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Alexander Pollock (1841-1915) from Donegal to Balldale

Summary: Alex Pollock was a Ulster Scot farmer who arrived in Queensland aged 29 and settled in the Goulburn Valley of northern Victoria and later near Balldale in the Riverina. Alex Pollock and Mary Jane (Kilpatrick) had five sons...all farmers.

1. Origin of the Pollocks

Pollock is of Scottish origin, and comes from lands of that name in what was Renfrewshire, a few miles south-west of Glasgow, around the city of Paisley. Pollok and Pollokshaws are today suburbs of Glasgow. In the U.S. the name changed to Polk, and the llth U.S. president James Polk was the descendant of Scottish emigrant Robert Pollock.

Many Scots especially from south-western areas emigrated to the northern part of Ireland in the 1600s and 1700s. According to Jim Pollock of Teevickmoy, Donegal, Ireland, two Pollock brothers came over from Scotland in the early 1700s. They settled at Liskeran and Meenavoy, localities just north of Stranorlar in Donegal.

2. Pollocks In Ireland

A map of key localities in Donegal's Finn Valley which are mentioned below

The remaining Pollocks at Liskeran reported that their grandfather Robert Pollock had three brothers, two went to America, and one, Alexander went to Australia. The one who came to Australia was Alexander Pollock. Two grandchildren of the Pollock brother who stayed in Ireland lived until recently at Liskeran; they were Robert Pollock and Tillie Pollock - both unmarried and in their eighties - they were deceased by 2001.

Alexander Pollock was born at Liskeran in 1841. His parents were Samuel Pollock, a farmer, and Jane Thompson. The Irish land records of 1857 lists Samuel Pollock as holding land at Liskeran (also a James Pollock). Samuel held 75acres leased from a George Wilson.

Alexander Pollock married Mary Jane Kilpatrick at Stranorlar on the 12th April 1870.

More on Pollocks in Ireland from Jim Pollock of Moorview, Tivockmoy (aka Teevickmoy).
....Robert and Tillie Pollock's father's name was Alexander, they had an uncle Robert who lived at Dunwiley a mile or two south of Liskeran. Robert Pollock, the uncle, has two grandsons who live in Melbourne, Ivan and Malcolm. Tillie and Robert Pollock had the following brothers and sisters, Samuel, Lily, Margaret, Ernest and Norman (all deceased).

Records show that in 1857 there were quite a number of Pollock holding lands in the adjoining locations just north of Stranorlar:

• Liskeran: James Pollock and Samuel Pollock
• Meenavoy: Richard Pollock, John Pollock, James Pollock (grandfather of Jim Pollock of Tivickmoy) and David Pollock
• Teevickmoy: John Pollock and Joseph Pollock
• Dunwiley: John Pollock

Samuel Pollock Family in Donegal

Alexander Pollock's father, Samuel Pollock married Jane Thompson. Their children are thought to include:

• Sarah Pollock. She is thought to have married John Pollock (note same name), farmer of Meenavoy 15 May 1854.
• Jenny Pollock: baptised 24 May 1837
• Mary Pollock: baptised 17 May 1839
• Alexander Pollock: baptised 12 Nov 1841
• James Steele Pollock: baptised 18 May 1844. Went to America?
• Robert Pollock ; father of an Alexander Pollock - who was father of the last remaining Pollocks at Liskeran
• possibly another son Samuel? who went to America?

3. Kilpatricks In Ireland

Mary Jane Kilpatrick was born at Teevickmoy, two miles from Liskeran in 1848. Her parents were George Kilpatrick, a farmer and Janet Fairman. Her brother Thomas Kilpatrick preceded her in emigrating to Australia, while her parents and many other relatives also moved from Donegal to northern Victoria in the 1870s.

The name Kilpatrick is Scottish in origin, meaning church of Patrick. It is not possible to trace it to a particular location because the same name was used for different places. According to Jim Pollock in Ireland, the Kilpatricks of Teevickmoy had all deceased 'about 70years ago'.

