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First NameLast NameDate of BirthNative PlaceParentsReligionShip Name FamilyOther DetailsDeath
Catherine Conway c. 1834 RC Travancore Married expiree Daniel Connor in Guildford, 16/1/1859; they had 6 children. Emihgrated from Ardoughter; listed by Salvado 1854 in Upper Swan/Guildford; farmed Newcastle and Upper Swan; Daniel became a wealthy man and held property in Perth. Spent her last years at Toodyay Convent and died there in 1915.
Mary Cormack c. 1833 Co Tipperary RC Travancore Married Michael Nolan in Guildford, 6/3/1859, had 8 children Farmed the Jane Brook area of Swan; he was a TIL man, died in 1892. Notice in the West Australian 28/8/1903, death actually occurred in Upper Swan on the same date.
Julia Cronin 1867 RC Lady Louisa Arrived from London.
Julia Cronin 1867 RC Lady Louisa Arrived from London
Mary Crowe c. 1832 William RC Travancore Married Henry Stanes Flynn alias Ricketts, PHB (5/6/1854) in Australiand; 6 children. Listed by Salvado, May 1854 in Bunbury; servant of Forrest at Picton; listed as tenant of Thomas Little at Dardanup in 1856 Mary died 25/4/1884 at Dardanup; Flynn died 1915 (was reported in the Southern Times).
Catherine Cunningham 1837 Dublin Berkshire (March 1855) Married Robert Mansfield 12/8/1857. Children: Mary Cecilia (1858), William Nicholas (1860), John (1861), Robert Philip (1863), Joseph Edward (1866), Thomas (1866), Priscilla Josephine (1869), Edmund Paul (1871), Isabella Grace Mansfield (1873) Mansfield died on 21/3/1921 in Perth; buried in Karrakatta cemetery. He was an expiree, and they married in Middle Swan. Last 2 children: Florence May (1876) and Rose Anne (1878) She died in West Perth on 20/3/1922 aged 86. There was an article in the WA Record on 25/3/1922
Catherine Dalton 1837 King's County (?) Berkshire (March 1855) Married George Hayman, 11/5/1858. They had 3 children: George Augustus (1859-1939), Elizabeth Bertha (1860-1951) and Belinda Jane (1862) Hayman was on a WA tour of service with the 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot when he married Catherine. They later moved to NSW, and he died in Granville on 11/2/1908.
Catherine Delany Patrick Delany Shanghai (possibly Clara) Married expiree William Henry Summers on 27/12/1856 in Guildford. He had arrived on the Minden in October 1851. She and William farmed in Middle Swan, Bindoon and Rockingham. They had 9 children: William Edmund Summers, John Summers, Sarah Ann (Summers) M She died on 3/4/1910 at her home in Midland Junction. An article in the Western Mail (Saturday 16th April 1910) reported her death.
Catherine Deneefe 1834 Kilkenny Berkshire (March 1855) Married Henry Bell on 6/8/1855 in Pinjarra Bell employed 2 ticket of leave labourers (1864, 1866) at Williams Rd depot. He left for SA in January 1877
Margaret Devane c. 1833 Thomas and Mary nee McCourtney of Kilbury RC Travancore Married Patrick (John) Flynn, 8/1/1854 CE and 11/1/1855 RC in York; she remarried Peter McCarthy O'Sullivan, 27/3/1879 in Warrialda, NSW; they had 4 children. Emigrated from Clahane; was listed by Salvado in York, 1854; in 1871 she put a notice in the WA papers asking John to get in touch since she hadn't seen him in 14 years and she intended to marry again. Obituary appeared in the Inverell Times, 9/7/1907.
Mary Ann (e) Doherty Shanghai Married William (James?) Hone. They had 2 children: William (1858) and John (1863); both baptised at Fremantle RC.
Bridget Doherty 1845, 1849, 1853 Strathmore (January 1869) Married Edward Smyth, possibly an expiree, who was a farmer in Dongara (1870s) and lighthouse keeper (1876). They had 3 children: Edward Bolton Smyth (1873-1950), Henrietta Ann Smyth Mcintyre (1874-1951), and Richard Smythe (1876–1877). Bridget may have separated from Edward c 1884 and was possibly working as a cook at White Peak Station, Northampton WA. He died in Dongara in January 1886.
