Hi List
I'm new to the list and thought I would post a query. I'm searching for info on
my great great grandparents Patrick WALLACE and Catherine LENIHAN.
I know that they were married on 2 February 1858 in the Elim Chapel, Tredegar. Their
first son, James Thomas, was born in Nanty Glo on 7 January 1859. A second son, David,
was born in May 1861 possibly also in Nanty Glo. Sometime between 1861 and 1864, the
family moved as my great grandmother, Mary, was apparently born in London in August 1864.
I can find no record of her birth (nor of David's) but the family left England in
April 1865 bound for Australia. A fourth son, Richard, was born on the voyage out. He
later died at the age of 6 months while the family were working on the railway between
Ipswich and Toowoomba in Queensland. Patrick and Catherine had a further six children in
Queensland.
I was able to find Catherine on the 1851 census residing in Rhymney with her father,
David, sisters Mary and Julia, and brother Bartholomew. Mary married Patrick DALY in 1853
but nothing further is known about her or the rest of the family.
Can anyone offer any help as to where I could find any further info about them in Wales?
Thanking you in advance.
Dette Glenday
Brisbane Qld