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Missing Link (You've heard that one before, eh!) for Ellen Carew

TipperaryCaher (Tipperary)

When my great-great grandmother, landed in Sydney, NSW, Australia, in the Simond on 12th April 1855, she indicated that she was the offspring of Thomas & Mary (deceased), was born in 1829, and was known as Ellen Carew. My research has not made any suitable link. However, after cosidering that her details (and other info I have) might not be truthfull, it is likely that she was born in 1839.

Her death certificate details support that she was born in 1839 and is possibly the daughter of Bridget Morrissey & Edward or Edmund Carew:
Ellen Carew
in the Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
View Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
Name:     Ellen Carew
Baptism Age:     0
Event Type:     Baptism
Birth Date:     1839
Baptism Date:     12 Mar 1839
Baptism Place:     Tipperary, Cashel, Ireland
Other Event Place:     Commons
Diocese:     Cashel and Emly
Father:     
Edmd Carew
Mother:     
Bridgt Morrissey
Source Citation
National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02501 / 04
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data:
Catholic Parish Registers, National Library of Ireland, Ireland. Published under the National Library of Ireland's Terms of Use of Material made available on registers.nli.ie.

Death certificate entries indicate that Ellen was aged 38yrs in 1877. Means that she was b. 1839. It also states she was 17yrs age on date of marriage (1856) also indicates b. 1839. Also states father as Edward Keary. The husband, William, was illiterate, so some of the death certificate details are suspect.

My grandmother indicated that Ellen wished to marry a presbyterian, a William Creber, but her parents Lord and Lady Carew (RC) did not go along with this. They wanted her to marry a cousin to continue the family line. Ellen fled to Australia with her maid and married William in 1856.

Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Gary Little
gary.little@garylittle.kiwi

garyasta

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Ellen's ship record states different names.

Check Cahir records.


CAREW	Ellen		1855	26	Caher	Thomas / Mary	both dead	None .  R.C.	Ship =	Simonds
Margot Secrette

Hi Margot
Research on the "Ellen Carew" who arrived on the Simonds, has not brought up any links that indicate parents as Thomas and Mary. The assumption is, that she used incorrect details because she was very young, and the death certificate details indicate a 10 year discrepancy in birthdate. Marriage details indicate that Ellen Carew married William Creber in 1855/56. This ties in with the death certificate ages and marriage.
Apparently, provenance documents indicating the link to Lord and Lady Carew factor, were lost in a house fire in Sydney.
Ellen Carew was supposed to have travelled to Australia with her maid. Note the following coincidental details of another passenger:-
CALLAGHAN Alice 1855 21 Caher Thomas / mary living in Caher None . R.C. Ship = Simonds

Marriage
Name:     Ellen Carew
Spouse Name:     William Creber
Marriage Date:     1855
Marriage Place:     New South Wales
Registration Place:     Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year:     1855
Volume Number:     V B
&
Name:     Ellen Carew
Spouse Name:     William Creber
Marriage Date:     1856
Marriage Place:     New South Wales
Registration Place:     Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year:     1856
Volume Number:     V

Any help?

Gary

garyasta

Hi Margot

Have I sent this previously?

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