Alcorn, William (married Margaret Dorrough)

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NameAlcorn, William (married Margaret Dorrough)Date of Birth12/11/1830Date of Death25/11/1926BiographyWilliam Alcorn was born 12 November 1830, Omagh, County Tyrone, to Joseph and Mary (Nee Osborne) in Omagh Tyrone, Ireland.

William’s mother, Mary, was possibly the sister of Henry Osborne of Marshall Mount. She probably died soon after he was born in Ireland.

His father Joseph remarried Elizabeth Warnock in Ireland, and it is believed they had five daughters (half-sisters to William) -

Letitia b.1836 (married Andrew Carson Alcorn, died 1879, Berrima)
Elizabeth Jane b.1838 (married Christopher Funston, died 1927 Berrima)
Mary Ann b.1843 (married James Dorrough, died 1914, Lismore)
Margaret b.1846 (died 1946)
Ellen b.1848 (married Robert Alcorn, died 1931, Ballina)

We have no shipping records for William Alcorn, and there are several different reports as to when he arrived in the colony.

In William's obituary it states he arrived in 1855 at 25 years old. Other sources say he was 10 years old (c.1840), and came to Australia with his uncle Henry Osborne.

William’s sisters Elizabeth Jane and Mary Ann, arrived as single females aboard ‘Chance’ in 1860.

William’s father Joseph aged 59, and sisters Letitia aged 23, and Ellen aged 19, arrived as ‘widowed families’ in 1865 aboard ‘Trebolgen’.

William Alcorn married Margaret Dorrough 13 May 1857. Margaret was the daughter of Matthew and Martha Dorrough. One of Margaret’s brother’s, James, married William’s sister, Mary Ann.

William and Margaret farmed at Shellharbour and Foxground for about 15 years before moving to ‘Hawthorn Park’ at Bowral in 1871, where they lived for the rest of their lives.

William and Margaret had no children.

External LinkAlcorn Dorrough Wedding 1857 Last edited by: June Hockey

The Late Mr AC Alcorn 1906The Alcorn Memorial 1907Golden Wedding 1907The Late Mrs James Dorrough 1914Death Mrs James Dorrough 1914Celebrating Diamond Anniversary 1917Bowral Nonagenarian 1922 Last edited by: June Hockey

92 years of Age 1922Old Bowral Residents Combined Ages 260 Years 1922Nonagenarian's Death 1926In Memoriam Mrs Margaret Alcorn 1926The Late Mrs Alcorn 1926Obituary William Alcorn 1927William Alcorn 1927Death Elizabeth Jane Funston 1927Death Elizabeth Jane Funston 1927Mrs Ellen Alcoen 1931Obituary Ellen Alcorn 1931Alcorn Photo Album - Colin Macdonald

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William Alcorn. Photo courtesy of Colin McDonald.

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