See the Kilpatrick file for more information

Notes on the Finn Valley

4. Arrival of Pollocks in Australia

Alexander Pollock from Liskeran and his wife Mary Jane left for Australia barely one month after their marriage. They sailed on the Young Australia which left London on 17 May 1870 with about 238 passengers. They travelled in steerage but were not assisted immigrants - that is they were in the poorest accommodation but paid their way. The ship arrived at Moreton Bay, Brisbane on the 25 August 1870. [Note: The Young Australia sunk on a return voyage in 1872].

Alexander Pollock worked on a property for a Mr. Barton in Queensland for about 9 months and then moved to Victoria.

5. Other Pollocks Who Came To Australia

One of the Pollocks from Meenavoy emigrated to Australia in about 1860, settling in Queensland. His descendants still live in the Bundaberg area. John Pollock and wife Letitia (nee Dinsmore) from Stranorlar came to Australia in 1869 aged 22 and 20. They sailed from Plymouth 2 Jul 1869 and arrived in Brisbane 25 Sep 1869 on the Royal Dane. They farmed at Beaudesert and moved to the Bundaberg area around 1894. Their family consisted of 8 boys and 5 girls. Most are buried at Bundaberg. John Pollock's father, James is thought to be Samuel Pollock's cousin. James Pollock also married a Kilpatrick, Matilda Kilpatrick.

6. The Pollocks in Victoria

Alexander and Mary Jane farmed in various localities in the Goulburn Valley before they selected 320 acres of land at Taripta, near Kyabram, circa 1881. The following children were born:

1. Samuel George Pollock (1872-1877)
   Born 1872 at Dargalong (near Tabilk and Nagambie). He died at age 5.
2. Matthew James Pollock (1874-1950)
   Born 1874 at Mooroopna. He married Mary Ann Harris in 1901 and died at Yerong Creek NSW in 1950.
3. Robert Pollock (1876-1916)
   Born 1876 at Mooroopna. He married Isabella Annie Wilson and died at Balldale NSW in 1916.
4. Eliza Pollock (1878-1880)
   Born 1878 at Mundoona (near Numurkah). She died aged 2.
5. Samuel George Pollock (1880-1883)
   A second Samuel George was born 1880 at Mundoona. He died aged 3 months.
6. Alexander Pollock (Jr) (1882-1945)
   Born 1882 at Kyabram. He married Annie Isobel Campbell and died at Wahgunyah, Victoria, in 1945.
7. Thomas John Pollock (1884-1964)
   Born 1884 at Kyabram. He died in 1964 at Quandialla NSW [See section below on his family]
8. George Pollock (1886-1949)
   Born 1886 at Taripta near Kyabram. He married Isabella Annie Iver Smeaton in 1912 and died at Tallimba NSW in 1949.

6. The Pollocks Move to Balldale

In 1903 John Morrissey, a member of the Victorian parliament who lived in the Lower Goulburn Valley at Byrneside, purchased the Quat Ouatta estate. This estate on the NSW side of the Murray River between Corowa and Howlong was subdivided by Morrissey and sold to Lower Goulburn Valley farmers in 1903 and 1904.

In late 1903 a party of twelve from the Mooroopna district travelled by buggy and wagonette to inspect and most of them bought around where the village of Balldale now stands. A little later another party of Victorians, from the Yarroweyah and Boorhaman districts, bought blocks. Some of the families that bought Quat Quatta farms included:

• Alex Pollock, from Taripta, near Kyabram
• Mick Kavanagh, "Sunny Hill", from Mooroopna
• Thomas Wilson, "Cluster Hills", came from Mooroopna, and his brother
• Mungo Wilson, "Kavason", from Mooroopna
• Martin Brothers (Alex and Robert), "Errol", came from Mooroopna
• Breen Brothers (J.M. & P.P), "Gelburnie" and "New Park", came from Yarroweyah

The five Pollock brothers all lived in the Balldale area. However they gradually moved away to develop their own farms, until in the late 1930s there were no Pollocks left.

Here is a picture of the students of Balldale Public School in 1918, which includes six Pollock kids

7. Matt Pollock (1874-1950)

Matt Pollock, the oldest son, married Mary Ann Harris on 6th March 1901 at the Presbyterian manse, Echuca. At that time Matt was living at Taripta (as were his parents) and Mary Ann at Kyabram. Mary Ann's parents were Stephen Harris, a farmer originally from Lancaster, England, and Emma Crossman.

