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Honora (Kennedy) Derby (1830 - 1893)

Honora "Onny, Nora" Derby formerly Kennedy
Born in Tipperary, Irelandmap
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 29 Nov 1856 in Victoria, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 63 in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australiamap
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Ireland Native
Honora (Kennedy) Derby was born in Ireland.

Biography

Honora Kennedy, baptised 30 October 1830 as Onny Kennedy was the second of four children born to William Kennedy and Sarah (Sally) Hogan in Fishmoyne, Co Tipperary, Ireland. Sponsors were Phil Carroll and Mary Quigley[1]

Honora (Nora) departed Plymouth, England 27 Sep 1854 and arrived in Portland, Victoria, Australia aboard the 'Birmingham" 23 Dec 1854 with her sister Johanna - their passage reportedly paid by their father's employer, Sir Henry Carden [2]. The ship was quarantined in harbour until 6 Jan 1855 due to an outbreak of Measles on board [3] She was engaged by Mrs Rippendale of Portland as a domestic servant for a period of 3 months. [4]

Honora married Thomas Derby in All Saints Church, Portland, Victoria on 29 Nov 1856.[5]

Honora and Thomas had 3 children in Portland before moving to the Coonawarra region of South Australia around 1861, where they had a further 6 children, some of whom attended the school founded by Saint Mary McKillop in Penola, South Australia.

She passed away in 1893 from sepsis resulting from a hand injury. [6][7][8]

Sources

  1. Ancestry: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151845238
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71571484
  4. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923
  5. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
    Name: Hanora Kennedy
    Marriage Date: 1856
    Marriage Place: Victoria
    Registration Date: 1856
    Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
    Spouse: Thomas Derby
    Registration Number: 3650
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77071109
  7. "South Australia Deaths 1842-1972". FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 2 October 2021). Honorah Derby death 1893 in Grey.
  8. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
    Name: Honorah Derby
    Death Age: 60
    Birth Date: abt 1833
    Residence Date: Abt 1893
    Residence Place: Penola
    Death Date: 3 Jan 1893
    Death Place: Mount Gambier, South Australia
    Registration Place: Grey, Australia
    Father: Thomas Derby [Spouse]
    Page Number: 217
    Volume Number: 207




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Honora Kennedy was born (Onny) in Fishmoyne, Tipperary in 1830.

Name Onny Kennedy Baptism Age0 Event Type Baptism Birth Date1830 Baptism Date 30 Oct 1830 Baptism Place Tipperary, Drom and Inch, Ireland Other Event Place Fishmoyne Diocese Cashel and Emly Father William Kennedy Mother Sally Hogan

Her parents are documented to have had 3 other children: William, Mary and Johanna (born Judy) all born in the same parish William reportedly fought and died at the Battle of Sebastapol in the Crimean war. Johanna accompanied Honora to Portland, Australia on board the Birmingham in 1854 at the ages of 18 & 22 - their passage paid for by Sir Henry Carden of Templemore whom their father reportedly worked for.

Honora married Thomas Derby at the All Saints Church in Portland 1856.

Documents available to support all of the above.

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Categories: Assisted Irish Immigrants to Australia | Birmingham, Arrived 23 Dec 1854