MCREDMOND Maria   

Abt 1832 - 1896  (~ 64 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	MCREDMOND Maria
  Birth	Abt 1832	Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jun 1896	Newcastle, Australia
  Burial	14 Jun 1896	Sandgate Cemetery [Anglican_1 section 50 lot 59][-32.871557, 151.706822]
  Person ID	I47	NewcastleLinks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	MCREDMOND Hugh,   b. Ireland
  Family ID	F982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JONES Charles(1822),   b. Abt 1822, Norfolk, England d. 16 Mar 1895, Cooks Hill (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	02 Dec 1851	St Mary`s Cathedral, Sydney
  Children	1. JONES Francis Alexander,   b. Abt May 30 1853, Newcastle d. 16 Jun 1919, Kurri Kurri   2. JONES Mary A,   b. 1855, Raymond Terrace d. 01 Mar 1902, Wickham (Age 47 years) m. CROCKETT Joseph Yeadon (1874)   3. JONES Caroline,   b. 29 Dec 1856, Newcastle, NSW d. 19 Apr 1900, Little Young St Carrington (Age 43 years) m. KEARNS John Joseph (1877)   4. JONES Charles(1859),   b. 1859, Sydney d. 27 Oct 1933, Mayfield East (Age 74 years) m. CROCKETT Violette (1881)   5. JONES William(1862) Henry,   b. 1862, Patricks Plain d. 01 Aug 1863, MAITLAND (Age 1 year)   6. JONES John Joseph,   b. 12 Sep 1864, Newcastle d. 31 Jan 1937, Kurri Kurri (Age 72 years)   7. JONES Ada,   b. Abt 1866   d. 24 Jan 1925, Newcastle (Age ~ 59 years) m. THOMSON William (1890)   8. JONES William(1866) Henry,   b. 1866, Maitland d. 07 Jan 1944, Wickham (Age 78 years) m. JAMES Ann Montugua (1898)   9. JONES George,   b. 1868, Patricks Plains d. 17 Sep 1884, Cooks Hill (Age 16 years)
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos

  "Assisted Immigrant arrived aged 17 on 29 June 1850"

  
  

  Headstones

  "h: Sandgate Grave 1896"

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived, aged 17, as an assisted immigrant, on 29th June 1850, aboard the "Maria". when married Maria from Sydney and Charles from Moreton Bay BDM NSW REG #202/1851 V1851202 138 (marriage) "JONES CHARLES/MC REDMONDS MARIA" -District LD [RC Sydney St Marys] ????? Investigate : Possible death 1873 : BDM NSW REG #5972/1873 "JONES MARIA L" f-john m-caroline district-newcastle 24th December ?????? Probable death 1896 : BDM NSW REG #7098/1896 "JONES MARIA" (death) f-HUGH m-UNKNOWN district-NEWCASTLE 13 June 1896 https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/irish-orphan-girls-hyde-park-barracks This is a story of over 4000 Irish orphans driven from their homeland by the Great Famine. In the years 1848 to 1850, a total of 4114 orphan girls, some no more than 14 years old, were shipped on government funded immigrant vessels from Ireland to Sydney, Port Phillip, Moreton Bay and Adelaide. Many, though not all, spoke English although few were trained in domestic service, the work in which most would find employment. Known as the ‘Irish orphans’, they had been handpicked by government officials and removed from county workhouses grown horribly overcrowded as, year after year, the Irish countryside sank deeper into poverty, misery and disease. .... See PDF