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Derry (Londonderry) / JOHNSTON Family in Dunboe Parish 1820-1850
« on: Friday 07 June 19 04:59 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Would anyone be able to help me trace the parents of James & Letitia JOHNSTON, possibly in Dunboe Parish, Co Derry between 1825 & 1850? 

James with his wife Jane, 3 children & sister Letitia migrated to Victoria AUS aboard "Cambodia" in 1851/1852, James & family "on own account" & Letitia indentured as servant in Geelong VIC.

I have assembled the family info below from the following documents:
- 1909 NSW death cert for Letitia Parkinson (ne Johnston)
- 1861 VIC death certificate for James Johnston
- 1853 VIC marriage certificate for Letitia Johnston & John Parkinson (James witness)
- 1851/1852 Cambodia passenger lists for James, his family & Letitia
- 1845 (05-May) Coleraine civil marriage record for James Johnston & Jane Lawson

Family info:
- James' & Letitia's parents - William Johnston farmer & Martha ?? (maiden may be Johnston)
- Jane's parents - Andrew Lawson & ?? ??
- James - b. ~1822, Co Antrim (townland unknown), Presbyterian,
          calling - 1845 carpenter, 1851 ag laborer, 1861 smith
- Jane  - b. ~1823, Co. Derry (townland unknown), Presbyterian, calling housekeeper
- James' & Janes' children - John 1846, Mary 1848, Isabella 1851, William Andrew 1854
- Letitita - b. ~1826, Co Antrim, Presbyterian, calling 1851 dairymaid
- Letitita & John's children - James 1854, William 1856, Martha 1859, John 1863, Robert 1867

James' & Janes' address for 1845 marriage was Altikeeragh, Dunboe, Co Derry.

However, I don't know if the Johnstons moved to Derry as a family in 1830s or whether James came alone as an itinerant farm worker. 

There are William (Wm) & Martha Johnston (Johnson) entries in on-line census fragments / substitutes for Derry in 1831 / 1841 plus in Griffiths' 1859 Register.  Conversely, there is also an 1841 census extract (pre-1922) listing William & Martha Johnston together in Gortaheran, Co Antrim. 

PRONI's Presbyterian BDM records would probably be useful but I don't have on-line access.

Any suggestions or extra info would be much appreciated.

Regards,
AUS-Mike

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Kerry / Re: Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Saturday 07 July 18 01:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi John,

Thanks for your Reply #40 on the Will Extract for Garrett.  I will check into it.

Hi Hallmark,

Re: your Reply #19 of 30 June, ...

Please advise the source & date of the profiles on the Fitzgerald-Day brothers.

Best Regards,
AUS_Mike

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Kerry / Re: Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Wednesday 04 July 18 07:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello Again,

This is just a note to say thanks again for all your assistance and the information & links provided. 
It was much more than I had expected would be available.

I used the Griffith maps to locate Garrett's property in Ballyfinnane also constructed a map of the townlands of family members.  I've incorporated your info and the map into a document I prepared for a friend and believe she will be very pleased.

I will close the post in a few days to get it off the active board.

Thanks again,
AUS_Mike

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Kerry / Re: Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Tuesday 03 July 18 00:18 BST (UK)  »
Hello Again,

To John Falvey ...
My apologies for not acknowledging your assistance in my earlier replies.  Thank you for your articles & links.

Regardsing your comment ...
"that is why Garrett and Honora married in Castlemaine."

I'm sorry, I cannot see this in the posts.

Have you located the actual marriage record?  Or is this inferred from John's baptism?

Regards,
AUS_Mike

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Kerry / Re: Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Sunday 01 July 18 06:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello again,

Sorry, I forgot to mention ...

In another NSW Archives collection (ship's muster), John Fitzgerald's 1861 address is "Lahy Co. Kerry".

I've checked Google Maps & the Irish Historical Names Database & Wikipedia's Townlands of Co Kerry but can't find a match. 

Do you have suggestions?  John was listed as being able to read & write when this was recorded.

