Mary (Edwards) Nowlan (abt. 1826)

Born about 1826 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland

Wife of Christopher Nowlan — married [date unknown] in West Maitland, NSW, Australia

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Biography

Mary Edwards was born in 1826 at Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland.

She was baptised on 15 December 1826 at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland, parents recorded as Matthew Edwards and Ann Seery.^[1]

Emigration: 1839: Mary Edwards was the daughter of Matthew Edwards, a convict who had been transported to Australia from Co. Roscommon in 1833, on the ship Portland. Mary, her two sisters and their mother came free to Sydney, NSW Australia in 1839 in the ship Margaret.^[2].

Marriage: Mary Edwards age 15 married Christopher Nowlan age 34 , in 1840 in West Maitland, NSW, Australia. The Catholic priest Rev. J T Lynch applied for permission to marry them because Nowlan was still a convict. Permission was granted in August 1840 after the authorities received the written consent by Mary's father.^[3][4] (The marriage is not in the NSW BDM online index)

They had children:

• Thomas Nolan, born 1842.
• Unknown child.^[5]

In 1841 her husband received a Conditional Pardon. However he was convicted for cattle stealing at the Maitland Circuit Court in 1846, and received the sentence of transportation for 15 years. He was transported to Tasmania.

Research Notes

Several trees on Ancestry have her death in 1870, however the only death for Mary Nowlan in NSW BDM online index is NOWLAN MARY 4915/1870 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN NEWCASTLE, and she was age 21 according to Findagrave.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 for Mariam Edwards, Ardagh St Mary´s, Athlone 1813 - 1827, (National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04242 / 08) https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/61039/images/04242_08_0117?pId=5242898
2. ↑ List of free settlers on the Margaret, in New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849, 1839 Margaret https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1211/images/imaus1790a_081473-00446?pId=51650
3. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Refused 1840 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1504/images/30514_081751-00437?pId=37568
4. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 1840 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1504/images/30514_081753-00119?pId=13388
5. ↑ The Tasmanian indent record had the information that Nowlan had two children.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241557425/mary-nowlan: accessed 25 August 2022), memorial page for Mary Nowlan (unknown–7 Jun 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 241557425, citing Honeysuckle Cemetery (Defunct), Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by N.Evans (contributor 49917797).

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