Hello Peter, thanks for your helpful reply. Yes they did all end up in Victoria, in Eaglehawk near Bendigo. They are all buried in the Eaglehawk cemetery. Thomas and Hanora came via South Australia and my guess is they took advantage of the Assisted Immigration Scheme to South Australia as they stayed there the obligatory four years before coming to Victoria. I haven't yet cracked the arrival details of the others, although not for the effort of trying! One of the problems is that, probably because of illiteracy, they weren't sure of dates, ages etc, eg Patrick gave his age on his marriage certificate; his age at death should therefore be his marriage age plus the years he was married, but it isn't so. Possibly the priest who married him looked at him and guessed his age. This makes it impossible to check the immigration indexes and use age to determine if a particular Patrick McMahon is mine. I have a lot of detail of their descendants in Australia and would love to take my McMahon line back further into Ireland. Thank you for the suggestion of the last one leaving Ireland after the death of the parents, that is something to consider. You asked about the Victorian immigration indexes - I believe the original record of these is at the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) in North Melbourne. I find the digitised version on their website a bit annoying as it really needs an Advanced Search option to speed up the sorting process. Thank you again for replying Peter, and for your suggestions. I'll keep digging around and see what turns up. Best wishes, Marg. -----Original Message----- From: Peter R Booth Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family

Marg, I can't help but wonder if my Helen Collins was somehow connected to your Anne .Mine ended up also in the Eaglehawk /Bendigo area. Rae. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family > Hello Peter, > thanks for your helpful reply. > Yes they did all end up in Victoria, in Eaglehawk near Bendigo. They are > all > buried in the Eaglehawk cemetery. Thomas and Hanora came via South > Australia > and my guess is they took advantage of the Assisted Immigration Scheme to > South Australia as they stayed there the obligatory four years before > coming > to Victoria. I haven't yet cracked the arrival details of the others, > although not for the effort of trying! One of the problems is that, > probably > because of illiteracy, they weren't sure of dates, ages etc, eg Patrick > gave > his age on his marriage certificate; his age at death should therefore be > his marriage age plus the years he was married, but it isn't so. Possibly > the priest who married him looked at him and guessed his age. This makes > it > impossible to check the immigration indexes and use age to determine if a > particular Patrick McMahon is mine. > I have a lot of detail of their descendants in Australia and would love to > take my McMahon line back further into Ireland. > Thank you for the suggestion of the last one leaving Ireland after the > death > of the parents, that is something to consider. > You asked about the Victorian immigration indexes - I believe the original > record of these is at the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) in > North > Melbourne. I find the digitised version on their website a bit annoying as > it really needs an Advanced Search option to speed up the sorting process. > Thank you again for replying Peter, and for your suggestions. I'll keep > digging around and see what turns up. > > Best wishes, > Marg. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter R Booth > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family > > > > > > ====================================== > Remember to stay on Topic. > If you have a problem with anything please contact the list admin > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Rae, Possibly she is related, but we will probably need to find the next generation back in Ireland to connect them. Also, I have the Eaglehawk Pioneers Register and although there are eight different Collins families, Helen Collins isn't amongst them. Who were her parents? I might have information re her extended family if they are in the Register. Marg. -----Original Message----- From: Rae & Greg Ryan Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 5:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family Marg, I can't help but wonder if my Helen Collins was somehow connected to your Anne .Mine ended up also in the Eaglehawk /Bendigo area. Rae. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family

Marg, What year did Thomas & Hanora arrive. Rae ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family > Hello Peter, > thanks for your helpful reply. > Yes they did all end up in Victoria, in Eaglehawk near Bendigo. They are > all > buried in the Eaglehawk cemetery. Thomas and Hanora came via South > Australia > and my guess is they took advantage of the Assisted Immigration Scheme to > South Australia as they stayed there the obligatory four years before > coming > to Victoria. I haven't yet cracked the arrival details of the others, > although not for the effort of trying! One of the problems is that, > probably > because of illiteracy, they weren't sure of dates, ages etc, eg Patrick > gave > his age on his marriage certificate; his age at death should therefore be > his marriage age plus the years he was married, but it isn't so. Possibly > the priest who married him looked at him and guessed his age. This makes > it > impossible to check the immigration indexes and use age to determine if a > particular Patrick McMahon is mine. > I have a lot of detail of their descendants in Australia and would love to > take my McMahon line back further into Ireland. > Thank you for the suggestion of the last one leaving Ireland after the > death > of the parents, that is something to consider. > You asked about the Victorian immigration indexes - I believe the original > record of these is at the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) in > North > Melbourne. I find the digitised version on their website a bit annoying as > it really needs an Advanced Search option to speed up the sorting process. > Thank you again for replying Peter, and for your suggestions. I'll keep > digging around and see what turns up. > > Best wishes, > Marg. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter R Booth > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] My McMahon family > > > > > > ====================================== > Remember to stay on Topic. > If you have a problem with anything please contact the list admin > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message