Mary McMahon
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 3:22 am
Hello researchers,
Would you mind doing some checking for me please?
A distant rellie of Ratty's has made contact again (been years) to query the wife of the original Kilminster,
this is what he says:
I am mightily confused.
On my family tree I have the parents of Mary McMahon (c.1825-1915) as Michael McMahon and Mary Mullins (p173, Gosford Pioneer Register; Central Coast Family Historical Society Inc). The same document lists her as born circa 1824 in Ennis County, Clare, Irl. 'Pioneers of Liverpool', p183 said she arrived on 21.02.1842 aboard 'Nabob'. I see a McMahon family on the ship but not her.
Her death certificate lists her father as Thomas McMahon, butcher and mother as unknown, surname Perry (?). It also lists her as having been born in Limerick Irl.
I have a copy of Mary's death cert, which is where I got my info from. Mary died and was buried in Liverpool in 1915. Her daughter Sarah was the informant.
I usually tend to rely a bit more on daughter's rather than son's when it comes to info!! BUT they obviously just guessed her age or how long she had been in Australia (death cert about 68years, other info puts it 73 years)
Now, her wedding cert states that she was about 19 when she married on 20 July 1844 (he was about 33 or 37years old) so that equates with being born circa 1824. but that means she was around 90 / 91 when she died (death cert says about 77years)
Seeing as he was a convict (life), I find it strange that some parents (Michael and Mary) would let their 19 year old daughter marry such an older man (she didn't appear to be pregnant)
and happily wave her off to the backwoods of Blue Gum Flat, Brisbane Water Gosford (he was a sawyer, jack of all trades). As far as we can tell the first child was born around 1846.
So - have we another convict on our hands???
I can see her talking to her daughter about where she was born so Limerick is a possibility.
Just trying to get my head around this so any comments welcome.
Would you mind doing some checking for me please?
A distant rellie of Ratty's has made contact again (been years) to query the wife of the original Kilminster,
this is what he says:
I am mightily confused.
On my family tree I have the parents of Mary McMahon (c.1825-1915) as Michael McMahon and Mary Mullins (p173, Gosford Pioneer Register; Central Coast Family Historical Society Inc). The same document lists her as born circa 1824 in Ennis County, Clare, Irl. 'Pioneers of Liverpool', p183 said she arrived on 21.02.1842 aboard 'Nabob'. I see a McMahon family on the ship but not her.
Her death certificate lists her father as Thomas McMahon, butcher and mother as unknown, surname Perry (?). It also lists her as having been born in Limerick Irl.
I have a copy of Mary's death cert, which is where I got my info from. Mary died and was buried in Liverpool in 1915. Her daughter Sarah was the informant.
I usually tend to rely a bit more on daughter's rather than son's when it comes to info!! BUT they obviously just guessed her age or how long she had been in Australia (death cert about 68years, other info puts it 73 years)
Now, her wedding cert states that she was about 19 when she married on 20 July 1844 (he was about 33 or 37years old) so that equates with being born circa 1824. but that means she was around 90 / 91 when she died (death cert says about 77years)
Seeing as he was a convict (life), I find it strange that some parents (Michael and Mary) would let their 19 year old daughter marry such an older man (she didn't appear to be pregnant)
and happily wave her off to the backwoods of Blue Gum Flat, Brisbane Water Gosford (he was a sawyer, jack of all trades). As far as we can tell the first child was born around 1846.
So - have we another convict on our hands???
I can see her talking to her daughter about where she was born so Limerick is a possibility.
Just trying to get my head around this so any comments welcome.