Seeking help on Joanna Ryan,

Question

Joanna married Edward Joseph Walsh in New Zealand, around 1860; father was Patrick Ryan of Ireland; some of her daughters were Gertrude, Mollie, and Agnes; Joanna lived on both Islands but died in/near Wellington but first lived on the west coast of the south island

Answer 1

Edward Joseph Walsh findagrave ID 176543989

on the same stone Johanna Walsh findagrave ID 176542809

Comments

Thank you - I have good info on Edward Joseph Walsh - even have an original picture of him. I have read a New Zealand newspaper article re their marriage, so know they are married. I still have no info re immigration to New Zealand or her ancestry from Ireland

Answer 2

Gertrude Bridget Walsh b-1879 New Zealand

Johnanna Agnes Walsh b-1875 New Zealand

Agnes immigrated to California

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Yes, Gertrude was my great grandmother. I have info re her immigration to US and a ton of pictures of her. I also meet Agnes in San Francisco a bit over 50 years ago. A bunch of the women in this family left New Zealand (and their husbands) and came to California, including Mary Catherine, Gertrude Bridget, Johanna Agnes, Mary Hadfield, and Helen Nancy Fantham. I have a pix of Gertrude on her wedding day in New Zealand with a lot of these women in the pix, but I cannot figure out how to upload the image

Answer 3

Michael Walsh b-1868 New Zealand

Mary Catherine Walsh b-1874 New Zealand might be Mollie?

Ellen Walsh b-1869 New Zealand

Answer 4

Gertrude Bridget Fantham findagrave ID 211801491

Answer 5

I found a1893 news article from the New Zealand times (Volume LV, Issue 2062, 22 November 1893, Page 2) So, I suspect Joanna came from Kilteely, Ireland. Does anyone know good genealogy sites for searching pre-1860 Kilteely?

Walsh.— On the 21st, at Palmer street, Wellington (and late of Christchurch), Johanna, • dearly beloved wife of E. J. Walsh, and eldest daughter of the late Mr P. Ryan, farmer, Kilteely, County Limerick, Ireland. R.I.P.

Comments

Kilteely Limerick records https://www.johngrenham.com/records/rc_church.php?parish=Kilteely%20and%20Drumkeen&churchid=271

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thanks much!