Who was James McBrien?
James McBrien from about Enniskillen Co Fermanagh, reportedly a cousin of Mary McBrien (above), was a surveyor who spent some time in Australia in the early 1820s before returning to England for family reasons. CAN .
Was Australia McBrien born in 1820?
Her tombstone indicates that Margaret McBrien nee Eaton was born in 1807; this would suggest a birthdate later than 1820 for her son Australia McBrien; note also that the identified birthyears of her other children span 1829 to 1843.
Where did Margaret McBrien settle in Port Perry?
“a newspaper article … printed in 1946 about the James McBrien family … says Margaret settled in the Howden Settlement when she came over to Canada with her children. This Settlement was in the Port Perry Area where Sir James Howden MacBrien was born.
Where did the mcbriens settle in Canada?
In June 1842, James’ wife Margaret sailed with the children from Donegal Bay for Canada in the Springhil (l) of Irvine and after twelve weeks, on 28 August 1842, arrived at Whitby township in Ontario, settling at East Whitby in Whitby township ONT near (about 10km from descendants of the McBriens of Rosscor, discussed below in Section L-11). Chi…