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Looking for William Hugh Mullen

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First Time user.  I am looking for the Birth Record, Parents and Family of My Great Grandfather William Hugh Mullen maybe spelled Mullin.  The storey in our Family is that he came to Australia as a result of the Potato Famine.  He was married in Emu Plains New South Wales and stated on his marriage certificate that he was born in 1839 and came from Dublin.  He was illiterate.  I have no information of which parish he came from.

From shipping records I found a William Mullen arrived in South Australia on the ship Europa in 1855 but have no idea if this is the william Hugh Mullen I am searching for. Thank you

yongurra

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G'Day Rory,  Thank you for the information you sent me.  Many apologies for my late reply.  I have been able to get in contact with other descendants of William Hugh Mullen who believe that William Hugh came from Drogheda Louth.  I guess that William Hugh, on his marriage certificate, named Dublin as the place he came to Australia from as he sailed from there.  Could you tell me the best place to search for shipping records of the time of the potato famine?  Should I now list the name of William Hugh Mullen in the parish of Drogheda Louth in Irish Reaching Out in order to find his parents names? I will check the websites you sent me for him in Drogheda now I have that Information.

Thank you for all the help

Best Wishes

Christyne

yongurra

yongurra

Hello.

I have been researching Mullins immigrating to Australia. 

May I suggest you look at the shipping record to confirm for yourself. According to records she sailed from Birkenhead / Liverpool on the 29th of January landing the 11th of May 1855. and not Ireland. It is likely he had been in Liverpool working before sailing. Do census records exist for Liverpool during that period, I suspect so. 

If he was born in Dublin, you may be lucky. the irish civil records site free of charge. Have a baptism section which has been digitized, it includes Dublin and some go back to the 1700s. geanealogy.ie 

Have you done dna, it can be very helpful in establishing dna matches in the area.

Hopefully, this may be of help to you

michaelhehir

Hi Yongurra, I know you posted this over 13 years ago, but I just started looking through my own history too. William Hugh Mullen was my ancestor too so I believe we might be related! 

I wonder if you ended up finding more information about him?

I've wanted to trace my roots back to Ireland for a trip there one day hopefully. 

Tim.o.fee89

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