Mary (Shaughnessy) Barber
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Mary (Shaughnessy) Barber (abt. 1827 - 1920)

Mary Barber formerly Shaughnessy aka Button Barker
Born about in Tulla, County Clare, Irelandmap
Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Sep 1851 (to 14 Jun 1862) in Longford, Tasmania, Australiamap
Wife of — married 21 Oct 1890 in Longford, Tasmania, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at about age 93 in Perth Tasmania, Australiamap
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Biography

Mary Shaughnessy was born around 1827 in Tulla, County Clare, Ireland to parents Js Shaughnessy and Biddy Carmody. She was baptized on 20 Dec 1827 in Killaloe, Tulla, County Clare, Ireland.[1]

Mary was transported as a convict to Tasmania in 1850, traveling aboard the Ship "Duke of Cornwall." [2][3][4]

She firstly married John Button on 15 Sep 1851 in Launceston, Tasmania. Their witnesses were Thomas Webb and Henry Weston. [5][6] [7]

Children: John, William Ernest,[8] Mary Elizabeth, Charles, Joseph,[9] Ellen Sarah.[10]

After John died in 1862 she had a son with George Plaskett (1833-1916)

Child: George Plaskett 1863.

She married secondly Robert Barker on 21 Oct 1890 in Perth, Tasmania, Australia. [11]

Child: Susan.

She died on 5 Jul 1920 in Perth, Tasmania, Australia.[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ireland Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 Mary Shaughnessy, birth 1827, baptism 20 Dec 1827 in Clare, Tulla, Ireland; Killaloe, Tulla, Clare, Ireland; parents Js Shaughnessy and Biddy Carmody; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2016.
  2. ↑ Libraries Tasmania NAME_INDEXES:1433073 Shaughnessy Mary
  3. ↑ Ireland Prison Registers, 1790-1924 Mary Shaughnessy age 22, born 1828, admitted 10 Jun 1850, Galway Jail, Galway, Ireland, "for begging at Athenry." Database online, Lehi, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2020.
  4. ↑ FCRC Female Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land database: entry for Shaugnessy Mary; ID no: 1046; accessed: 16/10/2023
  5. ↑ Permission to Marry
  6. ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCV-BM5 : 28 January 2020), John Button, 1851.
  7. ↑ "RGD37/1/10 no 647 Libraries Tasmania Button John, Shaughnessy, Mary, 15 Sep 1851."
  8. ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-X3H3 : 13 March 2020), Shawhnesy Mary Button in entry for William Button, 5 Apr 1853; citing Birth 5 Apr 1853, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, line #81445, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,114.
  9. ↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-FD4V : 13 March 2020), Jaques Mary Button in entry for Joseph Button, 7 Mar 1860; citing Birth 7 Mar 1860, Longford, Tasmania, Australia, line #94691, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,115.
  10. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTHL-KYH : 28 January 2020), Mary Shanhessey in entry for Ellen Button, 1861.
  11. ↑ https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/911263
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205695539/mary-barber: accessed 07 September 2022), memorial page for Mary Shaughnessy Barber (1816–5 Jul 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #205695539, citing St. Andrew's Anglican Cemetery, Perth, Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia.




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