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Catherine Hephy

Catherine Hephy

Born
1838-09-24 12:00:00
Died
1896-10-11 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

Baptism 24 Sep 1838 - Galbally and Aherlow,Limerick and Tipperary - Father William Heafy - Mother Winefred Corboy

Aged 15 yrs  was one of 117 single female assisted immigrants to Hobart Australia by the Colonial land and Emigration Commission on the  'Louisa" arrived Jan 10th 1853

It is noted that on this voyge the Matron was a Charlotte O'Sullivan she was paid £10.

Previous to this in July 1852 a Charlotte O'Sullivan a matron in a work house volunteered to take charge of 30 girls slected from 50 put forward in return for a free passage aboard the 'Travncore'

(Source - Emigration from Limerick worhouse. by Chris O'Mahony)

Catherine just turned 17 married Henry Rowe 25th September 1854 a convict transport for life, granted a conditional pardon in July 1956 and a ticket of leave in August 1854. He was 36.

They lived in Melville St, Hobart, later moved to Elizabeth St and lived above their drapery business, three shops turned into one

 

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00