Dear Rootschatters (Ireland),
I have been very ably and kindly assisted by your counterparts in NZ and Australia, but am now drawing a blank in trying to find out something about the background of my great, great grandmother, Mary Ann Maddack (or Maddock), who was born circa 1844 in Collinstown. At some point between then and 1864 she emigrated to Australia, where she married Thomas Goldburg, a tailor from Plock (Poland) in March of that year.
The above information comes from the birth and marriage certificates of their son, my great grandfather, Nicholas Thomas Goldburg, b. Dec 1864 in Benalla, Victoria (supplied by Victoria BDM).
Somewhat confusingly, the certificates indicate "Collinstown, Wexford" as the place of Mary Ann Maddack's birth; I don't think this can be right - as far as I can tell Collinstown is a village in Westmeath?
Either way, I have been unable to find any further record or information about Mary Ann's origins and background in Ireland.
Looking through your boards I see that this question was raised in passing in another Australia-linked thread a few years ago, but without being resolved as far as I can tell.
Would anyone be able to help or point me in the right direction (parish records, maybe?) on the basis of the above info?
Many thanks as ever for any help you can provide