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| First Name | Last Name | Date of Birth | Native Place | Parents | Religion | Ship Name | Family | Other Details | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza | Lanagan, Langan | 1830 | Louth | Patrick | Berkshire (March 1855) | Married Charles Lewis/Lowes in Toodyay, 8/6/1857. They had 3 children: John Patrick Lewis (1858-?), Julia Mary Lewis (1862-?) and Maria Elizabeth (Lewis) Moriarty (1866-1945). She remarried Francis Best in Bridgetown, 18/5/1878 | Died in Bridgetown on 15/7/1904 (aged about 73) | ||
| Bridget | Landy | 1850 | Richard and Margaret | RC | Strathmore (January 1869) | She married expiree James Austin McDermott (1/4/1872), and they had 2 children: John (1873, Toodyay) and Mary Ann (1875, Northampton, died at 2 months). Married Joseph Lovatt on 17/10/1880 in Northampton; children: Elizabeth Veronica and Josephine Mary. | Her first husband McDermott was a carpenter, boatman, miner, sawyer, and teamster. In 1876, it was rumoured that Bridget was already living with Lovatt, and in April that year, McDermott was accused of assault after a fight broke out with her over this. | ||
| Catherine | Lannergan, Lonergan | 1830 | Ireland | Michael and Mary nee Linnett | RC | Esmeralda (October 1854) | Married John Hongway, a (Chinese) native of Macao in Perth, 24/6/1856, and they had a son Michael, born the following year. | Her husband changed his name to Hornway and worked as cook and waiter in Geraldton. He died there in 1888. The fate of Catherine and Michael is unknown. | |
| Georgiana | Latchford | 1834 | Limerick | Esmeralda (October 1854) | Married expiree Bernard Sheridan in Perth, 1859 (possibly 23/4/1859). | Her husband Bernard Sheridan was also born in Ireland, and had arrived in WA in 1852. He had left a wife and 2 children in England (Liverpool), and after Georgiana's death, he remarried to Jane Sherwood in 1860 in Victoria Plains. | Georgiana died in Gingin in 1859 (aged 25). Bernard died in Geraldton, January 1869, and is buried at Greenough cemetery. | ||
| Jude | Leahy | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | Married Denis Connell (TIL) in Vasse/Busselton, 1856; they had 7 children. | Left Denis mid-1887, as he was experiencing mental health problems and later committed suicide; covered in the Inquirer and Commercial News 28/9/1887; she emigrated from Ardoughter; they farmed at Ludlow. | Died 1911. | ||
| Sarah | Leonard | 1836, 1837 | Limerick | Esmeralda (October 1854) | Married James Feddes in Perth, 1855 (under the name Sarah Leanord). | Was listed as a servant in the Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians. | |||
| Mary | Leonard | 1839 | Strathmore (January 1869) | Married expiree Philip Wall, 1/1/1870 in Geraldton (Wesly). He had a wife and child in the UK. He and Mary had 3 children: Henry (born and died 1871, Greenough), Hannah (born 1874, Dongara, died at 6 months), and Helena (born and died 1877, Dongara). | Philip Wall worked as a carpenter in Irwin (1870s); he was admitted to Mt Elize invalid depot with bad eyes (1888) and his wife applied for relief funds. He died in Perth Old Men’s Home in 1904. | ||||
| Joanna/Johannah | Ling/Link | Daniel and Johanna/Joanna Lisson | Shanghai | Married expiree Joseph Miles on 2/5/1857 in Perth. He was born in 1830 (England), the son of Thomas Miles and Sara Simpson, and had arrived on the Sea Park in April 1854. Joseph later married Maria Robinson on 28 November 1876 at Perth, Western Australia, | |||||
| Margaret | Lynch | 1840 | Kilkenny | Mark (?) | Tartar (14/1/1868) | Married expiree Patrick Dynan at the property Tibbradden (Geraldton), 13/5/1869. They had 3 children: Bridget, Hannah and John Henry. Patrick Dynan went to New Zealand without her, and she remarried to Charles Alfred Leonard in 1883. | With Charles Alfred Leonard, she had 3 more children: Charles Alfred, Albert Nelson and William Joseph. | She died in Claremont on 6/9/1923 | |
| Eliza | Mace | 1842 | Strathmore (1864) | She married William Waldock/Waldeck in 1865. Their son Edwin was born 4/4/1866. | |||||
| Mary | Magrath, McGrath | 1834 | Waterford | Sabrina (June 1853) | According to Sabrina's passenger list, she was 19 years old and from Waterford. | ||||
