| Name |
Catherine Shortall |
| Birth |
1828, County Kilkenny Ireland |
| Death |
15 Aug 1881, Melbourne |
| Death Memo |
Vic 2510 |
| Occupation |
Drapemaker |
| Father |
Martin Shortall |
| Mother |
Ellen Dumphy |
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| Marriage |
12 Nov 1855, Scots Church Melbourne |
| Marriage Memo |
Vic. 3572 |
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| Notes for Catherine Shortall |
First marriage ROBINSON
One living child, two dead at time of second marriage in 1855.
The name Shortall in County Kilkenny Ireland dates back to the beginning of fixed surnames during the high medieval period (c. 1300). The Shortall's were prominent catholic land owners in the county from before this time, having arrived during the Norman conquests of England/Ireland (1100-1200). The land they took had been controlled by the Gaelic dynasts. The arrival of Oliver Cromwell's army by 1650, dealt a devastating blow to the Old English (Anglo-Norman Catholic) gentry. Following defeat many families stayed on as tenants of the county. The Williamite victory in Ireland effectively destroyed the Catholic order, and replaced it with a small number of Protestant landowners with most of the tenants Catholic. The name Shortall continued to be a common name throughout these periods. |
| Notes for James (Spouse 1) |
Laurie can be interchanged with Lowrie.
There are regular advertisements in "The Age" in 1854 (ref. 17 Jan) for boating passage to Adelaide aboard the screw steamship "Havilah" with James Lowrie listed as the Commander. The agents were McMeckan Blackwood and Co, 2 King St Melbourne. |
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