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Title: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Chatso58 on Monday 05 November 12 06:44 GMT (UK)

           Hi
sometime back I came across a website for Famine orphan girl ships arriving in Australia, and I believe their was a Catherine Donnellan working on one of the ships, I now can't find this site again. if anyone can help with any good sites or in finding Catherine I would be most grateful, I am not sure if she came as McMahon her maiden name or married name Donnellan now, as it was so long ago and I just wanted to take another look at it.
               Chatso58 

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: rosball on Monday 05 November 12 06:56 GMT (UK)

Famine Orphan Girl Database  http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/en/orphans/names-monument/

Girls Orphaned by Irish Famine on Monument http://www.vindicator.ca/history/famine/orphans.html

Orphans from County Cork http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlmahs/morph.htm

Donegal Relief Fun Passenger Lists http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/passlist.htm

regards,
   Ros

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Chatso58 on Wednesday 07 November 12 08:11 GMT (UK)

 Thank's so much for your help Ros :)
 Chatso58

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Ferrington on Thursday 08 November 12 01:19 GMT (UK)

I assume that you are looking for someone arriving in NSW?  There were also 3 ships that came to SA in 1848 - 1850 carrying Irish Famine orphans.  do you have any more information?

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Chatso58 on Saturday 10 November 12 07:08 GMT (UK)

 Hi Ferrington
I am not such what state they arrived in   
 Chatso 58

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: gav on Tuesday 13 November 12 00:50 GMT (UK)

G'day

My 2nd great grandmother,  Ellen Flynn Orphaned by the Irish Famine, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th September 1849.

Monday September 10th, 1849:- the barque Elgin, 518 tons, Burns, Master, from Liverpool and Plymouth.
Passengers: William Hewer, surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following emigrants and 221 female orphans [193] . . . . from Irish poor-houses in the steerage. . . . The orphan girls were from institutions at Clonmel (15), Fermoy (30), Killarney (35), Lismore (25) and Skibbereen (85)

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/elgin1849.shtml

Cheers, Gav

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Chatso58 on Tuesday 13 November 12 07:32 GMT (UK)

 Thank's gav for that great site
              Chatso58

Title: Re: Famine Orphan Girl ships
Post by: Ferrington on Tuesday 13 November 12 11:44 GMT (UK)

There is an excellent book called Barefoot & Pregnant by Trevor McClaughlin.  You might want to see if you can find a copy of that and check out the passenger lists.

In terms of the ships that came to SA, other than for the Elgin, the passenger lists are incomplete.  On the lists that do exist, there is no record of a Catherine Donnellan.