Michael Fitzsimmons

Michael was born around 1796. He married Mary Wood and had three children. In 1831 Michael was transported to Australia on the ship Bussorah Merchant. He paired off with Mary Maloney who had come into the country with her husband John Maloney. Mary was Mary McNamara from Six Mile Bridge in County Clare. Michael and Mary had 10 children - James, Elizabeth, Michael, Margaret Anne, Catherine, Sarah Ann, Peter, Henry Joseph, Mary Jane & Louisa. Michael & Mary Wood’s daughter, Ann migrated to Australia in 1854 on the ship Plantagent. She stated on her shipping list that she was 22 years old, a farm servant. Father Michael and Mother Margaret (dead) and that her father was Michael Fitzsimmons and that he was in Dungog. No record has been found of the other two children left in Ireland.