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Wicklow / Crimeens in Wicklow
« on: Thursday 14 April 22 13:22 BST (UK) »
This is my first time posting in Ireland. I live in South Australia. I really have no clue how to find out things in Ireland.
My triple great grandmother Mary Crimeen emigrated from Ireland to South Australia by 1854; probably in 1851 on the ship Hydaspes. There are many variations on the spelling of her surname (Cremins on her marriage registration in South Australia) but many of her descendants have "Crimeen" somewhere in their given names.
Her sister Sarah Crimeen died in South Australia in 1911. In her will she left money to all of Mary's children and also to "my sister Eliza O'Brien of The Copse County Wicklow in Ireland". In her will Sarah referred to all her married female beneficiaries by their married surname.
Sarah had another sister Bridget Crimeen who died in South Australia in 1906.
From their ages at their dates of death, Sarah was born c1840, Bridget c1834, and Mary c1836. So presumably Eliza was born in a related time range.
Andrew Crimeen born c1824 and Elizabeth Crimeen born c1820 who emigrated on the same ship are siblings of each other and related in some unspecified way (they are buried in the same plot as Bridget and Sarah).
My question is: Can anybody find out anything about this family in Ireland? I am thinking that the best lead is "my sister Eliza O'Brien of The Copse County Wicklow".
Thank you for any help you are able to provide.
My triple great grandmother Mary Crimeen emigrated from Ireland to South Australia by 1854; probably in 1851 on the ship Hydaspes. There are many variations on the spelling of her surname (Cremins on her marriage registration in South Australia) but many of her descendants have "Crimeen" somewhere in their given names.
Her sister Sarah Crimeen died in South Australia in 1911. In her will she left money to all of Mary's children and also to "my sister Eliza O'Brien of The Copse County Wicklow in Ireland". In her will Sarah referred to all her married female beneficiaries by their married surname.
Sarah had another sister Bridget Crimeen who died in South Australia in 1906.
From their ages at their dates of death, Sarah was born c1840, Bridget c1834, and Mary c1836. So presumably Eliza was born in a related time range.
Andrew Crimeen born c1824 and Elizabeth Crimeen born c1820 who emigrated on the same ship are siblings of each other and related in some unspecified way (they are buried in the same plot as Bridget and Sarah).
My question is: Can anybody find out anything about this family in Ireland? I am thinking that the best lead is "my sister Eliza O'Brien of The Copse County Wicklow".
Thank you for any help you are able to provide.