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Lucy,
Thank you for this information.   Yes we've seen his second name changed to John in other documentation.  We wonder if he changed his second name as we think he had a brother two years younger than him with the christian name Edmund, who we also think was based in NZ.

Thank you, I look forward to any other information.  Jan

Hi,
I am trying to find any information in regard to our Ancestor, Jane Donnelly b. 1843, Balmain,Sydney NSW Aust. who married a Mariner, Captain Alexander Edmund Edwards in Wellington, NZ in 1877.   Jane was daughter of Timothy & Eliza Donnelly.

Have not been able to find any shipping records of Jane Donnelly travelling to New Zealand and whether she had any children from the marriage to Alexander Edwards.   We think that he died in New Zealand around 1900, as we later found Jane (now Edwards) living at Stanmore near Sydney, where she died in 1921.

Would love to know more about their lives in NZ, have found a little information regarding Captain Edwards being the Master of the ship "Patea" that wrecked, but not much more on Jane Edwards life in NZ.    There is much history on the Donnelly family here in Australia, her brother was the Legendary Boat Builder, her Father a Sailmaker from Hog Island in Ireland.

Looking forward to any assistance please.

Regards Jan

Mary was born in 1837 at Hog Island.   She is my husband's Great Grandmother.
I'm sorry I forgot to mention that she was also alive at the time of Timothy's death.
The Briscoe family were also well known on the Sydney Waterfront.
Jan

Merlin,
Thanks for that information, we did get that previously regarding George Donnelly, seems he was at Tarban Creek Asylum in 1866 aged 17 years.   We can assume that he must have been released from there, as he died at Duke Street, Balmain, which I think was business premises.

Just wondered what happened, was there an accident, still looking through papers.   Maybe someone else might come up with answers.

Jan

Okay, so now I think the newspaper information is incorrect, wrong name, should have been Louisa who was born 1855 and the death in 1856 would match up.

So need to go back to Lucy now b. 1851, more sleuthing.

Jan

When daughter Lucy died in 1856, she was aged 14 months. according to this death notice.  The youngest daughter (Reg 1107/1856)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12985633

However this birth would give a death age of closer to 5 years.

DONNELLY Lucy
964/1851 V1851964 37A
Parents TIMOTHY & ELIZA
NF


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