For three years Matt and Mary Ann farmed at Taripta and their first three children were born at Kyabram. Between 1904 and 1906 they moved to Balldale where they farmed "Cloverdale" for 21 years and where their other eight children were born. In 1927 the family moved to "Dewdrop" in the Yerong Creek district. Mary Ann died at Yerong Creek at 63 on 7 February 1939. Matt died at Yerong Creek on 13 September 1950 aged 76. In recollections Mary was described as "inclined to be robust, with a round happy face. She was a jolly person, but Matt was rather grave".

Their children were:

1. Thomas George Pollock (1901-1983)
   • born 23 Dec. 1901. He did not marry and died on the 15 July 1983. He is buried at Yerong Creek.
2. Emma Mary Taylor (nee Pollock) (1903- 1991)
   • born 26 Aug 1903. She married Alfred Taylor. They had four children, Alan Alfred (1934), Raymond John (1935), Rita Elizabeth (1937), and Donald Matthew (1938-1964). Both Emma and Alfred died in 1991.
3. Matthew William Pollock (1904-1987)
   • born 6 Oct 1904
     He married Amy Steenholdt, on 22 March 1932; the Steenholdts were neighbours of the Pollocks at Yerong Creek. Matthew and Amy farmed at Milbrulong. He died on 19 May 1987 and is buried in Lockhart cemetery. They did not have any children,
4. Amelia Elizabeth (Mille) Steenholdt (nee Pollock) (1990- ?)
   • born 28 Mar 1907. She married Harold Steenholdt, on 6th March 1929. They had a son Frederick (1932). They lived at Batlow and in 1990 was living at "Kilmarnock", Batlow.
5. Euphemia (Effie) Taylor (nee Pollock) (1909-1979)
   • born 15 May 1909. She married Victor Taylor on 14th September 1938. They had five children, William (1939-1975), John(1942), Geoffrey(1943), Joyce(1946) and Wendy(1949). She died in 1979 and is buried at Yerong Creek.
6. Alexander Edward Pollock (1910- ?)
   • born 4 Oct 1910. He married Veronica Hosie on 18 March 1942 and later a second wife, Edna on 29 September 1979. There were six children, Edwin Barry (1942 died as infant), Kevin James (1943), Colleen Ann (1946) Terence Michael (1948), Lorraine May (1951) and Gregory Patrick (1955). In the 1990s Alex and Edna Pollock lived at 162 Fernleigh Rd., Wagga.
7. Christina May (called May) Howard (nee Pollock) (1912- ?)
   • born 15 Aug 1912. She married Ernest Howard 2 October 1935. They had three children. Heather May (1937), Kenneth Charles (1939), and lan Maxwell(1943). May Howard lives at Lockhart.
8. Francis Harris (Frank) Pollock (1913- ?)
   • born 24 Sep 1913. He married Mavis Jones and they had 7 children; Matthew and Robert (twins,1945), Gary (1947), David and Beverley (twins,1949), Judith (1952) and Kim (1958). His second wife was Joy Bardsley, they married 13th November 1976.
9. Eric Crosshan Pollock (1916-1976)
   • born 16 Jun 1916. He married Edna Whytcross on 2 March 1946. They adopted two children, Rohan Eric (1964) and Trina Megan (1965). Eric died in 1976 and is buried at Yerong Creek.
10. James Stanley (Jim) Pollock (1918-1987)
    • born 29 Jun 1918. He married Gwyneth Hart at St. Andrews Presbyterian church, Wagga. After the marriage they lived at Wagga. They had four children, Anthony (1948), Maxwell (1952), Barbara (1956), and Johanna (1961). He died on 20 January 1987 and is buried at Benalla.
11. Frederick Ross (Fred) Pollock (1919- ?)
    • born 11 Dec 1919. He married Elizabeth Freeman B. 1924) and lived at 25 Higgins Avenue, Wagga. They had eight children: James William (1944), Susanne Mary (1945?), Ross Alfred (1946), Veronica Elizabeth (1949), Desmond John (1955-1976), Colin Alexander (1957),Roger Graham (1960) and Deborah Anne (1963)

