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Looking for information regarding a James Keating m Johanna Dwyer.  James arrived in Australia 1836 in chains after stealing a carcass to feed his family.  His children Mary, John, William & Helen came to Australia 1849 on "Panama".  Son Thomas did not come to Australia.  James from Kidorrey?  Is there parish info re the children wanting to join James in Australia?  Perhaps correspondence. Jill Messenger

Monday 24th Nov 2014, 05:28AM

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  • Looking for info re James Keating who was tried at Cork - arrived Australia 1836 on "Captain Cook" 111.

    Monday 24th Nov 2014, 05:31AM
  • Hi Jill, James Keating was the eldest son of my gr gr gr gr grandfather, Wiliam Keating of Ballyguyroe South in the parish of Farahy, North county Cork. kKildorrery is the nearest town. James was born in 1784 and was 52 when he was transported to Australia on the Captain Hook. I have compiled a family tree which I have posted on a My Heritage website detailing the descendants of Wiliam Keating (b 1750) and Mary Ryan (b 1760). I can send you an invitation to access the family tree. I have included the descendants do James Keating that I have been able to find in Australia as well as descendants of other Kildorrery Keatings. James has a nephew, my gr gr grandfather, Michael Keating, whose eldest son Wiliam Bermingham Keating emigrated to Australia in the late 1800s. He also had a daughter Lizzie who married Charles Joyce in Melbourne in 1903. They are all listed in the family tree. I have managed to pinpoint where James Keating lived in 1831 as he was listed in the Tithe applotment books of that date. I also found the relevant Griffiths Survey map from the early 1850s identifying which houses were occupied by James' siblings in Ballyguyroe South at that time. There is limited information about James' wife Johanna Dwyer. My understanding is that she died in the late 1840's before his children joined him in Campbeltown in 1849. I don't know why his youngest son Thomas did not also emigrate to Australia with his brothers and sisters. He would only have been 14 years old. I hope I have been able to add a little to your knowledge of the family history. If you send me an e-mail at mk26@mweb.co.za I will send you some more information, such as the passenger list records for both ships to Australia and an article published in Late 1836 with an account of the voyage of the Captain Cook and the two attempts at mutiny by the prisoners on board during the voyage. Regards Mike Keating Cape Town South Africa

    Thursday 18th Dec 2014, 06:26PM
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