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Title: Bristol, Somerset, Look-up Please - CURRAN
Post by: WGoodall on Sunday 05 October 14 00:32 BST (UK)
Hello,

I am trying to locate birth and family information, and prove a family connection between two people who sailed on the "Mary Shepherd" from:

Deptford, London  -  20 December 1848
to
Port Phillip (i.e. Melbourne), Australia  -  4 April 1849

I believe my GGGrandmother Mary traveled on that ship with her brother Thomas - are they siblings?

     Mary Amelia CURRAN  -  Bristol, Somerset
     b. abt. 1832

     Thomas CURRAN  -  ?
     b. abt. 1829

On Mary's Death Certificate it shows her father as Martin CURRAN;  there was no mention of her mother.

Mary's name is not listed with the other single females in alphabetical order on the manifesto but listed second last on the list;  did her parents decide at the last minute she should join her brother on the trip to Australia? 

On the Passenger List it shows Thomas traveled with a group from the "Boys from the Ragged School of London".  I haven't found out why Thomas was sent to London to attend this school unless there was also a school in Bristol.

Best regards.

Wendy
Title: Re: Bristol, Somerset, Look-up Please - CURRAN
Post by: Victor Harvey on Sunday 05 October 14 08:17 BST (UK)
Hi Wendy,
I don't wish to confuse the situation, but I have found the following baptism records.
Source: Bristol & Avon Family History Society
Nonconformist Baptismal Registers, Bristol Records Office, 1754-1837
Baptisms held at St Mary, previously St Joseph RC, Children of Patrick & Joan CURRAN, Joan nee WALSH/WELSH:-
09/12/1827, Thomas CURRAN, b. 04/12/1827, Godparents/Sponsors: Thomas CLANCY & Helen WELSH.
27/12/1829, Martin CURRAN, b. 22/12/1829, Godparents/Sponsors: Cornelius CAREY & Joanna BROWN.
01/02/1832, Mary CURRAN, b. 31/01/1832, Godparents/Sponsors: Patrick MURPHY & Margaret FITZGERALD.
There was NO trace of a marriage for Patrick CURRAN & Joan WALSH/WELSH, and NO baptisms in the name of CURRAN recorded at any of the Church of England records.
Victor
Title: Re: Bristol, Somerset, Look-up Please - CURRAN
Post by: WGoodall on Sunday 05 October 14 18:51 BST (UK)

Hi Victor,

Thank you for your prompt response. 

Well, this isn't panning out to be as straight-forward as I thought ???  Um, I'm not sure what to try next. 

Best regards.

Wendy