I was mightily chuffed to have my 1991 Barefoot…? included in the untapped.org.au project. Do have a look at the website to see all the works that were brought back into print.
Because of the sheer number of books involved, some corners were cut, especially with larger volumes such as Barefoot. Despite this, those involved did an excellent job. The index of the original edition is missing, as are some of the illustrations but the text is eminently readable.
What I’m planning to do today is supply some of the missing illustrations, and maybe expand the endnotes a little. (I do love a substantive endnote or footnote. Robin Haines is an expert at this . See her Doctors at Sea. Emigrant voyages to Colonia Australia, Or her endnotes for chapter 3 in Irish Women in Colonial Australia. )
Brilliant!
First up are the missing family reconstitution forms. They are for Margaret and Sarah Devlin and Catherine Fox per Earl Grey, Margaret Gerity/Geraghty per Panama, Mary Anne Byng per Diadem, and Ellen Brodie/Brady per Pemberton.
Please forgive my clumsy way with technology. If you want a better copy, do ask, and I’ll see what i can find. Maybe try the search box first. No promises mind.
Imagine what could be done for the history of a local area, over time, using this historical demography technique.
I’m tempted to publish this post straight away simply because NBNco maintenance work may affect my access to the internet over the next three days. In the meantime, I’ll look out the orphan photos that appeared in the 1991 volume.
‘There’s nothing like a fresh of breath air’ or ‘a loyal wifish woman cacchinic wheepingcaugh’. Apologeeds to James Joyce.
trevo's Irish famine orphans 
Hi Trevor, I’m searching for ancestor Catherine McGowan,17, Transported to Port Phillip on Lady Kennaway arriving 6/12/1848, she had her sister Eliza with her (16). Catherine was RC and she could read and write, she was employed by James Damyon, this is all I could find on her.
She met Charles Joseph Sherlock (convict) in Port Phillip and they began their life together in Cooma NSW and then Kings Plains (Blayney). I’ve ordered your book, and am hopeful of finding out other info, i.e. where she went after her job? What workhouse was she in, nothing is coming up. Appreciate any help, thanking you
Anita
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Anita, I’m not going to be a lot of help alas. It looks like both of them came from Donegal workhouse itself, for which not a lot of records have survived. Check Peter Higginbotham’s great website workhouses.org. Another long shot would be to check the RC parish records for Donegal via nil.ie you’d need to put ‘Donegal Parish records’ into their Search our collection box. You would get her parents’ names perhaps from the birth record of one of her children, one that she registered herself. Maybe birth records for NSW post 1856. Was there much of a time lapse between the time her employment agreement ran out and her meeting CJ Sherlock? He might be the key to her moving on . The International Famine celebration took place in Milford, Donegal this year. Search for that. Something may have turned up from that. Best of luck
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Hi Trevor,
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.
Iâve searched the parish records as youâve advised and thereâs nothing, all records start in the 1850âs onwards.
Her Parents were never named, and were possibly both dead before 1848, when Catherine and her sister Eliza left Plymouth on the Lady Kennaway bound for Port Phillip (Australia)
Iâve searched Peterâs Workhouses and nothing there either.
I am saddened that so many records have been lost in Ireland. Itâs a tragedy for so many looking for their ancestors.
I was hoping to get more information from Ireland but it seems Iâve hit a big hole, no records.
In Australia when Catherine and Charles met which is probably not long after her employment, they went off to NSW, she was early 20âs when she had her first child a son, and they had 5 more, one female died at birth.
I will search the International Famine Celebration and see what I can find there.
Thanks again
Anita Sherlock ð
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Hi Trevor
I am emailing my post that I have not been able to post directly into
the blog due to the WordPress log in just not working, try as I may? Not
sure what the problem is and I have tried on laptop and iPad but the log
in either does not load when clicked on or a few times it loaded but the
result was this email or user name is not recognised. Tried creating a
second id but same problem. goolged around but could not find an answer.
Just thought I would let you know in case it is widespread and people
cannot login to your blog.
My post
Thank you Trevor for all your valuable work on the history of the Irish
orphans. I have just purchased the Kindle version of Barefoot and note
your comments re the missing index and some illustrations. Do you plan
to digitize this index and make it available anytime in the future?
Also overall what does the second edition cover that the first one did not?
My relative Jane Harton (Horton Hartin Herten) arrived on the Diadem in
Geelong in Jan 1850 and whilst I have gathered some information I am
seeking more if it exists. Not sure if you may have come across this
name in your research??
Also do you have a verified illustration or painting of the Diadem. I
have located many different Diadem images but unsure which if any are
actually correct?
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G’day Wayne. Unfortunately the 1991 edition published the orphan Register separately, whereas the 2021 version of that is paginated running on from page 1 to 512. The 1991 index is much better than the rather confusing one that appeared in the volume 2, 2001 edition. Unfortunately there is no plan to digitise that 1991 index.
The best thing to do, may i suggest, is go to http://www.irishfaminememorial.org That will have the most up to date information about each orphan. Still, You will see something abour your Jane on page 464 of your kindle version. eg she was in Ballymoney workhouse from 23 Oct 1846 until 4 October 1849 when she left to join the Diadem in Plymouth.
May i suggest you seek to join one of the, or even both of the FB groups ‘Port Phillip Irish Orphan Girls’ or ‘The Earl Grey Female Orphans–Australia. Members there
would most likely know about such things as images of the ship.
Hope this is of some help
trevor
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Thank you Trevor.
I found Jane’s listing on page 411 and my Kindle version is only 435
pages in total???
Any ideas why this is so?
Would the 1991 Index be of any value to me in my research as I do know
that the local Historical Society has a hard copy of I think the 1991
version of your book?
I am not a Facebook user but will have a look so thank you for this advice.
The holy grail for me is finding the parents of Jane if that is at all
possible so I will try the Church records through PRONI I guess is the
best way.
Thanks for all your help.
Kind regards
Wayne
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Wayne , the BG number beside her name is for the Indoor Ballymoney workhouse register, held at PRONI. It may be worth looking through that to see if either of her parents went there at any time. Sometimes Presbyterian baptisms were recorded in Established Church records..another long shot perhaps.cheers trevor p.s. page numbers must be different between hardback and digitised version
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Thank you Trevor I will get on to it as soon as I can.
All the best
Wayne
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Well done Trevor. As I keep telling you, your entire project
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