Margaret Jane Tennyson born 8th Oct 1868 died 1st Q 1869,
Eliza Jane Tennyson born 16th Jan 1872
Mary Tennyson born 27th April 1882
All born in Dungannon Workhouse to Margaret Tennyson. Father not named.
Spouse (First Name/s and Maiden/Surname)
William Alexander McConnell from Ballynadrentagh, Killead, Antrim.
Place & Date of Marriage
Perth, Western Australia on 16th March 1901
Occupation
Servant & mother & partner to William
Place of Death
Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
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Martha was a talented provider and homemaker. Growing vegetables, preserving, milking cows, making butter, raising poultry, sewing her family's clothing. She was talented at crochet and knitting and passed these talents to my grandmother.
Father (First Name/s and Surname)
On her marriage certificate Martha named her father as Joseph Tennyson.
As Martha was born in the workhouse, I feel she may have been embarrassed about her circumstances and saw an opportunity to remedy her situation when she moved to Australia.
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Martha migrated to Western Australia on the 'ssCornwall' with 45 other servant girls arriving in Fremantle on the 17th June 1898. Captain Young was ships captain, Surgeon was Douglas Edward Darbyshire, and Matron on board was Mary Pitman Monkhouse.
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If anyone has any idea what may have happened to Martha's sister's and her mother I would be most grateful for any info. Any information on the families and people she worked with or had dealings with are also appreciated; the Hammond family, the Lowe family, the Tackaberry family, the Burges family, the Brown and Richardson families also had some contact with Martha from the Tyrone Courier etc. newspaper articles of the 1880's and 1890's.
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If anyone has any idea what may have happened to Martha's sister's and her mother I would be most grateful for any info. Any information on the families and people she worked with or had dealings with are also appreciated; the Hammond family, the Lowe family, the Tackaberry family, the Burges family, the Brown and Richardson families also had some contact with Martha from the Tyrone Courier etc. newspaper articles of the 1880's and 1890's.
Tennysongirl
Monday, November 16, 2020, 02:46