Bernard Reardon
Birth
Death Marriage Spouse Father Mother Siblings Children |
about 1809
25 February 1888 1841 Hannah Rogers John Riordan Margaret Hayes Francis Joseph Reardon Maria Reardon Hannah Reardon Bernard Reardon Fanny Reardon Frances Gertrude Reardon Ellen Reardon John Joseph Reardon Peter Reardon Margaret Reardon Theresa M Reardon Ellen Reardon Frederick Bernard Reardon |
Location
Location Location |
Cork, Ireland
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Bernard Reardon was born about 1809 in Cork, Ireland to John Riordan and Margaret Hayes. The Irish spelling of the name is Riordan.
He was baptised on the 20th of April 1809 at St Peters & St Pauls Church in Cork. The family were living in North Main St, Cork at the time. St Peters & St Pauls church was demolished in 1857, with a new church being built in its place. |
By 1800 the settlement in the Colony of New South Wales was no longer at immediate risk of starvation. There were still concerns, however, about having enough skilled labourers to sustain the growing population. In addition to this, the British Government was eager to colonise other areas of the continent before the French were able to. There was also a desire to make money from agricultural exports. These factors contributed to the need for more free settlers, particularly skilled workers, to migrate to Australia.
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Since many could not afford the expense of travelling to Australia, in 1830 the assisted passage scheme was initiated for British migrants. Rather than giving Australian land away to ex-soldiers (whose period of service had finished) and emancipists (convicts who had finished serving a sentence or been granted a pardon before their sentence had expired), this scheme required the purchase of colonial land. The proceeds from land sales were then used to pay for the passage of poorer migrants to Australia. By 1850 around 187, 000 free settlers had migrated to Australia, most of whom had arrived under the assisted passage scheme.
Bernard however, paid for his own passage out to Australia. He departed Plymouth, England on the 28th of March 1838 on the ship “Amelia Thompson” and arrived in Sydney, Australia on the 1st of July 1838. Back in Cork, Bernard had worked as a farmer as well as having worked at a merchants office.
The ship was quarantined until the 24th of July at Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour. From the 1830s to 1984 migrant ships arriving in Sydney with suspected contagious diseases stopped inside North Head and off-loaded passengers and crew into quarantine to protect local residents from becoming sick. 15 adults and 24 children on the ship "Amelia Thompson" died of either typhus or smallpox.
He married Hannah Rogers in 1841 in Sydney. Over the next 20 years, between 1842 and 1861, they had 13 children; Francis Joseph Reardon, Maria Reardon, Hannah Reardon, Bernard Reardon, Fanny Reardon, Frances Gertrude Reardon, Ellen Reardon, John Joseph Reardon, Peter Reardon, Margaret Reardon, Theresa M Reardon, Ellen Reardon, and Frederick Bernard Reardon.
Some of the family members have the Irish spelling of Riordan, while others have the anglicised spelling of Reardon.
In 1842, Bernard and Hannah were living at Albert Place, Surry Hills.
Some of the family members have the Irish spelling of Riordan, while others have the anglicised spelling of Reardon.
In 1842, Bernard and Hannah were living at Albert Place, Surry Hills.
In 1866, his eldest daughter Maria married David Roberts in Queensland. Bernard was living in Crown St, Sydney.
In 1869, his daughter Hannah (known as Annie) married John Simons. Bernard was listed incorrectly as John Reardon. He was living at 27 Crown St.
On the 3rd of June 1872, his wife Hannah passed away aged 49 years.
Bernard died on the 25th of February 1888 in Sydney aged 78 years. He is buried in Waverley Cemetery (Section 10, Grave 939).
References
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS/2007-08/1187160930
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_%28city%29
http://www.quarantinestation.com.au/About-Us/Brief-History/
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-56_u-426_t-1075_c-4146/SA/9/Migration-to-Australia-1832-1850/Mass-migration/Becoming-Australian/SOSE-History/
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/f345c70123940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_%28city%29
http://www.quarantinestation.com.au/About-Us/Brief-History/
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-56_u-426_t-1075_c-4146/SA/9/Migration-to-Australia-1832-1850/Mass-migration/Becoming-Australian/SOSE-History/
http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/f345c70123940