I have attached a screen snap of this with surrounding addresses for comparison.  (My PC just shows "" when I try to insert an image directly in the post.  Must be my setup.)

Regards,
AUS_Mike

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Kerry / Re: Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Sunday 01 July 18 03:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello All,

First, thank you all for your prompt and helpful responses.  I'm new to researching within Ireland and the many links you've provided will be very useful now and in the future.

Also, my apologies for not responding sooner to your questions - some family matters arose requiring my attention.  I will answer some questions now and provide further clarification as I absorb your posts.

To Hallmark
Religion - All those who came to NSW are Roman Catholic.   I expect Garrett senior and Honora would also be RC.  Thanks for your landed estates link.

To Sinann
Thank you for the link to Parish Registers.  I see that Killarney records go back much earlier and will check out these in case the family moved around.

To Dathai
Re your comment: "Hmm quite a few around" ...
Yes, my earlier searches of more common websites revealed many Garrett Fitzgeralds and Honora Flahives but without information useful in filtering out the unrelated ones.  Thanks for the many links.

However, I think you may have found something by using the alternate "Gerard" spelling of "Garrett" to find the mother "Honora Flahive" & the location GURRANE which I see is just north of TRALEE.  Garrett junior's 1902 NSW Catholic Journal obituary stated that he was a "native of Tralee" but his 1859 Berrima NSW parish marriage certificate states his birthplace as Killarney. All "unknown" on his NSW civil marriage certificates.  I will check it through.

To you all
I believe the connection to the Rev'd Fitzgerald-Day and his high standing is significant.  Garrett junior was supposed to have arrived here in 1858 (44 "years in colony" on his 1902 death cert) and, within months, been appointed to the NSW Police in Berrima ahead of a serving Constable with good record from the nearby larger town of Goulburn.  I had concluded that Garrett must have had a pretty good reference to achieve this.  The news report of his appointment stated that as Garrett was "so worthy", other applicants "could not be considered".

I have to do some digging and calculate the years but it's possible that the mother of the Rev'd Fitzgerald-Day is related in some way to Garrett senior.

Once again, many thanks,
AUS_Mike

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Kerry / Family of Garrett FITZGERALD near Killarney
« on: Friday 29 June 18 08:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm looking for any detail on where a Fitzgerald family lived near Killarney, Kerry around 1830.

The detail I have from New South Wales records is:

Father      Garrett FITZGERALD   (birth & death unknown)
Mother     Honora FLAHIVE      (birth & death unknown)
Child          Ellen                 born Kerry IRE 1828-29
Child          Garrett         born Killarney IRE 1830-31
Child          John                 born Kerry IRE 1830-31

Son Garrett migrated to AUS in the 1850's at his own expense.
In 1861, Garrett sponsored John & Ellen to migrate as government "Assisted Immigrants".
John migrated in 1862 and Ellen (with her husband John NAUGHNANE) in 1863.

While their recorded address was just "Ireland", their "referee of character" was:
   The Rev'd. John Fitzgerald DAY
   Beaufort, near Killarney

In 1861, Garrett had also sponsored Honora Connor (aged 13, address "Ireland") but she did not migrate.

In 1864, his brother John re-sponsored Honora (aged 17, address "Firies, Killarney, Co. Kerry") with
character referee being "Parish Priest, Firies, Co. Kerry".  Honora migrated in 1865.

I hope this information will helpt to locate the Fitzgerald family but understand that the required historical records may not be available.

Regards,
AUS-Mike

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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / Re: Request for Burial Details for David William HOWARD
« on: Saturday 16 July 16 03:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi Moderator,

I'm sorry but my browsers (Chrome & IE) are not displaying a "MODIFY" button for this post so that I can't mark the subject line as "Completed".

Would you please take care of this?

Regards,
Mike

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Glamorganshire Lookup Requests / Re: Request for Burial Details for David William HOWARD
« on: Saturday 16 July 16 03:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi WelshJo,

Thanks for your prompt response.  No problem that it drew a blank.

Will mark the post as completed.

Regards,
Mike

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