Mary Nihill married Daniel Cudmore on 15 January 1835 at Drehidtarsrna, Co Limerick, Ireland. The marriage was announced in the Limerick Chronicle of 24 January 1835
At Drehedtarsna Church, in this County, by the Rev. S. Lennard, Daniel Cudmore, Esq.son of the late Patrick Cudmore, of Manister, Esq. to Mary, eldest daughter of Daniel Nihill, of Rockville, near Adare, Esq.[1]
On 11 February 1835 Daniel and Mary Cudmore left Ireland on the “John Denniston” for Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia. Mary’s mother and two of her sisters travelled with them. (Mary's father and her other sisters joined them in Tasmania later.) The “John Denniston” arrived in Van Diemen’s Land on 7 June, after a voyage of more than four months.[2]
↑ Irish newspaper records retrieved through FindMyPast (Subscription $)
↑ Mr and Mrs Cudmore are mentioned as passengers arriving:
Van Diemen’s Land. (1835, June 22). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 – 1842), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12852462
P. A. Howell, 'Cudmore, Daniel Michael (1811–1891)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cudmore-daniel-michael-6335/text9913, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 30 June 2017.
Australian death index
Ritchie, Elsie B. (Elsie Barbara) (2000). For the love of the land : the history of the Cudmore family. E. Ritchie, [Ermington, N.S.W.]
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