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British Families in Southern Patagonia


DOCHERTY

Elizabeth Leckie DOCHERTY; b. 1882, West Greenock, Renfrewshire; dtr. of Francis [Frank] DOCHERTY & Mary MARTIN; <1901 family moved to Silvertown, London; >1901 immigrated to Punta Arenas with her uncle James DOCHERTY (see below); d. 1914, Ea. La Adela, Prov. Santa Cruz;

m. Henry Thomas WILSON; [see WILSON--DOCHERTY];

Child:
1. Mary Clarissa [Molly], b. 1913, Puerto Santa Cruz; c1914 adopted; d. 1995 [see BETTS--WILKINSON and letter from Santa Cruz]

Elizabeth Leckie Docherty
Elizabeth c1900

James Leckie DOCHERTY; b. c1854, Greenock?, Renfrewshire; son of [unk.] DOCHERTY & Mary LECKIE; uncle of Elizabeth Leckie DOCHERTY (see above); emigrated to Patagonia and/or Falklands [Malvinas]; in Punta Arenas, hotelier and shipowner; 1894-1895 judicial cases; 1898 formed ranching company; 1900 lodged complaint about theft from his schooner; 1904 traded in gold-mining shares; 1913 naturalized Chilean citizen; d. 1919 Punta Arenas;
Marriage: unknown
Children: unknown

James and Lizzie Docherty
James and niece c1905


Sources:
(1)  
Civil Registration, Santa Cruz, Argentina: births, deaths
(2)  Civil Registration, Magallanes, Chile: marriages
Thanks: Peter Iland
Last updated: 10-V-2006