| Sarah | Maguire | 1845 | John and Rani Maguire | Strathmore (June 1864) | Married expiree Alexander Wilson (26/10/1864) in Perth; he had arrived on the William Hammond (March 1856); they had 8 children: Augustus Lyons Wilson, Theodore, Alexander, Thomas, Louisa, Augustine, Roderick. | Sarah and Alex lived on Barrack Street in the 1860s, where they owned a furniture factory. He made the furniture and she did the upholstery. He was given 6 months hard labor in November 1883 for assaulting her. | Died on 13/8/1928, aged 83 years, and there was a notice of her death the following day in the West Australian. | ||
| Mary | Mahon, Mahoney | 1821 | Kilkenny | Berkshire (March 1855) | Married expiree Thomas Weaver on 16/2/1857 in York. Weaver left the colony for South Australia on the Armistice from Fremantle on 14/6/ 1875. | ||||
| Annie | Mahoney | 1860 | Lady Louisa | ||||||
| Ellen | Mahony | c. 1828 | Maurice. | RC | Travancore | Married Thomas Morrow in Beverley, 17/3/1854; they had 4 children. | Emigrated from Clashmealcon; listed by Salvado in York, 1854, ; left for South Australia c. 1855; Thomas was a dairyman in Ross Creek, Kapunda. | Died 2/1/1916 in Ross Creek. | |
| Bridget | Manton | 1866 | Lady Louisa | ||||||
| Biddy | Mara | c.1831 | William and Mary nee Davaney | RC | Travancore | Married Francis Yates 17/12/1854 and April 1857 RC PHB Toodyay; 3 children. | Listed by Salvado in Toodyay (as Marah), 1854; was at the depot there 1853/54; farmed Irishtown via Northam; Yates died in 1908. | Died 7/7/1907. | |
| Bridget | Marra | 1832 | Tipperary | Sabrina (June 1853) | Arrived with sisters Mary and Margaret | She never worked in service | |||
| Margaret | Marra | 1826 | Tipperary | Sabrina (June 1853) | Arrived with sisters Bridget and Mary | ||||
| Mary | Marra | 1830 | Tipperary | Sabrina (June 1853) | Arrived with sisters Bridget and Margaret | ||||
| Margaret | Masterton | 1834 | Strathmore (1864) | Departed for Melbourne on the 23/11/1866 on the Gem, under the name Miss Masterson. | |||||
| Catherine | McBride | 1840 | Berkshire (March 1855) | Married George Edward Stubberfield in Middle Swan, 16/4/1863. They had 2 children: John Edgar Stubberfield (1864-1875) and George Stubberfield (born and died in 1866). | She was employed in Arthur River | Died on 16/6/1869 at about age 29 in Perth | |||
| Mary | McBride, McBryde | 1836 | Dublin | Berkshire (March 1855) | Married widower John Allison in Bunbury, 28/11/1856. They had one child: Ellen (1857, Picton, Bunbury). | John Allison had been a member of the 21st Regiment (the 21st (Royal North British Fuzileers), and had arrived in WA in September 1833. He married Esther Price in 1855 (Bunbury), and they had one child, Esther (born 1856). He died in August 1875. | |||
| Mary | McCabe | 1831 | Dublin | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married James Cole in Perth (21/11/1853, and they had two children in WA (Jane and James), followed by John Henry (born in Adelaide) and Cornelius (born in Melbourne). | Mary and her husband appear to have left the colony for Victoria. | She died in North Melbourne on 23/7/1907, and is buried at the city's general cemetery in Parkville. | ||
| Catherine | McCabe, MacCabe | 1826, 1827 | Dublin | James | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married expiree James Dowling in Perth (24/3/1856), and they had 5 children: Elizabeth Ellen, John Henry, William Cornelius, Mary Susanna and Matilda Sarah. | James Dowling was also known as Dawling, and was recorded as a woodcarver/joiner, born in London. He had arrived on the Ramillies (August 1854). The family appears to have moved to Melbourne, Victoria. | Catherine died in North Melbourne on 19/11/1890, and was buried in the city's general cemetery in Parkville. Her husband James died in 1899. |
| Mary, or Mary Anne | McCarthy | 1844 | Ireland | RC | Tartar (1863)? | She married George (Gough/Goff) Peacock in 1860 in Limerick; he came to WA on the Palmerston (1861); they had 4 children: Johanna, Thomas James, William Gough, and Elizabeth, all born in WA. Peacock died in 1867. | Her second husband James Teapler (married 1868) was an enrolled pensioner guard who came to WA on the Hougoumont (1868). He had been born in Tullamore, Ireland, and became a teacher for many years in Fremantle.They had no children together. | She died at the Perth pensioner barracks in May 1889. James Teapler died on 23/4/1907 in Perth. | |
