Catherine Simpson Duncan (nee Meston)
For a Scottish lass with her first husband, Peter Duncan and their children, Isabella, Catherine and Esther, the climate change must have been a great shock. The ship "Oban Bay" built in 1876 of 1108 tons, arrived into Townsville on 19 July, 1883 having left Glasgow on 20 March, 1883. The weather was at least winter in the southern hemisphere although, it is never cool in Townsville. Catherine's sister, Mary Ann Meston had migrated ahead of her on the "Scottish Lassie"arriving in March 1883 and also arriving into Townsville. Peter Duncan was a stone mason possibly giving him little prospects of getting a job in his field here. Stone was not a medium widely used in Queensland for house building but mainly in large commercial buildings. Peter's death which at this point in time has not been found possibly occurred in New South Wales but it is assumed it was sometime after 1889. Old Tenaments in Glasgow, Scotland The birth of Catherine Simpson Mesto