Hello Irene, I think you will find most McHenrys' in Victoria & in Ireland they came mostly from Co. Antrim. My gggrandfather was a William McHenry who married Ann Black in Antrim c1850, I am from their eldest son John. They were in Ballarat where William & Ann died. Have you obtained the birth certificates of any of the children to see if there is anything different on them? Robyn Rockhampton. Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene R" <ivrbjr@bigpond.net.au> To: "IRL-DUBLIN" <IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:03 AM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Mc HENRY, Thomas > Hi Listers > > I wonder if anyone can help me. My gg grandfather, Thomas McHENRY, is a > real > > mystery-man. The first I know of him is that he married in Swan Hill New > South Wales here in Australia, his first two children were born in Bendigo > Victoria and his third in Beechworth - a Gold-mining town in Victoria. His > marriage and death certs give the information that he was born in Dublin - > County or City, I don't know - in approx 1820/24, his parents were William > McHENRY and Mary KENNEDY and he spent his first seven years in Australia > in > New South Wales. Of course, that was a favourite sentence for > transportation but I can't find him as a convict. > > I can't find how he arrived in Australia, and can trace no McHENRYs in any > of Ireland. Does anyone have any ideas of how I should trace this family > or > make suggestions as to where to look. > > I have looked for this man for eight years and can't believe that a person > can just appear out of the blue with no inkling of his origins. Any help > would be much appreciated. Regards > > Irene R > > Rees/Dowsett Family Page > > http://tribalpages.com/tribes/Brent44 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/535 - Release Date: 11/15/06 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Robyn No, I must say I haven't looked for McHenrys in any other counties as Thomas birthplace was given as Dublin on both his marriage and death certificates. As I said, I have the idea he may be a convict, so perhaps he lied about his birthplace. I'll check that out. Many thanks Regards Irene -------Original Message------- From: les wright Date: 11/16/06 10:09:01 PM To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Mc HENRY, Thomas Hello Irene, I think you will find most McHenrys' in Victoria & in Ireland they came mostly from Co. Antrim. My gggrandfather was a William McHenry who married Ann Black in Antrim c1850, I am from their eldest son John. They were in Ballarat where William & Ann died. Have you obtained the birth certificates of any of the children to see if there is anything different on them? Robyn Rockhampton. Qld -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/536 - Release Date: 11/16/06

Hello Irene, There are McHenry's in other places, but they come from the north. I would certainly stay with Dublin, especially as he states it a number of times. When did he come out? Have you only looked at shipping into N.S.W. Swan Hill is in Victoria My gggrandmother was a mysterey to us, but she eventually turned up on a shipping list, it was just hard to read. Robyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene R" <ivrbjr@bigpond.net.au> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Mc HENRY, Thomas > Hi Robyn > > No, I must say I haven't looked for McHenrys in any other counties as > Thomas > birthplace was given as Dublin on both his marriage and death > certificates. > As I said, I have the idea he may be a convict, so perhaps he lied about > his > birthplace. I'll check that out. Many thanks > > Regards > > Irene > > -------Original Message------- > > From: les wright > Date: 11/16/06 10:09:01 PM > To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Mc HENRY, Thomas > > Hello Irene, > I think you will find most McHenrys' in Victoria & in Ireland they came > mostly from Co. Antrim. > My gggrandfather was a William McHenry who married Ann Black in Antrim > c1850, I am from their eldest son John. They were in Ballarat where > William > & Ann died. > Have you obtained the birth certificates of any of the children to see if > there is anything different on them? > > Robyn > Rockhampton. Qld > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/536 - Release Date: 11/16/06 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >