Martha Christie Canovan

  Research Notes:

source: James & Susan Retchless where it is noted:
Arrival
19 Oct 1838
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mandarin with sister Mary 22yrs
Departure
16 Jul 1839
Sister Mary 14/11/1815 born Whiteabbey, Antrim, Northern Ireland died7/3/1896 Moruya, New South Wales.
Parents married 1812 Antrim, Ireland
Martha married Robert Christie (1806) in 1832 at Down, Antrim,Northern Ireland.
Martha had a son Robert Alexander Christie born 1834 in Ireland.
Martha arrived aboard the `Mandarin` 29/10/1938 with Robert and Mary.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. The connection between James & Susan Retchless (nee Hobbs) and myself is as follows:

Susan Hobbs (1951) married James Retchless (1949)
Her father was Edward Hobbs (c1925) who married Dorothy Elliott (1928)
Her father was Robert Elliott (1897)
His father was James Elliott (1851)
His mother was Martha Canovan (1812) & his father was James Elliott (1807) who also married Catherine Burnett (1838)
They had Catherine Elliott (1859) who married James Donnelly (1858)
They had Rupert Donnelly (1895) who married Esther Berry (1886)
Her father was Frederick Berry (1858) who married Margaret Jermyn (1865)
Her father was Benjamin Jermyn (1822) & he also had Elizabeth Jermyn (1847) who married Frederick Blanchard (1833)
They had William Blanchard (1881) who married Bridget Flynn (1882)
Her father was Denis Flynn (1868) who married Sarah Hollands (1861)
Her father was Thomas Hollands (1815)
He had John Hollands (1850)
He had Elizabeth Hollands (1882) who married Henry Piercy (1874)
His father was Mark Piercy (1868)
His father was Mark Piercy (1835) who married Elizabeth Hughes (1833). She also married Spencer Fellowes (1829)
They had Frances Fellowes (1867) who married Clyde Garrett (1859)
His father was Job Garrett (1834)
His father was John Garrett (1805) who married Sarah Stafford (1803)
Her father was William Stafford (1777) & he also had William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814)
They also had William Stafford (1842)
He had Eva Stafford (1874) who married Arthur Clinton (1868)
They had James Clinton (1895) who married Martha Walker (1901)
Her father was Thomas Walker (1854)
His father was William Walker (1820) & he also had Martha Walker (1865) who married John Sutherland (1861)
His father was John Sutherland (1829) who married Margaret Elliot (1835)
They had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1925)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Martha married James Elliott circa 1840. (James Elliott was born in 1807 in Wembury, Devon England.)

Martha next married William Christie in 1830 in Down, Northern Ireland UK. (William Christie was born in 1801 in Ireland UK and died in 1836 in Ireland UK.)