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Tithe Applotment Books 1823 - 1837
Surname: Stapleton
Forename: Mary
Townland/Street: Earl Glengall
Parish: Tubbrid
County: Tipperary
Year:
Surname: Stapleton
Forename: Mary
Townland/Street: Drumbawne
Parish: Moyaliff
County: Tipperary
Year: 1827
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Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825 states:
STAPLETON, Owen. Per "Hooghley", 1825
1825 May 23
Servant of Samuel Terry. Petition for free passage for his wife Mary Norris and six children (Fiche 3288; 4/1112.1A pp.355-9)
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES IRELAND
Ireland-Australia Transportation Records
Surname: STAPLETON;
First name: OWEN;
Sex: M;
Place of trial: County Tipperary;
Date of document: 01/03/1828;
Name of ship: HOOGLEY 1825;
Record reference code: FS 1828 1;
Comments: List of applicants for their wives and families to be sent out to New South Wales at the expense of the crown. Wife, Mary Norris, residing at Raghill, Co. Tipperary.
(There is no Raghill located in County Tipperary. There may be spelling errors or Raghill may now be known as Rehill, Ballylooby, County Tipperary, Ireland)
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They came by the 'Royal Saxon' as Self-funded and as Bounty Immigrants in 1841
Royal Saxon
Arrived 17 July 1841, barque 510 tons, Captain Lodge master, from London 1 Mar 1841 then Cork 19 March to Melbourne.
Passengers Cabin Mrs Heywards and 4 chn, Rev Mr Richardson, lady and child, Mr and Mrs Eirey and child, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Gavin, Messrs Fripp, and Wilson. Intermediate Messrs Dickens, and Miller, 246 Bounty emigrants under superintendance of Dr Perrier
Cabin passengers - 4m, 5f and 7chn, Intermediate 2m, Steerage 10m, 4f and 5chn
The Recapitulation lists the total of 223 as Families 31 male, 32 female, 5m and 2f over 7, 5m and 2f over 1, 11m and 2f infants, total 83, also - from England (Oxfordshire 3, London 6, Kent 10, Staffordshire 1 and 3 from ?, total 17), Scotland none and Ireland lists 14 places for 206 people. There are 39 Protestants, 131 Roman Catholics and 3 'Other beliefs'
There are 68 single males - 5 shepherds, 3 carpenters and 62 Agricultural labourers,
72 single women - 1 weeds, 5 Cook or Laundress, 10 Dairy maids and rest are House maids.
The barque Royal Saxon sailed from Cork on 19 March 1841 bound for the Colony of NSW as Bounty Passengers for J B Were Esq who received 3962 pounds for his consignment of 231 immigrants, 17 from England and the rest from Ireland, including 22 from Limerick and the largest group of 73 whose Native Place was Tipperary.
Amos Shumack and his wife Mary were passengers, also Edmond Finn aged 20, kept diary notes and wrote Garryowen's Melbourne: a selection from the chronicles of early Melbourne, 1835 to 1852 by Garryowen, edited by Margaret Weidenhofer for sale.
The Royal Saxon berthed at Williamstown upon arrival in Port Phillip Bay on 17 July 1841. The Port Phillip Gazette of Thursday 21 July 1941 printed a detailed cargo list which included a large consignment of alcoholic drinks: brandy, gin, whisky, wine, ale, beer, stout; foodstuffs: bacon, cheese and hams; building materials: nails, slates, deals (boards or planks), dunnage boards; and general merchandise and apparel - all much needed goods for a young settlement.
Melbourne in 1841 was a busy port and commercial centre in an agricultural setting. Commodities and rent were expensive. For example: a single edition of the newspaper cost one shilling and the rent for a shop with a parlour and a kitchen in Queen Street was 2 pounds 10 shillings a week. There were advertisements for auctions of livestock, building materials and even food which reflected the demand for such goods. Entertainment included concerts and recitals and agents, accountants, architects and tailors were notifying the public of their professional services.
Barque: Royal Saxon
Total: 273 Staff: 5 Other: 39 Died: 3 Born: 0 Couples: 22 With chn: 12 Hus: 32 Wives: 32
Sons: 14 Daus: 10 Chn: 20 Bounty: 226 Families: 84 Un mal: 69 Un fem: 73
Others, who paid own fare - Cabin Mrs Heywards and 4 chn, Rev Mr Richardson, lady and child, Mr and Mrs Eirey and child, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Gavin, Messrs Fripp, and Wilson. Intermediate Messrs Dickens, and Miller.
The Royal Saxon passengers
In this ship list, people are numbered within the classified group - families or single male or single female.
Michael Andrigan 20 (single man 1) Waterford
Catherine Banquet 22 (single woman 2) Galway
Hannah Barry 19 (single woman 1) Cork
Mary Brodie 18 (single woman 3) Clare?
Georgiana Brown - (Steerage 5)
Samuel Brown - (Steerage 6)
Mary Brown 24 (single woman 5) Limerick
Thomas Burke 23 hus (family 1) Galway
Catherine Burke 23 wife of Thomas (family 1)
Ann Burke 1 dau of Thomas died 15 Apr aged 16 months (family)
Michael Burke 21 (single man 2) Tipperary
Margaret Bourke / Burke 18 (single woman 4) Galway
Michael Byrns / Bynes 26 hus (family 2) West Meath
Mary Byrns / Bynes 21 wife of Michael (family 2)
Pierce Carney 27 hus (family 7) Tipperary
Johanna Carney 25 wife of Pierce (family 7) Tipperary
Edward Carroll 21 (single man 6) Kings County
Margaret Carroll 20 (single woman 11) Tipperary
James Carty 28 hus (family 8) Kings County
Julia Carty 24 wife of James (family 8)
John Carty 6 months son of James (family 8)
Patrick Carty 22 (single man 9) Galway
Phoebe Chainer 20 (single woman 8) Galway
William Charlesworth 1st Mate (Staff 3)
Susan Chawner 22 (single woman 7) Galway
Robert Chawner 18 (single man 5) Galway
Edward Chillingsworth 28 (single man 7) Cork
John Cleary 25 hus (family 6) Tipperary
Anne Cleary 36 wife of John (family 6) Tipperary
Patrick Cohalan 26 hus (family 3) Cork
Ellen Cohalan 25 wife of Patrick (family 3)
Daniel Collins 22 hus (family 9) Tipperary
Judith Collins 20 wife of Daniel (family 9)
Daniel Connell 22 (single man 11) Kings County
Margaret Connell 22 (single woman 12) Tipperary
Julia Conolly 19 (single woman 10) Galway
William Corbitt 21 (single man 3) Tipperary
Bridget Cordy 21 (single woman 9) Tipperary
James Croft 20 (single man 10) Kings County
James Croker 25 hus (family 4) Tipperary
Alice Croker 27 wife of James (family 4) Tipperary
Patrick Cronin / Cronie 23 hus (family 5) Limerick
Johanna Cronin / Cronie 26 wife of Patrick (family 5)
Patrick Cronin / Cronie 3 months son of Patrick (family 5)
Patrick Crotty 28 (single man 4) Tipperary
Lawrence Curran 20 (single man 8) Cork
Emma Currant 18 (single woman 6) London
Margaret Day 19 (single woman 15) Clare
Henry Delmote 23 hus (family 12) Limerick
Catherine Delmote 19 wife of Henry (family 12)
Julia Dempsey 21 (single woman 14) Cork
Patrick Denally 21 (single man 11) Galway
Mr Dickens - (Intermediate 1)
John Diggs 20 (single man 12) Galway
Nora/Hannah Donaghoe 25 (single woman 13) Tipperary
Mary Donaghu 28 (single woman 17) Limerick
John Dunovan / Donovan 24 hus (family 10) Wexford
Mary Dunovan 19 wife of John (family 10) Waterford
Mary Durney 18 (single woman 16) Kilkenny
James Dwyer 32 hus (family 11) Tipperary
Julia Dwyer 18 wife of James (family 11) Tipperary
Margaret Edwards 22 Page 2 (single woman 20) Cork
Mr Arey / Eirey - hus (Cabin 12)
Wife With Arey / Eirey - wife of (Cabin 13)
Child With Arey / Eirey - Child (Cabin 14)
Mary Eyles 30 (single woman 18) Shrewsbury
Maria Eyles 22 (single woman 19) Shrewsbury
Thomas Finesoy / Finepy 28 hus (family 14) Tipperary
Ally Finesoy / Finepy 28 wife of Thomas (family 14) Tipperary
William Finn 39 hus (family 13) Tipperary
Catherine Finn 38 wife of William (family 13) Tipperary
Edmund Finn 20 (single man 14) Galway
Patrick Finn 19 (single man 13) Galway
Mary Finn 15 dau of William (single woman 22) Tipperary
Honora Finn 12 dau of William (family 13)
William Finn 7 son of William (family 13)
Miles Fitzgerald 28 (single man 15) Coleghin?
