The family was:
John Hamilton – born 1800 Dublin. Died 13th June 1884 St Andrews, Scotland. Married Mary Rose 1st May 1823 Calrossie, Scotland..
Mary Rose – born 1804 – Calrossie, Scotland. Died 1854 St Ernans House Co. Donegal.
Their children :
1 ) James Hamilton – born Brownhall Co. Donegal. Served in the military as Major James Hamilton. Married 1863 to Dorothea Elizabeth Stewart of Horn Head Co. Donegal. Inherited estate of Brownhall in 1884 on the death of his father John. Took guardianship of sister Mary’s four children on the death of her and her husband Frederick A. Courbarron in 1877. Major James Hamilton died 1915.
James and Dorothea had one son, John Stewart Hamilton 1864-1952. As Capt John Hamilton he served with the 5th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. (Married Winifred Weston 1867-1950).
2) Mary – born 1825. Died 1877 Landulph England. Married 1862 Frederick Augustus Courbarron. Lived Jersey Channel islands. Four children – Augustus James (my GG Grandfather), Stanhope Frederick, Edward and Helen.
3 ) Isabella – born 1827 St Ernans House Co. Donegal. Died from ‘mysterious illness’ 1840 Karlsruhe, Germany. Buried there.
4) Arabella Rose – born 1829 at St Ernans. Married 1860 to Arthur Foster, a Judge. On the death of their father, John’s brother James inherited estate of Brownhall while Arabella inherited St Ernans house. She and and husband Arthur Foster were responsible for the sale of St Ernans House in 1904.
5) Helen – born 2nd March 1831 St Ernans House Co. Donegal. Married Abraham Gustav de Veer 20th August 1855 at Neuwied. They had one son, Gustav Hamilton de Veer born 18th August 1856, died 1872.
Mary Rose, first wife of John Hamilton. My 4th Great-Grandmother.
There were also two step-siblings. After the death of Mary Rose father John remarried in 1858 to Mary Simpson. Two children were born from this union – John Pakenham Hamilton and Catherine.
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Hi to you both Gary and Paul – firstly I must apologise for taking so long in replying to these queries; we have recently moved back here to Belfast and it has taken some time getting internet re-installed and a host of other stuff – madness!
Having researched the Brownhall Hamilton’s for nigh on twenty years I can safely say there is no link between those of Donegal and Ballarat, Victoria. There were several saints in Ireland named St Ernan and it was common for the Irish, expats included, to name their homes after a saint. This is what John Hamilton of Brownhall did with his house St Ernan’s and no doubt your ancestor did the same thing.
John Hamilton’s grandson – my GG Grandfather Augustus Courbarron – named his own house in Sydney ‘St Ernans’ ( a family thing )even though it did not resemble the original in Ireland.
I can make a few more enquiries however just in case there is something I have not covered – will post it here.