Hi Dee, Qld Archives online http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/indexes.asp in their Immigration lists there is Felix age 34 and Mary age 24, Mary an infant, Catherine age 4 and William age 6 travelling on the "Maryborough" 16th Aug 1866. Could it be you made a mistake in the arrival year and this might be them? But there is no Hugh or Annie unless they were William Hugh and Catherine Annie. The Qld BDM's are on line at http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/IndexSearch.htm# and there are 6 Mary Dolan's. One died in 1910 dau of Peter Doherty & Mary Reed. Could this be wife of Felix? In 1873 Mary Dolan dau of Felix Dolan & Mary Doherty. Could this be your couples daughter? There is also a death in 1897 for a Felix Dolan son of Owen Dolan & Mary Davitt. Also two girls babies born to this couple. Margaret in 1860 and Mary Jane in 1874. Two marriages for Annie Dolan. On death certs for Victoria they tell how long the deceased was in the Colony. A phone call to the Qld Registery Office and they could tell you if that info is on Qld death certs that would at least give you the correct year they came to Qld. and perhaps some other clues. I'd look at getting the death certs for Felix & Mary. Marriage certs might also have some other clues. A search of the newspaper for death and funeral notices might add a few more clues. A search of the cemeteries might turn up some clues on headstones. Brisbane City Council has an online database. There is a Felix buried in Toowong in 1897 looks like it could be the Felix above. http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ Hope this helps in some small way. Ann in Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Byster-Graham" <deebg@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com>; "Val Bassett" <dozey@gil.com.au> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] (no subject) > Hi Val and Ann, > > It certainly is quiet at the moment. > So perhaps this is an opportunity for me to post what 'old-listers' have > heard before - in the hopes that a 'new-lister' may be able to help. > > My G-Grandparents, Felix and Mary Dolan, children Hugh and Annie, arrived > in > Brisbane from Fermanagh between Jan 1861 and June 1862. To date I have > found > nothing re their departure point, ship name, nor exact date of arrival. > Have > searched Qld Archives and LDS to no avail. Not yet visited State Library > but > hope to soon. Believe they arrived as assisted immigrants, but can`t > confirm > this. > Have searched through arrival records from all other States. Absolutely > certain the dates are correct. > If any other lister is searching DOLAN; SNOW; McCABE; KEON from Fermanagh > I > would love to hear from you. > Cheers, > Dee.

Hi again, Ann, Omitted to mention that I have the death certs of Felix and Mary, from these we were able to find the grave by the DoD`s for the couple. My relative obtained the marriage details in Derrygonnelly, Fermanagh - dated 1854. The Irish connection reads: Felix Dolan; Father: Felix Dolan, farmer. Mother: Norah McCabe. Mary Dolan; Father: James Snow, farmer. Mother Mary Keon. All the above from Fermanagh. Becomes difficult from here on, as we are searching for 1780 or thereabouts, and not a lot of records easily accessible. I guess we wouldn`t research our family trees if the mystery was absent - at least that is what I tell myself!:-) Cheers, Dee. > >