Ann Donnellan 1832 RC Travancore Married Samuel Thomas Reynolds (RC), 30/10/1854 in Bunbury; 2 children. Listed by Salvado 1854 in Bunbury; lived at 'Moorlands' 1850s.
Kate Donovan 1862 RC Lady Louisa Kate was a teacher working for the Sisters of Mercy.
Rosanna Doran (?) 1833 Ireland RC Berkshire (March 1855) She married William Moate on 23/71855 in York (C/E) and then 5/9/1856 (RC). They had 12 children. Was hutkeeper for Thomas Butler in 1859 Children: Catherine, Michael, Patrick, Frances Theresa, John, Eliza, James, John, Samuel, Rosannah, Bridget, William Died on 4 /2/1892 at about age 57 in York. There was an article in the Eastern Districts Chronicle on 6/2/1892
Rosanna Doran, Dorien 1835 Kildare Married expiree William Moate on 23/7/1855 in York. They had 10 children. William died in 1877 (in York) and she outlived him. Children were: Bridget (1872), Micheal (1857), Catherine (1856), Elizabeth (1863), Frances (1860), Jack (1862), Patrick (1859, Rosannah (1870, Louisa (?), William (1872)
Catherine Dowling c. 1832 RC Travancore Emigrated from Kilmore; listed consecutively on passenger list with Mary Dowling (D12); both listed by Salvado 1854 York; possibly sisters.
Mary Dowling c. 1833 RC Travancore Married or defactor c. 1856 with expiree Patrick Hogan; 1 child. Emigrated from Kilmore; consecutively listed on passenger list with Catherine Dowling; both listed by Salvado in 1854, York; possibly sisters.
Jessie Emily Downe Possibly Sydenham (Kent) Shanghai (November 1856) Married expiree Fred Tindale on 7/4/1859 or 7/8/1859. They had 4 children: William Henry (1859-died same year), John (1861- lived 10 days), Frederick George (1862), George Brewer (1865), and 2 others. Fred Tindale left the colony for South Australia on 18 November 1871 She died in 1923
Mary Dunn. 1832 RC Travancore Married widower William Watson Carter in Perth 6/2/1853; 4 children and 4 step-children. Went to Victoria July 1854; William died Port Fairy. 9/7/1904 in Port Fairy, Victoria; this was reported in the Port Fairy Gazette (12/7/1904).
Mary Dunne c. 1831 Co Limerick James and Mary Ann nee O'Brien RC Travancore Married Frederick Higgins in Dardanup, 1/10/1853, 7 children. Both listed by Salvado at Vasse in 1854; farmed at 'Rose Hill' in Capel; the Higgins brothers known as fine horse and cattle breeders; he was a free settler who arrived with his family. She died in Donnybrook in 1905, he died in Dardanup.
Sally Dwyre c. 1834 Co Tipperary RC Travancore Married (RC) expiree Michael Horan in Toodyay, 18/7/1858. Farmed Toodyay 'Deepdale' and 'Mortingup'; he became an alluvial miner at Kanowna She died of heart disease in Kanowna in April 1900.
Martha Egan 1834 Co Cork John RC Palestine Married Charles Gilbert Charles on 29/6/1857 in Champion Bay. Children Janet Anne (1859), John (1861), Mary (baptised 1862), Elizabeth (1863), Martha (1865), Charlotte (baptised 1870), William (1901). Charles was a farmer and miner. He married again after she died, to Rachel Milligan, born in Downpatrick. Died on 28/1/1891 in Greenough
Jane Fannings, Fann Shanghai (November 1856) Married (or was possibly de facto) to John Byrne. They had a child Mary, who was baptised in 1859.
Mary Farrall c. 1832 Thomas RC Travancore Married John Harntnett in Bunbury, 3/2/1856 (TIL); they had 7 children. Emigrated from Clahane; employed by Clifton at Australind; farmed 'Crooked Brook' Dardanup; he was from Kerry and died in 1899 from Bright's Disease. She died on 14/4/1914.
Kate Farrell 1861 RC Lady Louisa She was one of the girls brought over by the Sisters of Mercy
Elizabeth Fee 1838 Thomas Shanghai (1856) Married expiree Thomas Armstrong on 24/8/1858 in Fremantle. He had arrived on the Berkshire (March 1855). He was an agricultural labourer, and he died on 18/1/1886.
