KENNY - McGRILLIS - Queensland

[quoka]

Hi All,
Would anyone know of Hugh and John's birthplace or perhaps their port of departure. I believe from the little information available that McGrillis seemed to appeared most common to Northern Ireland around your time frame. So orgins would be useful, particularity when names are so mispelt.
Also,somewhere along the track I saw something indicating Hugh McGrillis departing to the US and John living his life out in Australia. Not completely 100% on this.
I am researching orgins and birthplaces of mispelt McGrillis/McCrillis/McCrellis/McGrellis/McGrailis/McGreles McGreallis etc etc and etc

[Marg S]

Hello Quoka,

Hugh and John McGRILLIS are the same person. In his convict & marriage info his name is Hugh but in later records he is John.

Hugh/John is my gg. grandfather.  He was born in Belfast and died in Rockhampton, Queensland.  His cert. of freedom states that in 1849 he sailed to California, maybe for the gold rush but was back in Sydney in 1853 where he married my gg. grandmother Elizabeth KENNY.

Please let me know I you discover anything about him or his family.

Hope this helps,
Marg S

[quoka]

Hi Marg S,
 
Thank u for your reply regards to John alias Hugh McGrillis orgins as being Belast, Antrim.

I am researching early pre-1900s, mispelt McGrillis/McCrillis/McCrellis/McGrellis/McGrailis/McGreles McGreallis etc etc and etc orginating within a smaller townland of Derry.

My grandfather- George McGrellis-Ire/Liverpool UK/West Australia

Thank you again for reply anyway,
Regards quoka