John Allan BLAIR 1843-1935
&
Hannah LARKIN c.1846-1932

John Allan BLAIR 1843-1935, b. Melbourne, Port Phillip, son of ...... & ...... He became a selector and farmer of Bahgallah, near Casterton, S-W Victoria, Australia in about 1870.

Hannah LARKIN c.1846-1932 was born in Co Antrim, Ireland daughter of Patrick LARKIN & Mary McBRIDE and arrived in Australia before 1865. Her sister Mary LARKIN c.1834-1903 who married James "Jimmy" REID 1834-1915 and brother James LARKIN c.1840-1931 who married Bridget McNAMARA c. 1835-1902, also emigrated to Australia.

John Allan BLAIR and Hannah LARKIN appear to have married before 1869 (marriage not located) as they had 7 children from 1869 to 1888 in the Casterton area. Hannah LARKIN had previously married in 1865 at Mount Gambier, S-E South Australia to Daniel MULLANE / MALANE / MILINE and they had a daughter Eliza born 1867 Mount Gambier and died in 1867 at Sandford, S-W Victoria.

The seven BLAIR children attended school at Bahgallah in the 1870s, '80s and '90s and their father John BLAIR was recorded as a farmer of Bahgallah during this period.

In 1932 Hannah BLAIR died at Casterton, S-W Victoria and was buried in the Casterton cemetery. Her husband, John Allan BLAIR died at Casterton in 1935 and was also buried in the Casterton cemetery.

John Allan BLAIR & Hannah LARKIN had the following known family...

1. Mary Jane BLAIR, b. 1869, Bahgallah, S-W Victoria, d. 1936, Casterton, S-W Victoria, m. 1902 to Patrick Albert DWYER 1875-1934, b. Kirkstall, Victoria to Patrick DWYER and Julia CARROLL. No children. Mary BLAIR signed the 1891 Womens's Suffrage Petition at Casterton.
2. William John "Jack" BLAIR, b. 1871, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1954, Hamilton, S-W Victoria, m. 1906 to Caroline HARVEY 1870-1957, b. Digby, S-W Victoria to William James HARVEY and Ellen BURNS. 1 child. Jack BLAIR Served in the Boer War in South Africa with the 5th Victorian Contingent. Named on Bahgallah Honour Roll.
3. Elizabeth Ellen "Eliza" BLAIR, b. 1873, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1915, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
4. William Charles "Hairy" BLAIR, b. 1875, Bahgallah, S-W Victoria, d. 1906, Mildura, N-W Victoria. Served in the Boer War in South Africa with the 4th Victorian Bushmen's Contingent in 1900-1901. Named on Bahgallah Honour Roll.
5. Patrick Lawrence "Laurie" BLAIR, b. 1877, Casterton, S-W Victoria, d. 1937, Casterton, S-W Victoria.
6. James Allan BLAIR, b. 1880, Bahgallah, S-W Victoria, d. 1911, Wentworth, New South Wales.
7. Margaret Blair BLAIR, b. 1888, Coleraine, S-W Victoria, d. 1960, Coleraine, S-W Victoria, m. in 1915 to Richard John O'DONNELL 1879-1949, b. Casterton, S-W Victoria, farmer of Coleraine, d. Hamilton, S-W Victoria. 4 children.