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Elizabeth
Borthwick
(5
Aug. 1814-5 Dec.1865)
Does anyone in the
Daisey or Singleton family have a photo or sketch
of Elizabeth or Michael Daisey they would be willing
to share?
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(Granddaughter
of John BORTHWICK & Elizabeth DINWOODIE of Scotland)
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*** If any descendant
of Elizabeth Daisey, nee Borthwick, visits this page I would be
delighted to hear from you. The Singleton branch of the family
is one of the largest & most widely distributed branches in
the family. And the Daisey branch is difficult to research as
I have been unable to find descendants who are able to share dates
and details for the family members. I'd love to hear from anyone
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Early
Life in Scotland
Elizabeth Borthwick, was born on 5 August 1814
and baptised in Glasgow, Scotland. The Old Parish Records for Glasgow,
headed August 1814, contain the following entry: :
Borthwick. William Borthwick
Clerk & Helen Paterson a Law'l Dau'r Elisabeth born 5th. Witn's Thomas
Strathern & Rob't Jackson.
We don't yet know who these witnesses were
or whether they were connected in any way with our Borthwick family.
Elizabeth was the second child of this name
born to William Murray Borthwick
and Helen Paterson. Another Elizabeth had been born in Denny, Stirling, Scotland
on 27 December 1810, but died in April 1812 when she was only 15 months
old. She was buried in the Churchyard at Symington, Lanark, where her
great-grandparents, Thomas Paterson & Marion Kay, her mother's grandparents,
were then buried.
In 1814, the year this second Elizabeth
was born, the family seems to have been living in Glasgow as William
Murray Borthwick appears in a Glasgow Post Office Directory in that
year:
Borthwick W M , Star Office;
house, 27 Gibson street.
As yet we don't know anything about the
"Star Office" (insurance or newspaper?) and haven't traced
27 Gibson St. In about 1817 the family moved to Hamilton and later Edinburgh,
until about 1829, then I've lost them until they left the UK and sailed
to Australia in 1833. Elizabeth's education must have taken place in
Scotland. She was 18 years old when the family arrived in Sydney, Australia
on the "Lady East" in November
1833.
Settling
in Australia
As an 18 year old Elizabeth, like her older
sister Theressa, may have found employment outside her home when she
first arrived in Australia. If so, we do not have any idea what she
might have done. Her father worked for two years for William Cox of
Hobartville and then two years for Colonel Dumaresq.
Elizabeth would have been about 25 years
old when the family moved to Inverell in the late 1830s. Did she go
with them or stay in the New England or Hunter valley?
When Elizabeth was 24 years old she had
a daughter, Helen Paterson Borthwick, born out of wedlock on 1 September
1837. (A "merrybegotten child" as they said in the Parish
registers of the 1700s and 1800s.)
It is not certain at this stage whether
Helen was born in Sydney, the Hunter Valley or the New England. In 1847
when she was baptised, the church was told that Helen's father was "George
Batchelor, Settler of Ellangowan". One of Helen Paterson Borthwick's
great-grandsons has searched for George Batchelor without success so
if any reader has any advice or leads about finding him we would be
very pleased to hear from you.
Marriage
to Michael Daisey, 1844
The Hunter Valley Parish Registers record
that on 20 June 1844 Elizabeth Borthwick of Scone, spinster, married
Michael "Deasy" of Scone, bachelor, at St Luke's Church of
England, Scone. The Official was John Morse AM, Chaplain of Scone.
No occupation is given for Michael Deasy.
Witnesses to the marriage were Elizabeth's sister Jane Borthwick, of
Scone, and her brother Thomas Paterson Borthwick. It is not known what
Jane was doing at Scone at this time. Their parents had moved to Inverell
in the late 1830s. At least some members of the Borthwick family had
been settlers at Murrurundi and "Maryland" New England in
1839. (The place called "Maryland" has not yet been located.
It may have been Maryland near Tenterfield and Stanthorpe.)
There will be another page on this site
for Thomas Paterson Borthwick but he held a licence for The Fitzroy
Hotel, Singleton in 1853, 1854 and 1856.
Helen was seven years old at the time of
her mother's marriage and it is said that Michael Daisey brought her
up as his own child, although she did not change her surname. It seems
that the family lived at or near "Auburn Vale" for some time as William
Murray Borthwick refers to his son-in-law Michael Daisey being there
in a letter written to the Commissioner for Lands in August 1946, and
in 1849 Michael and Elizabeth's first son was born at Gum Flat near
Inverell.
