According to her Death Certificate, from the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, Catherine Tarran (married name) was born in Tullylease (written as "Tullalace" on the Death Certificate), County Cork, Ireland, to father Mark Stokes and mother Ellen Murphy. The occupation of Mark Stokes, her father, is given as "Commission Agent". At the time of her death, on 23rd January 1912, Catherine had been in NSW, Australia for 55 years.
Catherine is my great- great- grandmother on my father's side. I have traced some records for her and believe that she came to Australia, as Catherine Stokes, on board the ship "Glen Isla", which arrived on 2nd July 1857, at the age of 23, and that she could read and write. She was listed as a "Girl Servant". (This information is from freely available shipping registers.) This would put the date of her birth at about 1834.
According to Tithe Applotment Books (1823-1837), there are several records of male Stokes in the Tullylease Parish, including the townlands of Gortnagurk (multiple spellings) and Poulavere (also multiple spellings). Their christian names are Marcus, John, Benjamin and Patrick. In Griffith's Valuation, Mark and Anthony Stokes also appear. Some Irish Baptism Records note that "Marcus" was a pet name for one of the Mark Stokes.
I have found a Baptism Record for Catherine Stokes which gives a Date of Baptism of 4th January 1834, at Milford, with her father being Mark Stokes and her mother being Johanna Murphy, NOT Ellen Murphy (as on her Australian Death Certificate). So, either Catherine's mother went by alternative names (Ellen or Johanna) or Catherine's mother was a different person called "Johanna Murphy", and Catherine may have been raised by Ellen Murphy, who was married to Mark Stokes. I did find three children of "Mark Stokes" and "Ellen Murphy", about the same time as Catherine, namely Mary Stakes (baptised 4 July 1829, father Mark Stakes - "a" and "o" often confused), Johanna Stokes (baptised 11 December 1835; father's full name recorded as Mark A) and Edmond Stokes (baptised 7 November 1838; noting father's pet name Marcus and mother's pet name Ellena). I also found many other children of "Mark Stokes" with different mother's names, baptised in Milford, at about these times (Joseph, baptised 9 May 1828, mother Ellen Forrest; Mary Stokes, baptised 4 September 1828