In my family history research, using NSW BDM Certificates, I have a link to a Hannah (also Anna) Moore who arrived in NSW on the ‘Red Rover’ in 1832. According to the NSW Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1828-96, Hanna Moore was 17 years old, a 'Child's Maid' and went to a Mr James Dwyer of Erskine Street Sydney with a yearly wage of £10 plus clothing.
A ‘chat’ on RootsWeb has lead me to the possibility that Ann More was a foundling at a poorhouse. My research has reached a point where I can’t seem to trace Hanna (or her eventual husband John Twoomey) back to Ireland.
Fair Game, a book by Elizabeth Rushen and Perry McIntyre, has been very useful in understanding how the occupants of the 'Red Rover' arrived in Australia. I have tried to follow up on the Cork foundling hospital.
A quick background:
John Twoomey (various spellings) and Hanna Moore, were married in Sutton Forest, NSW in 1834. The place name 'Derringullen' appears several times in the Birth Certificates for John and Hanna’s children. Hanna Twoomey’s Burial Certificate shows that Hanna was buried at ‘Wogila’ NSW in 1849. The Yass and District Historical Society NSW has been helping with local records and suggest the place name of ‘Wogila’ would be the current locality of ‘Wargelia’, near Yass, NSW.
| Additional Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1815 (circa) | |
| Date of Death | 1st Jul 1849 | |
| Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname) | John Twoomey | |
| Place & Date of Marriage | Sutton Forest, NSW in 1834 | |
