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Hi Michael
Yes I am Carolyn and it is fascinating to find out that there was yet another child for Mary Ann. She certainly had a complicated early life and then to lose 2 children, Maria and Francis, must have been soul destroying. Francis is buried in the graveyard at St Peter's Anglican Church at Tempe. I have the grave position but it is unmarked.
I did know of Charles' broken engagement and the terrible consequences of it although it was never spoken of in my family. Totally understandable.
My two brothers and I have done Ancestry DNA so hopefully one day we will crack Deborah's origins more thoroughly. Her arrival in Australia is covered in Elizabeth Rushen's book Colonial Duchesses and gives a little bit of her time when she first came to Sydney.
I would love to see some of the photos you have if you are willing to share them.
Carol
 

Sorry forgot to include that on her death certificate it says she was from County Kildare.

For Anne Toomey's birth of 1812 it is in the records for the parish of Blackditches which I had been told was absorbed as part of Ballymore Eustace around 1830.
The Darcy I had being baptised in 1810 is
 https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633342?locale=en#page/54/mode/1up. Perhaps I am looking at the wrong line but not sure how to check this.

I appreciate all the detail about the Irish Constabulary and it makes perfect sense with Patricks's records showing he was often in Hollywood.

When I relooked at Catherine's shipping details they state that she sailed on the ship the Northumberland. It left Plymouth 8 Aug 1862 and arrived Australia 12 Nov 1862.
She is listed as coming from Ballymore, County Wicklow, Roman Catholic, a house servant and can read.

So I am confused about the changing counties and parishes.

Thanks for the reply. Yes the marriage in 1829 is my Darby and Ann and they were Catholic. I didn't realise that Ballymore Eustace was in both counties but that would explain some quirks I have found on Ancestry and Family Search.  It would seem that their first child was Patrick 1831, Margaret 1832,Darby 1834, Catherine 1836, Bridget 1838, Maria 1839, John 1840 and Matthew 1846. I found all these in the nli registers.
Just not sure where Darby lived or where the Toomy family came from.

Wivenhoe
The Marriage Certificate details are:
Date 24 Jan 1867
John Shannon Bachelor Co Cavan Ireland, Coach Proprietor 32yo Parents Thomas Shannon and Mary Blake Farmer
Catherine Keogh Spinster Co Wicklow Ireland, Servant  24 yo Parents Dermot Keogh and Ann toomy Farmer
Witnesses John and Hellenus Street
This is all on the marriage certificate.


Married in St Mary's Cathedral Sydney

On John's death certificate it lists his age as 65 years,  his father as Thomas Shannon Farmer and mother Mary Black, that he is Roman Catholic, born in Cavan Ireland and had been in the colony for 36 years at the time of death.

On the ship British Trident manifest in 1863 it states that John was 25 yo and a labourer. The ship arrived in Melbourne from Liverpool.

Thanks all for the interest and help.