ARMSTRONG Eleanor   

Abt 1821 - 1877  (~ 56 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	ARMSTRONG Eleanor
  Birth	Abt 1821	Clones, Monaghan, Ireland, United Kingdom
  Gender	Female
  Death	05 Jul 1877	Perkins St,Newcastle NSW
  Burial	06 Jul 1877	RC Burial Ground, Maitland
  Person ID	I82	NewcastleLinks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	ARMSTRONG William
  Mother	UNKNOWN_ARMSTRONG Catherine
  Family ID	F179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KEARNS James,   b. 1814, Clones, Monaghan Ireland d. 04 Jul 1890, 13 Cardwell St Balmain NSW (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1840	Cathedral,Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. KEARNS Jane,   b. 08 Oct 1841, Cockabill NSW d. 02 May 1910, Balmain NSW (Age 68 years) m. CHADWICK John (1864)   2. KEARNS William(1846),   b. 17 Jun 1846, Maitland NSW d. 23 Dec 1881, Goulburn (Age 35 years) m. SHARPE Sarah Jane (1873)   3. KEARNS Ellen,   b. 12 Jun 1850, Maitland NSW d. 27 May 1930, Kennington, Sydney (Age 79 years) m. JOSEPH Emanuel Mauchel Mark (1877)   4. KEARNS John Joseph,   b. 21 Apr 1853, West Maitland d. 24 Apr 1927, Wickham, Carrington NSW (Age 74 years) m. JONES Caroline (1877)   5. KEARNS Francis,   b. 1858, West Maitland d. 21 Nov 1903, Waterloo (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

• Documents		"d: English Marriages"
  		"d: Bounty Immigrants"
  		"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
  		"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
  		"d: Marriage Manchester"
  		"d: Arrival 12 Nov 1840, Sydney Cove"
  		"d: Campbells Wharf 1842, where James and Eleanor landed Dec 1840"

  
  

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  "h: Honeysuckle Cemetery Newcastle"

  
  

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• Notes

  Elenaor ARMSTRONG was born about 1821 in Ireland to William Armstrong and Catherine (maiden name not known). She married James KEARNS on 15th June 1840 at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, England. Elenaor was not a Catholic. Speculation : Perhaps the parents did not agree to their marriage, as James was Catholic and Eleanor was not, so they made the decision to elope together across to England to Manchester where at the time it was easy to get married. Rather than return home to Ireland they decided to try their luck by emigrating to Australia. --->marriage record James and Eleanor arrived Sydney 12 Nov 1840 on the "Argyleshire" as bounty emigrants Arrived Sydney 12 Nov 1840 on the "Argyleshire" as a bounty emigrant. (Ellen Cairns on passenger records -Australian, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842). She converted to a Catholic on 2/7/1852 age 32 years. at East Maitland. Eleanor had 5 children but sadly another 7 (4 male, 3 female) didn't survive. Eleanor died in 1877 aged 56 years from enteric(typhoid) fever and gangrene of the foot. BDM NSW reg #7246/1877 (death) "KEARNS ELEANOR" f-james m-eleanor district-newcastle Note: father and mother entries obviously not correct. They are herself and husband James. At this time, it is not known where Eleanor is burried. If it was in Newcastle it may have been at the old Honeysuckle Cemetery in Newcastle West. --->Honeysuckle Cemetery Her death certificates hints that she may have been burried at Maitland but no record of this has been found. However, the undertaker is listed as W J Sloan and Sloan Undertakers existed in East Maitland at the time of her death.