Sending this again as i don't think the original post arrived........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.I." <[email protected]> To: "Valerie Garton" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Thomas Dunn/e from Timolin Co Kildare > Hi Valerie, > > Thanks so much for your kind offer. I really appreciate it. I've struck a > real brickwall with this fellow of mine! > > Information: > > Name: Thomas Dunne. It changed to Dunn in Australia. Born 1791 Timolin, > Co. Kildare. > Parents: Murtagh and Helena/Eleanor (Keogh) Dunne. Had three siblings. (I > have their details) > Died 1855, aged 64, in Moonee Ponds, Victoria. His death certificate says > he was in Victoria for 14 years. This brings his arrival to around 1841. > He left behind a wife, Hannah Price and four children. > I have found a few Thomas Dunn/s's mentioned on some ships lists around > 1840/41, but these have been too young. (Thomas would have been around > fifty years old) I'm assuming he came came straight to Port Phillip but, > as has been suggested, he may have come into NSW first or even VDL. > He purchased several acres in the vicinity of what is now, Tullamarine > Airport, so I figure he had some money in his pocket when he landed. > > I'll eagerly await your findings! :) > > Dale > Cloudy Whitsundays > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Garton" <[email protected]> > To: "D.I." <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:19 AM > Subject: RE: [Irl-Kildare] Thomas Dunn/e from Timolin Co Kildare > > >>I can have a look at the shipping records that we hold at The Society >> of Australian Genealogists if you like to give me the details. >>