Searching for origins of: MCNALLY, Catharine Christiana

[majm]

Umm Wiggy,

you are NOT permitted to just sit and watch....  there's newspapers to check .... even if you don't think Catherine Wood would be her....     

JM

[davclem]

Mrs Ransom of the Cross Marsh's Inn, Cross Marsh being the district and Green Ponds being the locality, now Kempton, the Inn being the Royal Oak. The Brady bit was written after his execution in 1826 , by which time Thomas and Catharine had moved from Hobart to Green Ponds, so in 1826 she was referred to in that context- a common problem when writing local history is to reference an event to a modern locality which didn't exist at the time of the event.

Brady arrived, from memory about August or so 1820- because some 20 years ago I was bitterly disappointed about that- had he arrived 6 months earlier, I could have fitted him up as Thomas's father! I don't thnk this particular hare will run in our dirction- I was almost aworld expert on Brady at the time trying to do just that, get a reference to Catherine through him-couldn't, but others may be able to. The connection was maintained when matthew nailed his 20gallons of rum reward for Arthur on the door of the Royal oak!

David

David

[Wiggy]

Robyn - quite frankly      I have absolutely no idea!! 

 I'm sitting here laughing so hard, because I'm still in the starting blocks and I can hardly see you all in the distance!! 
I know what I believe - but it doesn't help anyone!!

Wiggy             

[davclem]

Stop! Mathew Brady was never assigned to Mr and Mrs Ransom at Cross Marsh or Green Ponds!  David

[Wiggy]

No 'cos they didn't go there until 1825 - I know that bit!

Wiggy

and a concerted rendition of Happy birthday to me would be in order from you lot!!

[majm]

Umm,

There's Mrs Ransom donating funds to the Methodists in 1823.... Wiggy has that on the first post of this thread  ...

We've been lapped and doesn't realise it.... that's why Wiggy's currently of the view that she's behind us       


EDIT Here's that
3rd definite record - Mrs Ransom donating to the Wesleyan mission 1823.
JM

[majm]

What NEVER,  well hardly ever (G & S umm did they write the Happy Birthday song)

Sorry, David, you were saying that  Matthew Brady was never assigned to Mrs Ransom....  umm, I'm listening..

JM

[Wiggy]

I tried to go and look up papers!  - but by the time I returned you'd all gone round the next corner - so I'm not doing that again until you all stop!

Wiggy

[Wiggy]

David was saying (I think) and I back him  to the hilt on this  (I think) - Brady wasn't assigned to the Ransom's at Green Ponds - because they weren't living there until 1825.   that's right isn't it David???

I think!

Wiggy