Isabella (Cameron) Hennessy (1848 - 1944)

Born 1848 in Kilmallie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of John Hennessy — married 15 Jul 1873 in Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1944 at about age 96 in Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Isabella (Cameron) Hennessy came free to the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Isabella (Cameron) Hennessy was born in Scotland.

Isabella was born in 1848. She passed away in 1944.

Birth Abt. 1848 • Kilmallie, Invernesshire, Scotland

Age 3 — Residence 1851 census• Kilmallie, Inverness, Scotland: Relationship: Daughter

Age 4 — Arrival 22 Dec 1852 • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Passenger list: Isabella Cameron Age: 3 Arrival Date: 22 Dec 1852 Arrival Port: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Departure Port: Liverpool. Ship: Ticonderoga. Nationality: Scottish.^[1]

Age 25 — Marriage to John Hennessy (1851–1901) 15 July 1873 • Mortlake, Victoria, Australia: John 22 labourer of Terang (from Limerick, father Patrick a farm manager, mother is Ann Hart). Isabella of Mortlake (domestic servant from Inverness, father Donald is farmer, mother Ann Cameron). By license, Presbyterian, witnesses Jerome S Cox, Allan Cameron.^[2]

Age 96 — Death 7 July 1944 • Mortlake, Victoria, Australia.

Death notices: 1944 HENNESSY.—On July 7, at Shaw street, Mortlake, Isabella, loved mother of William, mother-in-law of Eva, and grandmother of Betty, William (R.A.A.F.), Kathleen, Margaret, and Patricia, aged 98 years.

HENNESSY.—On July 7, at Shaw street, Mortlake, Isabella, relict of the late John Hennessy, loved mother of Daniel (killed, First A.I.F.), William (Mortlake), Henry (Bendigo), Kathleen (Melbourne), aged 98 years. —Father and mother united.

From the book "Hell Ship" by Michael Veitch:^[3]

The last known Ticonderoga survivor, Mrs Isabel Hennessey of Mortlake in Victoria, lived until 1944, having arrived 92 years earlier, with her family as an infant.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 for Isabella Cameron, United Kingdom Immigrants 1850-1854 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1635/images/30796_125511__048-00362?pId=3712308
2. ↑ Marriage certificate, Victoria Registration Year 1873 Registration Number 3247
3. ↑ Veitch, Michael. Hell Ship : The True Story of the Plague Ship Ticonderoga, One of the Most Calamitous Voyages in Australian History / Michael Veitch. 2020, p.237.

• Marriage certificate