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7. Mary Thomson CAMPBELL (1) was born in 1824 in Pollockshaws, Scotland.(10) date estimate from 1845 marriage Lorna Robertson remembered staying with great grandmother king and her two +
single daughters in Brougham Street Wellington. Grannie lived to be 90. Aunt +
Jennie was head of a dept in Kirkcaldies' showroom- nice looking and very +
correct. Aunt Mary was a simple type and she owned and ran a little +
haberdashery shop

She was married to William Campbell KING (son of John KING and Margaret LANG) on 28 Jun 1845 in Paisley Middle, Scotland.(26) (27) William Campbell KING was born in 1819 in Glasgow, Scotland. One family tree shows 1822 birth, another shows 1819 baptism in Glasgow He was born in 1822 in Scotland.(28) date estimate from 1845 marriage He resided 29 Glen Street in 1845 in Paisley Middle, Scotland.(29) He immigrated on 21 Jul 1856 to Melbourne, AUS.(30) (31) from Paisley, Scotland in the sailing ship "The Duchess of Argyle" He immigrated in 1861 to Dunedin, NZ. (32)(33) from Melbourne, Australia He resided Hokitika in 1864 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (34) With his wife and family, emigrated from Paisley (Scotland) to Melbourne in the
sailing ship "The Duchess of Argyle" and came over to Dunedin during the Otago
gold rush. Mary Thomson CAMPBELL and William Campbell KING had the following children:

child+22 i. John KING was born in 1845 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (35)(36) He was christened on 26 Oct 1845 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. He died about 1916 in Melbourne, AUS.
child+23 ii. William Campbell KING was born on 6 Mar 1847 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (37) family said 1837, but King family tree shows other children 1849 etc. and parent's marriage is found in 1845 He was christened on 21 Mar 1847 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (10) He died on 9 Sep 1920 in Stratford NZ. (10) He was buried on 12 Sep 1920 in Kopuatama Cemetery, Stratford, NZ.(10) He was an Undertaker and carpenter in Hokitika, New Zealand. with his father; later to Timaru then Normanby, worked in a saw-mill He was a plate layer in railway to New Plymouth. He resided Stratford in New Zealand. built a house on 12.5 acres of bushland ten children. Another branch of the King family also came out to NZ at the same +
time.
child24 iii. Marion Campbell or Mirren Thomson KING was born in 1849 in Paisley Middle, Scotland.(38) (39) She was christened on 4 Mar 1849 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (10) She died in Dec 1853. (40)
child25 iv. Margaret KING was born in 1850 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (41)(42) She was christened on 3 Nov 1850 in Paisley Middle, Scotland.(10) She died about 1868 in Christchurch, NZ. (10)
child26 v. Mary Thomson KING was born in 1852 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (43)(44) She was christened on 5 Dec 1852 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. She died on 11 Nov 1926 in Wellington, NZ.
child27 vi. Hugh KING was born in 1854 in Paisley Middle, Scotland. (45)(46) He was christened on 8 Oct 1854 in Paisley Middle, Scotland.
child+28 vii. Alexander Bertram KING was born about 1855 in Ballarat, Victoria, Austalia. (47)(48) He was an Accountant before 1930.(49) He died about 1930 in Hokitika, New Zealand.(50) date from date of probate He had an estate probated on 1 Nov 1930 in Hokitika, New Zealand.(51)
child29 viii. Jane Campbell KING was born about 1859 in Ballarat, Victoria, Austalia. (52)(53) She died on 14 Aug 1933 in Hokitika, New Zealand.
child+30 ix. James KING was born in 1860.(54) He was born about 1867 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (55) He was a Stationer before 1938. from probate index He died on 6 Nov 1938 in Hokitika, New Zealand.(56) He had an estate probated on 17 Nov 1938 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (57)
child+31 x. Robert Muir KING was born about 1863.(58) Scotland or New Zealand He was born about 1868 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (59)
child32 xi. Alfred Edward KING was born on 3 Dec 1867 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (60)(61) Scotland or New Zealand He died on 12 Nov 1875 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (62)(63) He was buried on 16 Nov 1875 in Hokitika, New Zealand. (10)