Delahoy Genealogy
Ellen CASEY
1834 - 1907 (73 years)-
Name Ellen CASEY Birth 1834 Dublin / Waterford, Ireland 
Gender Female Emigration 31 May 1849 Plymouth England on the "Elgin" Immigration 10 Sep 1849 Port Adelaide Burial 1907 Great Western Victoria Australia Death 1 Feb 1907 Great Western Victoria Australia Person ID I889 Delahoy Family Tree Last Modified 19 Dec 2022
Father Daniel CASEY Mother Mary RYAN Family ID F682 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 William DELAHOY, b. 1829, Sutton St Nicholas England d. 18 Apr 1870, Livingstone Creek, Omeo, Victoria Australia (Age 41 years) Marriage 6 Mar 1851 St John's South Adelaide, S.A. _SEPR 1 Nov 1861 Barkly Victoria Children 1. John William DELAHOY, b. 1 Aug 1852, District of Murray South Australia d. 15 Jan 1853, District of Murray South Australia (Age 0 years)2. Emma Louisa DELAHOY, b. 24 Dec 1853, District of Murray South Australia d. 2 Dec 1887, Great Western Victoria Australia (Age 33 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]3. William DELAHOY, b. 30 Jun 1856, Kooringa District of Burra South Australia d. 18 Dec 1887, Broken Hill (Age 31 years)4. Walter DELAHOY, b. 14 Oct 1858, Pleasant Creek Victoria d. 1 Jul 1911, Great Western Victoria Australia (Age 52 years)5. George DELAHOY, b. 27 Oct 1860, Navarre Diggings, Avoca Victoria d. 6 Feb 1913, Woomelang Victoria (Age 52 years)Family ID F228 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Dec 2018
Family 2 Henry HOLDSWORTH, b. 1821 / 1822, Bramley, Leeds, England d. 26 Jul 1906, Great Western Victoria Australia (Age 84 years) Marriage 14 Feb 1870 House of Mr Blair, Barkly Victoria [1] Children + 1. Ellen DELAHOY, b. 5 Apr 1865, Barkly Victoria d. 26 Jan 1903 (Age 37 years)2. Rosaline HOLDSWORTH, b. Jun 1866 d. 2 Jun 1886, Ararat Hospital Victoria aged 19 (Age 20 years)3. Henry DELAHOY, b. 21 Sep 1868, Frenchmans Creek Victoria d. 25 Mar 1870, Middle Creek Victoria (Age 1 year)4. Henry Robert HOLDSWORTH, b. 18 Feb 1870, Frenchmans Creek / Landsborough Victoria Australia d. 2 Jul 1941, Tourello, Victoria, Australia (Age 71 years)Family ID F229 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Dec 2018
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Event Map 
Birth - 1834 - Dublin / Waterford, Ireland 
Emigration - on the "Elgin" - 31 May 1849 - Plymouth England 
Immigration - 10 Sep 1849 - Port Adelaide 
_SEPR - 1 Nov 1861 - Barkly Victoria 
Burial - 1907 - Great Western Victoria Australia Death - 1 Feb 1907 - Great Western Victoria Australia = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Ellen Casey 
The Exchange Hotel, Great Western, Victoria, Australia
Documents 
The Elgin Passenger list.
Histories 
William and Ellen
William Delahoy and Ellen Casey were married at St John's Church South Adelaide on 6 Mar 1851. Their first born, John William, was born on 1 Aug 1852 in the District of Murray, South Australia (appears to be an area east of Adelaide) and died of pneumonia five months later on 15 Jan 1853.
Ellen Casey
Ellen Casey is the matriarch of the Delahoy family in Australia. She came to Australia as an Irish orphan where she met and married William Delahoy in 1851.
The Exchange Hotel, Great Western 
Pleasant Creek - A Short History
The original settlement of Stawell was at Pleasant Creek and consisted of Cooper, Longfield, Leslie, Burgh Streets running east west and Austin, Griffiths, Seaby and Foster Streets running north south, according to a map of the area dated 1858.
A Letter To Ellen
Hello Ellen, or were you called Nellie? I am sorry I never got to meet you, but as you died over 100 years ago, I thought I’d update you on what we know about you.
