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Bamberry: Emigrants to Australia 1884

I am trying to trace records for the origins of my grandmother [Harriett Bamberry] .  She emigrated, aged 4, with her parents (George Bamberry and Eliza [neeHayes] ) and 7 siblings (Mary 16, Allan 15, Charles 12, Fred 9, William 8, George 6, Martha 2) in 1884 from Galway.

Information from marriage and death certificates (Australian) indicates a place variously spelt Clonashe/ Clonashias in Galway.

East Galway Family History Society have located records of 3 children, Frederick, William and George born to a George Bambury/Banberry or variant and Eliza Bambury/Banberry in Church of Ireland records in the town of Eyrecourt in a townland called Clonashaise. 

I have no records of the Bamberry family prior to their sailing from Plymouth on the "Merkara" on 9 Apr 1884.

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Hi David,

this list for the ship Meridian may be of some use in your quest to solve part of the Bamberry family question. It contains a number of the names that you are seeking. I am not fully sure what it is telling us but I think it is worth folllowing up on. It does not mention the townland from where the family came other than locate them in Co Galway and it is earleir than 1884. Never-the-less it may in fact relate to ancestors of your own Bamberry line. I am the one who sent you the little piece of folklore relating to the family while they were in Clonashaise. 

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 GALWAY EMIGRANT INDEX 1828 - 1866
BAMBERRY  Ann     1852    35      (Galway)   Samuel GIBBSER/Catherine xx        Mother in Canada.      C of E. Husb = William,38 7 5 chn.    Ship =  Meridian      
BAMBERRY  George  1852    4       (Galway)   William/Ann GIBBSER  On board this ship.     4 siblings on board.   Ship =  Meridian      
BAMBERRY  John    1852    8       (Galway)   William /Ann GIBBSER  On board this ship.     4 siblings on board.   Ship =  Meridian      
BAMBERRY  Mary    1852    13      (Galway)   William / Ann GIBBSER  On board this ship.     4 siblings on board.   Ship =  Meridian      
BAMBERRY  Samuel  1852    10      (Galway)   William/ Ann GIBBSER  On board this ship.     4 siblings on board.   Ship =  Meridian      
BAMBERRY  William 1852    38      (Galway)   Michael/Sarah xx - in Galway.        Wife = Ann,35 & 5 chn on bd.   C of E. Has cousins in Sydney. xx     Ship =  Meridian
BAMBERRY  William 1852    1       (Galway)   William / Ann GIBBSER  On board this ship.     4 siblings on board.   Ship =  Meridian      

 

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Dear Dr Cunniffe,

Please accept my apologies for my mistake in not replying to you.  Thank you for the interest you have shown in my search and your assistance.

Yes, it is some time since you contacted me.  I made a mistake thinking your reply was an email and went searching for it.  And then I informed the Galway Heritage Society that i hadn't received them.

Despite admirable assistance from East Galway Family History Society, I have had no luck in obtaining a record of my Grandmother's birth.

Again, my apologies and I wish you all the best.

Regards,

David Schubert

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Hi 

 

The family listed above on the Meredin is my family.

My dad has tried to trace his family tree in Ireland but cannot find any more information other than Williams parents listed as Michael and Sarah Bamberry.

 

He has completed the family tree back to this information.

 

Any information on Micheal and Sarah Bamberry would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you

Sandra

Sandra Bamberry

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