Mary (Looney) Hartley (abt. 1833 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1833 in Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland

Died after 1870 after about age 37 in Tasmania, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary (Looney) Hartley was born in Ireland.

Mary Looney was born about 1833 in Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland, based on her stated age on the Beulah passenger list September 1851; a baptismal record has not been found.^[1]

Mary (Looney) Hartley migrated from County Clare, Ireland to Van Diemen’s Land, Australia.

It is not known if she was (or, indeed, any of the girls and women were) given any choice, but along with the 49 other local Ennistymon girls, 18-year-old Mary was taken on the ship Beulah, which also carried some 101 other Irish girls, mostly orphans, from County Clare's overcrowded workhouses, and, eventually, ten girls from England's Portsea Island, part of Portsmouth, which is where the Beulah set sail. Of the 161 girls so shipped, one is said to have died on the voyage. After departing Plymouth, England on 20th May 1851, then sailing "across the world", the Beulah arrived in Hobart Town's harbour on the 3rd September 1851.^[2]

Erin Weeps.

In late 1853, or early 1854, Mary Looney and William Hartley (transported on the Equestrian) applied for permission to marry, which was granted on the 22nd February 1854 (despite it saying 21st on the index, the document says clearly the 22nd).^[3]

Mary married William Hartley (now Ticket-of-Leave) on the 25th August 1854, in St John's Church, Richmond, by the Rites and Ceremonies of the Catholic Church by banns, officiating was Rev'd William Dunne. Witnesses were Henry Hogan and Ellen Emley(?).^[4]

Mary and William went on the have six children over the next fifteen years:

1. William (15 Oct 1855)
2. John (13 May 1857)
3. Thomas (17 Apr 1859)
4. James (10 May 1861)
5. Mary Ann (13 Dec 1865)
6. Jane (18 Dec 1869)

It is not currently known when and where Mary Hartley née Looney died. She, with or without family, may have done as so many did and moved across the water to mainland Australia; or she may have her death's registration under a version of the name not yet searched.
There is a Mary Hatley died 06 May 1873, but she was aged 58 years which would place her birth year around 1815, way too early.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth year as calculated from the age as stated on the arrival document in 1851.
2. ↑ Tasmanian Government Libraries Tasmania Online search: Name: Looney, Mary; Record Type: Arrivals; Title: Miss; Arrival date: 03 Sep 1851; Ship: Beulah; Remarks: age 18; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1471741; Resource: CB7/13/1/1 p5
3. ↑ Tasmanian Government Libraries Tasmania Online search: Name: Looney, Mary; Record Type: Marriage Permissions; Ship/free: Free; Marriage to: Hartley, William; Ship/free: Equestrian; Permission date: 21 Feb 1854; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1257337; Resource: CON52/1/7 Page 175RGD37/13 : 1854/1306
4. ↑ Tasmanian Government Libraries Tasmania Online search: Name: Looney, Mary; Record Type: Marriages; Gender: Female; Age: 18; Spouse: Hartley, William; Gender: Male; Age: 26; Date of marriage: 25 Mar 1854; Registered: Richmond; Registration year: 1854; Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:854078; Resource: RGD37/1/13 no 1306

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