William Fitzgerald 20 (single man 16) Limerick
Patrick Fitzgibbon 29 (single man 18) Limerick
Henry Flack - (Steerage 8)
Mary Flinn / Flynn 19 (single woman 21) Cork
John Fogarty 22 (single man 17) Tipperary
Anastasia Ford 22 (single woman 25) Kilkenny
Maria Franklin 28 (single woman 23) Tipperary
Margaret Franklin 26 (single woman 24) Tipperary
Mr Tripp / Fripp - (Cabin 15)
Miss Gavan - cabin (Cabin 1)
James Gleeson 21 (single man 20) Templeman
Mary Graham 21 (single woman 27) Cork
Bridget Graham 20 (single woman 26) Cork
William Graham 19 (single man 19) Limerick
Mrs Graham cleared 7 Aug 1841 for Madres
Child With Graham cleared 7 Aug 1841 for Madres
William Habborlain 27 (single man 24) Waterford
Thomas Hallman 27 (single man 22) Tipperary
John Hallum 30 (single man 25) Cork
James Hardy 26 (single man 28) Galway
Mary Hardy 23 (single woman 73) Cork
George Harris 28 hus (family 15) Oxfordshire
Susan Harris 25 wife of George (family 15)
Charles Harris 5 son of George (family 15)
Michael Hayes 21 (single man 27) London
Margaret Hays 24 (single woman 35) Limerick
Mrs Hayward - wife (Cabin 3)
Mr Hayward 34 hus died June 10 aged 34
01 Children With Hayward - son (Cabin 4)
02 Children With Hayward - dau (Cabin 5)
03 Children With Hayward - son (Cabin 6)
04 Children With Hayward - dau (Cabin 7)
Ellen Heatherman 18 (single woman 29) Tipperary
Michael Henrich 26 hus (family 17) Tipperary
Margaret Henrich 24 wife of Michael (family 17)
Mary Henrich 2 dau of Michael (family 17)
Peter Henrich 6 months son of Michael (family 17)
Patrick Hickey 23 (single man 23) Tipperary
Catherine Hickle 20 (single woman 33) Galway
Ann Higgin 22 (single woman 28) Tipperary
Mary Hogan 25 (single woman 30) Tipperary
John Hogan 21 (single man 21) Templeman
Honora Holden 18 (single woman 32) Galway
Nora Holly 17 (single woman 31) Tipperary
Frederick Hoyle 19 (single man 26) London
John Hukey 21 hus (family 16) Galway
Mary Hukey 22 wife of John (family 16)
John G Hunter - (Steerage 9)
Malachi Kelly 24 (single man 31) Galway
Ellanor Kelly 19 (single woman 39) ?
Mary Kelly 24 (single woman 38) ?
William Kennedy 23 (single man 29) Tipperary
Edward Kenny 21 (single man 30) Tipperary
Margaret Killeen 20 (single woman 37) Kings County
Bridget Killeen 18 (single woman 36) Kings County
Alicia Konan 28 (single woman 41) Tipperary
Patrick/Peter Laffy 25 hus (family 18) Galway
Mary Laffy 24 wife of Patrick (family 18)
George/James Lamphir / Lamper 26 (single man 36) Cork
Michael Landers 28 (Steerage 20)
Patrick Landrigan 27 (single man 33) Tipperary
Michael Landrigan 20 (single man 35) Tipperary
Ellen Landriggin 19 (single woman 42) Tipperary
Emily Layfield 18 (single woman 43) Sligo
John Leary 26 hus (family 20) Tipperary
Bridget Leary 24 wife of John (family 20) Tipperary
John Lee 36 hus (family 19) London
Harriett Lee 32 wife of John (family 19)
Morris Lee 18 months son of John (family 19)
Judith Leeson 28 (single woman 44) Lepany
Joseph Lewis 19 (single man 34) Staffordshire
Francis Lodge Captain (Staff 1)
Martin Lynch 19 (single man 32) Galway
Michael Lyons 23 hus (family 21) Galway
Mary Lyons 22 wife of Michael (family 21) Galway
Michael Mahony 24 (single man 42) Waterford
Patrick Maloney 21 hus (family 24) Cola
Catherine Maloney 23 wife of Patrick (family 24)
Mary Mangen 20 (single woman 51) Galway
