Looking for any info relating to Eliza NAUGHTON who emigrated to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia at the age of 19 years in 1865 along with other Domestice Servants on the Ship "Sunda". On her Australian Marriage Cert. her father is named as John NAUGHTON & mother Bridget FALLON and her birth place is Ballinasloe, Galway. She was married in a Catholic church in Brisbane in 1869 to Lawrence LLOYD from Trim, Meath. Eliza is my Gr Gr Grandmother.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, Jennifer Warner
jenwarn
Wednesday 25th Apr 2012, 12:16AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Jennifer,
Could you please post your message on the Trim parish page here: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/trim-meath
I would say that Naughton is the correct spelling. I haven't seen the name spelled 'Nocton' before and I would guess that this was spelled phonetically by someone perhaps by an official at some stage. The same goes for Fallen. I would be more familiar with the spelling Fallon. So be sure to check all variants of the surnames when you are carrying out research.
Civil registration records are available from the General Register Office (GRO). These start from 1864 however. You can access the website here: http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Ballinasloe (Clonfert). These date from 1820 for baptismal, marriage and burial records. You can find these at the National Library of Ireland, Pos. 2432, or the Church of Latter Day Saints, Ref. no. 1279217. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.
You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.
Do you have more information about the ship Sunda? Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? You have the name of the ship and a year, so this will help a lot. Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useul for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, peitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
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Hi,
DNA testing has got more popular in Ireland since you posted your message, so perhaps if you do a test yourself, you may come across relatives who have more information for you. I live in Ballinasloe, and have done a DNA test with my son. All the best. Kind regards.