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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Fermanagh => Topic started by: Alan5 on Sunday 27 March 11 08:22 BST (UK)
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I am looking for information about the Hughes family of Clones in County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Three daughters of Arthur Hughes (possibly a carpenter) and Margaret Murphy sailed to New South Wales, Australia aboard the "Lady Kennaway" in 1841. The daughters Mary, Margaret and Ann were born c1820 and in NSW they married William Cheeseman, Charles McDonald and Thomas Tapp respectively.
I would greatly appreciate information relating to the family in Ireland and also welcome a reply from anyone with an interest in any of the three daughters.
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Clones is actually in Co. Monaghan- does 'Clones, Co.Fermanagh' come from an old record? It's possible the family lived in Fermanagh but Clones was the nearest town.
To find Irish ancestors for such an early period you need to see if church records exist.
Have a look at Introduction to Irish Records (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,442233.0.html) and My Ancestor came from Ireland - where do I start? (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,498742.0.html).
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Thanks for the correction. I knew Clones was close to the border however the shipping records and a death certificate stated Fermanagh. Thanks also for the advice re Irish records.
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Its the parish of Clones, County Fermanagh
http://www.failteromhat.com (you might have to type his yourselve)
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Thanks Rathmore. I have managed to open the link and have a quick look and will give it a more thorough check.
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Http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal (you might have to type this yourselve)
then click on ship's passenger list, then digital copies of the bounty immigrants list 1838-96, then go down the list to 1841 Lady Kennaway click on this , then click on page 7, Mary Hughes 25 Farm Servant, Margaret Hughes 22 Farm Servant, Ann Hughes 20 Dairymaid
Lady Kennaway 1841 arrived 18.10.1841
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Thanks again for your help Rathmore - much appreciated. I have seen the shipping records before and am reasonably familiar with the girls' life after leaving Ireland.
Mary was seriously injured in Sydney when her own horse cart ran over her head at the almost identical location to where her husband had been killed in an identical accident just six months beforehand via the courtesy of the same horse. She also lost two young children in separate tragic accidents ie drowning and house fire.
Given her difficult life I would like to find out more about their family back in Ireland. Sadly I know little of her parents except that in my initial post and I know that Irish records are sparse and can be hard to come by.
Any thoughts on how to find their parents' marriage or the birth of siblings (probably in Clones) would be great. I am checking out the first site you recommended but it seems more associated with Cork.
Thanks again.
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Hi there, just read these old posts, I'm looking for and Arthur Hughes (for ages!) dates and Ireland fit. Did you ever get more information on him? Cheers
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Religion?
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Sadly, I have no further information on the girls' Irish life and I am not aware of any other family members coming to Australia for more hints. The girls all gave their religion as Roman Catholic on the shipping records and all were buried in Catholic cemeteries. However, I think online RC records in Clones start well after they left.
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yes https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0297
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Thanks for the link. There are marriages back to 1821 and I had a quick look at the early years. However, I feel Arthur and Margaret Hughes were married before that. There are large inconsistencies between the ages of the girls both within the shipping records and birth years based on death certs. However, it looks like the eldest is likely to have been born a bit after 1815.
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As he had his three sons baptised (mother was Janet Rae,Dumfries,he never married her) as Roman Catholic I assume he was as Janet didn't appear to be. Thank you for replying