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I am looking for some information from Australia on Elizabeth Kehoe. I know she went to Australia aged 48 and arrived there on the 26th May 1873. Her neice Jane Rumbold went to Australia in 1874 aged 13. What i would like is some information from census or electoral registers to see if Jane went to her when she went over there. Also who Elizabeth lived with when she arrived.
I have all the information on Jane Rumbold she married in Australia and had 9 children. She died in Rew, Australia at the age of 86. All this was available on the internet.
I have the information on Elizabeth in Liverpool before she went to Australia and i don't think she married again as i have her death in Northcote, Victoria in 1902. Her name is still Elizabeth Kehoe. It is definitely her as it gives her parents names.
I would love to know why they went there maybe someone else in the family had gone before them and i haven't found that info yet.
Thanks for your help
Lin

We don't seem to have a huge amount of links to Australian sites, but if you Search with the keyword Australia and choose the Websites board from the drop down list you will find a few links. I wonder if somebody actually in Australia may know more about how to find these things out, our Tina is on her jollies at the moment but on her return she may be able to help out more.

Thanks Mary I will look at the websites you mentioned. I was hoping Tina may see this forgot she was off at the moment. Hope she picks it up when she's back.
Thanks
Lin

Thanks Barbara I have had a quick look but seems to be better for the 1900's. Hopefully something will show up to help me. I think every branch of my tree is at a dead end. Thanks again for looking for me.
Lin

I have just added a huge list of links to sites, mainly being used for the Convicts Project but within many of these pages are links to many other useful databases. http://forum.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk ... 47#p117147

Thanks Mary but not sure this is any use to me. I also do some research for Pat on the convicts but Elizabeth Kehoe is actually a relative and as far as i can make out she went out after the last date for convicts. She is also listed as an assisted fare passenger so she went because she wanted to. Why i don't know and i'm not sure if anyone else in the family was already there which is why i wanted to trace her after she arrived. I can't imagine her neice going by herself at 13 years of age all that way but as far as i know that is what happened. It amazes me how young the neice was when she went out to her as i would not have let my daughters go at that age on there own. I would also imagine that ships were not as safe then and must of took longer to get there. It fascinates me and i would love to know the reason why.
Thanks again for your help though it is much appreciated.
Lin

lin wrote:Thanks Mary but not sure this is any use to me. I also do some research for Pat on the convicts but Elizabeth Kehoe is actually a relative and as far as i can make out she went out after the last date for convicts. She is also listed as an assisted fare passenger so she went because she wanted to. Why i don't know and i'm not sure if anyone else in the family was already there which is why i wanted to trace her after she arrived. I can't imagine her neice going by herself at 13 years of age all that way but as far as i know that is what happened. It amazes me how young the neice was when she went out to her as i would not have let my daughters go at that age on there own. I would also imagine that ships were not as safe then and must of took longer to get there. It fascinates me and i would love to know the reason why.
Thanks again for your help though it is much appreciated.
Lin

Lin have you tried Rootschat? There are some really helpful and knowledgeable people on there and there is an Australian side to it where you can chat to locals. Also do you know the name of the ship she came on and any insight to the other passengers?

Hi Barbata
I will try that thanks. I have looked at the other passengers on the same page and tried searching for other family members and as far as i can see she was on her own. I do know the name of the ship and date for both of them. I haven't seen an Australian side to rootschat but will look today. Thanks very much
Lin

Hi Barbara Posted a message on Rootschat and someone answered. I know Jane Rumbold is definitely my relative and they sent me the grave details and Elizabeth Kehoe is buried in the family grave with them. So they are all mine. It's nice to have proof that your are not barking up the wrong tree. Not may census are available for the period i'm looking for and if Elizabeth lived with them only the head of households are named. Jane's husband left a will so i will try and access that.
Thanks for all your help
Lin

That's great news Lin.

Do you know if she went by assisted passage or as an independent migrant? Did she have a job such as a nurse or something that could be useful in another country?

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au ... index.html




http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au ... index.html

Hi Barbara I don't think Elizabeth was a nurse or anything like that. As far as i can remember i had it in my head that she was a cleaner or something. I'm not sure now if she was a widow, she says she is in 1861 but someone on Rootschat says she is down as wife on the passenger list. I thought it said wid but i will have to find it to check it. Got a link to Ernst Wendt will, he was German and married Jane Rumbold, Elizabeth's niece. They had 9 children and he made the will in 1902 and died in 1914. He left everything to his wife and there was no other information really. His wife's will is available to buy not online. Not sure if it will be any help as she probably left everything to her 9 children. Sorry got sidetracked she went on an assisted passage.
Thanks again for your help
Lin

Hi Lin,

Assisted Passages.
Name
Eliz Kehoe (wife)
birth year
abt 1825
Age
48
Arrival
26 May 1873
Arrival
Melbourne, Australia
Departure
Liverpool
Ship
Great Brisbane
Nationality
English

Brandenburg, Germany, Transcripts of Church Records, 1700-1874

Ernst Wilhelm Albert Wendt
Birth Date:
2 Mai 1857 (2 May 1857)
Birth Place
Küstrinchen, Brandenburg, Preußen (Germany)
Event
Geburt (Birth)
Father
Wilhelm Wendt
Mother
Friedrike Rick

Baptism,


Ernst Wilhelm Albert Wendt
Male
Birth Date:
2 Mai 1857 (2 May 1857)
Baptism Date
17 Mai 1857 (17 May 1857)
Baptism
Küstrinchen, Warthe, Templin, Brandenburg, Germany
Baptism Age:
0
Father
Wilhelm Wendt
Mother
Friedrike Riek

As she was a widow with no children perhaps she thought she would have a better life in Australia where the government were pushing for more women to go over there to redress the balance between the sexes. Perhaps she thought she'd have more chance of finding another husband too.


http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mari ... e/sheet/12

This pdf file is quite informative though a few links are broken as it was written a few years back.

Hi
Thanks Bertieone for the info on Ermst parents good to know where he came from in Germany. Still confused as to wether Elizabeth is a wife or widow but i'll keep searching see what turns up. I can't find Elizabeth and her husband on the 1851 census which would give me a clue to where John Kehoe is from but it may turn up.
Thanks again Barbara for all your help. At least i have plenty of reading material. I know she was living with her sister in 1861 and she says widow but now i am not so sure. There is a tree on ancestry and he is on it. Don't know if they are right though. According to that he did not die before she went to Australia.
Thanks again
Lin