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Author: Steve_Devitt
Surnames: Canavan, Barry, Devitt
Classification: queries
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Kerry,
My great-great grandfather was Peter Canavan who was born in County Wicklow about 1800. He
was tried for stealing a cow and given a sentence of 7 years in Australia. He arrived
aboard the convict ship "Java" in November 1833. In 1838 he married Elizabeth
Barry, who was a free immigrant from County Cork. One of their children, Mary Canavan,
married Michael Devitt who was my great grandfather. I have been unable to find any
deatails about Peter Canavan's parents or the parish and townland in Wicklow from
which he came.
Regards,
Steve Devitt, Sydney, Australia.
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