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Title: Ann Gooley, Orphan
Post by: PETERI1 on Tuesday 17 June 08 07:37 BST (UK)

Hi, I am searching for the orphanage that Ann was sent to when she arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1850, age 15 yrs, she was there between 1850 & 1854.   I believe that it was at Parramatta and possibly Roman catholic, she arrived on the Barque Maria along with a number of other women.   Does anyone have a record of those girls at the orphanage please??
Kind regards, Peter

Title: Re: Ann Gooley, Orphan
Post by: cando on Tuesday 17 June 08 07:45 BST (UK)

Hi

This link may be useful

http://www.parragirls.org.au/id2.html

Cheers
Cando

Title: Re: Ann Gooley, Orphan
Post by: trev1 on Tuesday 26 August 08 09:06 BST (UK)

Hi Peter,
An Ann Gooley per 'Maria' arrived in Sydney 1 August 1850 as one of the Irish Famine orphans sent to Australia from Irish workhouses under the Earl Grey scheme. There's mention of her in volume 2 of Trevor McClaughlin's BArefoot & Pregnant? Irish Famine orphans in Australia page 295 [ISBN 0949672513].She is described as being 15yrs old, RC, coming from Tipperary. Both her parents Phillip and Honora were dead.

See www.irishfaminememorial.org

The annual celebration of the monument at Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney willl be held this Sunday 31 August 2008 c 12.30pm. Descendants of these 'girls' are very welcome See Events 2008 on that website.

best wishes