thank you John, that was very helpful Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Burke" <jonsfamily.history@ntlworld.com> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:35 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] life expectancy > Hi Shirley > > It sounds like your ancestor had a very tough life. You might find the > info > you're looking for, or at least a reference for it, somewhere here... > > http://www.victorianweb.org/history/ireland/index.html > > Good luck with your research > > JonB > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Arabin > Sent: 06 January 2007 00:05 > To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] life expectancy > > hi everyone > Does anyone know how I could find out what the life expectancy for a > female > born in co. Kilkenny in 1845. > I am interested to know how long she might have lived if she lived in > Ireland all her life. Obviously from a poor family. > > After being born in the year of the famine she emigrated to the Cape > Colony > as a servant aged 15. > She married and had 2 children and the family then emigrated to NZ > arriving > towards the end of the Maori Wars. Had 2 more children one of whom died. > Separated from husband and took to the drink. children taken and put in > an > > orphanage. Took up with another man had 2 children - they were put into > an > Industrial School. She was in and out of gaol for being drunk and > disorderly and died aged 61 in NZ. > > Shirley > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >