They Came by Sea
Cornelius O'Loughlin, Ellen O'Loughlin*, John O'Loughlin, his wife Mary O'Loughlin and their infant son Patrick left Cobh, County Cork Ireland 9 November 1841 and arrived at Port Phillip in the Colony of Victoria on .17 February 1842. They were bounty immigrants under the sponsorship of J. B. Were of Melbourne.
The Thetis Shipping List as transcribed from the original handwriting is below. To read the list, you will need either Microsoft Excel, Open Office Org Spreadsheet (free program) or similar.
Click here to view "Thetis" shipping List. (Transcribed and printed out in MS Excel - NOTE: see tabs at bottom of spreadsheet)
A copy of the original "Thetis" shipping list is below in pdf format.
Handwritten manifest of passengers and detailsA further document (difficult to read) relating to the voyage is in jpg form - Click Here
It is noteworthy to observe the name of J.B. Were as having been the "sponsor" of those who immigrated. The firm is still in existence but perhaps conducting a different type of business.
Most of family of Ann Barry (who later married Cornelius O'Loughlin) departed London September 22nd 1850 and arrived at Port Adelaide aboard "The Ascendant", South Australia on 15th January 1851
BARRY, David 38 of Clare, Ireland
BARRY, Honora 36
THEIR CHILDREN
BARRY, Bridget 16 (died and buried at sea)
BARRY, Ann 13
BARRY, Honora 11
BARRY, Eleanor 9
BARRY, Patrick 7
BARRY, Susanna 3Click here to view "The Ascendant" shipping list
This shipping list has been sourced with gratitude to The State Library of South Australia
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1851Ascendant.htm
See also http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/ascendant1851.shtml
Another Barry sibling of the above children, Mary 18, arrived with her husband John O'Loughlin 38 (from Co. Clare) two months later aboard "The Prince Regent" on 15th March 1851.Click here to view "Prince Regent" shipping list
This shipping list has been sourced with gratitude to The State Library of South Australia
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1851PrinceRegent.htmhttps://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/
* There has been no trace of Ellen O'Loughlin shown on the shipping list. Ellen remains a mystery. Speculation poses the possibility that she was a sister of Cornelius and John or perhaps the first wife of Cornelius in view of Cornelius being shown as a widow on the certificate of his marriage to Ann. If she was his first wife her death would have occurred between 1842 and 18553 either in the Colony of Victoria or the Colony of South Australia.