Ann Fee Shanghai (November 1856) She married John Oliver on 20/9/1860. They had 4 children: John Adam (1863-1867), Frances Ann (baptised 1866, died 1867), Elizabeth Mary (baptised 1867), and Margaret. John Oliver arrived on the Shepherd (1838) with his parents John and Catherine. He went on to become a farmer in the Swan Districts at ‘Magonah’ (1860s-1880s); he qualified as a juror in 1860 with 150 pounds personal estate
Johanna Fennell c. 1832 RC Travancore Married William Amsley, 9/1/1853 CE and 27/1/1854 RC in Bunbury; they had 6 children; she married 2nd expiree George Grant in 1876 in Busselton; he deserted his family c. 1884. Emigrated from Ardoughter; was assaulted on the way to her employment in Canning; listed by Salvado May 1854 in Bunbury; William was a shipping master and whaler in Bunbury and Busselton; she worked as a laundress in the 1870s. Died 23/7/1890.
Catherine, Cath Finn 1831 Cork John Berkshire (March 1855) She married expiree John Negus, 24/5/1861. They had 4 children: Elizabeth (1863, died at 5 weeks), John (1866, York, died at 6 weeks), Joseph (1869), John (1871) Negas was a farmer in York, and Catherine carried on the farm after he died on 28/2/1877 Died in York, 1907
Elizabeth Finn or Fynn 11/4/1839 (?) Limerick (?) John RC Shanghai She married expiree George Davidson Moffatt/Murphett on 8/4/1858 or 12/4/1858 in York. They had 4 children: Louisa Moffatt Whitely (1860-1939), John Campbell Moffatt (1862-1939), George Davidson Moffatt (1865-1932) She also had siblings Ellen Finn Williams (1835-1895, died in North Fitzroy, Victoria) and Margaret Finn McGuiness (1838-1915, died in Terang, Victoria). Died on 5/2/1906 in Perth. She was buried in Karrakatta cemetery in the Catholic section.
Mary Fitzgerald c. 1830 Maurice and Mary nee Bresnahan of Kilrowey RC Travancore Married Henry Thomas, 9/1/1855 RC PHB in York; had 6 children. Emigrated from Ardoughter; listed by Salvado 1854 in Albany; lived in York.
Julia Fitzgerald Ireland Clara (1857) or Shanghai (1856) Married Daniel Sullivan on 9/12/1855 (Tralee, Ireland); they had 1 child. She later married (as a widow) Cornelius Murphy on 12/7/1858 (Fremantle). They had 5 children, 4 of which died in early childhood between 1858 and 1863. Cornelius was an enrolled pensioner guard who arrived on the Lord Raglan (1/61858). He had enrolled in Cork on 6/2/1835, and his pension districts were Cork (1856), WA (1858-1864), NSW (1864-1874), Waterford, Ireland (1874), and Sydney (1875-1879). Died in 1922 in Fremantle.
Sarah Fitzpatrick 1836 Ireland Michael and Bridget nee Culleny RC Burlington (April 1863) She married expiree William Teed on 10/2/1864. He had arrived on the Dudbrook in 1853. Sarah was the sister of Mary, Johannah and Thomas. Her husband worked for Clinch or Lefroy at Victoria Plain ('Bebano' property).
Mary Fitzpatrick 1841 Ireland Michael and Bridget RC Burlington (April 1863) She married expiree Patrick Murphy (of Co Limerick) in New Norcia (RC), 2/2/1869, and they had 5 children: Mary, James Thomas, Michael Patrick, Bridget Margaret and Norah. She was sister to Sarah, Johannah and Thomas. Patrick Murphy died in New Norcia in 1904. he had been a farmer in the Victoria Plains area ('Clare Hills', 'Murphy's Swamp') .
Johanna(h) Fitzpatrick 1836 Ireland Michael and Bridget RC Burlington (April 1863) She married free settler Andrew Lanigan (of Innistiage Kilkenny), 4/4/1864. They had 7 children: Richard Patrick, Mary Ann, Ellen Mary, Michael, James Edmund, Bridget Mary and Johanna Catherine. Andrew Lanigan was a farmer and pastoralist in Victoria Plains. He died in 1896. Johanna died on 31/8/1922 (aged 85-86) in New Norcia.
