Penelope Helena (Broderick) Dunn (1834 - 1880)

Born 1834 in Feakle, County Clare, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Henry Dunn — married 1853 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1880 at about age 46 in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Helena (Broderick) Dunn was born in Ireland.

Helena (Broderick) Dunn migrated from Ireland to Australia.

Birth

Helena was born in 1836. She was the daughter of Patrick Broderick and Penelope Rochford.

Immigration

29 October 1851. Penelope arrived at Geelong in Victoria aboard the vessel "Constance" at the age of 17. She was travelling with her family - Father Patrick (aged 37) and listed as a farmer; mother Penelope (aged 35); Sister Mary (14); brother Michael (10) and sister Nancy (aged 4). The passenger manifest states that they are "travelling to Melbourne under their own resources". ^[1]

Marriage

Penelope BRODRICK married John Dunn (abt.1823-1879) in Victoria in 1853. ^[2] Children included:

Catherine Dunn (abt.1854-1923)

Margaret (Dunn) Shannahan (1857-1931)

John Dunn (1859-1859)

Mary Ann (Dunn) Bostock (1860-1894)

Annie Marie (Dunn) Lamond (1863-1950)

Helena Penelope (Dunn) Barrett (1865-1947)

Elizabeth Jane (Dunn) Burke (1868-1920)

James Thomas Dunn (1870-)

John Henry Dunn (1872-1930)

Honora Cecilia (Dunn) Fornarich (1874-1934)

Death

Helena Penelope Dunn died in Victoria in 1880 at the age of 44. Parents are listed on the death index as "Mary Rockford" and Pat Broderick. Birth place listed as County Clare, Ireland. Spouse listed as John Dunn^[3]

Research Notes

These people are listed on an Ancestry family tree as being children of the union between Broderick/Dunn. Not necessarily sourced. Link to family tree: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/158497436/person/202176561875/facts?_phsrc=udu2589&_phstart=successSource

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923; Series: VPRS 14; Series Title: Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kindom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502) Weblink to Ancestry Image: [1]
2. ↑ Marriage Record .1679 / 1853. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Names: Penelope BRODRICK and John DUNN); (Place: ST MARYS CHURCH GEELONG, AUSTRALIA).
3. ↑ Victoria BDM Deaths: 1789 / 1880

Department of Justice, Victoria. Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages [BDM] online database: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fcf5bda10c0341bf1059f8a