Catherine & Bridget Tully

Gender: Female
Place of migration: Migrated to/Born in Australia

Catherine b 1830 and Bridget b 1833 Tully

Sisters Catherine and Bridget arrived in Fremantle on April 28 1853 as part of the assisted emigration from Mountbellew Workhouse

'Catherine Tully, Castleblakeney' is recorded as being one of the 3 girls selected to replace those too ill to travel in November 1852 in the Mountbellew Board of Guardians minutes of the 12th of November

Catherine Tully married Joseph Watkins in 1854 and had 3 daughters Mary Ann 1854-1919, Margaret 1857-1936, and 1862-1941. A son Henry died soon after birth in 1855

Bridget married Sam Willis and had no family

Joseph Watkins was imprisoned in c1860 and soon after Catherine left her daughters with her sister Bridget who raised them

The attached pics are of the 3 daughters

Mary Ann married George Willey 1871 in Beverley, when she was 17 with descendants

Harriett married George Grover and had 13 children born

Ellen married Richard Boyle and had 15 children

Associated communities

Caltra (Galway)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Caltra (Galway). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

Other ancestors in this community

Luke Jennings
Location: Caltra (Galway)
Born: 1781-01-01 12:00:00
Patrick Tyrrell
Location: Caltra (Galway)
Born: 1831-01-01 12:00:00
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Location: Caltra (Galway)
Born: 1835-01-01 12:00:00
Patrick Lyons
Location: Caltra (Galway)
Born: 1830-03-17 12:00:00

Buildings in this community

Kelly/Booth residence in Cloonpee in 1983
Location: Caltra (Galway)
Cloonpee, Caltra Ballinasloe, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

1890s
Foundation of Caltra GAA club
1899-01-01 12:00:00
1790s
Flax growers list
1796-01-01 12:00:00

Moylough (Galway)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Moylough (Galway). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

Other ancestors in this community

Walter Peck
Location: Moylough (Galway)
Born: 1858-01-01 12:00:00
Andrew Francis Burke
Location: Moylough (Galway)
Born: 1834-05-20 12:00:00
Mark M Sharkey
Location: Moylough (Galway)
Born: 1876-03-05 12:00:00
James Edward Mitchell
Location: Moylough (Galway)
Born: 1876-07-20 12:00:00

Buildings in this community

Moylough Castle
Location: Moylough (Galway)
Moylough More, Co. Galway

Timeline events in this community

1790s
Flax growers list
1796-01-01 12:00:00
1840s
Awful extermination of tenantry at Ballinlass
<p>When it came to profit, grazing cattle was more lucrative than having tenants. Having lived in Ballinlass for generations, reliably paying rent, was of no consequence; Marcella Netterville Gerrard, was hell-bent on clearing her land. On this fateful morning, 67 ‘comfortable, clean, and neatly kept habitations, with snug kitchen gardens either before or behind them’ were demolished and all 447 inhabitants of Ballinlass 'scattered over the neighbourhood, residing in the ditches or anywhere they can find shelter’...</p>
1846-03-13 12:00:00