Julia McMahon update

Previous Post I’ve found her death certificate.Confirms her burial in Kenmore Hospital Cemetery.She was probably working as a ‘Laundress’ in the hospital. Next stage: Hi Peter, Thank you for your enquiry regarding Juila McMahon. From the Hospital Cemetery Index, I can confirm that Julia is buried in the cemetery. The minimal cemetery records we have […]

Egans

My great great grandmother was Roseanne Egan. I believe she may have been born in Dublin in 1824 but have some circumstantial evidence that her family were in or from Gallen (Kings County) Offaly. Rose married Thomas McEntyre in Dublin. Thomas’ parents James and Elizabeth Cummins married in 1818 in Banagher (near Gallen Offaly). It […]

Surnames Researching

Father’s sideMcIntyre (all spellings) Gallen Offaly IrelandRankin ( Tumut NSW Australia )Kelleher ( County Clare Ireland, Grabben Gullen NSW Australia )Carroll ( King’s County, Ireland )Murphy (  Ballycane, Wexford, Ireland Crylough Wexford Ireland )Coughlan (  Ballycane, Wexford, Ireland Crylough Wexford Ireland or Cork )Egan (Dublin Ireland, possibly from Gallen Offaly Ireland )Cummins ( Gallen Offay […]

Ships they came on

Jones, David Gardener aged 26 from Montgomery. Tried at Stafford 24 July 1828. Sentenced to transportation for life for highway robbery. Assigned to John McDougall at Baulkham Hills on arrival. In August 1842 at Patrick Plains his application to marry Jane Bailiff (ship Marchioness of Bute) was grantedDavid Jones, one of 176 convicts transported on […]

Julia McMahon

My new favorite great great grandmother. What a tough life she seems to have navigated. With the help of JC, I’ve discovered so much about Julia within the last year. Born in County Clare somewhere 1836 We first find her arriving on the 1855 Ravenscraig (above) from Plymouth March 10th to Geelong Melbourne arriving June […]

Who is George Mackins? Part two:

Breaking News…. stay tuned… Follow up to Part one The only information we had was on George Mackins junior that his father was George Mackins. This is where I’ve been looking for close to thirty years. Julia has also been a mystery. No wedding records could be found. No sign at all. A few years […]

Ancestor’s Addresses

WORK IN PROGRESSIreland Dublin Thomas McEntyre & family. 6 Ely St Dublin. Work address (Griffith’s Valuation Office)Ranelagh Rd Rathmines Dublin20 Leinster Rd Rathmines. House Address between 1862-66.4 Edmund Terrace Fairview (with daughter Henrietta)10 Fairview Strand Clontarf 1880 48 Leinster Rd Dublin. (death) 1893Thomas purchased 3 homes in Wood Street,( # 6, 7 & 8 Wood Street) in […]

mtDNA lineage H3g1

1757, 6/7 th July Marriage, Hampshire, England. Hill Haggard of the Parish of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, Batchelor and MargaretSouthby of South Marston in the Parish of Highworthey the County aforesaid, Spinster.Married in this Parish by Licences, with consent of Parents.Witness – Arth. Southby & Lucy Southby. (In memory of Margaret Haggard widow […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics

I had an extraordinary summer. Two years ago I was interviewed for a job as a driver for Canada’s CBC media team for the Tokyo Olympics.Then when corona hit the job went out the window. A lot of debate about whether the Olympics would go ahead or not ensued. Personally, I was hoping they’d postpone […]