Thomas Mannin 28 (single man 38) Rosecomwen
Mich Mansell 29 (single man 41) Tipperary
Judy Mansell 25 (single woman 47) Waterford
Margaret Mansell 22 (single woman 46) Waterford
Denis Mard 22 (single man 43) Limerick
Anne Marmion 21 (single woman 45) Lepany
Mary Mccallipth 19 (single woman 50) Cork
James Mccarthy 29 (single man 46) Cork
Thomas Mccarty 38 hus (family 23) Cork
Margaret Mccarty 35 wife of Thomas (family 23)
Mary Mccarty 16 dau of Thomas (single woman 53) Tipperary
Joseph Mccarty 12 son of Thomas (family 23) Cork
Margaret Mccarty 11 dau of Thomas (family 23)
Julia Mccarty 9 dau of Thomas (family 23)
Thomas Mccarty 7 son of Thomas (family 23)
Michael Mccarty 5 son of Thomas (family 23)
Ellen Mccarty 3 dau of Thomas (family 23)
John Mcdermot 23 (single man 39) Rosecomwen
Terence Mcgrath 19 (single man 40) Tipperary
Bridget Mcgrath 22 (single woman 49) Clare
Miss Mcgregor - (Cabin 2)
Ansema/Anne Mcherne / Mcherst 20 page 3 top (single woman 52) Galway
William Mclelland 23 (single man 44) Tipperary
Mr Miller - (Intermediate 2)
Michael Miris 21 (single man 45) Clare
Patrick Moore 21 (single man 37) Limerick
Jonas/James Morris - (Steerage 11)
Martha Morris - (Steerage 14)
Richard Morris - (Steerage 19)
Dorothea Morris - (Steerage 12)
Charles Morris - (Steerage 13)
Barbara Morris - (Steerage 15)
Ernest Morris - (Steerage 18)
Robert Morris - (Steerage 16)
Elizabeth Morris - (Steerage 17)
Mr Morris cleared 7 Aug 1841 for Madres
Hanah Moryravan 16 (single woman 48) Cork
Patrick Murphy 25 (single man 47) Tipperary
Michael Murphy 22 (single man 48) Galway
Edward Murphy 23 (single man 49) Clare
Edmund Murphy 24 (single man 50) Tipperary
James Murphy 28 (single man 51) Tipperary
John Murray 30 hus (family 22) Tipperary
Eliza Murray 26 wife of John (family 22)
Margaret Neil 20 (single woman 56) Tipperary
David Nelson 22 (single man 50) Clare
William Norman 2nd Mate (Staff 4)
Catherine Norris 21 (single woman 54) Tipperary
Margaret Norris 19 (single woman 55) Tipperary
Owen Obrien 33 hus (family 26) Tipperary
Mary Obrien 25 wife of Owen (family 26)
Martin Odonnel 34 hus (family 25) Cola
Margaret Odonnel 28 wife of Martin (family 25)
Vincent Parrin Surg Supt (Staff 2)
Elizabeth Parrott 20 (single woman 57) Limerick
Edward Jas Peacock 26 hus (family 28) Galway
Rebecca Peacock 32 wife of Edward (family 28)
Thomas Peacock 3 son of Edward (family 28)
William Peacock 1 son of Edward (family 28)
Rebecca Peacock 0 dau of Edward (family 28)
Joseph Pilley / Pelley 28 hus (family 27) Galway
Catherine Pilley 23 wife of Joseph (family 27) Galway
Patrick Pendrigist / Pendergast 22 (single man 55) Templemen
William Piper 19 (single man 52) Limerick
Michael Poron 27 (single man 56) Templemen
Ellen Power 22 (single woman 58) Tipperary
John Purcell 21 (single man 53) Templemen
Joseph Purcell 26 (single man 54) Templemen
Mr Purier cleared 7 Aug 1841 for Madres
John Quinn 22 (single man 57) Templemen
Bridget Quinn 21 (single woman 59) Waterford
Charles Rachford 20 (single man 59) Clare
William Richardson Reverend hus (Cabin 8)
Wife With - Ellen Richardson - wife of William (Cabin 9)
Eliza Richardson 2 dau of William (Cabin 10)
Henry Richardson 0 son of William (Cabin 11)
Catherine Rigney / Risby 22 (single woman 74) Kings County
Maryann Roach / Roche 17 (single woman 62) Cork
John Russell 31 hus (family 29) Bent?
