William Goodsir

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Jason Goodsir &
Rhonda Thomas
Jason Goodsir writes:
William Goodsir would marry twice in his life before he died in Newcastle NSW in 1887. William would father three more children to another woman , Emily Louisa Taylor , the first of these children was conceived when Emily was only fourteen years old , William would marry Emily when she was only seventeen years old and William was Fourty nine years old . William was my great , great, great grandfather.
In 1887 on or about the 30^th of March William Goodsir committed suicide by drowning himself in the ocean and was washed up on Long Beach Newcastle. We know that he took over his brother John's Timber and Ship building business when John returned to Scotland and it would be a few years before the work ran out for William. He was majorly in debt, he never declared bankruptcy, he never reached out to his family for a loan either as his Brother David and his eldest son David James Cook Goodsir were very wealthy men, both worked as Customs officers. In fact David Goodsir, Williams eldest brother was the very first Customs Officer in Australia, but I will save his story for another day. I do not believe that William Goodsir committed suicide, for some very strange reason think that he was murdered because he could not pay back his creditors.
The name GOODSIR is a Gaelic translation from the word GUIDSIR. Guidsir means Grand Wizard, Grand Chief and Grand Father. During the proclamation of the McGreigor name from the late 1500's to the late 1600's, all the McGreogor clan had to use aliases, and as our great relatives were Guid Chieftans of the McGreigor clan some began to use and adopt the last name of Guidsir translated into English for the British, turned out to be GOODSIR.

• Occupation. shoemaker & master weaver

• emigrated. They emigrated to Australia aboard the New York Packer with their 5 children in 1842. They lived with his brother David Goodsir in Macquarie House from 1842 - 1843. In 1843 William and family moved onto the land of his brother John Goodsir after John returned to Scotland with his family .

• connection. Jason Goodsir's connection to me through the Keighran line is as follows:
Jason Goodsir (c1965)
His father was Robert Goodsir (c1925)
His father was Alfred Goodsir (c1895)
His father was Solomon Goodsir (1870)
His father was David Goodsir (c1840)
His father was William Goodsir (1808) & he also had Edward Goodsir (1837) who married Malina Coulon (1841)
Her father was Adolphus Coulon (1806)
His father was Joseph Coulon (1763) who married Helene Cottrell (1768) who also married Andre de Mestre (1755)
They had Adolphus Coulon (1806) who married Mary Fowler (1812)
Her father was Henry Fowler (1791) & he also had Elizabeth Fowler (1819) who married Joseph Warby (1818)
His father was John Warby (c1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802) who married James Layton (c1804)
They had Eleanor Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808) who also had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Another link to me through the Barton line are as follows:
Jason Goodsir (c1965)
His father was Robert Goodsir (c1925)
His father was Alfred Goodsir (c1895)
His father was Solomon Goodsir (1870)
His father was David Goodsir (c1840)
His father was William Goodsir (1808) & he also had Edward Goodsir (18370 who married Malina Coulon (1841)
Her father was Adolphus Coulon (1806)
His father was Joseph Coulon (1763) who married Helene Cottrell (1768) who also married Andre de Mestre (1755)
They had Prosper de Mestre (1789)
He had Katherine de Mestre (1836) who married David Ramsay (1832)
He had Kenelm Kierston Ramsay (1877)
He had Robin Ramsay (1921) who married Robert Barton (1918)
They had Louise Barton (1951) who is partners with Lyn Fletcher (nee Davies) (1952) who is my sister

William married Elizabeth Williamson on 12 Jan 1829 in Fife, Fifeshire Scotland. (Elizabeth Williamson was born on 20 Jul 1808 in Scotland UK and died on 10 Aug 1852 in Sydney, NSW Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• source. & Jason Goodsir (Jason@ram-tec-info.com.au) who writes that they were married on 27 December 1828 in Scotland