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| First Name | Last Name | Date of Birth | Native Place | Parents | Religion | Ship Name | Family | Other Details | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | Murphy | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | Married John Ryan (TIL) in York, 16/2/1857; had 9 children. | Listed consecutively on passenger list and in York in 1854 by Salvado with B25 Mary Murphy, possibly sisters; husband was a farmer 'Brookfield' Bowes River, Northampton; storekeeper 1875. | Died 13/2/1906; story in the Geraldton Express, 19/2/1906. | ||
| Mary | Murphy | c.1832 | John | RC | Travancore | Married Thomas Otway in York, 11/3/1854; had 8 children. | Listed on passenger list and at York, 1854 by Salvado with Ellen Murphy (possibly sisters); husband was farmer and grazier in York at 'Tillabidden' West Dale, near Beverley; he died on 26/6/1875. | She died in 1910; article in the eastern Districts Chronicle (17/6/1910); died at son's residence in West Dale. | |
| Mary | Murphy | 1834 | Tralee | James (her mother's maiden name was Boyle) | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | Mary married James Pettit in Busselton on 6/7/1853, and they had 4 children: William, Edward James, David and James Bernard. Their first son was born in Busselton, the second in Adelaide, and the last two in Victoria. | Her husband James had come to Australia with his parents as a young child, and he went on to hold land in Busselton. The family moved east from 1859, finally settling in Victoria. | Mary died in 1890 in Apsley (Victoria). |
| Margaret | Murphy | 1835 | Kilkenny | RC | Esmeralda (October 1854) | Margaret arrived with her sister Catherine. On 14/11/1855, she married expiree Robert Thompson in Victoria Plains. They had 11 children: Ellen, Mary Ann, Charles John, Isobel Mary, Catherine, Alice, Margaret, Charles Shinning, James Patrick, William Shin | She died on 23/4/1919 at about age 84 in Gillingarra. An article in the Sunday Times (15/6/1919, in Perth Prattle) reported her death and role in the Gillingarra community. | ||
| Catherine | Murphy | c.1830 | Kilkenny | RC | Esmeralda (October 1854) | She arrived with her sister Margaret. On the 30/7/1855, she married William Hunt at Toodyay RC. They had 5 children: Hannah, James Patrick, Maria, Mary Ann, and Margaret Adelaide. | Catherine is believed to have worked as a domestic servant at the 'Glentromie' property, where she met her future husband, William. He became a farmer near New Norcia, owning the farm 'Norfolk'. | ||
| Mary | Murphy | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | Married David Drewett in York, 3/1/1856; 1 child. | Emigrated from Clashmealcon; he was a farmer in York; went to South Australia. | |||
| Sarah | Murphy | 1850 | Strathmore (January 1869) | ||||||
| Mary | Murray | 1855 (possibly 1863) | David Murray | RC | Lady Louisa | Married Carl/Karl Varian in 1884. He was born in Guildford (16/4/1864), son of William Varian and Ellen Sheen. He died on 1/4/1944 in Perth Hospital. | Mary died in 1938 at the age of 75. | ||
| Elizabeth | Neaves, Naven | 1832 | Dublin | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married expiree William Woollams on 26/12/1853 in Fremantle, and they had a daughter Louisa Elizabeth Woollams Gilbert (1857-1921), as well as another daughter who married Mr J Craig. | She was listed as a domestic servant. Her husband died on 14/9/1915 in East Fremantle (at the home of his son-in-law Mr J Craig), and according to an article in the Western Mail (24/9/1915), his wife was already dead. | |||
| Ellen | Neill | 1847 | Strathmore (January 1869) | ||||||
| Julia | Nolan | 1847 | Nicholas | RC | Strathmore (January 1869) | Married Thomas Bogue (25/7/1871) in Fremantle RC. | Thomas was a chief constable, possibly in Irwin (1875). | Julia, Thomas and their 3 children died during a shipwreck of the Rosette off the North west coast (24/1/1879 or 25/1/1879) when returning south. | |
