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Australia / Re: The circumstances of the arrival in NSW of George Peter DONOVAN
« on: Monday 09 March 15 02:35 GMT (UK)  »
Jack-a-lyn
It is possible that he jumped ship in NSW.   I have found the name of a reference viz Jim Melton, Ship's Deserters, 1852-1900. Library of Australian History, 1986 and I will try to obtain a copy of it through my public library.   The only other option might be to visit the Society of Australian Genealogists when I am next in Sydney where a non-member can do research for a day for $20.
Your interest is appreciated.
KF

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Australia / Re: The circumstances of the arrival in NSW of George Peter DONOVAN
« on: Sunday 08 March 15 04:53 GMT (UK)  »
Cando
Many thanks for the info on his land purchase.
I do have George Peter DONOVAN's death transcription in which place of birth is recorded as "Meath, Ireland" & time in Colony/State is recorded as "67 yrs in N.S. Wales"; names of his parents were "unknown"; this info was provided by his oldest son.   His marriage transcription did not name his parents either but I was able to obtain this info from the original church record.   If the info recorded at the time of his death was correct, he would have arrived in NSW ca 1864.
I cant find a record of his migration about that time.
KF

 

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Australia / The circumstances of the arrival in NSW of George Peter DONOVAN
« on: Saturday 07 March 15 00:29 GMT (UK)  »
I have a copy of the church record of the marriage in Wyrallah, District of Lismore, NSW on 18 April 1882 of George Peter DONOVAN, farmer of Wilson's Ridges, NSW to Lucy BYRNES of Wyrallah.   The record lists George's parents as Peter Donovan & Mary Boylan of Co. Meath, Ireland.   George died in Lismore in 1931 at the age of 86 yrs (BDM NSW 9655/1931).   
Oral family history suggests George emigrated with his sister, Lucy who went to New Zealand, their father having died at a relatively young age.
His obituary & death certificate indicate he arrived in NSW in 1863 or 1864 but I can't find George Peter DONOVAN in the online indexes at www.records.nsw.gov.au 

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Australia / MITCHELLs in NSW, first in the Hunter River Region & then in the Kyogle region
« on: Sunday 22 February 15 07:05 GMT (UK)  »
My interest is in determining the ancestry of Agnes Elizabeth (“Aggie”) MITCHELL (1901-1972) who married Bernard FARRELL (1897-1969), in Casino, NSW in 1922.   I believe Aggie is a descendant of Charles MITCHELL (ca 1800-1869) a farm servant & native of Kent who arrived in NSW as a Bounty Immigrant 1838, 27 June with Harriet  & five children , probably William, Iden , John, Harriet & Matilda, on “Westminster” ex Gravesend.   They had a son Henry MITCHELL (1841-1916) born in Morpeth, NSW who married Elizabeth INNES in 1869.   She had a son, Henry Oscar MITCHELL (1876-1953) born in Maitland, NSW who married Martha Jane HAMILTON (1875-1955) in 1898,   Aggie was one of their children, being born in Morpeth, but in 1909, the family moved to Toonumbar in northeast NSW, where Henry took up a selection & commenced dairy farming.
Can anyone confirm the above ancestral line or have I found the wrong Charles MITCHELL?   If he is the correct one, does anyone know anything about his English origins?



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Australia / Re: Any info on BARRON Family
« on: Sunday 22 February 15 05:47 GMT (UK)  »
Dave
Did you get any further with identifying which James Barron & which Mary were the parents of James, William, Walter & Emma Barron?   My paternal grandmother, Annie Olive Disson was a younger sister of Eleanor Mary Disson who married George Walter H. Barron (1875-1945) in 1899.   George was a son of Walter Barron (1846-1930).
Kevin

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