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I am searching for any possible extended family connections for my great great grandmother, Ellen Besa O'Sullivan. She emigrated to Australia sometime around 1856, marrying Julius Gustav Nenke, a Tinsmith, in 1857. They lived at Greenock in the Barossa Valley in South Australia.   Her father was Patrick O'Sullivan, and she had a brother, Michael, also in Australia.  She died in 1896.                                   

 I have a baptism record of an Ellen O'Sullivan of Boherbue, born 1835, with father as Patrick, mother Catherine White, and a sister, Julie born 1837, but I have no real connecting evidence that she is the one, as there are quite a few Ellen O'Sullivans born around that time near Mallow.

I am hoping that her second given name, Besa, (as per her marriage certificate) might possibly help in connecting her somewhere.    I also have a photo available.  

Hoping someone may have some knowledge of her,

Jo-ann Hoare.                

 

joro14

Saturday 22nd Mar 2014, 09:43AM

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    • Hi Jo-Ann
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    • Ellen Besa Catherine O'Sullivan
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    • Birth:  14 Jun 1835 - Cork, Ireland
    • Marriage:  1857 - Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
    • Death:  23 Sep 1896 - Greenock, South Australia, Australia
    • Parents:  Patrick OSullivan, Catherine White
    • Spouse:  Gustav Robert Julius Nenke

     

     

    Brendan

    www.researchireland.com

    BrendanJoseph

    Saturday 22nd Mar 2014, 12:59PM

  • Hello Brendan, Thank you so much for your reply confirming Ellen's details. I have not been able as yet to identify which ship she came out to Australia on, and I have long wondered if there might be any traces of the family living around Boherbue prior to emmigration, or extended family connections who remained there. Might her name Besa be a common Cork first name or surname in use at that time or traditional in another part of Ireland perhaps?  With the pattern of family names, might it be traditionally from Ellen's father or mother?

    Cheers, Jo-ann.

    joro14

    Saturday 22nd Mar 2014, 11:23PM

  • Hello Ann,

     

    Besa is short for Elizabeth

     

    Brendan

    BrendanJoseph

    Sunday 23rd Mar 2014, 09:51AM

  • Hi Jo-ann,

    Ellen is my great great grand mother. Your details agree with the information I have from the South Australia BDM index and her marriage certificate. She died in Greenock, South Australia. Ellen and Julius had 11 children, 5 of whom survived infancy.

    I would be interested in a copy of the photo.

    Regards

    Peter

    pnenke

    Monday 2nd Mar 2015, 05:31AM

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