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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / James Pyne/Pine
« on: Sunday 30 August 15 04:44 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to locate parent details for James Pyne (changed later in Australia to PINE) born in Hounslow Middlesex, UK in 1788.  He was transported to Australia in 1811 and got his ticket of leave about 10 years later.  He married Elizabeth Travis in Australia, she too was a convict transported.
Are there any free websites to find details for him please.  Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
Kerry

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Australia / James and Michael O'Meara from Toomyvara, Co Tipperary, Ireland
« on: Tuesday 13 January 15 02:47 GMT (UK)  »
My great-grandfather James O'Meara (as per his death certificate in Australia 1939) was born in Toomyvara, Co Tipperary, circa 1859.  He migrated to Sydney Aust. circa 1878 and married Mary Agnes Dawson from Co. Limerick in 1885, confirmed by his marriage certificate.

His parents were Matthew O'Meara, and Mary Delaney.  Her parents were Patrick Dawson and Margaret Sullivan.

He had several children;  two were registered at birth with surname O'Mara, the remainder as O'Meara.

His brother Michael also migrated to Australia, around 1889, also fathered many children with his wife Johanna Fitzgerald (born in Burwood, NSW).  Her parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mary O'Connor.

They were staunch Catholics and supporters of the Church in Kogarah, a suburb of Sydney.

They were very successful in their lives in Australia, as contractors, farmers, dairy owners, property owners, and real estate developers.

James died in 1939, and Michael in 1949.

I cannot find any record of arrival for either of these men, or a birth record for James in Ireland, but they were well-known and respected here in NSW especially Kogarah, and Coraki (Far North NSW).

On the Shipping List I have searched every ship from 1877-81 for James, and 1887-91 for Michael, every family record, every single man record, for O'Meara, O'Mara, Omeara, Omara, Mara, Meara.
N.B. There is a listing for James O'Meara on the Erato with a wife and child but I have discounted this as he married a couple of years later to Mary Agnes, and being a devout Catholic would not have divorced.

I do not have any living relatives of past generations to help me with my search, and hope that you might find some information for me.

Any help would be most welcome
Cheers
Kerry

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Australia / James Joseph Smith, Painter
« on: Wednesday 01 October 14 06:45 BST (UK)  »
Looking for migration information for James Joseph Smith, his wife Mary (nee Keene), and daughter Mary Ann (4) who came to Sydney NSW approx 1851-55.  They lived in and around Surry Hills and Darlinghurst.
They came from Birmingham England.

I have Mary living at 2 Nithsdale St Sydney when Mary Ann died in 1879, also a reference to a painter/paperhanger conducting a business cnr Yurong and William St Darlinghurst in 1860.
 
Any help would be fantastic.
Thank you Ros for your help with my Private Mat O'Meara (WW1) enquiry
Kerry

And to all who welcomed me into the chat room last night, thank you, I don't even know how I got there!!

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Family History Beginners Board / Private Mat O'Meara, WW1,
« on: Tuesday 30 September 14 13:34 BST (UK)  »
Looking for information regarding Private Mat. O'Meara from Dungarubba near Coraki NSW.  He was sick (not injured, according to the Richmond River Herald dated 28 September 1915) and taken to Malta on the transport Niall.

Also for information regarding the O'Meara family from Toomevara/Toomyvara, Co Tipperary, Ireland, who migrated to Australia and were prominent in the Coraki and Kogarah (Sydney suburb) areas of NSW.

Patrick Thomas O'Meara is my grandfather, (born in Australia) but his father was James, born in Ireland.

Any help would be very gratefully received
Kerry

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