New thread Searching for origins of: MCNALLY, Catharine Christiana
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Thomas MCNALLY (RANSOM) - born 1820 in Hobart, Tasmania.
died 20 March 1904 Launceston.
named as Thomas RANSOM We are trying to establish if
he was the son of
Thomas RANSOM (Died 1829) who, with partner Catherine Christiana MCNALLY ran the 'Joiner's Arms' Hobart, and the 'Royal Oak', Green Ponds.
Thomas Snr was convicted and transported in 1791.
Thomas would have been 80 when
Thomas was born, but the story and the connections are all there - we just want to prove the two Thomas's are father and son!
In
Thomas Snr's will, Catherine is named as
Thomas mother - and
he is called MCNALLY throughout, when
he is named as a beneficiary.
Thomas and Catherine are buried in the same grave at Cullenswood.
We've obtained
T. RANSOM death certificate, (but no parents named, no wife named, no children named.) The dates do match though!!
He was a widower and he had 15 children!!
His wife was Sarah Stanfield and they lived at Killymoon near Fingal, Tasmania.
If anyone can throw any light on this it would be great - births weren't registered until 1846 so it would be a late addition anyway.
Maybe someone has knowledge of a name change for
Thomas.
Wiggy
