I have been helped in tracing my ggg'father who was one of two brothers John and Thomas(mine)Whelan who arrived from Cork in 1813 on 'Archduke Charles',but they arrived as 'Phelan'.I understand they went to Menangle which matches marriage records I have BUT,these records also indicate 'this' Thomas Whelan was about 40 in 1856,(b1816??),which is no match for the 1813 arrival.So I'm well and truly stuck,time to work on this being the main problem.Is this a fair question?
Peter Phelan