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William HALLIDAY
b. 1845 Johnston, Dumfries-shire; son of John HALLIDAY, sailor, & Margaret GILLESPIE; childhood in Dumfries; 1865 to Falklands [Malvinas], sailing from Sunderland, employed by F.I.C. as shepherd on 20-year contract; 1885 sailed with EBERHARD on "Rippling Wave", explored area of Gallegos estuary, rented government land at Hill Station, then moved with family (plus father-in-law William MACCALL); bought first sheep at Ea. San Gregorio; joined by Jack RUDD, constructed first buildings; 1888 sold first wool-clip to British merchants; 1903 parents travelled to Scotland with 4 children to finish their schooling - all bar son James returned within a year; 1909 handed over management of Hill Station to son John; d. 1917 British Hospital, Buenos Aires; bur. Hill Station
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m. 1874 Darwin, Falkland Islands [Malvinas], witnesses James
FELL and
Jane MCCALL (marriage
registration)
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Mary MACCALL
b. 1854 Dalton, Dumfries-shire; dtr. of William MACCALL & Bridget Blanche RAE; d. 1917 British Hospital, Buenos Aires; bur. Hill Station
Children:
(born at High Hill, Darwin, Falklands / Malvinas)
1. Agnes Jane, b. 1874; m. 1898 George MCGEORGE; d.
1938; bur. Hill
Station
2. Mary, b. 1876; m. 1897 Henry JAMIESON; d. 1953
3. William ["Willie"], b. 1877; d. 1890 (accident with horse); bur. Hill
Station
4. John, b. 1879; m. 1908 Catherine JOHNSTON,
of Dumfries; 1909 manager Ea. Hill Station; d. 1939 Ea. El Zorro; bur. Hill
Station
5. Margaret, b. 1881; 1903-04 school in Dumfries; m. 1919
William BODDEN, Canadian; d. 1953 Vancouver
6. Anne, b. 1883; 1903-04 school in Dumfries; m. 1920
Robert JOHNSTON, of Dumfries; d. 1957 Maxwelltown
7. Archibald ["Archie"], b. 1884; manager of Ea. Cañadón
del Rancho; m1. 1913 [1916?] Margaret Calander SINCLAIR; m2. 1938
(her sister) Helen SINCLAIR; d. 1943 British
Hospital, Buenos Aires
(born at Hill Station, Patagonia)
8. Mabel, b. 1888; 1903-04 school in Dumfries; m. 1917 Buenos Aires,
Ernest Alexander MILLER; d. 1974; bur. Hill
Station
9. James ["Jimmy"/Santiago], b. 1893; 1903-08 school at Dumfries
Academy, Scotland; 1909 St. George's College, Buenos Aires; m. 1923 Alice Maud
COLLINS; d. 1966 Caleta
Olivia
HALLIDAY Family Photo Album: selection
HALLIDAY Family Burial Ground: Hill Station, Río Gallegos, Prov. Santa Cruz