| Johanna, Johannah | McCarthy | 1839 | Ireland | RC | Burlington (April 1863) | Married Richard Saunders Bell in Albany, 1/4/1865. They had 8 children: Sarah Ellen, Elijah Richard, Robert Saunders, Mary Saunders, Luke Saunders, John John Saunders, Martha Saunders, Elizabeth "Von". | She was a laundry maid, and her husband was a Parkhurst boy. He became a farmer in the Nelson district by 1867, and worked as a teamster with his sons. The family took over the Exchange hotel in Katanning. | She died on 12/10/ 1925 in Katanning and is buried in the town's cemetery in the Catholic section. A notice appeared in the Southern Districts Advocate (Kattanning) on the day of her death. Her husband had died in 1918. | |
| Annie | McDonnell | 1855 | RC | Lady Louisa | |||||
| Julia | McDonnell | 1825 | Dublin | Berkshire (March 1855) | |||||
| Margaret | McElligott | c. 1832 | Travancore | Emigrated from Clahane. | |||||
| Catherine | McGough | 1840 | Michael and Jane | Strathmore (1864) | Married (in 1866) expiree John Maher (arrived Phoebe Dunbar, 1853). Children: Margaret Maher Searle (1867-1949), John Maher (1869–1942), Ann Maher Holland (1872–1937), Ellen Teresa Maher Inge (1874–1971), Michael Patrick Maher (1879–1966). | Catherine's father had already been transported to WA, and she was sent out after him. Her husband John was possibly first married to an Aboriginal woman named Kitty, and had a son who later lived in New Norcia. | She died on 5/8/1925 (aged 86–87) in Wagin, and was buried in Wagin Cemetery. | ||
| Bridget | McGrath | 1829, 1830 | County Dublin | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married expiree Richard Ives in 1855 in Guildford, and they had 6 children: Edward Patrick, James Richard, Frederick George, Harriet, Mary Ann and Eliza. | Richard Ives lived in Fremantle and worked as a confectioner/baker, but the family also moved to South Australia and lived there for 30 years. | She died in Fremantle in 1912, aged about 82. Her husband had already died in NSW (Broken Hill) in 1898. | |
| Margaret | McGrory | 1865 | RC | Lady Louisa | |||||
| Margaret | McGuinnes, McGuinness | 1865 | Her father was Patrick, a plumber | RC | Lady Louisa | She married Henry Prattey/Pratley on 13/8/1884, RC. He was born in 1863, son of John (labourer). He arrived on 16/9/1881 on the Charlotte Padbury from London. Married Margaret on 13/8/1884 in C/E Perth. Children all baptised at RC Perth: Sarah Anne (1885) | Prately was nominated by Padbury. Carter and bus proprietor, based in Perth. | ||
| Honoria | McMahon | 1848 | Strathmore (January 1869) | She married expiree William Whelan, 6/1/1871 in Perth (?) | |||||
| Margaret | McManus | 1833 | Donegal | Bernard and Susan | Berkshire (March 1855) | She married a James Allen in 1856. The WA Biographical Index cites a James Allen (Irish, son of James and Mary), who married Margaret on 4/8/1856). | Another James Allen was an expiree who had arrived on the Ramillies in 1854 and died in a wagon accident near Narrogin on 22/3/1882. | ||
| Catherine | McNamara | c.1834 | Co Limerick | James and Lizzie | RC | Travancore | Married William Watson in Northam, 16/9/1858; 11 children. | Listed by Salvado in Bunbury 1854; farmed Jannapullin; Watson died 1898. | Died 17/4/1896 in 'Belgrove', Jennapullin; buried in Northam. |
| Mary Ann | McQuinn | 1846 | Strathmore (January 1869) | Married expiree James Grace, 6/1/1870 in Guildford RC. He was born in 1839, and convicted of culpable homicide (court martial), 22/1/1864 in Meerut, India. He arrived on the Corona (21/12/1866). | |||||
| Biddy | Meagher | 1832 | Tipperary | RC | Travancore | Married John Carroll in York (CE:23/3/1856) (RC:10/9/1856) Married Thomas Atkinson 1869 | Aka Bridget Maher.Carroll died in accident Jan 1866. Had 5 children with him and 4 with Atkinson. He died 1880 (accident) | 28/9/1931 in Northam | |
| Catherine | Meara (Maher) | c. 1834 | Tipperary | RC | Travancore | Married William Herrick (TIL) in Fremantle, 18/4/1856; they had 2 children. | Went to Adelaide; was witness (with Thomas Pennyfather, who married Eliza Mara) to marriage of Mary/Marian O'Brien to William Shearn in Perth, 26/3/1853). | Died in 1892 in Adelaide. | |
