Hi Paul and Rhondda Apologies for calling you Chris this morning - I was so pleased to get your mail that I didn't look past my nose!! This is what I have gathered to date on the families you mentioned. Please correct me if anything is amiss. John (Ward) QUINN, 40, and Eliza nee COLGAN, 30 - children as per your mail Maria, 21, died 19.02.1863 and I have her as a sibling of William, 24, who married Catherine RYAN 15.05.1865 Next couple are a bit 'funny' and some data was picked up from an unpublished manuscript (previously mentioned here I think) Bridget, 33, and William, 39, BYRNE with Edward, 20, BYRNE == William is supposed to have held land at Logan Reserve, while 'Bridget and Edward went to Palen Creek', when I don't know. The ages don't suggest Edward was a child. This comes from another reference. Land Orders were not issued for some of the individuals (Rev Paddy Dunne took up several in blocks, so they could have been included there), but there was an Order 62/1126 £72 for John, wife and 4 children (under 14 years). Also have that Mary QUINN married Philip BOLGER 13.09.1875 at Yatala. I think that's it so far. Thank you again. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smith" <casmith@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 4:20 PM Subject: Erin-go-Bragh - 1862 > G'day Bev > Just to add to information about passengers on the Erin-go-Bragh. My > great-grandfather and his family arrived that year and settled in the > Beenleigh-Yatala-Mt Stapylton area. > > He was John Ward Quinn from Tullamore, King's County (Offaly) married to > Eliza (Colgan) from Clommore, Kings County (Offaly). Their children were > William, Michael Joseph, Mary, Lawrence, Thomas, Elizabeth Agnes and John > Albert. The last two were born in Australia. > Eliza's parents were Michael Colgan and Mary Fitzgerald. > > Maria Colgan (sister of Eliza) and William Colgan (brother??? still > looking)were also passengers. Another sister Bridget Colgan was married to > a John Byrne (also passengers??) and settled in the same area? > > John Albert Quinn (my grandfather) married Clara Louise Humburg the daughter > of Carl Henrich Humburg and Caroline Wilhelmine Fredrika Schmidt. Carl was > born in Mayen, Prussia and Caroline in Gunterberg, Germany. > > There is a Quinn's Hill at Yatala and there was a slaughter yard in the same > area which I believe was at one time owned by the Quinn family (John Ward > Quinn was a butcher). We are still in the process of confirming this > information. I believe the slaughter yard was sold to a the Christensen > family. > > Hope this is of interest. Any information shared just makes it all a lot > easier. > > Cheers > > Paul & Rhondda Smith