My sister and I are presently trying to compile our family tree ready for a big family reunion planned for October 2015 in Bunbury, Western Australia and we seem to have hit a bit of a wall!!! My Great Great Grandfather was James Kearney born (we think) in, or near Macroom, County Cork in 1846. He was transported to Fremantle, Western Australia aboard the last convict ship the "Hougoumont" in 1868 where he went on to marry Catherine Tobin in 1873 and became one of the founding Fathers of the township of Nannup, Western Australia. Now it is time for us to search back beyond his arrival in Australia which is where we are having trouble. We believe his father was Thomas James Kearney born around 1820 and his mother's name we think was Maud (or Maude). We would love to find out if James had other brothers and sisters and see if we can indeed add to our family line. Any help would be greatly appreciated, if you can point us in the right direction where we might find some information regarding James or even better his father Thomas Kearney.
thanks for your time and efforts in anticipation
regards
Robyn Kearney
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robyngk
Friday 3rd Jul 2015, 03:20AMMessage Board Replies
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Apologies for the very long delay in answering your message. Have you learned any more about the above?
Best wishes
Clare Doyle
Genealogy Support
Tuesday 29th Sep 2015, 11:10AM -
Hi Clare, still have not managed to find any further information about James Kearney's life or family in Ireland which i find hard to believe as i would have thought there would be some records for him considering he was transported to Australia. We are still searching from time to time but have no idea where to look next!! thanking you for your time. regards Robyn Kearney
robyngk
Sunday 14th Aug 2016, 12:38AM