Mary Flanagan 1834 Mountbellew workhouse RC Palestine Married George Armstead Smith (expiree) in Bunbury, 10/1/1854 (Church of England), then 27/1/1854 (RC). Had 12 children, 9 of whom lived to adulthood. Emma Ann (1856), Alice Maud (1859), Amy Mary (1861), Andrew Robert (baptised 1864), Henry (1869). Was omn a steamer in 1857 to South Australia to follow the Victorian goldrushes.
Anney Flannery c. 1833 Co Tipperary RC Travancore Married TP John Bracken (25/1/1854, CE and 28/1/1854 RC) in Perth, had 8 children. Both she and John were listed by Salvado in Mr Herbert's house (Toodyay, where he worked) in 1854. Went to Champion's Bay and Northampton in 1860s. 1904
Mary Flynn RC Palestine Married Joseph Saunders 10/1/1858 (RC),then second husband John Bayneham 18/1/1874. Children mary (1859), Joseph (1860), Sarah (1864), Harriet (twin, 1868), Selina (twin, 1868), Susan, George (1871), Emma (1873), Ada Elizabeth (1873).
Anney Foley 1832 Travancore Married/df John Carroll. He died 1876.
Catherine (Kate) Foley 1844 Strathmore (1864) Had a sister Margaret Foley. Married Ferdinand Tondut (1868). They had 5 children: one girl (born 1869), Caroline (1870), Charles James (1872), Mary Elizabeth (1874) and Ferdinand Joseph (1875). She had been nominated by Charles Camm (brother-in-law). Ferdinand (known as Fred) was born on 1/6/1844 (Perth); died on 2/12.1920 (aged 76) in South Perth (buried in Karrakatta). He had remarried Ellen Mary Foster,1886. She died of phthisis on 28/11/1882 (aged 37–38) in Perth, and was buried in East Perth Cemetery.
Margaret Foley 1840 Strathmore (1864) She was the sister of Kate Foley Had been nominated by Charles Camm (her brother-in-law, who had married her sister Elizabeth). He was a laborer from Newcastle.
Maria, Mary Forrester, Forrestall 1829 Kilkenny Edmund Berkshire (March 1855) Married George Robinson on 15/11/1858 in Perth. They had 1 child: Henry James (1859) George Robinson died in 1875 in Geraldton. He had married Sarah Hannah (Prescott) Rogers after Maria's death Died on 1/5/1863 (this is uncertain)
Ann Gallagher (also known as Gallaghan) Strathmore (1864) Went to South Australia on the Sea Ripple.
Ellen Gallaher 1828 RC Travancore married David Harris in Wonnerup, 24/12/1856. Departed from WA in 1868, going to Melbourne with 3 children and no husband. 1890 in Wollombi, NSW.
Kitty Gleeson c. 1831 Travancore Married Thomas Moore (TIL) in Middle Swan, 1855; had 3 children. Lived in Middle Swan; he was a labourer employed at 'Spring Park' by Hamersley.
Ellen Godfrey c. 1832 John (Ireland) RC Travancore Married William Henry Weekes (CP) He married Jane Spencer in 1859 and had 8 children. Ellen died 1858. Bdm records age as 21 years
Honorah Gready 1848 or 1850 Strathmore (January 1869) She had been booked for a passage in Palestine (arriving 5/8/1868), but her cousin Fitzpatrick took her berth instead under the name of Gready. She arrived later on the Strathmore.
Esther Grealey 1845 Strathmore (January 1869) Married expiree Dominic Lenaghan/Lenachan (12/3/1870) at Fremantle Congregation Church; they had one child, Frederick (born and died at 5 days old, 1870). Her husband was born in Ireland (1836). He died on 9 November 1903, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.
Mary (Ann) Gribbin, Gribben 1838 Ireland Nellie RC Burlington (April 1863) She married William Doyle, son of Michael. He was a shepherd for J. Morrissey at 'Yarragathee' and a farmer at 'Coojerina' (according to the Almanac (1876 - 1889). They lived in the Greenough/Upper Irwin region.