Searching for origins of: MCNALLY, Catharine Christiana

[majm]

Umm,

Two thoughts....

Re Catharine Woods - not sure why she could NOT be in Hobart during those times, as I understood that when General Musters were called that the inhabitants (especially those under convictions) were required to attend with their Masters, thus perhaps Catharine Woods went to the Muster where her Master was reporting at...  ... We have NO Muster with Catharine McNally named on it...  and so I think Catharine Woods ought to be part of this picture still....   Surely Thomas Ransom would have visited his rural land grants, perchance .... 
Also, if Catharine was 20 (could be a transcript error for 29) in 1817, then she would be in the picture for motherhood of Ann and Thomas.... 

Re John Skelton/Skilton .... That's a good question Robyn... I think the 48th arrived 1817 and 1821, and were in NSW and VDL, but I think this chap would have arrived perhaps earlier 

Cheers All,

JM

[davclem]

 Robyn,Skelton  was an Ensign in the 46th Regiment in 1814
David

[majm]

Bit More, on the Ensign Skelton...

abt 26 January 1815, he was taking an assigned servant to VDL....  Umm,  no name or gender noted for that servant...

JM
 

[majm]

Bit More,

Thomas Davey, Lieut Governor VDL 26 Jan 1815 notes permission given for Ensign Skelton 46th to take his assigned servant, Arthur Doogan to VDL...

JM
 

[majm]

Bit More,

Please bear with me, tis about Catharine Woods... on the Maria, 1817....

Umm, the text The Women of Botany Bay, by Portia Robinson - umm, I cannot find her mentioned in that text ... although I can find Elizabeth Almond there (convicted with Catharine Woods in Manchester).... Elizabeth was in Newcastle NSW in 1821...

So, another "disappearing" Catharine 

JM

[majm]

Bit More, - thinking about those prying eyes and the impediment for Catharine McNally's inability to marry Thomas Ransom ....

Re the master of the Maria 1817 .... a Henry WILLIAMS.. and noting that a Henry Williams was Acting Deputy Surveyor at Norfolk Island back in 1806, when Thomas Ransom was also at Norfolk Island and was the Master Carpenter there.... most likely Thomas would have known the Henry Williams A.D. Surveyor at Norfolk Island.... but I don't yet know if the Master of the Maria in 1817 (with Catharine Woods as a convict) was the same Henry Williams     

"Let us grasp the situation, Solve the complicated plot - Quiet, calm deliberation Disentangles every knot!"      (Thanks G&S)    It hasn't so far but - 'try try try again' (Robert the Bruce!)

Cheers,

JM .

[regross]

well all,

thinking about the  spelling of Catharaine: have we searched for Catharine/ Catherine as KATHARINE which is the way it is indexed in the Victorian Pioneer Index.

Can't find a Catharine in there yet, lots of Katharine and a few Katherine, and thousands of Catherine. also lots and lots of Kate but only 11 CATE.

regards

Robyn

[majm]

Umm, I had even looked for "Kitty" 

JM

[regross]

Jm,
I know we had lok at all forms of McNAlly.
Interesting that even the lega announcements in the papers on the NLA addressed wives thus:

deceased, should not be granted to William Brown, the Hus- band of Elizabeth Catharine Foss,...

Well ahead of thee times!!! So Catharine Christiana McNally who are you?? spinster, married woman, widow.

Robyn