Calling for McNALLY/NALLY of Mullingar - family connections!

[Wiggy]

Recently I have come by some information which is saying my GGG-grandmother Catharine Christina McNALLY was from Mullingar, Westmeath.  (She always maintained her maiden name was McNALLY)

 She would have been born sometime around 1790 - 1795.  I have found a couple of likely births. 
One in 1791 but not McNally (Sullivan)  and one in 1796  Caty McNALLY (from Castletown - near enough maybe??)  She said she was born 1790.

She came/was sent to Australia (Van Diemans Land/Tasmania) and was here by 1818 at the latest. We've had a fair idea that she was from Ireland, but we can find no trace of her arrival nor of her status - i.e. free or convict.

Is there anyone who might be able to help fill in some blanks for me, please? 


Any assistance gratefully received.

Wiggy   

[majm]

46th Regiment of Foot,  Private James McNALLY arrived VDL in June 1814, garrison troops to convicts. Corporal from 9 September 1815,  Sergeant from 11 August 1817.  Left VDL per the Dick,  1817.   https://www.bda-online.org.au/files/MR8_Military.pdf

JM

[Wiggy]

Thanks JM.    We have come across James McNally in VDL before! 

What I really want now is McNally contacts/ family members in Ireland.

( . . . . but how did you find out James was in the 46th Regiment.  From those links I can't see his name.  I am not a skilled researcher, but I have  looked and looked. I am also looking for lists of people in serving regiments, and Hobart female factory lists. . . . . .  but not on this thread.   )

[majm]

WO Pay Lists..   he seems to be a married chap,  Irish,  and he may have had cattle in VDL which may have been bought by the Superintendent of Stores, T. Ransom.

Trove is digitising all the reels of film from the Australian Joint Copying Project.  ALL .... yes  ... every reel ..... huge project, I did up a thread about it,  cannot do the live link here, as I am on my e reader at the moment.

JM