Alexander DEWAR

Male Abt 1815 - 1883  (~ 68 years)   Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Alexander DEWAR  [1, 2, 3
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth Abt 1815  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration: Arr. 12 Mar 1830 
    Per "Warrior" to Western Australia with parents. 
    Burial 1883  Cemetery, Strawberry, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 Apr 1883  Strawberry, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John DEWAR,   b. Between 1782 and 1784, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1854, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)  (Father) 
    Mary Jane PATERSON,   b. Abt 1790, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1853, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)  (Mother) 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Person ID I622  MyBradyTree

    Father John DEWAR,   b. Between 1782 and 1784, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1854, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane PATERSON,   b. Abt 1790, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1853, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1814  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsElizabeth COOK,   b. 1823, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1892, Chapman Valley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1838  Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Ann DEWAR,   b. 15 Apr 1841, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1866, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    â–» John KNAPP  m. 16 Oct 1860
    >2. Mary DEWAR,   b. 1842, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    +3. Janet DEWAR,   b. 1844, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1892 (Age 48 years)
    â–» John Cummins BONE  m. 1862
    +4. Elizabeth DEWAR,   b. 28 Jul 1847, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1884, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    â–» David BRANDIS  m. 19 Apr 1869
     5. Margaret Jane DEWAR,   b. 1849, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +6. Margaret Jane DEWAR,   b. 1851, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1935 (Age 84 years)
    â–» Charles WEBBER  m. 31 May 1871
     7. John DEWAR,   b. 21 Jul 1851, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1940 (Age 89 years)
     8. Ellen DEWAR,   b. Abt 1854, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1870 and 1880 (Age ~ 16 years)
     9. Mary Jane DEWAR,   b. Between 1859 and 1860, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED
     10. Alexander DEWAR,   b. 1862, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1865 (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1815 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Nov 1838 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1883 - Cemetery, Strawberry, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Apr 1883 - Strawberry, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Ships
    Warrior

  • Notes 
    • He farmed with brother Robert on ‘Coulston Farm’ in Swan district 1841 – 1854. Moved to Greenough in 1854 (200 acres tillage lease 1871) Bought adjoining block Lot 228 from Alt Carson 1861. Employed 3 T/L men 1863, 1866, 1870 inc. builder (1866)

      poss. info http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/shipping/warrior.htm

  • Reference  #BFTWA. "Alexander DEWAR". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I622&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed July 10, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S69] Rica Erickson, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J, Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia pre-1829-1888 Vol III D-J.

    2. [S642] shawp-at-grdton.training.wa.gov.au, Patricia Shaw.

    3. [S680] Geraldton Family History Society Incorporated, Pre-1901 Pioneer Family Register.