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John,

Here is the closest match for a ship record I could find for you.

Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923
about Margaret CanavanName:Margaret CanavanEstimated Birth Year:abt 1843Age:19Arrival Date:Jul 1862Arrival Port:Melbourne, AustraliaDeparture Port:SouthamptonShip:BoanergesNationality:English

I know it is quite far from Queensland, but this is all I could find.

Here is a map of townlands from http://cotyroneireland.com

http://cotyroneireland.com/townlands/images/CloghernyParish.pdf

Also the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland just released free access to online microfilms of the Griffith Valuation Revision Books. These are records of any time there was a change or alteration made to the occupiers or owners of the initial properties covered by the Griffith Valuations. They cover from 1860 to approximately 1930. You should have a look at them to see if they might help. Here is a link.

http://applications.proni.gov.uk/dcal_proni_val12b/Search.aspx

 

Thank you for the info. Iwill check it out. I think I may have looked at her before. On Margarets death certificate it says she was in Queensland about 60 years. When she married 1876 she was supposed to be 28. She died at 83 in 1931 thus the 1848 birth date.

I wouldn't count on passenger lists being 100% accurate. It seems as if the records up until the late 1800s were not as accurate as say the records post 1890. Almost as if the person documenting was just guessing. At least in my experience. I am American though. It seems Australian records were better documented. Possibly because Australia was an English territory.  Death Records aren't always accurate either. They're usually the best account of what the informant knew of the person which we all know how that goes...

 

Best of luck to you

 

-Mike