I am trying to find the arrival of an Alice Gleeson presumably from the UK – in response to the following ad in “The Argus” Melbourne on Thursday 18th August 1864.
It reads : Miss Alice Gleeson, Ennis, Ireland, will please forward her address to J.C., Kyneton (Victoria)
I know who J.C is (James Conway) – he married a Gleeson (Mary) from Ireland in 1849 and lived in Kyneton, arriving in 1857. Several other sisters (two in 1862 and one in 1959) arrived also, but we can’t track down Alice Gleeson’s arrival in Australia (presumably Victoria). I wondered if Alice may have been married but travelled as a single person to get to Australia.
Can anyone check passenger records for her arrival around or prior to August 1864.
Whilst my Michael Gleeson was born in Ireland around 1807 (guessing) - and married an Ann(e) Tierney also guessing, prior to 1832, their dchildren were born in different parts of Ireland
Mary, about 1832 in Tipperary
Ann 1839 in Ireland
Eliza 1840 in Ennis County Clare
Frances Kathleen 1842 in Ennis County Clare (I'm told there were son's but I have never found them.
Ann(e) Snr, Mary, Ann Eliza and Frances Kathleenn (or Kathleen Frances, my g grandmother), all came out to Australia at various times between 1857 and 1862. However in Trove - a newspaper advertisement was published "
Miss Alice Gleeson, Ennis, Ireland, will please forward her address to J.C., Kyneton (Victoria)
I know who JC is (James Conway, who married the oldest Gleeson daughter, Mary)
So Alice must belong to the same family of Michael & Ann(e) Gleeson, but I can't find anything about her - birth, her subsequent move to Australia, marriage - death, anything.
I was wondering if someone could help me. Ideally I would like to find out more about the family in Ireland.
Judy - Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.