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Cork / Julia Barrett Cork c 1840
« on: Monday 03 January 22 04:16 GMT (UK) »
My 2 x Great Grandmother Julia Dooly nee Barrett was born in Cork c. 1840. I cannot find when she came to South Australia but she married Edmund Dooly in South Australia in October 1857. She lists her father as Robert. (Edmund came to Australia from Cork in June 1857).
My Great Grandmother was Mary Anne Barrett Dooly (according to her marriage certificate). I can find no birth record for her but there is a family record that says she was born on 27 October 1865. On her marriage certificate she lists Edmund Dooly as her father.
Edmund and Julia had a daughter Mary Ann who died 31 March 1866. She is buried with her parents and from age would have been born circa Jan. 1865 (9 months before my great Grandmother).
I only have one photograph of my Mary Anne as an older lady probably mid 70's. It is not a great photograph but she looks to be of darker hued skin. My great grandfather (her husband) was Aboriginal and at various times the Government records on the family describe Mary Anne as a 'full blood' or 'half-caste'. This led me to believe that perhaps she had been fostered/adopted by the Dooly family after the death of their daughter Mary Ann.
However, I have recently had DNA done and this clearly links me to the Barrett family which means Mary Ann was the daughter of Julia Dooly Barrett. I have been in contact with family and they have a Julia Collins B. 1854 who married Edward Barrett in Cork. There are similar names among the children but clearly it is not the same Julia.
There must be another Julia who was born Barrett but we have yet to find her.
Thank you.
Deanne
My Great Grandmother was Mary Anne Barrett Dooly (according to her marriage certificate). I can find no birth record for her but there is a family record that says she was born on 27 October 1865. On her marriage certificate she lists Edmund Dooly as her father.
Edmund and Julia had a daughter Mary Ann who died 31 March 1866. She is buried with her parents and from age would have been born circa Jan. 1865 (9 months before my great Grandmother).
I only have one photograph of my Mary Anne as an older lady probably mid 70's. It is not a great photograph but she looks to be of darker hued skin. My great grandfather (her husband) was Aboriginal and at various times the Government records on the family describe Mary Anne as a 'full blood' or 'half-caste'. This led me to believe that perhaps she had been fostered/adopted by the Dooly family after the death of their daughter Mary Ann.
However, I have recently had DNA done and this clearly links me to the Barrett family which means Mary Ann was the daughter of Julia Dooly Barrett. I have been in contact with family and they have a Julia Collins B. 1854 who married Edward Barrett in Cork. There are similar names among the children but clearly it is not the same Julia.
There must be another Julia who was born Barrett but we have yet to find her.
Thank you.
Deanne