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I've since located Patrick Welsh marrying Catherine Morris/Maurice in Launceston, two weeks after arriving. Catherine was the applicant for Patrick's ticket and already a free settler in Launceston. None of the Welsh ship passengers were noted as witnesses at the wedding. Patrick and Catherine had at least six children, all born in Launceston and recorded variously as Welsh or Walsh.
Would any member have connections please with Margaret, Patrick and James WELSH from Kilkenny (no idea of townland), who arrived in Launceston, Tasmania in 1856? Per the attached shipping record (WELSH listed below the purple line), Margaret was aged 21, Patrick 20 and James 18. Margaret and James had consecutive tickets and the same sponsor - Patrick Welsh (their brother Patrick travelling with them?).
My ancestors are the Thomas and Bridget Welsh also listed, from neighbouring Tipperary, whose origins I've struggled to trace. I'm wondering if they had any relationship to the Kilkenny passengers. Thomas and Bridget remained and married in Tasmania, I haven't found what happened to the Kilkenny passengers after they disembarked in Launceston.
I have a number of low DNA matches with Walsh/Welsh researchers that I haven't been able to verify. One lady did state she traced WELSH ancestors in both Tipperary and Kilkenny who could be the same people, but she didn't respond to my follow up.