More
about Michael Daisey
His descendants understand that Michael
Daisy came to Australia in 1834 and that the Daisy / Daisey family originally
came from Sutherland in Scotland and moved to Ireland. We don't yet
know, however, what ship Michael Daisey arrived on or what he did when
he first embarked in this country.
Nor do we know exactly when and where Michael
Daisey was born. His birth year was given as follows: Age at 1st marriage
was 30 = born circa 1814. Age at 2nd marriage was 52 = born circa 1815.
Age at death was 67 = b. circa 1815.
Frederick Morrison, MA, MD, in Aldine's
History of Queensland, Volume II, 1888, p.530, says the following
about Michael Daisey:
The late Michael Daisey, as
one of the early pioneers, may fairly claim a place of recognition
in this work. He was in every sense of the word a self-made man, and
well made at that. He was born in Ireland in the year 1815, and arrived
in New South Wales about 1836, and was employed by the late Peter
McIntyre, in whose service he saw some rough life, overlanding, etc.
He soon acquired a good knowledge of stock generally and their management.
He, with two others, came from Maitland to the New England district,
and took up the well known runs of Byron and Auburn Vale. In 1858
he went into the Maranoa district to inspect Coogoon, which he purchased
from the late Sir J. P. Bell. The following year he took sheep and
cattle there, and formed the station on which he carried on successfully
until the year 1873, when he sold it. He became a landowner and resident
of the West Moreton district in 1861, and resided there until his
death in 1881. The Coogoon run is situated in what was known as the
"Never Never" country, Talavera being on the one side and Mount Abundance
on the other.
The sources for this information are not
given however, making research difficult.
It is said that Michael Daisy acquired pastoral
experience in the Maitland area before acquiring two runs in the New
England area of NSW. ("The Changing Years. History of Shire of Waroo",
G O Armstrong ....Bendemere Shire History...?) He is not listed in "Squatting
in Crown Lands in NSW" and it is thought that the New England properties
may be references to "Byron Station", a run claimed and then leased
by Peter McIntyre, and "Auburn Vale", claimed and then leased by William
Murray Borthwick. A Michael Dacy (Daisy) was one of nine free men employed
on Byron Plains in 1840. (Elizabeth Wiedemann, World of Its Own,
Inverell Shire Council and Devill Publicity, 1981, p.39.) It is believed
that Peter McIntyre taught him about the pastoral scene. Instead of
taking pay he took cattle and before long had enough to start on his
own.
A "Michael Deasy", who was of
Blairmore at the time, had been witness to the wedding of Charles Singleton
and Mary Keating on 10 September 1840. (Hunter Valley Parish Register)
It is not known whether this is the Michael Deasy who married Elizabeth
Borthwick but Charles and Mary became the parents of of Joseph Singleton,
who in 1862 became Elizabeth Daisey's son-in-law. Did Michael Daisey
have anything to do with the introduction of Helen and Joseph?
Daisey descendants believe that Michael's
first property was near Tamworth. "Daisey's Crossing" over the Balonne
River between "Talavera" and "Newstead" apparently still exists.
Moving
to Queensland, circa 1849
Michael Daisey and Elizabeth Borthwick probably
moved to Queensland around the time of John William Daisey's birth in
1849.
If as stated on his death certificate Michael
Daisey had been in Qld. for 47 years this would mean he went to Qld.
in 1834. We know this isn't correct so it would seem that the 47 years
refers to his period in the colonies, hence the assumption that he arrived
in Australia in 1834.
In NSW the properties with which Michael
had been connected were Byron Station (Peter McIntyre's run), Auburn
Vale (William Murray Borthwick's run) and the place near Tamworth (unnamed).
The following are some of the Queensland
properties with which Michael Daisey is said to have been connected:
Whetstone. Extract from Moreton Bay
Courier Saturday 12th June 1852. 'Squatters in The Northern Districts'
Licensed occupants of Crown Lands in the Moreton Bay District and paying
assesments on stock there depastured: Darling Downs District : - Michael
Daisey, 'Whetstone'. - Hodgson & Davidson, 'Eton Vale'.
Coogoon. Descendants advise that
the Daiseys bought "Coogoon" in Queensland from Sir Peter Joshua Bell
in 1856. (This property is also referred to in the records as Cagoon,
Cogoon and Cagoone.) However an extract from Moreton Bay Courier
Saturday 9 October 1852 refers to Michael Daisey being at Coogoon at
that date. "Prospecting for Gold' by R Shannon, Warick, 24th Sept. 1852.
I minutely inspected McDougall's
"Oakey Creek" (far-famed I believe), but owing to the great want for
water, could not make the trial wished for. Horses heads were next
pointed to Fleming's Public House, Devines, and Michael Daisy's "Cagoon".
