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Anne Green

Anne Green

Born
1 Jan 1816
Died
10 Nov 1872
Gender
Female

Ann/e Harper (née Green) was born abt 1818 in Roscommon to Mary (?) and Michael Mark (?) Green/e. Death cert. reports parents as John and Margaret, although this may be an error (NB 1821 Irish census records have John and Marget Green in Ennish/Eonish; he was a farmer, she was a spinner). Her brother John was born abt 1815.

Occupation: Kitchen maid

1836: Sentenced to 7yrs transportation for Stealing wool in 1835 (convicted with brother John). Newspapers reported them to be sheep pluckers who stripped the wool off the backs of sheep. Transported on the Margaret 1837. Arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney NSW Australia. Assigned J Henderson.

https://virtualtreasury.ebowdev.com/item/PROI-CCP-61-117

 

Married Edward Harper on 4 October 1842. 
 

Died on 10 November 1872 in Paddington, New South Wales, when she was 54 years old. “Wife of Mr. Edward Harper, aunt of Messrs. T. and P. Harper, mother-in-law of Mr. Michael Rogers; funeral from the residence of her son-in-law in Paddington to the Catholic Cemetery, Petersham.” The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, issue of 11 November 1872

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Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Kilcoleman Costello in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 1837.</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1740s

    Elphin Census of Tibohine Parish

    1749-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killukin, Creeve & Tumna

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-04-15 12:00:00

  • 1760s

    Religious Census of Killummod

    <p>In March 1766, the Irish House of Lords instructed Church of Ireland parish clergy to compile ‘a list of the several families in their parishes’ – to record the religion of the householders and to identify any Roman Catholic priests and friars living in their area. Although most of the original 1766 religious census returns were destroyed Dublin's Public Records Office fire of 1922, a few fragments survived.</p>

    1766-03-01 12:00:00