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Australia / Re: John McKANNA (McKenna) & Mary McQUARIE
« on: Sunday 28 April 13 06:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I'm just going to throw a wildcard into the discussion. One of my family tree branches has a Julia Macquarie or McQuarie, who married James Standage Buckland on 05 April 1886. Julia was the daughter of Mary McQuarie (also known as Mary Evans), who was born in 1834 and died on 12 August 1917. This Mary McQuarie is buried at Comboyne (I think) with James and Julia. She was a bush midwife, and the daughter of Major Archibald Innes and a Ngamba girl (rather than by his wife Margaret McLeay).

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Cornwall Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Launceston/Torpoint 1861/71 Please
« on: Sunday 28 April 13 04:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi louisem,
I see you are descended from William H Budge and Margery Turner. William Henry Budge was the son of Eliza Ellen Crowley and William Budge, baptised 8 January 1854. His mother, Eliza Ellen Crowley was born on 21 July 1833 and baptised 31 Aug 1833, daughter of Bryan Crowley and Mary Sullivan. Eliza Crowley married William Budge in the chapel of East Stonehouse on 3 May 1852. She was described as being aged 21, living at 18 George Street, daughter of “Brian Crowley, mariner”.

I have written a full biography of Bryan Crowley, having been lucky enough to discover his service record, which is amongst the papers lodged for his son Edward William Crowley's application to Greenwich Hospital School. I am descended from Edward (Ned), Eliza's brother. Ned attended Eliza;s wedding and pretty much immediately boarded the merchant vessel Panama, bound for Melbourne. I believe the wedding was held when it was to coincide with Ned's sailing. Ned arrived in Melbourne at the height of the Gold Rush, and like the whole ship, deserted, never returning to England.

Bryan was son of William Crowley, a baker, who was living in Paul Street, Cork City c. 1780. Bryan was pressed ganged into the RN on 24 March 1807, served in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, in the Caribbean against piracy, in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Africa fighting the slave trade, and lots more.

I can send you all this material, if you like, including the census transcript results, but also the biography of Bryan Crowley and my material about the Budges.

Dave Crowley

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: Devonport 1841/1851- Eliza CROWLEY
« on: Sunday 28 April 13 04:02 BST (UK)  »
From your post, I assume you are descended from Eliza Ellen Crowley, who was born on 21 July 1833 and baptised 31 Aug 1833. Eliza Crowley married William Budge in the chapel of East Stonehouse on 3 May 1852. She was described as being aged 21, living at 18 George Street, daughter of “Brian Crowley, mariner”. I have the census records you mention, and can send them as images (see end).

Soon after the marriage they moved to Torpoint, across the Sound in Cornwall, where her husband came from. Their children: William (1853), Frederick (1863), Clara (1866), Florence (1868), Arthur (1905).

I have full details of their children's births, from the microfilmed parish registers, and have traced descendents (surnamed Budge), in some cases down to the 1970s.

I am descended from Eliza Crowley's brother, Edward William Crowley, born 1837. Soon after attending Eliza's wedding, Ned embarked on the merchant vessel Panama. He had been attending Greenwich Naval College, and this was his first ship. Reaching Melbourne at the height of the Gold Rush, the whole crew deserted, including Ned, and he never returned to England.

I have written a full biography of Eliza's father, Bryan, who served in the RN. I was lucky enough many years ago to get a transcript of all of Bryan's ships — the record is lodged in the Greenwich application papers for his son Ned. I know all his ships, all his captains, all his ports of call.

To go back another generation, Bryan Crowley was son of William Crowley, a baker. The family was living in Paul Street, Cork City c. 1780. Bryan was pressganged into the RN, but stayed in the service, married Mary Sullivan, and made Devonport home. Mary died in the cholera outbreak of 1849, along with her daughter Margaret (Bunster). Bryan remarried later in life, Phillis Moon. All this is in the biography. These materials are pdf files, which I can send you. Email me at (*)

Regards, Dave Crowley

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