Thank You Merlin. The Clare on The Headstone is fantastic! BUT this still doesnt prove anything.
Now this is where it gets tricky as I am trying to prove if this Catherine is in fact my missing Mary!
Three Sisters, Mary 28yrs, Bridget 22 yrs and Ellen 21 yrs all came from Ireland in 1854 aboard the China to Australia. With their Brother Paul following later..
Their Father John O'Halloran listed as a Corn & Butter dealer had died sometime before they Left Ireland with their Mother Catherine living in Limerick.
We have established that Bridget first married William Sheriff then John Salter. Ellen married John French( and this is why I suspect perhaps Catherine and Henry are the ones, with Henry and John being related) and Paul married Margaret Hernchen. I might mention all these families lived around the Benalla,Violet Town,Tamleugh,Gowangardie townships.
I have unsucessfully tried to find Mary with many certificates later and still no trace of her.
I got to thinking that this Catherine listed marrying to Henry French was a huge possibility but more of a coincedence with her name being Catherine Mary. The thing that throws me is her mother is listed as Catherine Canavan and her Father Pat O'Halloran and not John O'Halloran & Catherine O'Brien(Ryan) as her sisters certificates list.
Is this me grasping at straws or a huge possibility
I look forward to your thoughts... confused and wanting answers