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kingskerswell
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Workhouse Immigrants
« on: Monday 29 June 09 20:32 UTC (UK) »
Hi,
   From some old documents which were found in the loft of a building which was formerly the workhouse of the Limavady Poor Law Union in Co Londonderry N. Ireland I came across a document which listed the names of 9 "orphan" girls who were sent to South Australia on the ship Roman Emperor in 1848 as part of the Earl Grey scheme to correct the gender imbalance in Australia at that time. The girls were:-
Eliza Doherty age 16
Eliza Nickle            16
Catherine carton   15
Anne Hasson         17
Jane McWilliams     15
Mary McCorrigle     15
Margaret Dougherty 17
Eliza (sister of the above) 15
Mary A. Robinson   16
      If anyone recognises any of the names I will be happy to give any information which I have.

Regards
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Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
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tropicalj
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 June 09 21:12 UTC (UK) »
Hello  there Kingskerswell

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1848RomanEmperor.htm

This is a link  to "Bound for South Australia", a wonderfull site for finding early SA arrivals.

You  may  be able  to add to  it

Jenn
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I live in Townsville, Australia researching
TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,,
SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent
BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire,
HAIR, Durham,
CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire,
 EDSALL,  Cornwall,
MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER,  Ireland.
In Australia
Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend,
Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson,

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kingskerswell
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 09:04 UTC (UK) »
Tropicalj,
             Many thanks for your reply. I have been in contact with Di Cummins and also with the Famine Memorial Organisation in Sydney. I used this site in the hope that someone might recognise one of the names and I could then pass what information I have.

Regards
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Stewart, Irwin, Morrison, Haslett, Murrell - Co. Londonderry
Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim
lucybella
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 11:42 UTC (UK) »
Hello Kingskerswell
Have you put this information on the Ireland section (Co Derry) of this forum? Maybe there are other Irish forums for Derry, I only know of the Belfast Forum in Northern Ireland. 
Lucy
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kingskerswell
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 11:54 UTC (UK) »
Hi Lucy,
           I don't understand. From my end this site looks as if it covers the whole of Australia.

Regards
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Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim
lucybella
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 12:24 UTC (UK) »
Sorry Kingskerswell
I am not proficient in sending links...

If you go to RootsChat.com and scroll down you will see other countries, europe, armed forces, and many different sections.  The Ireland one is broken up into counties, there is a section on Derry.  I had a quick look through it just now, to see if there is any ref to orphans.  Didn't see any but undoubtedly there is, somewhere.
There are many links on it to other Derry genealogy sites, and I am sure someone somewhere would love to have your info on the orphans names.
I am writing from the point of view of people in Derry searching for these girls, and perhaps never knowing they were sent to Australia.
Hope you find the other forums
Lucy
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kingskerswell
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 13:05 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Lucy,
                    I am in Co. Derry but looking for connections in Australia. I have other Derry links.

Regards
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Stewart, Irwin, Morrison, Haslett, Murrell - Co. Londonderry
Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim
tropicalj
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Re: Workhouse Immigrants
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 30 June 09 21:57 UTC (UK) »
I  wondered about  those  girls  and out of sheer curiosity  had a look  but could  hardly  find  any  matching information  for marriages and deaths in South Australia, I  gueess they could have moved interstate after a while.

kind thoughts Jenn
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When you search for ancestors, you find great friends!

I live in Townsville, Australia researching
TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,,
SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent
BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire,
HAIR, Durham,
CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire,
 EDSALL,  Cornwall,
MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER,  Ireland.
In Australia
Hennessy, Hair, Bayley, Townsend,
Shoebridge, Edsall, Adamson,

All Census Look Ups Are Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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