Some more pics
Just a few more photographs to keep this thing bubbling along. As before, my thanks go to the descendants of the orphans who sent me their photographs to use.
Let me begin with a couple I’ll call ‘From here to there’. The first one I took in 1980; it’s not from the middle of the 19th century, I should add!
Mary Ryan
South Australian orphans are not the easiest to find. But here’s an example of a Mary Ryan per Elgin found by her ancestor. You’d think with a name like that the task would be well nigh impossible.
Here’s a lovely photo of Mary with some of her large family
And here she is again, later in life.
How on earth was she found, you might ask? Here is a clue.
For more information on Mary see www.irishfaminememorial.org The website database is the essential research tool for Earl Grey’s Irish Famine orphans in Australia.
Finally, you may remember the large photograph of Johanna Kelly that appeared in an earlier post. She also appeared in Barrie Dowdall and Siobhán Lynam’s television series http://www.convictwomenandorphangirls.com/Convict_Women/Home.html [I’m reliably informed the series is being repeated on http://www.tg4.ie throughout May 2015, on Wednesdays, beginning 6th May, at 21.30. The station keeps the programme on its website for more than a week or two afterwards].
Here she is as “Grannie Bushell” with five generations of her large family at a family wedding in 1907. She is seated at the front holding a child.
Until next time….
Mary Ann Ryan is my great, great (I’m not sure how many greats) granny. I had no idea she was an orphan and sent to Australia in these circumstances, though I always wondered how a sixteen year old ended up on a ship to Australia. I can’t imagine how tough her life was.
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Good to hear from you Michelle. Maybe you’d like to get in touch with http://www.irishfaminememorial.org They’d love to make contact. There’s another of Mary Ann’s descendants alongside her name on the website. Maybe you know Di Sinclair-Warren already?
Best wishes
trevor
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Is that an Ipad I see on the table in the Australian settler’s hut?
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Looks like it, Chrissy. He’s not using it tho, just looking at his flat screen TV. Wonder what’s on.
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My guess is Better Homes & Gardens! The poor chap could do with a few tips there! I’m a descendant of Eliza Sharkey per Diadem. I still have lots of research to do on her but I have sent you what I have. Chrissy
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How wonderful to see pictures of Mary Ryan and her descendants. My Great grandmother Margaret Hill was also on the Elgin to ADELAIDE IN 1849. She hailed from Tipperary and they must have known each other on the voyage over. Sadly I have no photos of her. Pauline Haldane.
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Thanks Pauline
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thanks Pauline for the great story we have on http://www.irishfaminememorial.org. As Trevor says without descendants’ help we would need to live to be 500 to gather all these stories. Slow and steady but we are getting there. Perry
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Good man Trevor and thanks for the mention! Our series is going out again on TG4 across the month of May on Wednesdays at 21.30 on 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th. I guess it will also be on the TG4 player to which is available worldwide! Barrie
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That’s good news Barrie. We just type tg4.ie into the browser and up comes the station and its programmes. I gave the series a mention on the “About” page at the top of the blog. But I don’t think many go there. Hope you are both in fine form. Give Aileen a big hug if you see her, please.
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