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SHEA family

I am interested in Honora SHEA , born c 1795, a widow who was transported to NSW in 1836 aboard the Pyramus, for the crime of stealing fowls. Also in the ship were her two daughters Mary (aka Judith) SHEA  (b 1818),  and Margaret SHEA (b 1819) for the smae crime. Honora's sister Judith COAKLEY was also on board. Honora's son , Daniel SHEA ( b 1815)  had been transported on the Waterloo in 1836 for ".stolen goods'

I am trying to locate a marriage of Honora to "SHEA' and link the names Shea and Coakley. Was this her maiden name perhaps?

The family were from Macroom , County Cork. 

Honora died at The Oaks, Camden NSW Australia in 1879 of old age.

 

TrishJ

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Trish:

I've searched the subscription site Roots Ireland and even though Macroom RC records are available back to 1805 for baptisms, I'm not seeing any records for Margaret or Daniel with mother Honora in Macroom. Here is a link to the Macroom parish register https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0077 ;  You may want to search for any leads for the Shea children.

I also searched for a marriage between a Shea and a spouse named Hanora in Macroom and did not find a good lead. I expanded the search for a Shea/Coakley marriage and there was no record. until 1837.

It is possible that the marriage and baptisms occurred in a nearby parish that no longer has records back to the first part of the 19th century.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Roger McDonnell

Castlemore RoscommonIrelandXO Volunteer

You may already be aware of them, but there are records for what appears to be your Shea family in the Family Search database [https://www.familysearch.org]. ; If you create a (free) account there, you can find Hanorah/Honora under ID number LR88-MR7, and can access the records for the others easily through that record, as you will see.

The records show Hanorah Coakley as being born in Macroom in 1791 and being buried in 1879 in The Oaks Cemetery Camden NSW.  They show her husband as Thomas Shea, born in Macroom in 1786 and dying in 1820.  No death location is given, but from your info that would presumably have been in Ireland, which would explain why he was not around when they were transported (and perhaps why they had to steal food).

Three children are indicated, born in these years:  Daniel in 1811, Judith ("Mary") in 1818, and Patrick in 1820.  Margaret is not shown, but perhaps she was not known to the people who created the records.

Patrick is shown as dying in Minnesota in the US in 1900.  Since you don't have a record of him being transported, perhaps he stayed behind and then later emigrated to the US, and was not known to your branch of the family.

Daniel is shown as dying in the UK in 1879, and the records show a marriage and two children for him.  If your Daniel died in Australia, then this info may have been added by someone in the UK by mistake, and may be for a different Shea family.

In each record, at the right hand side of the record you can see the screen names of those who have created or modified the record, and can send them private messages, so you might be able to get more info by contacting them (and perhaps also locate some relatives that way).

kevin45sf@yahoo.com

Thanks Roger and Kevin. I appreciate the links for further research. 

regards

Trish 

TrishJ

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