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Donegal / Re: Anne GALBREAITH (nee LOWRY) and Esther GRAHAM (nee LOWRY) - are these sisters?
« on: Wednesday 20 November 13 01:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Sam12345
my name is Glennis, I am descendant of Fanny (Frances) Graham who came to Australia as an assisted migrant when the government was trying to balance the Male/female population in the second half of the 1800s.  Fanny and her elder sister Isabell departed Donnegal Ireland after the second marriage of their mother to their (so-called) coach driver soon after the death of their father.  The family was split up with two girls going to USA and two going to Australia.   The boys stayed in Ireland as they would inherit their mother's property after her death. 
if you would like to send me some info on the line your family took after the death of William  and Esther I will see if I can send you some info on them.
Kind regards
Glen

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Australia / Re: Convict ancestry?
« on: Monday 08 July 13 11:30 BST (UK)  »
I seem to have a few convicts and with my husbands ancestors we have quite a select group.
On my father's side I have a 6 x grandfather who was convicted of stealing 40 lbs of roofing lead and copped a 7 year transportation in 1801. of course he claimed he was not guilty!  He married an older convict woman soon after he arrived here, I cant remember what she was transported for, but she died after a few years without producing any children. He then married another younger convict woman who arrived a few years after him and they had a family of seven children including a young daughter brought out by his convict wife who was convicted for stealing a coat.
The 5x grandfather on my mother's  side was given a life sentence for stealing 6 sheep in Ireland and arrived here in 1825, three years after his elder brother who was transported for the same crime. His wife and family of seven children were brought out to join him a few years later.   He was also tried and found guilty of murder some years after arriving here and had an additional penalty added . 
My mother's grandfather who was born in Lisbon, Portugal was not charged with any crime but at 12 years old he was put on a ship in Lisbon as a "Cabin Boy' and left his country of birth never to return.  he arrived in the Hunter River near Newcastle around 26 years of age and married the local Minister's 20 year old housemaid who had migrated from Sussex England, to the Hunter Valley a few years before with her father, mother and siblings.
The 5 time grandmother on husband's mother's line was found guilty of being a "Highwaywoman" and was transported for 7 years. She was recorded as being a thoroughly notorious woman when living in the Parramatta women's prison  and her request to marry was granted as the minister considered that if he said NO, then the woman would run off and "live in sin" anyway.
That's all I can remember offhand but they made for good reading.

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Mayo / Re: Mac Namara
« on: Saturday 08 June 13 09:06 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: aithne on Sunday 28 January 07 14:27 GMT (UK)
Do you have any names to go with this?

I'm researching Patrick who was sent to Australia as a convict in 1823.

Is your patrick (Transported convict to Australia in 1823) the elder brother of Bryan  McNamara who was transported to Australia in 1825 for stealing sheep in Westport area co mayo ???
I am trying to get contact with anyone who is researching the family from Murrisk Co. Mayo
Regards
Glennis 

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Mayo / Re: The McNamaras Westport Area.
« on: Friday 07 June 13 08:06 BST (UK)  »
HELLO jAMES. 
I have just returned to Sydney Australia from a trip to MURRUSK, Westport Co Mayo.  My reason for the trip was to search for information on my Irish ancestor 'Bryan McNamara' who was born in Murrusk in c. 1787.   Bryan was transported to Australia in c.1825 and a large percentage of his family (siblings, wife, children) appear to have followed him to Sydney within about 4 to 10 years.
My trip was unsuccessful as i found no record of where in Murrusk Bryan's family were living when he was born (c.1787) or if indeed there were any past or present mcNamara's in the general area who were descendants from the McNamaras from Murrusk.   
I would imagine that as not all the family followed Bryan to Australia that there would be some link that had continued their life in or around the Westport surroundings (particularly the Castlebar area).   The research I did in the Westport Library  was unsuccessful in finding any McNamaras' in the local area but i didnt have enough time to do any research in the Castlebar Library, it may be usefull for you to contact the library and see what records are available (such as BDM or Census) for the late 1800s and early 1900s.  good luck in your search