8. Robert Pollock

Robert Pollock married Isabella Annie Wilson at her father's property "Cluster Hills", Balldale on the ll October 1905. Isabella's father was Thomas Wilson, one of the original settlers at Balldale and a long serving member of the Hume Shire Council. Isabella Wilson and Isabella Smeaton (who married George Pollock) were cousins. They were named after Isabella Annie Mclver, their common grandmother. More on Isabella Annie Wilson's parents

Robert and Isabella settled on a farm near Balldale called "Glen Ivor",and had 6 children:

1. Mary A. Pollock (1907-1911)
   • Born at Corowa in 1907. She died of gastro-enteritis in January 1911 as in buried at Goombargana cemetery.
2. Isobel M. Pollock (1908-1911)
   • Born Corowa 1908 and buried with her older sister and father, also died of gastro-enteritis in 1911.
3. Christina Ivy Pollock (1909-1961)
   • Born 4 September 1909 at Corowa. She died in Wagga 16 Jan 1961 after being confined to Wagga Base Hospital for more than four years.
4. Robert Jonathon Raymond Pollock (1912-1037)
   • Born at Corowa 14 March 1912 he died aged. 25 at Tallangatta (D/C 15103) in 1937. He is buried at Goombargana cemetery.
5. Bertram George (Bert) Pollock (1913- )
   • Born 21 October 1913 at Corowa. Bert was an officer with the Commonwealth Bank before retirement. His married Alison Graham at Murwillumbah in 1944 and they have a son Tony. They lived at Manly Vale for many years, later residing at Wentworth Falls until moving to Queensland in the 1990s.
6. Ivor Lindsay (Lin) Pollock. (1915- )
   • Born Corowa 3 Aug 1915. He lived in Melbourne where he married Irene Jeffrey on 15th Feb 1942. They had a daughter, Linette. Irene died in 1980. Lin lives at Narooma.

Robert Pollock died at "Glen Ivor" on 26th November 1916, aged 40. According to the Corowa Free Press he died from "a pea rifle wound in the head" and " he had been sick for some time with heart trouble" and had spent the past six months in hospital. He left a widow and family of 5? (Query: Jack Pollock, a 7th child?). Later the family moved to a cottage on the outskirts of Balldale.

From electoral rolls it appears that Isabella Annie Pollock (nee Wilson) and her daughter Christina Ivy were the last Pollocks to remain at Balldale. They were on the roll in 1932, but had gone by 1934. They moved to Wagga in 1937. Isabella died in Wagga 9 August 1960 at 29 Crampton Street where she had been living with her sister Rebecca Hewett. Other brothers and sisters of Isabella Pollock were Madge Wilson, Christine Hall of Ballarat, Kit McDonald of Sydney, George Wilson of Wodonga and Jack Wilson of Balldale and Corowa.

9. Alexander Pollock (Jr.)

Alexander Pollock was born at Kyabram in 1882. He married Annie Isobel Campbell at Kyabram in Feb 1906. They lived at Taripta outside Kyabram for some years, then moved to Balldale for 5 years and then to Wahgunyah in 1920 where they bought a farm, "Shrublands", residing there until their deaths. They had 11 children:

