Hello John
Oh my word, all that information you have given me!! (And I apologise to you, too, for taking so long. Just so busy with the football club and other things I'm involved in)
(a) I hadn't seen or heard of that website you gave me before. So much info on there. It's brilliant! Thank you. (I have made a copy of the pages relevant to Timothy so I can go through it at my leisure)
(b) No, didn't know about the Donovan reunion in 1974. I'm in WA so a bit far for me in any case.
(c) I am descended from Timothy and Margaret Donovan through their daughter Catherine (1870-1956)
(i) Thank goodness someone else agrees with me that Timothy Donovan did not come out with his siblings Daniel and Mary. Here are some notes I made for myself some time ago:
Information on Timothy Donovan’s death certificate says he was 78 years old when he died in 1910 and had been 50 years in Australia – meaning he was born in approximately 1832 and arrived in Australia in approximately 1860.
The Timothy Donovan on the index to Unassisted Inward Passenger travelling on the Broughton Hall was aged 25 in 1857. (This Timothy Donovan would therefore have been born 1832 and would have been in Australia 53 years in 1910, the time of Timothy’s death).
The Register of Assisted British Immigrants 1839-1871 has one Timothy Donovan aged 21 travelling on the Chowringhee in July 1852. (This Timothy Donovan would have been born 1831 and at the time of Timothy’s death in 1910 he would have been in Australia 58 years).
Therefore, the Timothy Donovan from the Broughton Hall is the one most likely to be my ancestor.
More notes I've made about his possible birth: There are a Tim Donovan born 1830 and a Daniel Donovan born 1833 to John Donovan and Mary Keohane in the RC parish of Roscarbery & Lissevaird
Oh dear, it's all just so confusing. I'll have an attempt at PM-ing you and see if we can email each other so I can get a grip on who's who!!
Regards
Ann