FAMINE ORPHAN GIRL SHIP "PANAMA :TO AUSTRALIA ARRIVED 12 JANUARY 1850. JUDITH LOFTUS AGE 19 BALLINA

i AM TRYING TO TRACE MY IRISH ANCESTORY.  MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER JUDITH LOFTUS CAME TO AUSTRALIA IN THE SHIP "PANAMA "ARRIVING 12 JANUARY 1850.  HER INFORMATION IS LOGGED AS  AGE 19 AND ON DOCUMENTS HER NATIVE PLACE IS SPELT BALLYNARE, MAYO. I AM ASSUMING IT IS BALLINA - I CAN'T FIND BALLYNARE!  MANY OF THE OTHER ORPHAN GIRLS ARE LISTED AS COMING FROM BALLINARE. ALSO LISTED AFTER JUDITH IS ANN LOFTUS AGE 17 OF BALLISKEALE MAYO - I DON'T KNOW IF ANN AND JUDITH ARE RELATED.

ANN LOFTUS' PARENTS ARE JAMES AND MARY (BOTH DEAD) RELIGION ROMAN CATHOLIC.

JUDITH'S PARENTS ARE STATED AS EDWARD AND BRIDGET (BOTH DEAD) RELIGION ROMAN CATHOLIC.

 AFTER SERVING  1 YEAR WORK PERIOD JUDITH MARRIED JOHN QUINN IN CAMPBELLTOWN NEW SOUTH WALES 17 MAY 1852.  JUDITH AND JOHN HAD THIRTEEN CHILDREN. JOHN WAS A FARMER, PURCHASED LAND.

JUDITH DIED 18 FEB 1899. JOHN AND JUDITH'S ELDEST SON MICHAEL QUINN IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.

I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WAS A WORKHOUSE FOR ORPHAN GIRLS IN BALLINA AND THIS WAS EMPTIED AND THE GIRLS WERE PLACED ON BOARD SHIPS FOR AUSTRALIA.

I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S FAMILY.