1. Mary Ann Cofield (nee Pollock) (1906- )
   • Born at Taripta in 1906. She married Harold Cofield (1907-1993) on 14 October 1933 at Carlyle Congregational church. They had no children, and lived at St. Leonard's Rd., Wahgunyah from 1933. Mary celebrated her 98th birthday in October 2004 at the Glenview Nursing Home, Rutherglen.
2. Lavinia Barrow (nee Pollock) (1909-1991)
   • Born Taripta 18th Mar 1909, she married George Barrow (1907-1966) on 28 February 1934, at Carlyle church. They had six daughters. Alma (Elma Bryant)deceased 1997, Jeanette (Milthorpe), Anne (Witherdon), Louise (Beal), Joan (Ellis) and Betty (Taft). In 1989 it was reported that Lavinia had 21 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She died at Wahgunyah 12 April 1991
3. Annie Isobel Howard (nee Pollock) (1910-1999)
   • Born 14 Aug 1910 at Kyabram, she married Rupert Howard 6 February 1937 at the Presbyterian Church Corowa. They had two children, Gwen (Cuthbert) and Allan. She lived at "Maryvale", Wahgunyah with her son. Her daughter lives at Wangaratta. Rupert Howard passed away 7 March 1976. Annie passed away 29 December, 1999.
4. Bertha Edna Spencer (nee Pollock) (1911-1965)
   • Born 8 Mar 1911 at Taripta. She married James Spencer in 1933. They had one daughter, Joyce (D'Arcy) and three sons, Alexander, James (deceased 2000) and Ken. Bertha died 20 May 1965, aged 53 and is buried with her husband at Carlyle cemetery (he died 14 August 1965, aged 63).
5. Robert Alexander Pollock (1912-1973)
   • Born 29th Sep 1912, at Taripta. He never married. As the only son, he carried on the family farm, "Shrublands". He served in the second world war and was at discharge a private in the 8th Reconnaissance Battalion. "His fading health forced him to lead a quiet life". He died 15 Dec 1973.
6. Alma Edith Deas (nee Pollock) (1914-1991)
   • Born 23 Dec 1914, at Taripta. She married Robert Deas (d.1985) at Carlyle Congregational church 19 December 1936. They had two daughters, Doreen Joan (Waite) and Lorraine Mary (Schmidt). She lived in Rutherglen. She died 30 November 1991.
7. Elizabeth Emma Dunn (nee Pollock) (1917-2000 )
   • Born 9th Sep 1917. She married Henry Dunn (1915-1978) on 16 June 1940; they had a son David, and a daughter Fay (Miller). She lived in Main St.,Rutherglen and passed away 2 June 2000.
8. Jean Clara Bourke (nee Pollock) (1919-1987)
   • Born 21st Aug 1919, she married David Bourke (d.1960) on 16 December 1941. They had one son, David. She died llth May 1987.
9. Elaine Elsie Buckingham (nee Pollock) (1922-1999)
   • Born 22nd Dec 1922, she married William Buckingham on 22 July 1943 at the Congregational church Rutherglen. Their two children are John William who lives at Rutherglen and Joy Elaine (Woodberry) of Milawa. They have seven grandchildren. William and Elaine Buckingham lived on a farm "Tralee" near Lake Moodemere, Rutherglen. Elaine passed away 31 October 1999.
10. Doreen Alice (Doss) Nott (nee Pollock) (1922-2001 )
    • Elaine's twin born on 22nd Dec 1922. She married Charles Stanley Nott (d.1990) on 4 March 1942 at the Corowa Presbyterian church. They had three daughters, Shirley Ann Wilson (Walla), Beverley May Renshaw (Rutherglen) and Judith Maree Unger (Canberra). There are 5 grandchildren, and one great grandchild (as at 1989). Doss passed away 12 February 2001.
11. Betty Pollock
    • Born at Corowa and lived only 16 hours.

Alexander Pollock died 28 September 1945 aged 62 years. Annie Isobel died 22 September 1942 aged 58. She was a lady with "a quiet and kindly disposition". She had five brothers and four sisters. Her father was William Campbell (b.1837 Lisnagroat, Derry, Ireland - d. 1923 Temora, buried Kyabram). He came to Australia with parents in 1847. Her mother was Mary Ann (Weston).

Alexander and Annie Isobel Pollock are both buried at Carlyle cemetery between Rutherglen and Wahgunyah.

10. Thomas John Pollock

Tom Pollock, born at Kyabram in 1884, lived at Balldale for some years, before setting up a farm at near Temora, and south of Quandialla, in the 1920s and later at "Spring Valley", Quandialla. He died in 1964. His wife. Ester Swan died 6th April 1971 and is buried at Temora cemetery. Children were:

