Hello Lesley Thank you so much for this information!! I've got some more avenues to look at now :-) And, yes, Thomas did marry Ann BYRNE in 1829, but I don't know her family yet. It does make sense that she might be related to his previous "boss", and that once he received his freedom he felt he could marry her. Another lead to follow :-) Thank you :-) Eunice Eunice Donovan Calen QLD 4798 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Uebel" <ckennedy@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] My convicts - Patrick GRACE and Thomas O'SHAUGHNESSY Hi Eunice, On 23 January 1823, Patrick was assigned to William Elyard at Picton. As the transport Countess of Harcourt” arrived on the 21st December 1822, this was probably his first assignment. According to the 1825 General Muster, he was assigned to Mr. Smithers at Sydney. According to the 1828 NSW Census Patrick Grace was working as an Overseer for James Smithers at Camden. On arrival in November 1822 Thomas was sent to Airds for distribution. In the 1825 General Muster Thomas was assigned to James Byrne at Appin. In the 1828 NSW Census Thomas Shaughnessy was in receipt of a Ticket of Leave and was working for James Kennedy at Appin as a Labourer. Did Thomas marry Ann Byrne? And if so, was she related to James Byrne to whom he was assigned? Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au On 3/06/2013 8:44 AM, Eunice Donovan wrote: > Hi Natalie > > Thanks for the welcome :-) > > I know a fair bit about Patrick at the moment ... he arrived on the > "Countess of Harcourt" in 1822, got his Certificate of Freedom in 1829. > He > married Mary Ann DWYER, daughter of Michael DWYER and Mary DOYLE, in 1834. > Together they had 3 children and travelled to South Australia where > Patrick > took up land. His 2 sons, James (b.1835) and John (b.1837), married 2 > daughters of his friend and fellow-convict, Thomas O'SHAUGHNESSY. He died > on his property in SA in 1872. > > What I don't know is how Patrick and Thomas spent their 7 year sentences - > were they assigned? Who to? What did they do? And I don't know what they > did after they received their freedom. > > I would appreciate any ideas about how to find out that information :-) > > Kind regards > > Eunice > ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3184/5877 - Release Date: 06/02/13

Hi again Eunice Well, James Byrne and his wife Sarah did have a child named Anne who was about 15 years of age in 1828 James Byrne arrived on the Anne in 1801 and his wife Sarah Franklington arrived on the Minstrel in 1812. I cannot find a marriage for them. Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au On 3/06/2013 10:41 AM, Eunice Donovan wrote: > Hello Lesley > > Thank you so much for this information!! I've got some more avenues to look > at now :-) > > And, yes, Thomas did marry Ann BYRNE in 1829, but I don't know her family > yet. It does make sense that she might be related to his previous "boss", > and that once he received his freedom he felt he could marry her. Another > lead to follow :-) > > Thank you :-) > > Eunice

Thanks for this info, Lesley; I'll follow it up :-) Eunice Eunice Donovan Calen QLD 4798 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lesley Uebel" <ckennedy@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] My convicts - Patrick GRACE and Thomas O'SHAUGHNESSY > Hi again Eunice > > Well, James Byrne and his wife Sarah did have a child named Anne who was > about 15 years of age in 1828 > > James Byrne arrived on the Anne in 1801 and his wife Sarah Franklington > arrived on the Minstrel in 1812. I cannot find a marriage for them. > > Regards > > Lesley Uebel > > http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html > CLAIM A CONVICT > > > email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > > On 3/06/2013 10:41 AM, Eunice Donovan wrote: >> Hello Lesley >> >> Thank you so much for this information!! I've got some more avenues to >> look >> at now :-) >> >> And, yes, Thomas did marry Ann BYRNE in 1829, but I don't know her family >> yet. It does make sense that she might be related to his previous >> "boss", >> and that once he received his freedom he felt he could marry her. >> Another >> lead to follow :-) >> >> Thank you :-) >> >> Eunice > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3184/5877 - Release Date: 06/02/13 >