Hello Readers,
I have had a few tries with this website to post this message. Hopefully, this one will work. It is good to see a new site starting up. New people, new minds and ideas .
I wish to post this message . Perhaps someone out there will have some clues here.
I am an Australian living in Melbourne who is a descendant of Thomas and Honora Ryan (nee Fox) who arrived in South Australia in 1840 on the Birman, seemingly as free passage immigrants with a number of children.
I will summarise my research;
1. From shipping details etc in the State Library of South Australia in Adelaide, Thomas and Honora arrived in 1840, on the Birman. Place of origin is Drombane.
2. A Rev VL Trenor gave references for them, as he did for some other Ryans on the Birman.
3. I have been advised that Rev Trenor was a COI minister who owned land in this area, and also Moyaliffe and Glebe.As they were farmers and labourers, it seems possible they worked on his land.
4. Rev Trenor was also on a board of some kind who approved people for free passage to South Australia at the time.
5. On board was also a John Ryan and wife, who I have found was Catherine(Quinnane?). There were also children, one of them Julia born around 1833, and who married a Eugene Sullivan in 1856 in Adelaide. John Ryan is likely to be a brother or cousin of Thomas Ryan , as above.(I have connected with descendants).
6. Thomas Ryan had a son, also Thomas who I have found in parish records at the National Library in Dublin.
7. Baptism was for Thomas Ryan of Thomas Ryan and Hanora Ryan on 19 Nov 1839, which fits the age on the death certificate here in Melbourne.(This Thmoas, my great grandfather married Margaret Sufferan in 1865 in Melbourne, she was from Dublin)
8. The details come from film for Upperchurch 1829-1876.
9. The details of Parish are shown as : "Dromdoha" , and then on the opposite side of the page of the printout , and lower down is ; "Knockmarau/w' or similar. It is hard to read the writing.
10. It is not "Knockacarhanduff" which is in Moyaliffe, and which appears on the next page of the printout.
11. Re Honora nee Fox, there may be a link to a Patt Fox and Peggy Fogarty who arrived at the same time, but in New South Wales as Bounty Immigrants. They are shown on these docs as from Moyaliffe.
I am wondering whether any of this rings a bell out there? Anyone missing family who emigrated here long ago? These first immigrants to South Australia were considered Pioneers of the colony. The Ryans farmed around Saddleworth and Manoora in country South Australia .
I also would be appreciative if someone could enlighten me as to the Dromdoha and other parish here.
These ancestors were obviously Catholic. I do have problems re the parishes. Obviously, they lived in smaller villages and baptisms would take place at long intervals.
Any assistance is appreciated,
Thank for your time and consideration.
Esther Kahn Melbourne Australia ( a Jewish descendant!)
Friday 1st Mar 2013, 04:50AM
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Hi Esther If you bring up Griffiths valuation, www.askaboutirelandnationalarchives.ie Tipperary north riding, Parish Moyaliff, Barony Kilnamanagh upper. You will see the two townlands, Drumdiha and Knockacarhanduff. These ancestors would have been Catholic. There were Civil parishes .Moyaliff was the name of the civil parish here. The catholic name for the same parish was, Drumbane and Upperchurch. You will be able to see who lived in each of the townlands .They were mostly Ryans. Which was and still is the most popular name in Tipperary. I hope this goes some way towards answering your question. The best of luck with your research. Let me know how you get on. Kindest regards. Christina
Christina, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
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Hi Esther As a Fox from Donohill Tipperary I come across a small number of Moyaliffe Fox civil records ( 9 miles away), when researching my genealogy. Patt and Catherine ( died here) are two I can remember . I will try to dig out same. Fox name has a number of derivations (De Bhosc from North France/ Flemish/ Dutch De Vos , Sionnach - Irish name for animal fox from the 10th century ~ good stories of marauding clans etc). Most Foxes around here are of the former sept. My e mail is foxseamus@gmail.com Seamus.
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Esther in Tithe appolments 1837 Widow Fox had 38 perches rented in Coolbaun Mealliffe while Patt Fox had rented a house in drumbane. Catherine born in 1803 had 38 perches rented in in 1852 Coolbaun, Drumbane She died arch 6 1853. Moyalliffe is civil and Drumbane is RC parish. Seamus
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Hi
Colonel Torrens sought applicants for his ship Mary Dugdale in 1840 via emigration agent John Besnard (Bernard). His son Robert Torrens jnr had prommised positions to Rev Trenor but through a misunderstanding the ship was overbooked and were placed on the Birman which was Captain Bagot's ship - he was agent for Sir Montague Chaoman. who was working with Colonel Torrens on this emigration project. We are planning to publish some information on the Birman passengers and would appreaciate information on the passengers and Rev Trenor and any background. I will post other names as I identify them.
Thanks
Ron
chrisandronf
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We also have a Richard Martin 39 labourer, wife Harriet 35, Winifred 19 and 7 children
John McInerney (McNerney) 28, shepherd, wife 25 and 2 sons
chrisandronf
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Hi Esther, great to see your message here. The replies are really helpful. I'm going to try and send a message to chrisandrof about his Birman publication. We certainly have some research they might be interested in and vice versa. All the best, Corinne
Corinne
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Esther Kahn refers above (1st March 2013) to "film for Upperchurch 1829-1876"...can someone please advise where I can locate this film. Like Esther, I also reside in Melbourne, Australia. Kind regards, Shirley Turner (researching Purcells, Ryans & Dwyers in early 19th century Upperchurch & Drombane...Edmund Purcell & his wife Mary Ryan and their two children Edmund and Mary arrived in Sydney on the vessel Glenswilly 11 March 1841)
sturner2701
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Dear Glenswilly,
Here is where I found Thomas and his siblings baptisms in the Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI (National Library of Ireland) in the Parish of Upperchuch and Drombane:
http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632779#page/15/mode/1up
I did this by going through the register page by page and transcribing all the Ryans. Now, however, they are indexed by
ancestry and Myheritage and they have an agreement with the nli that they have to offer these records for free. (They are also free on the above nli link but aren't indexed there.)
For the MyHeritage index go to http://www.findmypast.com/free
click on
Ireland Catholic Parish Registers
Parish is Upperchurch and Drombane
County is Tipperary
It's worth your while using the ancestry search as well as there are differences and mistakes in the transciptions.
However, I actually recommend just going to the original nli site and checking out the whole parish record. I found many more than exist in the indexes and many transcription mistakes!
Hope this helps.
All the best
Corinne
Corinne
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Many thanks for your information Corinne!
Shirley
sturner2701
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Hi Everyone
My husband and childrens family are Ryans - I'm doing the family tree.
What I Know for certain so far
Daniel Ryan married Margaret Sullivan in Adelaide in 1852 and are my husbands great great grandparents
So what I'm after is information giving me some clue to age DOB DOD/when / where/ from where Daniel Ryan and Margaret Sullivan came from/ arrived from and their parents .
What I know is
1. They were married at St Patrick's Adelaide on Nov 1 1852 by John Fallon witnessed by Stephen Crowe and Margaret Hambers( dont know their ages or parents)
2. The first of their children I can find is my husbands great grandfather - Thomas Joseph born 17 May 1857 in Steelton/ Saddleworth- baptised 2 June 1857
By John Pallhuber sponsored by Thomas Ryan and Mary Many
Are there any children before Thomas?????
3. Other children born to Daniel Ryan and Margaret Sullivan that I can find records for
Hanorah Elizabeth- 6 Sept 1859
Daniel - 21 Dec 1863(a sponsor was Eugene Sullivan- maybe relative of Margaret)
James - 5 March 1867(sponsor Julia Sullivan- who I think may be the wife of Eugene Sullivan and was possibly a Ryan before marriage)
Margaret- 30 Nov 1868
William- 26June 1871
I can't find exactly when or where Daniel and Margaret died.
I think possibly they came out as children with their parents- I'm thinking Daniel might have been one of the children arriving with one of the Ryan families in 1840 on the Birman- but can't find any record linking them to any parents. I'm thinking a clue maybe Eugene Sullivan and Julia Ryan being the childrens sponsors.
Does this fit in anyone elses tree.
There was a family marriage break up and vitually no information past my husband Peter's grandfathers name Allan Ryan - so it's taken me quite a while to get this far.
Regards
Debby Ryan
Debby Ryan