Was Michael a squatter or a purchaser? or
perhaps one and then the other?
Michael Daisey stocked Cagoon with sheep
and cattle but sold the property after serious cattle stealing problems.
("The Changing Years. History of Shire of Warooo", G O Armstrong
....Bendemere Shire History...? from DG)
In 1862-71 Michael Daisey was recorded as
Leaseholder of a Pastural License at Coogoon Creek. (Is this different
to the property "Coogoon"?) So it seems that he must have sold the property
sometime after that. The Electoral Roll for the district of Maranoa
1863 (is not in alphabetical order) records "Daisy, Michael, Coogoon
Leaseholder Coogoon Creek".
Moogoon. (Also referred to as Magoon
and even Moongone!) This property is above Surat on the Balonne River.
It eventually became part of the "Warkon" holding. (Warkon passed through
the hands of five different owners between 1850 and 1875.)
An extract from the Moreton Bay Courier
Saturday 15th October 1853 indicates that it was transferred to Michael
Daisey in that year:
Transfers of Runs.
Darling Downs Alex Campbell, "Whetstone"' & "Swithland" , to P Devine.
Kettle & Spinks, "'Moogoon", to Michael Daisey.
On the 1864-65 Roll of Electors in the Drayton
& Toowoomba Electorate 121 is listed "Michael Daisy, Moongone,freehold".
Little Pocket. 1867-70: Michael Daisey
was freeholder at Little Pocket, West Moreton Div.
Murella. In 1870 Michael Daisy bought
"Murella" from Peter Joshua Bell.
Other properties he acquired, each of 16,000
acres, were "Coolaba", "Uraller", and "Dunwoodie".
If any reader knows anything about these
properties or their history I would be delighted to hear from you. Please
email me!
Children
of Elizabeth and Michael Daisey
Michael and Elizabeth Daisey had a son named
John William on 18 June 1849. (He is recorded as Daisy on the Pioneers
index.) His birth was registered in NSW and apparently also at Ipswich,
Qld. However John William Daisy's baptism was registered at Armidale,
Church of England, 18492694 V35.
The second son of Michael Daisey and Elizabeth
Borthwick was Thomas James Daisey who was born in 1855 and died in 1856.
I will write much more about John William
Daisey and his family but for the moment will quote Frederick Morrison,
MA, MD, Aldine's History of Queensland, Volume II, 1888:
John William Daisey, JP, was
born at Gum Flat, near Inverell New South Wales, in 1849, but left
there when an infant and came to McIntyre Brook. When eleven years
old he came to Ipswich with his parents and attended Mr Thomas Fraser's
private school for about 6 years. On leaving that institution, he
entered the Ipswich Grammar School, where he remained until 1867,
at which time he was sent by his father to his station, to gain experience
in station management. As soon as he was considered competent he took
the management of Coogoon, where he remained till that station was
sold in 1873. After about two years hard struggle against dry seasons
& bad country, he came to his present station, Murilla, bought by
his father, in the Maranoa District & remained as manager of that
station up to the time of his father's death, when he came to Ipswich
to look after his father's estate & the important enterprise of breeding
of choice draught stock & the cultivation of their feed. He soon afterwoods
started a sawmill at Mudgaraha, near Nerang, with a partner, and spent
�13,000 in the enterprise, and now has the satisfaction of knowing
that he possesses one of the best mills in Southern Queensland; then
he went into coal-mining, bought largely of shares in the "Bore Hole"
and Cooniana, which enterprise was not very profitable as the supply
of coal seemed to be greater than the demand. He still carries on
the breeding of heavy draught stock, for which he has taken several
prizes at pastoral and agricultural shows.
[Note: Mudgaraha is Mudgeeraba, where there
were three sawmills on the Springbrook Rd, off the Nerang/Currumbin
Rd, in 1976.]
John Daisey married and had a young family
(see below) but died very suddenly after a heart attack on the day he
turned 40 years old. He didn't leave a will and it is thought that soon
afterwards the Queensland branch of the Bank of England collapsed, leaving
the family with significant financial problems. Many of their properties
and assets had to be sold.
Michael and Elizabeth had retired to "Bremer
Lodge" in Ipswich when it was time for their son John to enter Ipswich
Grammar School. On 5 December 1865 Elizabeth Daisey died at Bremer Lodge,
aged only 51, leaving Michael and their surviving son, John William,
aged 16.
Michael
Daisey's remarriage to Annie Hodgson
Two years later Michael Daisey remarried.
