Copied from another list - for your information from List admin. Subject: [HV] re Irish Girls Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:25:27 -0700 Resent-From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:25:27 +1100 From: "Margaret Guy" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] As a volunteer guide at Hyde Park Barracks where the Irish famine girls stayed after their arrival in Sydney, I thought I would see what information I could find. Unfortunately in my short search through my notes,I have not turned up any websites but did find a list of some books pertaining to them and that time in our history. The Long Farewell, 1993, Charlewood, Don. Burgewood Books, Melbourne (note the extracts from the diary of Fanny Davis) Barefoot and Pregant? Irish Famine Orphans in Australia, 1991, McClaughlin, Trevor. Genealogical Society of Victoria A Decent of Girls: The Irish Famine Orphans of the Thomas Arbuthnot, Mongan, Cheryl and Reid, Richard, Yass Heritage Project (this group of girls from the one vessel all moved to the Yass area) I often tell visitors to the Barracks that very little is know about the many girls who went through the building as, with their marriages, they changed their names. It is only in recent times with people like youself doing family history research that the link is made to the Barracks. I looked up the websites given by Annie but only got results with the first two. If I find the addresses I will post them on the list as I am sure there must be many people with ancestors who came through the Barracks. It is a very interesting time in our history. Margaret.

Hi all, I am an anthropologist & historian derived from very old settler stock in Australia; mostly McKenzie stock intermarried with Varcoes who were old Spanish stock long settled in Cornwall before coming out here. Those people intermarried with Nixons, and it was the result most strongly influential in my upbringing. On my father's side mostly Rawsons, Bennetts, Coulstons, of that ilk generally from West Yorkshire, Lancastershire, Wales and Northern Ireland. My surname Hardwick is from my Pop who came out as an orphan from Somerset in 1914 and was quickly snapped up as a prospective husband. I think fondly of him and like to keep his name because he was so kind and gentle a man . . . Most of the rest, including my research data and some of my academic papers can be found on my web site, at: http://users.highway1.com.au/~gruagach For the purposes of my seeking to join this group, my research over the past five years or so has been into the history of the lower South West of Western Australia, 1829-1920. At present I am most interested in information in about 15 Irish women who came out here to WA on four of the Bride Ships in 1853, becoming the great-great-grandmothers of just about this entire district. If anyone can help I am happy to post their names here, what ships they came out in, and where they settled. Warmest regards, Gil

James, Margaret I have an Irish Orphan in my line who arrived on the Lady Peel in 1849. She got married in 1852 at St Mary's Cathedral like it seems so many of the other orphans did. I have been toying with the idea of setting up a database to record the Irish/St Mary's Cathedral weddings, mainly for the purpose of capturing the names of the marriage witnesses. I am sure that one of the witnesses at my ancestors marriage came out on the same ship in 1849. Might be a good way to cross reference. I would need listers to supply the details from the certificates or transcriptions held to date. Would anyone be interested in this? Cheers, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Crighton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 3:05 PM Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Irish Orphan Girls > Copied from another list - for your information from List admin. > > Subject: [HV] re Irish Girls > Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:25:27 -0700 > Resent-From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:25:27 +1100 > From: "Margaret Guy" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > > As a volunteer guide at Hyde Park Barracks where the Irish famine girls > stayed after their arrival in Sydney, I thought I would see what > information > I could find. > > Unfortunately in my short search through my notes,I have not turned up > any > websites but did find a list of some books pertaining to them and that > time > in our history. > > The Long Farewell, 1993, Charlewood, Don. Burgewood Books, Melbourne > (note the extracts from the diary of Fanny Davis) > > Barefoot and Pregant? Irish Famine Orphans in Australia, 1991, > McClaughlin, > Trevor. Genealogical Society of Victoria > > A Decent of Girls: The Irish Famine Orphans of the Thomas Arbuthnot, > Mongan, > Cheryl and Reid, Richard, Yass Heritage Project > (this group of girls from the one vessel all moved to the Yass area) > > > I often tell visitors to the Barracks that very little is know about the > > many girls who went through the building as, with their marriages, they > changed their names. It is only in recent times with people like youself > > doing family history research that the link is made to the Barracks. > > I looked up the websites given by Annie but only got results with the > first > two. > > If I find the addresses I will post them on the list as I am sure there > must > be many people with ancestors who came through the Barracks. It is a > very > interesting time in our history. > Margaret. > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > >>"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."<< > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >