A recent publication has this statement:
Michael DWYER migrated to Tasmania with his sister in 1828, but returned to Ireland where he married in 1836 or 1837 and emigrated to Victoria in 1841 with his wife Ellen (Ellenore) and 3 children. There is no reference for the source of this statement although it has been part of the family's oral history.
I have good information about Michael, Ellen and their children from the 1850s when they moved from Melbourne where he was a carter. It is this Tasmanian connection that I would like to find.
Michael was born in Tipperary 1802 and married
Ellen McCARTHY in Greenane, Tipperary. His death certificate is not helpful giving just "Tipperary, Ireland" as his birthplace and stating that he had been in Victoria for 42 years which fits with the immigration in 1841 (died 1884) but there is no mention of an earlier visit to Australia.
His parents are given as
John DWYER, farmer and
Mary nee
RYAN. I do not believe they ever came to Australia.
There is a convict Michael DWYER of about the same age tried in Tipperary and transported in 1828. However it seems that this man stayed in NSW and two convict records state that he died in Goulburn in 1838 so he's not my ancestor.
I have not been able to find any reference on the Tasmanian LINC site, nor on TROVE. I am not familiar with Tasmanian records so perhaps I haven't looked properly.
I know nothing about the sister at except that family lore says that she did some kind of 'good work' while in Tasmania - teaching or working with the poor or something of that nature
I know nothing at all about his parents (just their names as given on the death certificate) or other siblings. There has never been any suggestion that any others of his immediate family emigrated.
Any clues would be gratefully received.
Judith