| Eliza | Meara/Mara | c. 1832 | Co Tipperary | RC | Travancore | Married Thomas Pennyfather (RC, PHB) in Perth, 1/5/1853; witnesses were fellow passengers Patrick and Catherine McNamara; 7 children. | Thomas was a sawyer at Toodyay and a farmer at York, Toodyay and Narrogin; he died in 1883 in an accident with a horse and dray. | Died at her residence 'Mackie Bridge' at the age of 49 (carcoma of the stomach), 21/6/1882; notice in the eastern Districts Chronicle, 7/7/1882. | |
| Bridget | Mintagh | 1865 | RC | Lady Louisa | Married Frederick Kelly on 8/2/1886 | ||||
| Biddy | Molony | c.1831 | John and Anna nee Scott of Limerick | RC | Travancore | Married Thomas Pursell in Fremantle, 8/9/1853 RC; 5 children including 2 sets of twins. | Lived in Fremantle; Thomas was possibly a police constable in Fremantle and geraldton. | ||
| Margaret | Monogue, Manogue | 1833 | Kilkenny | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married Edward Gardiner in Bunbury (23/4/1855), and they had 11 children: Jane, Elizabeth, William, Bethia, Fanny, Owen John, Ellen Eliza, Jesse, Sophia, Sarah and Henry. | After her death in 1892, Edward Gardiner remarried to Ann Trigwell (1899, Donnybrook), and he died on 21/9/1916, also in Dardanup, and he is buried in the same cemetery. | Margaret died in Dardanup on 8/11/1892, and there was a notice in the Southern Times newspaper about it (12/11/1892). She was buried in Saint Aiden's cemetery. | |
| Mary | Mooney | 1838 or 1841 | Laurence (late of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers) and Alice | RC | Burlington (April 1863) | Married enrolled pensioner guard Daniel O'Connell on 11/6/1863 (Albany). They had 7 children: John, Mary Elizabeth, Daniel Frank, Joseph James, Thomas Daniel, Anne Agnes, and Frances Theresa. | From 1865, Daniel O'Connell was a police officer stationed in Albany, Gordon River, Fremantle, Greenough, Williams, York, Roebourne, Coolgardie and Northam. Mary was a postmistress at Gordon River (the Perth-Albany Road). | She died on 14/6/1909 in Perth and is buried in the RC section of Karrakatta cemetery. (Daniel died in Perth in November 1922 and is buried in the same cemetery.) | |
| Rose, Rosa | Moore | 1830 | Dublin | William (a victualler) and Mary | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married expiree William Joseph Evans on 10/12/1855 (RC rites), and they had a daughter, Alice Mary Evans (Goddin), born 1863. | Her husband was a shepherd (1860s) at 'Kendenup' in Plantagenet District for Hassell and at 'Yerriminup' at Frankland River, before becoming a small farmer. | Rosa died on 22/7/1894 (aged 64–65) at Frankland, Cranbrook Shire, and was buried at Lake Poorrarecup (headstone). Her husband had died in 1893 in the same location. |
| Mary | Moriarty | 1834 | Strathmore (1864) | ||||||
| Mary | Mulcoony | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | |||||
| Mary | Mullaly, Mellaly, Mellanby | 1834 | Limerick | RC | Esmeralda (October 1854) | Married expiree Esau Wetherall at Toodyay RC church, 1857 (possibly February). They had 5 children: Sarah, Mary Ann, Ellen, Edwin and Frederick (the last two were twins, born and died in 1864, the same year of Mary's death, possibly in childbirth). | Esau Wetherall remarried to Caroline Wells in Perth, 1864. He died in Toodyay on 12/1/1889. | Mary Wetherall died in Toodyay, 1864 (aged 31), with the date also recorded as 13/1/1864, but her burial details are unknown. | |
| Biddy | Mulqueen | c.1834 | Askeaton, Co Limerick | John and Catherine nee Sommers | RC | Travancore | Married James Hislop in Bunbury, 6/10/1853 civil and 22/10/1853 RC; they had 11 children and he was a TIL man; witnesses to the RC wedding were William White and C17 Catherine McNamara. | Listed by Salvado in 1854, Bunbury; lived in Bunbury and Quindalup; James was a schoolteacher in Bunbury 1853-1861, then a clerk 1861-c. 1870 in Quindalup, and a publican in Bunbury 1886-1890; she was a boarding house proprietress in Bunbury 'Beach House' | She died 3/4/1907 at the 'Beach House'; article in the Southern Times, 6/4/1907. |