTRONG,   b. Abt 1793, Town Green, Whitfield, Northumberland, England d. 21 Nov 1872, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth WILKINSON,   b. Abt 1798, Green Dyke, Allendale, Northumberland, England d. 24 Aug 1827, Black Cleugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1817	Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth STEPHENSON,   b. Abt 1822, New Shield, Alston, Cumberland, England d. 13 Sep 1897, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1848	Allison's Bank Toll House, Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  Notes	WESTERN MORNING NEWS, Thursday 28 December 1922 ROMANTIC WEDDINGS. FACTS ABOUT GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES. The announcement that the once-famous smithy at Gretna Green has been condemned as a danger to motorists, and is to be removed, is, it seems, not altogether accurate. The buildings made historic by the runaway marriages of former times were converted into a curio shop a number of years ago, when the blacksmith removed his residence to a house across the road. It this house, and not the older one, which is now sought to remove. As the scene many hundreds of runaway marriages, among them those of many titled persons and others who late in life, rose to fame, Gretna Green will go down to history as a rather romantic spot. References crop up from time to time. It is only few years ago that a batch of the original marriage certificates of between the years 1825 and 1854 was sold by auction in London. That batch contained some illustrious names, and must have been of high interest to not a few noted families. In the early decades of last century, and no doubt prior to that, runaway marriages seem to have been common enough. The couples always sought the border as the only place where they could be married with some show of legality without the necessity of publication of banns. But all of them did not go to Gretna Green for that purpose. There were obliging “priests” at other places, such Paxton, Lamberton Toll, and Coldstream. It must not be supposed that all these marriages were of a clandestine kind. They were not. The stern Nonconformist type of religion practised for generations in these wild moorland districts made marriage for certain couples impossible at their own parish church. Others disliked publicity given to a local wedding. Many attempts were made by such bodies as the General Assembly to suppress the whole system which made runaway marriages possible, but without success. It was not until 1856, when Lord Brougham (who himself was married at Gretna) carried an Act through Parliament making such marriages illegal unless the persons concerned had resided in Scotland 21 days, that a stop was put the proceedings. At the beginning of last century David Long, "the Gretna blacksmith," was the man to whom fugitive lovers went to be married. He joined hundreds. When the railway was carried to Gretna business in the matrimonial line, seems to have been brisk, and at times fifty marriage ceremonies would be gone through by a single "priest," so-called, whom there were no fewer than four competing for business. They actually had touts at the station. The most famous of the last who held sway until the passing of the Act was John Murray, of Sark Toll Bar. The toll bar is gone, just as the smithy may disappear. Marriages, however, did not take place at the smithy. They did either at the toll bar or at one other of the inns, one of which had for its sign a man and woman clasping hands over an anvil. As to fees, there was, of course, no fixed sum. Those who tied the nuptial knot would take a shilling or less from poor people. A half-crown was accounted a satisfactory sum, and a seven-shilling fee was looked upon as a stroke of luck. But the fees did not cover the whole of the expenditure. The man who performed the ceremony, if it can be so styled, kept an inn, where the newly-wedded couples, when they could afford it, spent a good deal of money in the entertainment of the “company,'' and in the main for the benefit of the landlord.
  Children	1. John Stevenson ARMSTRONG,   b. 26 May 1849, Stonehouse, Coanwood, Northumberland, England d. 14 Sep 1917, 404 Lydiard St north, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years)   2. Hannah Jane ARMSTRONG,   b. 8 Nov 1850, Newhouses, Lambley, Northumberland, England d. 10 Apr 1917, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia (Age 66 years)   3. Joseph Wilkinson ARMSTRONG,   b. 28 Oct 1853, Stonehouse, Coanwood, Northumberland, England d. 9 Jun 1912, Wellsford Rifle Range, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (Age 58 years)   4. Thomas George ARMSTRONG,   b. 30 Oct 1858, Winter's Flat, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Jun 1925, Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 66 years)   5. Elizabeth Ann ARMSTRONG,   b. 18 May 1863, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia d. 30 May 1889, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Ballarat Star, 15 February 1890 advertisement for sale of land, etc. FRIDAY, 7th MARCH, At 12 o’clock. GRAND ORCHARD AND GOOD DWELLING HOUSE, &c., WITH SUNDRY GRAZING PROPERTIES, IN THE PARISH OF YARROWEE, All of which are Well Fenced and Watered. To be Offered in Lots. FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, JAM-MAKING UTENSILS, And FINE CABINET ORGAN. In the Estate of PETER ARMSTRONG, Deceased. J NOBLE WILSON (The Ballarat Trustees Executors & Agency Company Limited) will sell at auction, as above, The several PROPERTIES belonging to the late Mr Peter Armstrong, situate in the parish of Yarrowee. Lot I. That splendid orchard called “Alston Gardens,” about 4 acres, being part freehold and part under residence area; deeply trenched, grand soil, and trees in full bearing; with 7-room cottage thereon, kitchen, and jam-making premises, with all necessary appliances; stable, shed, pigsty, &c. This property is well protected from the north winds, and is only about 4½ miles from Ballarat. Lot II. 1½ acres, residence area, with small cottage thereon, adjoining Mr Jenkin's property, and next but one to the above. Lot III. About 1 acre, held under garden license, immediately opposite Lot I. Lot IV. About 11 acres, on the Napoleons road, being partly freehold and part held under 49th section, and nearly opposite Lot I. Lot V. About 20 acres, held under 49th section; all rents paid, and numbered allotment 16 of section IV on parish plan of Yarrowee. Lot VI. About 12a 2r 6p, adjoining Lot V., facing the Napoleons road, and is held under grazing license. Lot VII, 20 acres, being allotment 14 of section 6, parish of Yarrowee, adjoining the property of Mr J. Hetherington. Lot VIII. 40 acres, held under 49th section; all rents paid, marked on parish plan as allotments 42a and 42b. Lot IX. 95a 2r 22p, freehold, being allotment 131s, parish of Yarrowee; splendidly fenced (post, two rail, and wire), good grazing land, also well timbered. Lot X. 111 acres, held under grazing license, well fenced with post and five and six wires. There is good timber on this property; part of it marked on parish plan as allotment 131v. Being an executors' sale, the properties must be sold, and will be offered in lots as above. The FURNITURE comprises chiffonier, sofa, tables, pier-glass, chairs, chest of drawers, looking glass, bedstead, &c. The Live Stock consist of horse, 3 milch cows, steer, heifer, and bull calf. There are also spring-cart, dray, quantity tools, and other sundries. Titles can be inspected at the office of Mr S. F. Mann, Solicitor. Further particulars obtainable at the office of The Ballarat Trustees Executors & Agency Company Limited, Camp street. INVENTORY Tulloch and McCarthy owned the Royal Standard Brewery in Ballarat. S. Cohen and Sons, Ironmongers were situated at 105 Sturt Street, Ballarat. McVitty, A., and Co., Timber and Produce Merchants, Doveton street south, Ballarat. Andrew Fotheringham, blacksmith, died in 1899 in Cambrian Hill.