My husbands great grand parents, Cornelius & Mary O'Shea were married in Aglish Kerry on 8th Feb 1861. Their third child was born in Australia in 1865. Is there any way I can find or locate from which port they would have sailed from. Better yet would to be able to name the ship.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Anne O'Shea
Anne:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
More than likely they left from Queenstown but I'm not aware of a data base that we have the ship departure information. Have you looked at ships coming into Australia?
I looked for the baptismal records for the two older children born in Ireland. I found these two records Are these the records for the older children? If so, the third child would have been born 1866 or later.
Roger McDonnell
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - TUOSIST
Baptism of CORNELIUS SHEA of COORCREEN on 25 May 1865
NameCORNELIUS SHEADate of Birth25 May 1865 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCOORCREENFatherCORNELIUS SHEAMotherMARY SHEA
Area - KERRY (RC) , Parish/Church/Congregation - TUOSIST
Baptism of MARY SHEA of COORCREEN on 10 May 1862
NameMARY SHEADate of Birth10 May 1862 (BASED ON OTHER DATE INFORMATION)AddressCOORCREENFatherCORNELIUS SHEAMotherMARY SHEA
Dear Roger
Thank you for your prompt reply to my query. The two older children were named Catherine and James. They were 4 & 2 1/2 when Daniel was born here in Australia. So I don't feel the above children belong to us. But thank you for your efforts.
I will also look up shipping information for Queenstown as a starting point.
Kind regards
Anne O'Shea