Who were the parents of sisters, Mary and Biddy Hill from Tipperary, Ireland?

[20meida20]

Mary Hill and her younger sister, Biddy arrived in Hobart, Tasmania as immigrants on 16Sept.1854, aboard the "Maitland".  They were from Tipperary, Ireland.  Mary was 20yrs. old, Biddy 18yrs.  They were accompanied on the voyage by their cousins, Mary and Catherine Slattery.

I am trying to trace their parents.  Any information about their life in Ireland would be most welcome.

With thanks,
Mary

[wivenhoe]

What do you know about the lives of -

HILL Mary 20y

HILL Biddy 18y

SLATTERY Mary  20y

SLATTERY Catherine  22y   

subsequent to their arrival, Hobart, 1854, "Maitland". Knowing about their later life will be useful in researching their origins.

[matthewj64]

Arrival page for Mary and Biddy Hill
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CB7-12-1-1P94J2K

Arrival page for Mary and Catherine Slattery
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CB7-12-1-1P96J2K

A note next to the Slattery sisters says 'cousins Mary & Bridget Hill'

An Ancestry tree suggests Bridget died in Hobart 1925, spinster, 89y
Links to burial records
https://stors.tas.gov.au/AF35-1-3$init=AF35-1-3p160
https://stors.tas.gov.au/AF70-1-47$init=AF70-1-47p219jpg

Another tree suggests that Mary Hill married Jacob Turnbull in Hobart, 1855
This is likely as one witness is Mary(J?) Slattery
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-14p247j2k

(At least) four births show for the couple; the mother's name is recorded as Mary Margaret, or Margaret
1856 Agnes
1857 Cecilia
1859 unnamed male
1861 unnamed male

The tree suggests that the family moved to New Zealand in the 1860s, and Mary died in 1872

M

ADD:
Death Mary Margaret Turnbull 34y NZ reg 1872/6485

ADD:
Photo of grave for Bridget Hill, includes Ogilvie, Tas. Premier
http://www.gravesoftas.com.au/Cornelian%20Bay%20Live/Roman%20Catholic/C/2/Hill%20Bridget%20C182.jpg

ADD:
'...Bridget Hill, aged 92 years, for thirty years housekeeper to Rev. Dean Woods...'
1925 'Family Notices', The Mercury, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23813242

ADD:
Marriage of widow Catherine Ogilvie (mother of Premier) to Frank Westbrook, Bridget Hill witness
https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-53p151j2k

[20meida20]

Matthew,

Thank you so much.  What a wonderful contribution.  It confirms my own research and enables me to conclude with a greater degree of certainty that there is a very high probability these are indeed the sisters from the "Maitland".

I have copies of all relevant RC baptismal records for Tipperary from the findmypast site.  Several Mary and Biddy Hills and Mary and Catherine Slatterys, but the parents for each of the sisters are different - no godparents with the names Slattery or Hill.

Would be wonderful to know who their parents were.

With gratitude,
Mary

[matthewj64]

...
subsequent to their arrival, Hobart, 1854, "Maitland". Knowing about their later life will be useful in researching their origins.

Hi Mary - as mentioned by wivenhoe, names of parents, other family, towns etc can emerge from marriage and death records and notices and the like.

Do you know what became of the Slattery sisters?

M 

[wivenhoe]

Why is Bridget HILL, died 1925, buried in the same plot as the CONNELL...WESTBROOK...OGILVIE folks?

[matthewj64]

Why is Bridget HILL, died 1925, buried in the same plot as the CONNELL...WESTBROOK...OGILVIE folks?

Haven't worked that out yet except that Catherine Westbrook/Ogilvie nee Magee (spelling?) and sister(?) are shown in their burial records as born Meath, Ireland

M

[matthewj64]

An online tree has NZ marriage certs. for two of the children of Mary Hill and Jacob Turnburn

They are from 1885 and 1886

One has the mother as Margaret Turnbull maiden surname Hill, and the other has her maiden surname as Slattery

M

[wivenhoe]

You need to see the death certificate for Mary HILL, died 1925 Hobart.

It will record parents' names....years in the colony.

When Mary dies there is someone around who knows her.