William Farmes MASTERTON

1874 - 1939  (64 years)

• Name	William Farmes MASTERTON  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 Aug 1874	Milesmark Dunfermline (Inverkeithing), Fife, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	7h 45m pm
  		William Farmes Masterton birth certificate 16th August 1874, Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Coal-miner  [2, 4]
  Census	1881	6 Castle Row, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland   [6]
  	aged 7
  Census	1891	The Castle, Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [2]
  	aged 17, unmarried
  Census	1901	21 Upper Craig Terrace, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland   [4]
  	aged 26, married
  Emigration	29 Mar 1911	On board "SS Cornwall" - Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [5]
  Death	3 Jul 1939	Queensland, Australia   [5, 7]
  Burial	4 Jul 1939	Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia   [5]
  Person ID	I1019	Mastertons from Cramond
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas MASTERTON,   b. 18 Nov 1846, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 19 Jan 1924, 41 High Beveridgewell, Dunfermline (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Turnbull FARMES (FERMES),   b. Bef 2 Mar 1851, Culross, Fife, Scotland d. 2 Mar 1920, Castle Row, Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age > 69 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1871	Milesmark and Inverkeithing, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1, 8]
  		Thomas Masterton and Mary Turnbull Farmes marriage 23rd June 1871 at Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Collier RICHMOND,   b. Bef 23 Jul 1876, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 16 Sep 1922, Bundamba, Queensland, Australia (Age > 46 years)
  Marriage	23 Jul 1897	Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [3, 5, 9]
  Children	1. Jessie Collier MASTERTON,   b. 1897, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 9 Oct 1978, Queensland, Australia (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Helen Young CHALMERS,   b. 1888   d. 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1926	Queensland, Australia   [5, 10]
  Family ID	F805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] William Farmes Masterton birth certificate. [S67] 1891 UK Census. [S100] General Registers of Scotland, scotlandspeople. [S561] 1901 Scotland Census. [S92] Cameron Wilson. [S41] 1881 Census. [S741] Queensland, Australia Death Registration Index, 3 Jul 1939. Queensland1939/C/3204 Mother: Mary Ferms Father: William [S115] Thomas Masterton & Mary Farms marriage certificate. [S94] William Masterton & Janet Richmond marriage cert. [S740] Queensland, Australia Marriage Registration Index, 15 May 1926. Queensland1926/B/39816 Spouse: Helen Young Chalmers