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Travelling People / Re: Hughes, Davies, Manley, Orchard
« on: Monday 22 July 13 06:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cathayb
thanks for your reply. The marriage and death records for James Manley do not list parents.  But given that Eliza and a James had what look like to be the same parents, William was a sweep, as was James who was transported (Parish listed as Bridport), they are my best bet for a family unit. I can't find any info for Eliza after the court case and can only find a ticket of leave for Thomas Eglinton.  A bit more circumstantial evidence is that James' children included a William and Sarah (though given how many people were called by these names - it certainly isn't conclusive!).
Thanks again.
take care.

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Travelling People / Re: Hughes, Davies, Manley, Orchard
« on: Saturday 20 July 13 05:55 BST (UK)  »
Hello
Unfortunately, the threads I have been reading are from a long time ago (2009) about Henry Manley and his wife Matilda Wells. The discussion about the 1861versus the 1871 census seemed to draw the conclusion that these were 2 different families. The youngest male children in the 1861 census seem to be the same as the eldest in the 1871. I have found with other records that birth places can be incorrectly transcribed by the people recording the census.  My interest in Henry is trying to find his mother's name.  Some people have his parents as William, a farmer, and Sarah Noble.  It seems to me that a better match is a William , who was a sweep, and Sarah born in Owermoigne.  I think that these are the most likely parents of my ancestor and Henry's brother, James Manley, who was transported to Australia. His profession at 16 was given as tinman. He was arrested with an Eliza and Thomas Eglinton - most likely his sister Eliza who married a Thomas Eglinton.  From this information I  came to the opinion that the parents are William and sarah.  If any one is still interested in this thread and the Manleys, I would be interested to hear your views.

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Galway / Re: Grealys of Annaghdown
« on: Wednesday 16 June 10 02:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Michael
I'm just starting my research into this family.  I found Honora  and James Devaney on the passenger lists for the Earl of Elgin in 1853. Their parents are given as Michael and Honora (Grealy). Father dead. Mother in Annaghdown. There appear to be several Grealy relatives on board (Darby, Patrick, Mary and Winifrid whose parents are Patrick and Ellen in Annagdown) as there are several references to Uncles Thomas and James Grealy in Goulburn. I have looked at the databases on ancestry and  have also found the following website on Roots web:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddenps/GALWAYEM.htm
where a gentleman called Peter Madden has listed the Galway emigrants.
 As yet I haven't been able to find an entry on the passenger lists for my direct relative - James and Honora's sister- Ceclia.
Finding the Grealy family in the first place (with many of the siblings) I found from a website doing a search for Yackandandah and grealy:
http://chaz.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=chaz&view=0&pid=69&rand=562115101
I am trying to verify the relationships with BMD documents
If you have any comments or info - let me know!
regards
bernsberns

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Galway / Re: Grealys of Annaghdown
« on: Tuesday 15 June 10 06:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mark
I just saw  another post of yours where you said that your ancestors were Jeremiah and Winifrid.  I've just started looking for the Grealys. My gr gr gr grandmother was Honora Grealy.  She married Michael Devaney. Their daughter Cecilia (or sometimes Sarah) married Robert Roche in Albury and lived in Yackandandah. I don't have much more information but have noticed in the passenger lists that quite a few Grealys that came out to Australia, listed their relatives in the colony as Thomas and James (uncles). I would love to hear more of the Grealys.
Regards
bernsberns

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