Thomas SEERY born circa 1828 in Roscommon joined the Royal Irish Constabulary
(RIC record 19/10/1853 to 23/04/1855 Registered Number 17083 recording he was a Catholic from Westmeath and shown to be 23 years old which suggests he could have been born in 1830.)
Thomas's RIC allocation was to Tipperary on 08/10/1853
Thomas left Ireland in 1860 for Australia and resided in New South Wales.
Michael SEERY born 05/11/1839 Castletown-Geoghegan (RIC member Registered Number 19351 although
RIC records Michael Seery Number 21758 an 18 yr old Catholic from Westmeath resigning 24/07/1860 "to emigrate" ) .
Thomas SEERY sponsored Michael to Australia where he arrived on the British Trident on 07/01/1861
Both Thomas and Michael joined the New South Wales Police Force in 1862
The parents of Michael are recorded as Michael SEERY and Anne COWLEY (DUBLIN) and only in recent years those same parents are also shown as also being Thomas's parents although I cannot find evidence that is fact
I have exhaustive records of their lives in Australia but I need some evidence of
1. parentage 2. where born 3. names/ages/location of siblings
I am the great grandson of Thomas and the Grandson of James one of Thomas's sons and seek further information
Saturday 21st Apr 2012, 01:21AM
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Hi there,
Thank you for your message to Ireland Reaching Out. Do you know where in Roscommon Thomas was born? Was he born in Roscommon town? If you know any detail, please let me know and then I can direct you the correct church records.
Could you please post your message on the County Tipperary profile page here: http://www.irelandxo.com/group/county-tipperary
It sounds as though you have done a good job checking the RIC details. If you need any additional assistance with this, pelase let me know and I can recommend someone for you to contact.
Have you checked the immigration records in Australia? You have the name of the ship and a date, so this will help a lot. Generally, more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. The University of Woolongong has produced, on microfiche, a complete index and transcript of all information concerning immigrants of Irish origin recorded on ships' passenger lists between 1848 and 1867. These are useul for finding out an exact place of origin as well as parents' names. The Public Record Office of Victoria has good online databases of settlers at www.prov.vic.gov.au Otherwise, other records may be found in the Colonial Office Papers of the UK National Archives, class reference CO 201. This class contains a wide variety of records, including petitions for assisted passages, emigrants' lists, records of emigrants on board ship, peitions from settlers for financial assistance and much more.
You could also try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffth's Valuation (1848-64). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.
Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.
Kind regards,
Sinead Cooney
Genealogist (Ireland XO)
Monday 23rd Apr 2012, 10:25AM