Albums 
Great Western (6)
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Notes - My copy of the Elgin passenger list is not so clear. Ellen's age could be 15 or 16. If she was 16, then her year of birth is wrong. If she was 15, her birth date would be after 14 Feb 1834 and before 31 May 1834 ( based on Elgin shipping date and information obtained from her marriage certificate to Henry Holdsworth).
The following are records pertaining to those with the name "Casey" found in County Tyrone Ireland, with special attention to those in the parish of Clonfeacle in Moy.
Marriages
13 May 1827 Marriage of James Casey and Elizabeth Pillar at Clonfeacle Church.
Baptisms
4 April 1837 Ellen Casey of Bernard Casey and Ellen Hughes
13 March 1837 Ellen Casey of Luke Casey and Jane Crozier
evidence suggests the Elgin departed London and travelled via Plymouth (http://www.perthdps.com/shipping/)
-Glenn-
- The Ships List:
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/elgin1849.shtml
"barque Elgin, 518 tons, Captain Burns, from Liverpool 17th May & Plymouth 1st June 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th September 1849
South Australian Register Wednesday 12th September 1849
Monday September 10th, 1849:- the barque Elgin, 518 tons, Burns, Master, from Liverpool and Plymouth.
Passengers: William Hewer, surgeon-superintendent in the cabin and the following emigrants and 221 female orphans [193] . . . . from Irish poor-houses in the steerage. . . . The orphan girls were from institutions at Clonmel (15), Fermoy (30), Killarney (35), Lismore (25) and Skibbereen (85). — 17th ship from England to S.A. with government passengers for 1849 ; 0 births and 1 death on the passage ; William Hewer, surgeon-superintendent." - We visited places in Ireland and the Maritime Museum and so far have confirmed only
that she came on an orphan ship with 369 other girls and it landed in Adelaide. We are thinking of going to Adelaide in June. However we were told in Ireland that it is not hopeful as we know nothing about where she was actually born and as she was a Famine Orphan, it is not likely that we will get any further but Ian is still pursuing this. In some documents she gives her birthplace as Waterford and in othes as Dublin - the ship sailed
from Waterford but how she got there is the mystery and she may have been too young to remember. Although she came out in the famine era, she could have been an orphan for some time before that.
-Jill Delahoy-
- Henry's birth cert. lists Ellen as the mother age 35 & birth place as
Waterford
The father's details are blank,
Informant is Henry Holdsworth - Neighbour - Frenchmans
The Marriage cert. lists Ellen's birth place as Waterford Ireland.
They were married on the 14th of February 1870 at the House of Mr. Blair
Barkly
Henry is listed as a Bachelor, Farmer age 44
Ellen as a Storekeeper age 35
It also lists Ellen's parents as Daniel Casey & Mary Ryan (I think that
is her maiden name if I can read the writing correctly)
Interesting Ellen is Listed as - widow (by law - first husband not heard
of since Nov 1st 1861.
Also lists 7 children living and 3 dead
-David Delahoy- - Ian submitted the following to:
http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/database/?surName=casey&firstName=ellen&age=0&nativePlace=&parents=&religion=0&ship=0
Surname : Casey
First Name : Ellen
Age on arrival : 16
Native Place : Tipperary, Clonmel
Parents : not stated
Religion : not stated
Ship name : Elgin (Adelaide 12 Sep 1849)
Workhouse : Tipperary, Clonmel
Other : BG67/A/9 p.306, Minutes 14 May 1849 listed as one of 15 girls from Clonmel PLU selected for emigration; married 1) William Delahoy at St John's South Adelaide, 6 Mar 1851, 7 children; lived Murray District from 1870; married 2) Henry Holdsworth, 1870 or as Ellen Delahoy to Edwin Humphrey in 1881!! Ellen appears to have owned the 'Shakespeare Hotel' at Great Western, Victoria until her death 1 Feb 1907. Ian Delahoy: ijdelahoy[at]optusnet.com.au
Regarding Edwin Humphrey, I think Ian is getting Ellen confused with her daughter.
- My copy of the Elgin passenger list is not so clear. Ellen's age could be 15 or 16. If she was 16, then her year of birth is wrong. If she was 15, her birth date would be after 14 Feb 1834 and before 31 May 1834 ( based on Elgin shipping date and information obtained from her marriage certificate to Henry Holdsworth).
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Sources - [S8] David Delahoy, David Delahoy, (14-Aug-2003).
- [S8] David Delahoy, David Delahoy, (14-Aug-2003).
