Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia
George Marks was born circa 1829 in Waterford. He was imprisoned several times in the 1840's and prison records suggest that he might be from Portlaw. In 1851 he was sentenced to transportation to Australia. On his convict records he makes no mention of his parents, only two brothers Henry, in Manchester at that time and William in Waterford at that time. I would love to know more about this family and particularly who George, Henry and William's parents were. He died while working as a lighthouse keeper on Goose Island just off Tasmania. It now looks like George is also related to Patrick Marks who married Catherine Foley in 1854 in Waterford.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1829 | |
| Date of Death | 3rd Jan 1871 | |
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1830
May Day traditions across Ireland
1st May 1830
1840
Frederick Douglass speaks in Waterford
9th Oct 1845