McIntoshTHE FAMILY ARCHIVE＋ Add to our storyLocal history, family memories and the records that help us connect the two.
Murdoch McIntosh’s role in early Forster is recorded in a museum researcher’s account. His name lives on in McIntosh Street; Elizabeth’s legacy includes a gift of church land.
Read Ruth Stocker’s local-history article ↗Forster Fortnightly · 22 December 2021 · PDF page 10PDF page 10. A published secondary account, not a substitute for original certificates.
2021-12-22Lists a land allotment to Murdoch McIntosh in 1861; identity and timing require reconciliation with the 2021 account.
2024-11-28Eight-page compilation, including Ancestry tree printouts. Original held privately. Dates and relationships remain research claims until independently checked.
2013-12-24Historical details extracted from correspondence forwarded in 2026. Private addresses and unrelated correspondence are excluded.
2013-12-16One sheet shows John, Ann, Mary, Norman, Neil, Catherine and Christy. Murdoch, Marion and younger John are not visible on this sheet; the archival reference and continuation still need locating.
1852Article credits Wallamba & District Historical Society. Includes historical portraits and Lot One. Issue date and full archival citation remain to be located.
Undated; received 2013Identity follows the handwritten caption. The photograph’s original date and photographer are unknown.
Photograph undatedThe family collection now includes a labelled photograph of Norman and historical newspaper cuttings. Contributors receive credit, and submissions are reviewed before appearing here.
Share a memory →The original family notes and the published account differ on Murdoch’s parentage and marriage year. Elizabeth’s printed birth date and age at death also conflict. A later chronology lists an 1861 allotment to Murdoch, while the 2021 account places his arrival in Forster in 1868. These are research questions, not silently corrected facts.
The supplied Ontario passenger sheet is headed 1852. It shows John, Ann, Mary, Norman, Neil, Catherine and Christy. The remaining children in the typed family roster are not on this sheet; a continuation and archival reference are still needed.
Phillip’s forwarded correspondence preserves Keith Southall’s 2013 research: eight pages of family charts, passenger transcriptions and ancestry notes. It connects John McIntosh and Ann Macleod to the Skye generations and extends Norman’s family through Mona May Parker. These are family research findings, with independent verification still needed.
Norman’s birth is recorded as 23 August 1883 in Forster in the compilation, but as 1884 in Wingham in Phillip’s notes. Murdoch’s marriage and death dates also differ between accounts. Both versions remain visible in the relevant profiles.
See Norman’s photograph and story →The family supplied a scan of one immigrant-list sheet. Seven McIntosh names are visible, ending with Christy, aged 13. Keith’s typed roster lists eight children, including Marion, Murdoch and the younger John; those three are not visible on the supplied sheet.
The research narrative distinguishes Sydney arrival on 26 November from quarantine release on 15 December 1852. The original archive entry and continuation are needed to confirm the full family. The scan and private correspondence are retained in the research collection rather than reproduced here.