Powell? family

Hi there, I have just stumbled across this listing looking for information on Jane Powell who married Joseph Hollingshed in Australia. Jane is one of my distant grandmothers and would love to follow the family tree further back.  Jane married Joseph and had 13 children , one of those children called Mary Matilda married a George Matthews- they had a Eveline Ada Matthews - who had Adele Caban - Burgess who gave birth to my grandmother Thelma Caban Norley . So I am keen to see where in Ireland Jane was from and find out who her parents were. I have read their names were John and Ann but I have no maiden name for Ann. 

Sorry, I can't add any more information than you have already collected.  I have wondered about the name "Powell".  It seems to have been accepted by others researching Jane Hollingshead and entered onto family trees as Jane Powell.  But I have only once found that form on any of the original material I have uncovered.

On the bounty migrant lists from the NSW state archives it is given as Jane Poel when listed as an unmarried female immigrant, from Co Tyrone, parents John and Ann,  brough out by Francis Reid and under the protection of Patrick McGuiggan.  However the corresponding sheet for Mc Guiggan gives her name as Jane Pole.  

Further to complicate the matter a search of the passenger list of the Broom  1842, show 2 Jane Ps.

1. Jane Powell aged 22, farm servant,  protestant, daughter of John and Ann,  and next in the list is a

2. Jane Poel 17, a nursemaid, protestant, daughter of William and Ann who came under the protection of her brother James, also brought in by Francis Reid.  A cross -check of of the  2 index cards for bounty migrants show a Jane Poel and James Poel 22, both from Moy County Tyrone, both the children of William and Ann.  So it would appear that I have just added to the problem rather than solving it. 

'On the marriage certificate v 1845 611 30B she if Jane Poel. On her daughter Elizabeth's marriage to Charles King in 1868 she is Jane Pool. On Joseph's death certificate in 1882 her name is Jane Pole. On her own death certificate in 1887 her parents are "not known" to the informant her son George. On Elizabeth King's death certificate in 1916 her name is Eliza Jane Poole.

I am sure you are aware that others are researching this line and there is quite a lot in the Australian data bases - though no one seems to have got back to the Irish roots.  I am a descendant of Jane and Joseph Hollingshead through their daughter Elizabeth b. 1845: then through her daughter Mary Jane King b. 1870, my g-grandmother.  If you do have luck with this search, I would love to know the answer. With more Irish records coming online, maybe one of us will solve the problem 

Hello Jane Powell and Joseph hollingshed are related to me from a daughter Isabella hollingshed she married into the bridge family from Wollombi nsw

Welcome to the search for the elusive Jane Powell/Poel/Pool. I have just been looking over my notes and printouts to see if I can make any connections that I could not see before.  Unfortunately I have not progressed beyond the stage I reached sbout 2 years ago.  It is a big problem that there seem to be 2 Jane Ps on the Broom in 1842, both from County Tyronne, both gave their religion as Protestant. One ws a 17 year old nurse maid who came with her brother James aged 22, the children of William and Ann Poel and the other a 22 year old farm servant , daughter of John and Ann Poel, entrusted to Patrick McGuiggin by her father.    I can find no details of where either one lived after her arrival in Sydney in Feb 1842.  All I did find was her age on her death certificate, dated 9 June 1887,and also on her headstone her age is given as 67.  This leads me to accept that OUR Jane P was the 22 year old farm servant.  But I must confess that I am on pretty slender evidence as the informant, her son George had no knowledge of the names of her parents,  and ages for elderly people are often not accurate when supplied by the next generation.  So I am afraid that Jane p is still, for me at least, a brick wall.

I am happy to communicate with you directly.  I have already made contact with one other descendant of Joseph and Jane Hollingshed.  I am sure the genealogists at Irelalndxo would supply you with my email address.  Together we may yet breach the brick wall.