1. Maisie Barry (nee Pollock) (c1907-1957)
   • Born 1907 or 1908 out of wedlock to Tom and Ester. She moved to Victoria aged 19 and married Lionel Barry when 20. She had six children: Lionel Edward, Jean Margaret, Hazel Christine, Patricia Ann, Brian John and Paul Howard. She died 13 May 1957 at her house at 20 Farm Street, Newport
2. John Thomas (Jack) Pollock
   • Died 1986
3. Muriel Butt (nee Pollock) (1918-1984)
   • . She married Cliff Butt. She passed away 8 December 1984 aged 66 years
4. Joyce Margaret Hoad (nee Pollock)
   • She married Lyle Hoad of Trungley Hall at Young Methodist Church 28 May 1949. Her children were: Geoffrey Hoad (1952), Jannelle Hoad (1956) and Ken Hoad (1961). In 1993 Joyce lived in Temora.
5. Don Pollock (1932- )
   • Born 1932. He lives at Young. Don's wife is Leonie Harris. Their children are Jenny Sue (Scalmer) (b.1956) of Carlingford, Sydney; Kerrie Lee (Avis) (b.1957) and lives in Fadden, Canberra; Lex Donald Pollock (b.1959), who lives at the original family farm "Spring Valley"; and Mark (b.1961) who lives at Mulgoa

11. George Pollock

George Pollock, born at Taripta in 1886, lived at Balldale until 1924. He married Isabella Annie Iver (Bell) Smeaton at her parent's house at Eugowra on 27th March 1912. They then farmed at Balldale until moving to Tallimba near West Wyalong and purchasing the farm "Avondale" from a Mr. Lampe.

George and Bell Pollock had the following children:

1. William James (Bill) Pollock (1912-1990)
   • Born 14th October 1912 at Wahgunyah, Bill married Josie Brehney and lived at Tallimba where he had a machinery dealership. He later left Tallimba to live in West Wyalong. They had three children, Colin (1950), Kay (1952) and Beverley. Colin lives in Coff's Harbour, Kay at Parramatta, and Beverley in Canberra. Bill died in November 1990 and is buried in West Wyalong cemetery.
2. Alexander Smeaton (Bob) Pollock. (1914- )
   • Born 21 October 1914?, Bob married Joyce Hillier in 1947. He farmed at "Avondale", Tallimba for many years, and later at West Wyalong. They have two sons, Noel and Dennis. In 2002 Bob and Joyce lived in Boswell St., Wagga.
3. Mary Hillier (nee Pollock) (1916-1976)
   • Born 19 June 1916? at Wahgunyah, Mary married Mark Hillier in 1938 (the brother of Joyce, above). They lived at Tallimba and later at West Wyalong. Mary's children are Brian, Graham, Ronald, Leonard, Cheryl and lan. She died in 1976 and is buried at West Wyalong.
4. Catherine Isobel (Kitty) Rumble (nee Pollock) (1918- )
   • Born 12 January 1918 at Wahgunyah, she married Colin Rumble in 1950. Colin was an non-destructive testing engineer for pipelines. Her family was raised in Sydney, and consists of Michelle, Katrina (Pickle) and Craig. Kitty (in 2002) lives in Hawthorne Ave., Chatswood.
5. Ivy Ellen (Helen) Edwards (nee Pollock) (1919 - )
   • Born 9 June 1919 at Corowa. She married Kenneth Edwards in 1946. They had two daughters, Patricia and Julie. Helen had a dress shop at Surfer's Paradise.
6. Violet Joan (Vi) O'Connell (nee Pollock) (1920-1999)
   • Born 8 September 1920? at Corowa. She later lived in Sydney, marrying Harry O'Connell. She had three children, Terry, Kathy and Anne. She later lived at Gravesend where she died in 1999.
7. Edward John (Ted) Pollock. (1922- )
   • Born 25 May 1922 at Wahgunyah. He share-farmed in the West Wyalong area. In 1947 he married Heather McPherson at the West Wyalong Presbyterian church and later farmed "Mallee Plains" , two miles from Wyalong. In 1961 the family, Tony, born 1949 and Neil, born 1952, moved to Caragabal. In 2002 Ted enjoyed his 80 birthday at Caragabal.
8. Ella Christina McDermott (nee Pollock) (1924-1981)
   • Born 11th September 1924 at Corowa. She married Eric Lander in 1944. Her children included twins Frank and David, Wayne and Sonya. To Bill Turner she had Lex, Robert, Michael and Sheree. Bill Turner worked in the timber industry and was killed in a work accident. Ella later married again and was Mrs. McDermott. She lived a long time at Dorrigo and Wauchope and died at Cowra in April 1981. She is buried at West Wyalong. Many of her children were adopted out.

