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Mary (McManass) Parham (abt. 1833 - 1896)

Mary Parham formerly McManass aka McManus [uncertain]
Born about in Castlederg, County Tyrone, Irelandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 12 Apr 1857 in Gawler, South Australia, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 63 in Gawler River, South Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

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Mary (McManass) Parham was an Irish famine orphan who emigrated to Australia between 1848-1850.

Mary was born around 1833 (TBC). She was aged 15 when she arrived in Adelaide on the Roman Emperor which carried predominantly young women "orphans" from Irish workhouses escaping from the Irish Famine. She is reported to have come from Castlederg, County Tyrone[1][2]

Castlederg, County Tyrone: The ruins of the castle, built c.1610 by Sir John Davies, Attorney General for Ireland, on the site of an earlier castle, are on the north bank of the Derg, in the townland of CASTLESESSAGH. [3]

The correct spelling of her last name is difficult to ascertain, however McManass appears most likely and is on her marriage record.[4] There are four different spellings in the birth records of her nine children: Mary MCMANASS (5), Mary MCMANAS (1), Mary MCMANNUS (1), Mary MCMANUS (2).[5]

Mary married Edmund Parham (named on the marriage certificate transcription as Edward, but is Edmund on the children's birth records and her death record) on 12 April 1857 at St George church, Gawler.[4]

Mary and Edmund had nine children: Lydia, William, Samuel James, Adeline, Joseph, Silas Felix, Frederick, Catherine Sarah and Emma Ellinor.[5]

Mary died at Gawler River on 2 August 1896 and was reported as being 61 years old.[6][7]

Sources

  1. Mary McManass at the Famine Orphan Girl database, Irish Famine Memorial accessed 2 January 2017
    Surname : McManass [McManus] First Name : Mary Age on arrival : 15 Native Place : Castlederg, Tyrone Parents : Religion : Ship name : Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848) Workhouse : Tyrone, Castlederg Other : Castlederg workhouse, Tyrone PRONI BG8/A2/2 p.148; as Mary McManus seems to be the girl who married Edmund Parham at Gawler; 9 chidren;
  2. THE "ROMAN EMPEROR," ORPHAN EMIGRANT SHIP. FROM ENGLAND. (1848, October 25). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 2. Retrieved January 2, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48726139
  3. http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=2935
  4. 4.0 4.1 Genealogy SA Marriage index Book/Page: 30/66
  5. 5.0 5.1 Genealogy SA Birth index
  6. Genealogy SA Death index Book/Page: 237/21
  7. Family Notices (1896, August 14). Bunyip (Gawler, SA : 1863 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 18, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97577714




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