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Hi, I'm looking for information on Mary king b.1896, she came to Victoria Australia 1913 and worked on a station at Warrnambool, on my grandfathers paperwork she stated her fathers name as john king and mother deceased, it was rumoured in our family in Australia she jumped ship as she was the oldest child/daughter and as her mother died young it was Mary's responsibility to raise younger siblings and she didn't want to? Any information would greatly be appreciated thank you 

Jody78

Saturday 7th Jan 2017, 07:18AM

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  • Also Mary's paperwork stated she came from milltown or Quilty west, county Clare Ireland 

    Jody78

    Saturday 7th Jan 2017, 07:20AM
  • Jody:

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

    Please review this 1901 census record and let me know if you think this is your family.

    Roger McDonnell

    http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/Kilmurry/Quilty_Vill…

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Saturday 7th Jan 2017, 02:16PM
  • Jody:

    Another possibility. This Mary is 8.

    http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/Kilmurry/Quilty_Vill…

    Roger

    Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Saturday 7th Jan 2017, 02:32PM
  • Hi, I think it would be john & Nora king as Mary's age fits and the story of younger siblings, Mary king came to Australia and had at least two illegitimate sons and we have very limited information as it was all swept under the rug, my grandfather Michael Joseph king was born 1915 and followed by Frank king 1920 born in pentridge prison, Michael was fostered by Margaret shinnick and frank was left in baby home and when he came of age was sent to work station where kids normally took on land owners surnames. Mary king worked in Hamilton on a station when she fell pregnant with Michael and after reports say she stayed with aunt Ellen Doyle in grey st east Melbourne, which looking at paperwork I'm assuming the Doyle is Michael' father relatives as there is a marriage between a Doyle and white and cannot connect any kings to doyle family surnames,

    thanks for your help

    Jody78

    Sunday 8th Jan 2017, 01:59AM
  • Hi Jody78! That's really interesting. I think we may be distantly related. My great-grandfather is Michael King, who is listed as being 11 years old, on the 1911 census. He married a lady named Bridget (still in Quilty) and had 12 children. My Nan, Josephine King, is one of them. Josephine went to Dublin where she worked as a maid from the age of 12 and came to England when she became an adult. Nearly all of her siblings also live(d) in England. She married my grandad, Owen McDermott, who came from Co. Leitrim and they had 3 children: Geraldine, Josephine and Caroline (my mum) in London (Tottenham specifically). 

    My mum married a Londoner and we come from Hertfordshire, England. I am 22 and have a brother, Harry, who is 17. Would love to get in touch. 

    GeorginaUK

    Sunday 12th Feb 2017, 07:52PM
  • Hi Georgina, john and Nora king are definitely my great grandmothers Mary king parents, I've had DNA match to another distant cousin who is in USA, Michael is Mary's brother? As there was a few houses in Quilty that belonged to king families that are related, a lot of same names,john (johnny) king has photo from Leon xIII ship with brothers? They all resemble each other and are short, I'm just trying to find time to go through older census with extended family to match up, do you have genetic bowel cancer in your line of kings? Thank you for replying, my mum is going to be excited as it's very hard and not much to go by, Mary was the only sibling to come to oz, Catherine, Teresa and john Jnr definitely went to New York along with some other king cousins, maybe with all us cousins we can piece it together?

    Thanks jody            

     

    Jody78

    Monday 13th Feb 2017, 11:38PM
  • hi Georgina, I've tried to send my email privately but I think I stuffed it up, if you know how to privately email, then we can talk direct with info     Thanks jody       

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Jody78

    Tuesday 14th Feb 2017, 12:17AM
  • Hi Jody. Wow, that's impressive! Unfortunately I have only just started out on my quest to find out more about my Mum's side of the family, so my knowledge is somewhat limited for now. 

    I have not seen that picture, but I would love to see it. My Nan is very small and she, as well as a few of her siblings, have suffered from bowel cancer (or general bowel problems) which leads me to believe the link between us even more! We still go back to that area frequently as my Aunt Geraldine lives in Miltown Malbay, which is not far from Quilty. In fact, my Mum and I are going there in April.

    I did not receive the email, but you can contact me directly at " georgina.nicholls@ymail.com "

    Best wishes,

    Georgina 

    GeorginaUK

    Wednesday 15th Feb 2017, 07:27PM
  • Hi Georgina, hope all is well, I just wanted to inform you that our Michael king are two different people, mine died in 1922 from accidentally being shot in the chest from a fellow solider in the IRS at Galway and on his reports he was 19 and unmarried with no children. Best of luck with your search on your king family                                       Regards jody 

     

     

     

     

    Jody78

    Thursday 27th Apr 2017, 12:27AM

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