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Hello
I'm trying to find anything on a Matthew O'DONNELL and wife Elizabeth - Marriage, deaths, anything -

Their daughter Sarah was born circa 1800/1815 -
Sarah married circa 1830/35 in Ireland and her birth is a guess going by immigration records which aren't always accurate, her age in 1854 was given as 39 - Her husband was born circa 1806 - both in Donegal - Also on her immigration records, her parents Matthew & Elizabeth O'Donnell - it looks like they were still living in 1854 - (Sarah's husband George CLENDINNING, has his parents[William & Fanny] but with 'both deceased' - Sarah's doesn't state that)

According to some writings written while they were still living; " the Clendinnings lived in the town of Pettego,which is mainly in the County Fermanagh, but extends across the Mill Stream into Donegal. The Clendinning family lived on the Donegal side in "the first house across the Mill Stream." 

I have found something from the Griffith valuation which looks like it might be Elizabeth O'DONNELL - mother of Sarah -
this was for 1857 - an Elizabeth O'Donnell was living at: Mill Street,Pettigoe         Templecarn     Donegal

I am hoping some one can help with this O'DONNELL family -

Many thanks from an O'DONNELL descendant in Australia

FA
(Char)

Thank you everyone for your advice, input and help -

One can't help but feel great admiration for the peoples of those times and whether my lot walked, caught a train, carriage or all three will probably remain a mystery - But they did it and boarded the ship bound for Australia and a new life, whether it turned out to be a better life is an open question, I would hope their lives were in some fashion improved -
(My GGG-Grandmother - Ellen LAWS born c.1827 Rockbourne Hampshire,  lived into her 90s and died in Goulburn NSW Australia, after 85 years in 'the colonies') -

Many thanks

Char
(FA)

Hello
Please excuse my ignorance on the following query -
How did people travel in the 1830s?
I have ancestors that must have gone from Rockbourne in Hampshire to London, whence they departed to Australia -
I am assuming the family to be a poorish one, and can't help but wonder how they got to London -
I have children born to them in Rockbourne and the shipping records show all of them, but there is mention of an infant dying during the voyage -
What counties would they have crossed to get to London - trying to find a baptism of a child born to them outside of Hampshire close to their departure date to Australia which was June 1834 - arrival was Nov 1834 - 
Some wonderful lookeruppers here found their arrival in Australia in a number of records/databases - Are there English records for departing emigrants?

Many thanks in advance

FA
(Char)

Steerage Passengers - 1834 'James' to Port Jackson 17/11/1834.

Surname reads a LAWES on the passenger list:

Lawes, William 46yrs England Farmer
Lawes, Jane 35yrs England Wife
Lawes, James 12yrs England
Lawes, Elizabeth 9yrs England
Lawes, Ellen 7yrs England
Lawes, George 4yrs England

Thank you so much MERLIN !! Such Wonderful, wonderful people here at Rootschat!! I have been searching, on and off, for years for this family's arrival in Australia - and here we are after only a few days from my post here !! and there we have them!! Great work and I thank you all - Judith, Jorose and Merlin ! - And I think this is proof almost positive that my family is the same as the gentleman from ancestry -
(I'm hoping Merlin can give me a source html if possible or just the site name would be great ? )
Kindest Regards
FindingAncestors
(Charmaine)

Hmm

It would seem to me that there are so many co-incidences that it is a 95% bet that they are from the same family.    Would be nice to know for sure, though.

If you let me have the date of Ellen's death I can have a look at the Goulburn paper for an obit for her.  Some country newspapers have excellent obits with lots of family information while others give very little.  Worth a try though.  I will probably be at the National Library later in the week.

Judith

Hello Judith -
That would be wonderful of you! Especially if something was written -
According to the death cert: Ellen died as: Ellen MUNOZ on the 18th Feb 1919 at Goulburn District Hospital - aged 98 -  buried 20th Feb -- Church of England (old cemetery) Goulburn

Thank you for your generous offer of help
 
Kind Regards
Char
FA