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Mary Ann Doran

Mary Ann Doran

Born
1836-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1902-08-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

Mary Ann Doran was sent to Adelaide, South Australia in 1849 on the Ship "Inconstant" possibly with her sister Biddy on the Earl Grey Scheme as an Irish Orphan girl.

Mary Ann Doran married Joseph Sullivan in Adelaide, March 1850 and then moved to Victoria some time between 1852-53.

Joseph was an ex convict who did 7 years in Tasmania. Joseph was convicted in England in 1842 and changed his name from Joseph Wickers to Joseph Sullivan when he left Tasmaina.   Joseph and Mary had 9 children together. Mary died in 1902 in North Melbourne and is buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery with one of her daughters. It is unknown what happened to Joseph.

I am unable to find any information on Biddy Doran other than she was on the same ship as Mary Ann.

On Mary Ann's death certificate it shows that she was born in County Cork around 1836, on all her children's birth certificates she came from Mullingar, West Meath, Ireland. 

I hope someone might be able to help me find

Associated communities

Westmeath

Co. Westmeath, or An Iarmhí in Irish, is located in the midlands region of Ireland.  It is home to Athlone Castle which, after a multi-million euro renovation, reopened in 2012 as a state-of-the-art, multi-sensory visitor experience.  Our county town is Mullingar and we have a population of approximately 88,396.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Quaker Island

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    Inchcleraun, Longford

  • Fore Abbey

    Location: Westmeath

    Fore, Westmeath

  • St Marys Parish Church, Streete, Co Westmeath.

    Location: Westmeath

    St Marys, Streete, Co Westmeath

  • Bellaugh Parochial House

    Location: Westmeath

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Foundation of Ballymore GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Westmeath in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (Much of the information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    May Day traditions across Ireland

    <p>Lá Bealtaine (May Day) officially heralds the beginning of the summer in Ireland. The name is said to derive from Old Irish, meaning "bright fire" (Belenus was the Celtic sun and 'healer god'). Old traditions involved lighting bonfires at sunset on Oíche Bealtaine (or May Eve - April 30) on prominent local landmarks. The Hill of Uisneach in Co. Westmeath is the most famous example. These and other rituals (such as creating a May altar) still survive, particularly in the west of Ireland. Our 19th-century ancestral piseóga (superstitions) were recorded diligently by Irish schoolchildren in the 1930s ...</p>

    1830-05-01 12:00:00

Mary Ann Doran