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Location of Parish of Millbrook Southampton, Hampshire England
« on: Sunday 07 April 13 06:43 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Vicwinann,
I am on my way very soon and looking forward to seeing where my ancestor lived before he won a free trip to Australia courtesy of the English Government of the day.
I am sure he was more than happy to get out of the accommodation (prison ship) that was provided to so many people in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18Th and early 19Th century.  I for one am happy that he was given the opportunity (albeit against his will at the time) to start a new life in another land where he became a "constable" instead of a prisoner and had the opportunity to marry and have a large family which has generated many descendants who are pleased to call themselves Australians. 
The search for his family which has resulted in my trip to "Millbrook Southampton", followed the help of many "Rootschat" members who generously gave me their time and interest, including yourself,  resulting in finally pinning down the parents of the young man who arrived in Sydney Australia in 1801 with a different surname to the one that he was christened with in Holyrood Church Southampton. 
I am coming to Southampton to search the maps, records and history of the area and anything i can find that will give me a clue to the places in England where he was born and lived for the first 25 years of his life.  I have spent the last 30 years tracing his descendants in Australia and have always felt the need to identify his early years and parents and grand parents in England.

Your information, especially on the privately published book about "Millbrook " will be a great help to me and i guess i will be chasing up the local Historical Society to get a look at the book.
Thank you sincerely for your assistance it is most gratefully received.
Glennis
   

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Location of Parish of Millbrook Southampton, Hampshire England
« on: Wednesday 20 March 13 22:21 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Nell and Stan.  I will be following up your suggestions.  I have only a short time in Southampton when I arrive in England  and want to make the most of every visit to the area where the ancestors lived.
Thanks again   
Glen

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Location of Parish of Millbrook Southampton, Hampshire England
« on: Wednesday 20 March 13 13:59 GMT (UK)  »
Thank  you Bearkat, your help is much appreciated.   The Southampton maps were very interesting I will have to take time to look through them.   There didnt appear to be any people in the listings with names starting with I as the lists went from H to J, so I will just have to wait till I can get to the archives.   I have 9 days booked in Southampton so with any luck and the directions to sources that people have given me I may get to see where my 'Isles' ancestor came from.
kind regards
Glen

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Location of Parish of Millbrook Southampton, Hampshire England
« on: Wednesday 20 March 13 02:45 GMT (UK)  »
Is there anyone familiar with the location of the Parish of Millbrook Southampton, Hampshire in the late 1790s? can anyone give me some indication of the the location of the Parish in relation to the Holy Rood Church on corner of Bernard and High Streets Southampton.   I am trying to pinpoint where my English ancestor may have resided but all I can find from my search here in Australia is a street named Millbrook which appears to be along the waterfront areas to the south west of the city of Southampton.  If anyone can identify the boundary streets for Parish of Millbrook in the period around 1800 I will be most grateful.  Also is there any "directory" from around that period (1800) which identifies the residents of that area of the City?  I have not been able to find a "Census" around that date.
Glennis

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Joseph ISLES: baptism certificate and Court Records in Southampton 1771-1798
« on: Monday 04 February 13 21:57 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you "paco' for your help.   Joseph Isles was baptised in 1771 at Holyrood church Southampton, I have a record from ICI LDS which is a translation from the church records I guess. I am after a copy of the original record if I can get it (also records of his siblings and parents which were at Holyrood church).  I have tried to get information from the Southampton Council archives but dont appear to be able to make contact with them from Australia. I must be doing something wrong.
  I am going to visit the Southampton Council records office when I arrive in Southampton but want to be sure that I can get a copy of B-D-M from there and wont then have to return to London to find the national archives to be able to get a copy. 
I am also looking to get copies of his court appearance at Winchester Assizes and any records that relate to his trial and sentence which was in January 1797.

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