L Anne Russell 30 wife of John (family 29)
Harriet Russell 9 dau of John (family 29)
Mary Anne Russell 10 weeks dau of John (family 29)
Louisa Russell 34 (single woman 60) Tipperary died
Catherine Ryan 29 (single woman 75) Tipperary
Patrick Ryan 28 (single man 60) Clare
John Ryan 25 (single man 61) Clare
William Ryan 22 (single man 58) Templemen
Bridget Ryan 20 (single woman 61) Tipperary
Catherine Ryan 30 (single woman 63) Tipperary
Mathew Scott 3rd Mate (Staff 5)
John Scott - (Steerage 10)
George Scott 22 hus (family 32) Limerick
Nora Scott 25 wife of George (family 32)
Patrick Scott 0 son of George (family 32)
John Shea 29 (single man 62) Clare
Eliza Shea 20 (single woman 64) Limerick
Catherine Shea 20 (single woman 69) Tipperary
Honora Sherlock 25 (single woman 68) Tipperary
Mary Shire 24 (single woman 65) Limerick
Lucy Shire 20 (single woman 66) Limerick
Amos Shumack 26 hus (family 30) Limerick
Mary Shumack 24 wife of Amos (family 30) Tipperary
John Slattery 28 (single man 63) Kilkenny
Alice Slattery 19 (single woman 67) Tipperary
Richard Stapleton 28 hus (family 31) Tipperary
Ellen Stapleton 27 wife of Richard (family 31) Tipperary
Mary Stapleton - (Steerage 7)
Mary Tobin 19 (single woman 70) Tipperary
James Tygwin 24 (single man 64) Tipperary
John Wall 21 (single man 65) Tipperary
James Ware - (Steerage 1)
Jane Ware - (Steerage 2)
John Ware - (Steerage 3)
Mary Ware - (Steerage 4)
Patrick Welsh 25 (single man 66) Limerick
Jane Welsh 22 (single woman 71) Galway
James Whelan 22 (single man 67) Tipperary
Mr Wilson - (Cabin 16)
Ellen Woods 18 (single woman 72) Cork
7 Aug cleared for Madras in ballast. Passengers Mrs Graham and child, Messrs Morris and Purier
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The following vessels had arrived at Port Phillip previous to the sailing of the Comet for this port, viz the Royal Saxon, from Cork March 19th, with 246 bounty emigrants, and the following cabin passengers - Mrs. Heywards and four children, Rev. Mr. Richardson, Lady and child, Mr. and Mrs. Eirey and child, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Gavin, Messrs. Fripp, Wilson, Dickens, Miller aud Dr. Perveir, surgeon.
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It is interesting to note that Owen Stapleton's status is reported as single in his 1835 "Application to Marry" Mary Noonan, considering he applied for free passage for his first wife Mary Norris and their 6 children to be transported out from Ireland to the colony in 1825. The application for transportation was rejected at that time due to the fact that Owen had not been out in the colony long enough to warrant the granting of his application. Many convicts at that time considered their past lives over, without any hope of returning to their native homeland or seeing their loved ones again. In the early years, very few convicts' wives were able to follow their husbands to the colonies. Convicts who arrived without their spouses often entered into bigamous marriages in the absence of adequate records. In other cases they simply co-habited without formal marriage. There was also a general, if erroneous, belief in England and the colonies that if one party were transported, both parties were released from their marriage and free to marry again. Divorce was not generally available in England before 1857, except by Act of Parliament. Imagine Owen's surprise when Mary Norris arrived out to Australia in 1841 with their son Richard and his wife. Whatever happened to Mary Norris after her arrival is a mystery until her death, but records seem to indicate that Mary Noonan, Owen's second wife, and their children moved out into the Mudgee area after Owen's death in 1857 so they obviously had stayed together after Mary Norris's arrival and according to BDM records, they had more children as well. Interestingly Owen was buried in December 1857, his headstone being erected by his and Mary Noonan's son Owen, and was also joined by his first wife Mary Norris when she passed away in 1877, who eventually must have resurfaced. They were buried at McCarthy's Lane Catholic Cemetery along with their son Richard and wife Eleanor and their children Ellen and Owen and their daughter Margaret Neville. It is also interesting to note that Mary Norris's Death Certificate in 1877 was witnessed by Margaret Evans who was Owen and Mary Noonan's daughter and Mary Noonan's Death Certificate in 1903 was witnessed by her daughter Margaret's husband at the time.
Mary and Owen's gravestone reads:
ERECTED BY OWEN STAPLETON I.H.S.
IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER
OWEN STAPLETON
Who Departed this Life
DECEMBER 11, 1857
AGED 73 YEARS
MY FLESH SHALL SLUMBER IN THE GRAVE
AND AT THE TRUMPETS JOYFUL SOUND
I'LL BURST MY CHAINS WITH SWEET SURPRISE
AND IN MY SAVIOUR'S IMAGE RISE.
Also
MARY STAPLETON
Who Departed This Life
OCT 31, 1877
AGED 86 YEARS
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
Note: Year on footstone not the same as on the headstone
Grave No: 28/1
Film 5/22
Footstone O.S. 1858
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