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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Kildare => Topic started by: malsie on Thursday 15 May 14 05:32 BST (UK)
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:) Rathangan Kildare Ireland is associated with Anne who died in Australia. Her mother came out to Australia in 1864: Charlotte Dempsey (1805 - 1874). She married Bernard Dempsey in 1823 and had 4 males and 7 females. One sister of Anne's, Mary came out here too, marrying a John Clare.
Both Anne's only 2 daughters became RC nuns. On the trip out here Anne used the name Watkins rather than Dempsey as she was alone and travelled with a male friend of that name for protection.
Would love some documented evidence of a connection to Ireland. One of her grand daughters was the first woman in NSW Parliament: indeed, her portrait painting hangs in the foyer still. She did a great deal for women.
malsie ???
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Why is she associated with Rathangan? Was she born there?
Are Bernard and Charlotte from Kildare?
Do you know Charlotte's name before she married?
Do you know any of the 4 sons names?
Lots of questions I know but I'm not finding anything with the info so far.
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I have no more info other than a Patrick Walkin MAY have accompanied her on the Ward Chapman ship from Bristol to Australia: she was 16.
I can't find where I got Rathangan from.
malsie
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I have been corrected by a better researcher than I am:
“our” Anne Dempsey travelled to Australia aboard the ship ‘Sir Charles Napier’ 1842. She used the name “Anne Watkins”.
malsie