Born about in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
George Abbott
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Abbott) Greenshields, Joseph Abbott, George McCartney Hume Black Abbott, Sarah Ann (Abbott) Thomson, Nancy Abbott, Elizabeth (Abbott) McRae, Agnes (Abbott) Thomson and Robert Henry Abbott
Died
at about age 76
in Kalkallo, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2019
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Biography
Eleanor McKeown was born about 1808 in Lisburn Ireland. She was the daughter of John McKeown a weaver.[1]
Eleanor and her husband George Abbott migrated to the Colony of New South Wales Australia 1838 with their children Joseph 6 George 4 , John 2, Mary 9 and Sarah 7 as Bounty Migrants on the ship Mandarin [2]
She passed away in Kalkallo Victoria Australia in 1884.
[3]
ABBOTT.—On the 22nd inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, D. McRae, Donnybrook, Eleanor, relict of the late George Abbott, aged 77 years.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2Z-6MQ : 13 June 2019), George Abbott, 1838.
- ↑ "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2Z-6MQ : 13 June 2019), George Abbott, 1838.
- ↑ BDM Victoria Deaths 4877/1884
- ↑ Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 24 May 1884, page 1
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Categories: Kalkallo, Victoria | Bounty Immigrants to Australia | Mandarin, Arrived 18 Oct 1838