Ellen Collins m. Michael Delaney in Yass 1842, died 1843

[Scottie Lark]

Judith and Sue
Thanks for all of that information and that Canton connection is certainly possible but they are such common names so without any link to Yass it's anyone's guess.
Regarding the Bounty scheme, Trove has some interesting contemporary news articles. I think the Duchess of Northumberland girls were mostly maids or house servants and there was some controversy at the time because they were all supposed to have been vetted for their character but there's were accusations that many were low class and unvetted (there was probably a certain degree of anti-Irish sentiment involved). Elizabeth Rushen's Colonial Duchesses looks very interesting in this regard but I haven't read it yet. I think they're may be more information about the DoN Collins sisters on the Ancestry Library Edition but I live overseas and I haven't been able to access that.
I want to do an Autosomal DNA test which hopefully might provide some concrete links to other descendants of Ellen in Ireland.
Bill

[wivenhoe]

Can you clarify please?

Your interest is in -   Mary Powell died on 11 Sept. 1929 (17798/1929) in Murringo ?

and all the information you are working with is for the purpose of researching her origins?

[Scottie Lark]

Mary Powell was my great grandmother so I have an interest in her but I'm particularly trying to research the origins of her mother Ellen Collins (my great great grandmother).
Bill

[wivenhoe]

  You have not seen any of these documents that you are referring to ? -

* There is a baptismal certificate for Mary Ann Delaney (available from the Yass parish)

* Mary Delaney married James Boyd in 1862 in Yass (3325/1862).

* Mary Boyd married Michael Powell in 1896 (5008/1896) in Boorowa, NSW.

* Mary Powell died on 11 Sept. 1929 (17798/1929) in Murringo

* Michael died near Yass on 15 July 1881

* Michael Delaney's will shows that he bequeathed one shilling to Mary Boyd (but the bulk of his (reasonable) estate went to his sons Michael and James and his wife Catherine.

What BDM documentation do you have for the people you are naming?

[Scottie Lark]

Apologies for the confusion, but yes, with the exception of Mary Ann's baptismal certificate, I've seen the BDM records for all of points you mentioned (I included the references in brackets but I forgot to put in Michael's death reg ref).
Regarding Mary Ann's baptismal certificate, I'll heard the details second-hand and I know the the Catholic parish in Yass does have a record.

[wivenhoe]

Can you please list all the information on each of these documents.

* Mary Delaney married James Boyd in 1862 in Yass (3325/1862).

* Mary Boyd married Michael Powell in 1896 (5008/1896) in Boorowa, NSW.

[Scottie Lark]

Again, apologies if I wasn't clear.
I've only viewed those records in the NSW BDM database. The certificate for her marriage to Michael Powell isn't available and I haven't seen the marriage certificate for her marriage to James Boyd.
I do however have the marriage certificate for Michael Delaney and Ellen Collins as well as Michael's death certificate and his will.
As I mentioned above, my main interest is to find the origins of Ellen Collins.
Thanks

[sparrett]

Hi Scottie,
It might be a positive step if you were to sight the baptismal document from Yass Parish.
Have you explored this NSW State Library help option?

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/policies-and-publications/legislation-and-policies/ask-librarian-service-guidelines

ADDING
Do you have a date the baptism of little Mary?
If the marriage of Delaney to Catherine was not till 1845, was that the year of the infant's baptism?
Otherwise it would be very odd that an unmarried woman was named as mother.
Sue

[sparrett]

Hi Scott,
I offer this "family summary" tentatively as it may have no bearing whatever on the HANNON family of your interest.

It gives some possible family background of one Catherine HANNON and I do note she was unmarried in 1844 as a sponsor at a baptism in Yass district.

https://www.gundaroo.info/genealogy/other/thomashannan.htm

Sue