| Mary | Noon, Noonan | c. 1834 | Ireland | Patrick and Cath (nee Shiel) | RC | Palestine (April 1853) | Married Michael Lally on 16/2/1858 in Perth. Their children were: Dennis (1859-1860), Michael (born and died 1861), William Patrick (1864-1886)and Mary Ann (1868-1870) | Michael Lally was a police constable. He died on 6/5/1916. | She died 19/2/1879 in Perth and was buried at East Perth cemetery |
| Margaret | Norbury | 1846 | Strathmore (1864) | Married expiree (?) Alfred Thompson on 26/6/1865. He arrived either on the Dalhousie (28/12/1863), or the Dudbrook (10/2/1853). | |||||
| Anne | O'Brien | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | Married John Robinson in Fremantle, 23/7/1856; they had 1 child. | He died on 29 January 1888 at the Mount Eliza Invalid depot, of chronic bronchitis; he had arrived there in September 1886; there was an article about it in the Inquirer and Commercial News, 1/2/1888. | |||
| Mary | O'Brien | c. 1832 | Limerick | James and Margaret nee Moore of Limerick | RC | Travancore | Married James Wood in Toodyay, 12/8/1854 CE and 18/4/1856 RC; they had 9 children. | Listed for emigration from the Limerick Workhouse in September 1852; listed by Salvado in Toodyay, 1854; at the Toodyay Depot Aug 1853-July 1854; lived in newcastle/Toodyay; James was a shoemaker, built 'Victoria Hotel' and store. | She died 9/3/1908; there was an article in the Newcastle Herald and Toodyay District Chronicle, 14/3/1908. |
| Mary | O'Brien | c. 1831 | John | RC | Travancore | Married William Shearn in Perth, 26/3/1853, RC; had 2 children; he was a TIL man. | Listed for emigration from Limerick Workhouse, September 1852; listed by Salvado 1854 in York; lived in Toodyay/Northam 1860; left for South Australia 1868. | ||
| Mary | O'Brien | 1833 (?) | Dublin | Sabrina (June 1853) | On the passenger list of the Sabrina, she was described as a 20-year-old domestic servant from Dublin. | ||||
| Catherine | O'Brien | 1833, or 1830 | Clare | Sabrina (June 1853) | According to the Sabrina's passenger list, she was a 20-year old domestic servant from Clare. | ||||
| Catherine | O'Connell | 1827 | Dublin | Henry (an attorney). | Sabrina (June 1853) | She married James Clinch in New Norcia on 9/12/1853, and they had 6 children: Emma Jane, William Henry, Alfred James, Mary Ellen, Frederick William and Elizabeth. | James Clinch was a pastoralist and farmer in Moora ('Berkshire Valley'); he built a substantial homestead and outbuildings, and he died in 1899. | She died on 17/8/1908 at about age 81 in West Guildford. There was an article in the Western Mail, which said she had lived in the Victoria Plains district for more than 50 years. | |
| Bridget | O'Doherty | 1849 | Strathmore (January 1869) | ||||||
| Ellen | O'Donnell | 1841 | Burlington (April 1863) | Married widower and expiree George Tellett on 12/8/1864 in Fremantle, and they had one son, also named George, born the same year. | Her husband George Tellett arrived on the Lord Raglan in May 1858, and claimed to be married with 2 children. In WA, he married Ellen McKay (from Belfast) in 1861, before remarrying, to Ellen O'Donnell. He left the colony for NSW in 1873. | ||||
| Bridget | O'Flaherty | 1849 | RC | Strathmore (January 1869) | |||||
| Mary | O'Keefe, O'Truffe | 1866 | RC | Lady Louisa | Travelled in steerage. | ||||
| Bridget | O'Loughlin, O'Laughlin | 1828 | County Clare | Sabrina (June 1853) | On Sabrina's passenger list, Bridget was described as a 25-year-old farm servant from Clare. | ||||
| Hannah, Honora | O'Malley | 1850 | Ireland | RC | Tartar (14/1/1868) | Married expiree William Bone in Greenough (18/5/1875), and they had 9 children: William Arthur, George John, Anne Elizabeth, James Henry, Mary Jane, Theresa, Bridget Mary, Margaret and Rachel. | William Bone died in 1888 (drowned in flood waters at Greenough while looking for his two sons who survived). After this, Hannah married Arthur Blayney in Geraldton, 1890. | She died on 8/6/1937 in Geraldton. | |