His new wife was Annie Hodgson. Michael and Annie did not have any children
of their own but she became a second mother to John William and a much-loved
"Auntie Daisey" to his children and grandchildren. The marriage was
announced in the Queensland Times of 3 Sep 1867:
Marriage: At residence of father
of the bride by special license by Rev W Hill, Michael Daisey Esq.
of Bremer Lodge formerly of Co. Cork Ireland, to Annie, eldest daughter
of William Hodgson Esq. of Jessie Vale, a native of Cumberland England.
It seems that Bremer Lodge was also the
venue for weddings as an extract from Queensland Times, 5 September
1868 (printed under Deaths!) reads: On 20th Aug at Bremer Lodge, the
residence of Michael Daisey, by Rev J Gardiner, Frederick Ellis to Amelia
Curtis.
The
Daisey / Hodgson Family
Another Daisey / Hodgson marriage took place
in 1875 when John married his step-mother's sister, Sarah Jane Hodgson.
The marriage notice was in the Queensland Times of 19 June 1875:
At residence of bride's father
by Rev Lloyd C Williams, Rector of St Luke's, Ipswich, John William,
son of Michael Daisey, to Sarah Jane, the youngest daughter of William
Hodgson of Brayton, Dugandan.
John and Sarah had seven children, of whom
lived to adulthood. In brief they were: Jane Elizabeth Daisey, Michael
William Daisey, Annie Hodgson Daisey, Sarah Jane (Cissy) Daisey, John
Fletcher Daisey, Elizabeth Clara (Clara) Daisey and Edith Mary Daisey.
Descendant surnames include: BAMBRICK, BRADY,
CARSBURG, CHANDLER, DAVIS, FLACK, GREENFIELD, KEMP, LAMBART, LEUTCHFORD,
McINDOE, STOKES, TIBBITS, WEBER, WILLIAMS and WILLIMOTT. If you are
connected to any of these families I would love to hear from you. Please
email
me!
On 25 February 1862, at Auburn Vale, Inverell,
Helen Paterson Borthwick, who was then aged 25, married Joseph Singleton,
son of Mary Keating and Charles Singleton.
Helen and Joseph Singleton had nine children,
seven of whom survived to adulthood. Their first child Anney, born
1863 and died 1864) was buried with other Borthwick family members
at Auburn Vale. Other children were John Borthwick Singleton, Helen
Paterson Singleton, Charles Singleton, William Borthwick Singleton,
Joseph Singleton, Donald Fletcher Singleton, Elizabeth Jane Singleton
and Anne Singleton, who also died as an infant.
This is a very large branch of
the Borthwick family and one on which there is much more research
to be done. If you are connected in any way to Helen Paterson Borthwick
and Joseph Singelton please get in touch with me. Descendant surnames
include: ANDREWS, BAMPTON, BAUMGART, BECK, BLAIK, BOISEN, BRAITHWAITE,
BRYANT, CHAPMAN, CHISHOLM, COLEMAN, COLLINS, COOPER, CRABBE, DALTON,
DAVIS, DONALDSON, DOYLE, EARL, EDWARDS, EMMANUEL, ERICKSON, EVANS,
FELDHAM, FERRIS, FITZPATRICK, FLETCHER, GILES, HARRIS, KAJIWESKI,
LENSKE, LIFFEN, LYNCH, MANDELKOW, McCOSH, McLENNAN, MOGG, MOORE, MORETON,
MULLER, NEILSON, PARKER, PENNELL, PLUMB, RAIKE, SANTOS, SELLARS, SINGLETON,
SMYTHE, STEPHAN, STANOVIC, STEWART, SUCHTING, TAINTON, UPTON, WARKE,
WHETTAM, WHITE, WIELAND, WILLIAMS, WILLIAMSON, WOODS and YOUNG.
Death
of Michael Daisey
Michael Daisey's Death Notice was published
in the Queensland Times, on 31 May 1881, and in the Brisbane
Courier of 7 June 1881:
DAISEY, Mr Michael - On 28 May
at Iffley, Ipswich, Michael Daisey, age 66 years.
1879-81: Transfers of real estate by death.
Claimants Anne Daisey and John William Daisey, grazier, both of Ipswich.
Will drawn 18 October 1873, No 990.
There
will be more:
There is a great deal more
to be researched and written about the Daisey and Singleton families.
Please visit these pages again, and if you have an interest, or would
like to know what other information I have, or if you have information
yourself that might add to this story, please get in touch with me.
Some References:
* Elizabeth Wiedemann, World of Its Own, Inverell Shire Council
and Devill Publicity, 1981.
* The Squatting
Directory for New South Wales

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