Hi,
I am trying to trace details of my ancestor Christopher Rhall, who married Mary Catherine Cassidy. They came to Australia on the ship 'Houghley' on which Christopher was a member of the Royal Veterans Company. He was given a land grant of 80 acres at Bong Bong in NSW,
I have much more information about him but I am trying to trace his family and that of his wife's.
Would appreciate any help,
Thanks
Paul Davis
Hi Paul
Could you please give us some dates, this would help us in our search.
For now I can only tell you that there were Rhall families living in counties Longford and a few in county Leitrim in Ireland, no Christopher
Kind regards
Anne Marie
Hi Mallow,
How fantastic to get a reply so quickly. I am struggling trying to go further back with the Rhall familAs requested, the information I have been able to gleen (some of it from Ancestry???) is that Christopher Rhall was born in the Parish of Clongesh in or near the town of Longford in the County of Longford.
In 1810 he married Mary Catherine Cassidy in Longford.
In 1810 (??) Christopher Rhall joined the British army as a Private and enlisted in the 21st Regiment of Foot at Athlone in the County of Roscommon on the 13th day of November 1810 at the age of 19 years for unlimited service.
In 1821 after serving in the army for te space of 10 years after the age of 18 and was discharged.
In 1826 3 companies of vererans were raised in England to serve in NSW
1827 Private Christopher Rhall joined NSW Royal Veterans Company No 1
In 1827 Christopher Rhall, a member of the Royal NSW Veteran's Regiment immigrated to Australia with his family on board the ship 'Houghly II'. The ship sailed from Deptford on 5th November 1827.
In 1828 Houghly II arrived in Sydney on 24th February 1828 after a voyage of 111 days.
I have much more information about the family here in Sydney where Christopher Rhall served before being discharged from NSW Veterans on 24th July 1829.
It is the information and possible family back in Ireland that I would like to trace back. I am encouraged when you say that there were Rhall families living in this area and maybe I can find out more about his family or Mary Cassidy's family. I am very wary about accepting information from people's trees in Ancestry as I have found much of it is wrong and not checked!!
Thanks again for your reply I hope this information will allow a bit more of his early history to be found.
Much appreciated,
Paul Davis
Hi Paul
I have checked the baptism record for county Longford but unfortunately there are no early baptism records available for Clongesh or other parishes in county Longford in general the records for county Longford start between 1822 and 1859. I have also searched for baptism records for the children of Christopher and Mary Catherine more then likely the parish were all the life events happened have no early records
Kind regards
Anne Marie
Hi Mallow,
Thank you for this information and for your efforts. I am very grateful. A pity thngs came to an en with Church records but I will keep trying!
Forgot to mention that Chistopher Rhalls wife, Mary Catherine Hanley or Hanly seems to have been born at Longford (?) in 1774 (?). Her parents were (?) Allan and Catherine. Both seem to have been born and died in Longford (?). In the church records for Mullingar Ancestry has this information (???) (NameCatherine B HanlyBaptism Age0Event TypeBaptismBirth Date1775Baptism DateDec 1775Baptism PlaceMullingar, Westmeath, IrelandParish VariantsGaynstown, Mullingar, Walshestown and Gaynstown, WalshestownDioceseMeath
Thanks again for your help, Mallow.
Much appreciated
Paul Davis
Hi Paul, my father (also Christopher Rhall b.1953 Manly) is a relative of your Christopher Rhall! Just touching base to seeing you had any luck with researching the Irish side?
Many thanks,
Bec Sharp
Hi Paul.
I may be able to offer some information about Christopher's family. The Rhall side that is from Longford Ireland.
my great great grandmother was Maria Rhall born 1857.
with the advent of ancestry dna I have had myself and my father tested , along with the records and dna links to other ancestry members I have filled out the family tree
Christoper Rhall has been on the dna tree for some time or rather the relatives from Australia who have taken the test they also match other members of the Rhall and Maguire tree
so I know the line is correct , just can't find christoper in any of the records maybe he had another name not that it matters the dna dosnt lie he was from the Rhall clan in Longford
I have just recently put him onto my family tree in about the right position to the owners of the tests , 5th cousin ....... so the ancestry software can pick up other Rhall members for me
my tree is public on ancestry the Creton family tree .if you need anything further I'm happy to help
regards Mel