| Sr Mary Gertrude | O'Meara | RC | Lady Louisa | Came from the (Sisters of) Mercy community in Birr, and had been professed for more than 30 years. She was in charge of the Irish migrants on Lady Louisa, and was known as the 'floating abbess'. Girls in her charge had been selected by Sister M.A Kelli o | |||||
| Sabina | Pendor (also spelled Pinder and Pindar) | c. 1833 or 1838 | Galway | Martin and Catherine Pendor | RC | Palestine (April 1853) | Married George Hayman on 14/4/1863 at St Mary's Cathedral in Perth. They had 12 children: George, Mary Brigid, William Charles, John, John Francis Thomas, Francis Thomas, Sabina Sophia, Ellen Mary, Helen, Maria Jane, Mary and Samuel John William George. | John and Mary Sallinger, nee Cunningham, were witnesses to her marriage with George. | Sabina died on 7/5/1896 in Perth. Her husband had died in 1888. |
| Sarah Deborah | Pielow (also Picton) | 1846 | John (farmer) | C/E | Strathmore (January 1869) | Married Henry Makaals on 3/6/1874 in Fremantle Church of England establishment. | Died in 1934. | ||
| Eleanor | Preston | 1868 | RC | Lady Louisa | |||||
| Mary Ann | Purtell, Purtill | 1836 | Kilkenny | Edmund and Ann (not confirmed) | Berkshire 13/3/1855 | She married police constable Walter Gee on 13/4/1857 in New Norcia. He was killed (speared) in 1865. They had 5 children: Charles Walter, Alfred, Hannah, Arthur Edward, and Mary Anne. | Mary Ann was compensated after Walter's death with land in Perth, where she raised pigs. She was in a relationship (possibly married) with John McKenna from 1867, and they had 3 children: Elizabeth, John Matthew and Helen. | She died in 1883 in Fremantle, and was buried in the Skinner St cemetery. | |
| Mary Ann | Purtill (also Purtle) | 1836 | Kilkenny | Edmund and Ann (?) | Berkshire (March 1855) | Married Frederick Walter Gee, 13/4/1857 in New Norcia. They had 4 children (Charles, Alfred, Hannah, Arthur) and lived in Camden Harbour, where Walter was a policeman. He died after being speared by some Aboriginal people. | Worked as a domestic servant at Glentromie (Victoria Plains). Mary Ann gave birth to a daughter of the same name shortly after her first husband died. She remarried, to John James McKenna (19/12/1867) and had 3 children: Elizabeth, John and Helen. | She died 1883 and was buried in the Skinner St Cemetery, Fremantle. | |
| Eliza | Quin | 1835 | Tipperary | Sabrina (June 1853) | She arrived with her sister Mary. | ||||
| Mary | Quin, Quinn | 1823 | Tipperary | Sabrina (June 1853) | She arrived with her sister Eliza. On 24/1/1856 she married expiree John Rodgers in Dardanup, and they had 10 children: Bridget Louisa, Martin, James Joseph, John Arthur, Daniel, Mary Jane, Catherine, Margaret, Daniel and Margaret. | Her husband John was also Irish, from Ogonoloe, County Clare, and he also arrived in 1853, on the Robert Small. | Mary died in 1905 at about age 71 in South Bunbury. John Rodgers died on 18/6/1917 in Leederville. | ||
| Margaret | Quinlin | c. 1833 | James (a farmer) | RC | Travancore | Married Joseph William Broomfield/Bloomfield in York, 12/3/1856; they had 6 children. | Emigrated from Clashmealcon; was a domestic servant; Joseph was a labourer in York; he was also described as extremely religious and unbalanced in his behaviour; was finally declared insane and placed in an asylum, while Margaret had a stroke. | Died 27/8/1909 | |
| Mary | Quinn | c. 1831 | Co Clare | Patrick and Bridget nee McCarthy | RC | Travancore | Married John Daniel Rodgers at Thomas Little's house, Dardanup, 24/1/1856, RC. He was TIL. | Had 10 children; was listed by Salvado in 1854 in Bunbury; was a servant and lived in Dardanup, Belvedere, Australind and Bunbury. | Notice of her death in the Bunbury Herald, 24/7/1905. |
| Biddy | Ralph | c. 1834 | RC | Travancore | |||||
| Rose | Ratigan | 1844 | Strathmore (June 1864) | Worked as a factory hand in England. She was recorded at Toodyay in 1870 (stole glasses from a Mrs Gregg, and was charged with being drunk and disorderly). | |||||
