JOHNSTON Alexander
Down
My Great Great grandfather Alexander Johnston, born in September 1825 and migrated from Ireland to Sydney Australia, arriving on the Marquis of Hastings on 4th February 1841.
He grew up on a farm on which there were brick kilns. This farm was close to the Manor House "Orangfield", near Belfast, in which his elder brother David Johnston was born in 1817.
Some documents nominate their Civil Parish as Knockbreda, County Down Ireland, which is not near Belfast.
Other documents in Australia nominate their Civil Parish as Shankill. Is this near "Orangfield"
Thank you for your help.
Robert Selwyn Johnston.
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