Catherine Ada (Callaghan) Lunniss (abt. 1833 - 1884)

Born about 1833 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland

Wife of John Frederick Rivers Lunniss — married 21 Aug 1866 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1884 at about age 51 in Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Catherine (Callaghan) Lunniss was an Irish famine orphan who emigrated to Australia between 1848-1850.

Biography

Birth

• Catherine was born in about 1833 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland.
• The birth is different on different records (1833 - Immigration Record), (1834 - Marriage certificate) and (1832 - Death Certificate)
• Her parents are Francis Callaghan and Rose McAnamy

Baptism

• She was baptised a Catholic in about 1834

Migration

• Catherine migrated to Australia and arrived in Sydney on 1 May 1850
• She was on the ship "John Knox"
• She had been a House Servant and could read.

Relationship and Marriage

• She started a relationship with John Frederick Rivers Lunniss in about 1852 and had a number of children.
• She was about 19 and he was about 35
• They were married on 21 August 1866 in St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales
• She was 33 and he was 49

Death

• She passed away in 1884 at Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales.

Sources

• New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
• Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1985 / No. 698/1866
• Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 / 5783/1884