Biography
Janet Balgowan was born 31 October 1840 in (at sea) to William Balgowan (c1808-1887) and Jannet Shand (1810-1880) and died 23 April 1913 Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia of 8 week illness. She married William Christie (1841-1909) 19 November 1867 in Dryburgh, Binalong, New South Wales, Australia.
Janet's parents and older brother immigrated as a free persons on the Royal Consort which arrived on 9 November in 1840 at Botany Bay, New South Wales. This was a "bounty ship". (State Record Reel 1317.) The ship arrived in Sydney on the 9th of November 1840. It was chartered by the Australian Agricultural Company. It departed on 13th July 1840 from England bound for Sydney. Its weight: 529 tons and the ship's master was John Western.
From the dates the ship was at port and her birth date, she was born on the Royal Consort en route from Port Phillip (colony of Victoria) to Port Jackson (colony of New South Wales)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William James Christie (1868-1869) | |||
| Elizabeth Christie (1870-1948) | 1870 Yass, New South Wales, Australia | 16 July 1948 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | Elijah Reuben Marks (1870-1944) |
| James Thomas Christie (1873-1874) | |||
| Annie Christie (1875-1950) | |||
| Alice Christie (1878-1969) | 29 August 1878 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia | 2 October 1969 Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia | Charles Stanley Webster (1875-1963) |
| Louisa Christie (1882-1949) | |||
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