| Honora | Rea | 1827 | Doneraile, Co Cork | RC | Travancore | Married Thomas Abbs Cook (22/6/1857) in Fremantle. He was a blacksmith, lived cnr Norfolk and Fitzgerald streets (Freo), 9 children. | Had lived with 3 maiden ladies in Ireland, arrived with a letter from Mrs Sutherland (nee Bussell) | 28/11/1903 in Fremantle | |
| Mary Ann | Reardon | 14/5/1833 | Tipperary | RC | Sabrina (June 1853) | Married Philip McGuire in a private home in Albany, 20/11/1853. They had 13 children: Margaret, Marianne, Catherine, John, Elizabeth, Ellen, Thomas Phillip, Ann Jane, Arthur James, Henry, William George, Philip and Joseph Phillip. | Philip McGuire was from Enniskillen in Ireland, and arrived in WA on 28/06/1851 by the sailing ship Pyrenees as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard. | She died on 6/8/1917 at about age 84 in Highgate. Her husband had died on 10/1/1905 at about age 78 in Albany. | |
| Biddy | Reddin | 1832 | Co Kerry | RC | Travancore | Married Edmund Cahill in York (CE:24/11/1855) (RC:1856). They had nine children, 6 sons and 3 daughters. | Aka Bridget Reading. Edmund died April 1895: he was a convict from Tipperary, Ireland who arrived in Fremantle on 19/8/1853 per the 'Robert Small' along with his brother Joseph. It is known that Bridget and Edmund lived at Daliak York in 1870 and 1872. Th | 20/6/1913 in Perth. | |
| Mary | Reddin | c.1829 | Kerry, Ireland | RC | Travancore | Married (as Mary Reading) William Linto in York (1853). She was sister to Bridget/Biddy Reddin, who also arrived on the Travancore. | |||
| Bessie, Elizabeth | Reilly | 1831, 1832 | Dublin | Thomas | Sabrina (June 1853) | Arrived with her sister Catherine. Bessie married widower John Peters Okely on 7/1/1855. They had 5 children: Thomas Charles, Christopher Wiperman, Arabella Jane, Francis and Edward. | John Okely was a colonial who arrived in 1833/34, after being born in Bristol. He was a baker, and had previously been married to Caroline Flaherty, with whom he had 8 children. She had died in 1853. he died on 14/6/1884 in Perth. | She died in Perth on 5/11/1906 (aged 74–75), and is buried in the East Perth cemetery. | |
| Catherine | Reilly | 1834 | Dublin | Sabrina (June 1853) | She arrived with her sister Bessie. Married (Dr?) William Brown in Perth, 1863 (11/11/1863) | ||||
| Deborah | Riordan | 1849 | Strathmore (January 1869) | She married John McDonald, an expiree (?) on 6/9/1869 in Geraldton (Wesley). He was a boot and shoemaker (1865) and wheelwright. | |||||
| Susannah | Roach | 1864 | John | RC | Lady Louisa | Susannah married Michael Griffin (son of William) on 27/8/1883 (Perth RC). | |||
| Mary | Roach | 1867 | John and Anna of Kildare | RC | Lady Louisa | Married expiree James Keilley/Keely on 2/10/1883. He was the last of the 'Hougoumont' Fenians (arrived on that ship on 9/1/1868). He had been born in Ireland in 1841, and convicted in Dublin of not informing on a mutiny. He lived in the Swan, York and Pe | Her husband James died in Nedlands on 31 October, 1918, and he is buried at Karrakatta cemetery. He was also a widower, with 2 children. | ||
| Margaret | Rowland | c. 1832 | RC | Travancore | Married Philip McGowan in Australind, 3/4/1854; had 7 children. | Listed by Salvado in Australind, 1854 under Margaret Ronayne; Philip was employed by Clifton January 1854; later farmed Boyanup. | She died 30/6/1871 in Boyanup, killed by Aboriginal man named Harry; article in the Herald, 8/7/1871. | ||
| Catherine | Ryan | c. 1832 | Ireland | RC | Travancore | Married expiree Thomas John Green, 22/6/1858 in York; had 7 children. | Listed by Salvado 1854 in Toodyay; listed at Toodyay Emigration Depot 1853/54 and employed by Donald McPherson' Thomas was a bootmaker in Toodyay and Perth; he was convicted for larceny again in 1874. | ||
| Honora | Ryan | c. 1833 | Thurles, Tipperary | John and Julia nee Fogarty | RC | Travancore | Married Daniel Ryan, 14/5/1855 in Fremantle; had 9 children. | Was in Toodyay c. 1860; went to Victoria and later Queensland; Daniel Ryan died in 1920 (aged 93, after amn accident). | Died 27/10/1909 in Ayre, Queensland. |
| Judith | Ryan | c. 1832 | Travancore |