Bridget Shanahan

  General Notes:

Sailed to Australia in 1856 on the Winifred. Bridget travelled with her mother Bridget.
She was 16 years old and could read and write. Bridget was Roman Catholic and her mother was noted as a widow at time of embarkation. Native place was noted as Limerick, Ireland.
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. (Accessed 10th Feb 2017)

Bridgett Shanahan 16, Farm Hand Servant Native Place Nantorson, County Limerick, Ireland. Parents Thomas and Bridget Shanahan. Father dead, mother on board. Both dead. Roman Catholic, reads and writes. Relatives in Colony: Partick Neville (Brother in Law)- Fish River, Bathurst. Arrived in good condition. No complaints about the trip. 10 Shillings.
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. (Accessed 10th Feb 2017)

Nantinan a townland and parish in the Rathkeale poor law union.

Bridget married Walter Bryant, son of Walter Bryant and Mary Barrett, in 1859 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.³⁰ (Walter Bryant was born on 27 Jan 1833 in Boconnoc, Cornwall, England, christened on 23 Feb 1834 in Boconnoc, Cornwall, England ³¹ and died on 2 Dec 1907 in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia ³².)

  Marriage Notes:

Name:Bridget Shanahan
Spouse Name:Walter Bryant
Marriage Date:1859
Marriage Place:New South Wales
Registration Place:Bathurst, New South Wales
Registration Year:1859
Registration Number:1356
Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.