Mary
Ann
Sellenger
formerly Cunningham aka Sallenger
Born in Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Sellenger
— married
19 Sep 1858 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Louisa (Sellenger) Richards, Catherine (Sellenger) Sinclair, William Sellenger, Ellen Sellenger, Margaret Sellenger and John Sellenger
Died
at about age 62
in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2022
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Biography
Mary was born in Ireland in 1832. Daughter of James Cunningham and Catherine.
Mary (Cunningham) Sellenger was born in Ireland.
Western Australia
Mary (Cunningham) Sellenger was an Assisted Immigrant to Western Australia.
The barque Palestine (466 tons) left England on the 30th December 1852, she experienced a stormy passage, she put in at the Cape, where she remained three days taking in a supply of water. Two adults and eight children perished during the long voyage. [1]
The Palestine arrived in the Swan River Colony on 28 April 1853. [2]
Among the 223 passengers were 33 poor or orphaned Irish girls. [3] Mary was selected from the over crowded Mountbellew workhouse [4] to travel to Western Australia to find work as a servant in the new Colony.
On arrival the girls were moved directly from the ship to the Servant’s Home in Perth where they were housed and fed until a suitable position was found for them.
Mary married John Sallenger in Perth on 19 September 1858 by Roman Catholic rites. John was an expiree he arrived in the Colony on board the Phoebe Dunbar on 31 August 1853. [5]
Mary and John had six children. Louisa Mary 1859; Catherine Cecilia SINCLAIR 1861; William 1863; Ellen 1865; Margaret 1867; Frances Isabel MCINERNEY 1869; John 1871
SELLENGER (SALLENGER), John. b. 1832 (expiree), son of John. arr. 31.8.1853 per Phoebe Dunbar, m. 19.9.1858 (Perth RC) Mary (Marion) CUNNINGHAM. dtr. of James, she arr. 28.4.1853 per Palestine. Chd. Louisa b. 1859. Catherine b. 1861, Helen b. 1865. Margaret (Mary) b. 1867, Francis b. 1869. John bp. 1871 (Some Perth RC). Perth. Carter. Applied 1860s for his mother-in- law Cath Cunningham, 40 yrs & brother- in-law Haet Cavin & family, to come as assisted migrants. Employed 64 TIL men on occasions 1858-1874 including 15 brickmakers, 9 woodcutters & 2 boatmen. Semi-lit. RC.[6]
Mary passed away in Perth on 7 December 1894 at the age of 65. [7]She was interred in the East Perth Cemetery. [8]
Sources
- ↑ The Ships List https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/aust1850s.shtml
- ↑ TROVE https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65484713
- ↑ TROVE Passenger List Palestine https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3174386?searchTerm=Palestine
- ↑ Tintean Mountbellew Workhouse Project https://tintean.org.au/category/mountbellew-workhouse/
- ↑ Perth DPS http://www.perthdps.com/convicts/con-wa10.html
- ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson]https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
- ↑ TROVE Death Notice https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76471119?searchTerm=Sellenger
- ↑ East Perth Cemeteries https://eastperthcemeteries.com.au/explore/burial-search/burialsite/133894.html
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