     Wayne Lander (born 1947) was adopted and became Peter Browne. Peter is a well-known outback artist at Silverton who was recently (2002) living in Lawang, East Java, Indonesia. Sonya became Sonya Pilon and is now Sonya Cassidy. She lives at Terrigal, NSW. Bob and Michael Turner lived at Wauchope and now Port Macquarie. Lex and family live at Port Sorell, Tasmania and he works at the Rosebery mine. Sheree married Mark Cooper and also lives at Port Sorell, about 20kms out of Devonport. They have two children Luke and Shaun.

9. Beryl Margorie Gray (nee Pollock) (1925-c1998).
   • Born 25 July 1925 at Temora, she married Noel Gray in 1950. Her sons are Peter and John. They lived at Epping for many years before retiring to Foster. Beryl died ca. 1998.

George Pollock died in June 1949; his obituary in the West Wyalong Advocate reads in part:

Mr George Pollock, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Tallimba district dies in the West Wyalong district hospital... The late Mr Pollock. who was 62 years of age, had been ailing for some time... In 1924 he came from Balldale to Tallimba where he purchased the well-known "Avondale" property from Mr. V.T.Lampe. Of a retiring disposition... [he did not take an active part in the public life of Tallimba, but he gave practical support to all movements for the advancement of Tallimba and district. His wife predeceased him in 1937 and he leaves a family of 3 sons and 6 daughters. The sons are William and Alexander (Bob) of Tallimba, Edward of Clear Ridge. Daughters are Mrs. M. Hillier (Tallimba), Mrs. K. Edwards (of Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf), Mrs. E. Lander (Dorrigo), Misses Kitty and Beryl of Tallimba and Violet of Lithgow. His two brothers Messers Matthew Pollock: of Yerong Creek and Thomas of Quandialla were present at the funeral...

Isabella Pollock died in May 1937; her obituary reads in part:

The death occurred at Concord (Sydney) on Wednesday last of Mrs. Isabella Pollock, wife of George Pollock of "Avondale", Tallimba. The sad event cast a gloom over the Tallimba district as Mrs. Pollock was one of the most popular and highly respected ladies in the district, and her untimely demise, at the comparatively young age of 49, was deeply regretted by her wide circle of friends. Her cheerful disposition endeared her to all she came in contact with... She was a member of the Tallimba branch of the CWA and was Hon-Sec of the Brennan's Tank P&C. Although not enjoying the best of health for the past two years, she had only been seriously ill for the few days prior to her death, which was caused by pleurisy, ...attendance of over 400 people.. pallbearers, T.McClintock, J.Mitchell, M.Hillier,Jr., A.E. McClintock ...

11. Death of Alexander and Mary Jane Pollock

Alexander Pollock died at Balldale on the 16th November 1915 at the age of 74 years. He was described in the Corowa Free Press as "one of the oldest settlers of Balldale". He was buried at Hopefield cemetery.

Mary Jane Pollock died at Balldale on the 16th September 1924 aged 76 years. She is also buried at Hopefield.

12. Number of Descendants

Mary Jane and Alex raised five of the eight children born.
These five had 42 children (an average of more than eight each) - 39 of whom lived to adulthood.
These 39 grandchilden of Alex and Mary Jane produced 106 great-grandchildren (plus two adopted). These grand-children of Matt Pollock of Yerong Creek numbered 40, George Pollock of Tallimba 31, Alex Pollock of Wahgunyah 22, Tom Pollock of Quandialla 13, and Robert Pollock of Balldale 2.
It is likely that the next two generations have now pushed the number of descendants well above two hundred.

Thanks

Thanks to , W.J. (Jim) Pollock of Tivockmoy, Donegal; Debbie Pedrana, Kitty Rumble (nee Pollock), Bert Pollock, Joyce Hoad (nee Pollock), Trevor Purkiss, Don Pollock, Mary Cofield, Fay Miller, Sheree Cooper.