Hi all,
This is something that has stumped me for some time. I believed my g-g-g-grandmother's name was Bridget Ready and that she was born in Australia to a convict, John Ready, who died when she was quite young.
Problem is - she married James Townsend - at St. Peters, Cooks River (Sydney) Australia in 1847 and her maiden name was put down as "Teady". I have a photo of her grave that looks like it says she was 60yrs when she died (not the 69 years on her certificate) and her name Bridget D?DY TOWNSEND.
I have been staring at her death certificate - which I thought said her father's name was Richard Ready. I've just realised that the surname may be "Deady". Her death certificate also says she was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and had been in Australia for 46 years (so would have arrived in 1841). It also says she was 26 yrs when she married.
So.....those facts put her birth sometime between 1819 and 1821.
I have also just noticed on Ancestry passenger lists to Aust. that there was a Bridget DADY (b: 1819) that arrived in NSW on 16/09/1841 on the
"Gilbert Henderson" and that she was from Thomastown , Kilkenny, Ireland.
How do I try to track down her birth, with her father's name as Richard DADY?
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I would appreciate any help!!!
Thanks,
Loz