Rebecca Kennedy 1848 : Short Biography

Rebecca Kennedy.

My name is Dennis Morton and I reside in Sydney, Australia. My grandmother was Harriet Morton (nee George) born in Roxburgh, NZ to Peter and Rebecca George (nee Kennedy).

I was hoping you could start me in researching some information on Rebecca Kennedy, my great-grandmother, who was born in County Donegal and died in Roxburgh, NZ in 1888.

Rebecca Kennedy was born to John Kennedy (labourer) and Jane Beattie in 1848/1850?, Glenlee, Upper Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland and emigrated to NZ in 1867. Rebecca was one of three orphaned (?) sisters (Anne, Eliza Jane) who emigrated to NZ at different times and married men in the Roxburgh area (Otago). Rebecca married Peter George in Roxburgh, 1869 (photo attached). Anne married William Mercer in 1866 and Eliza Jane married Mr Haughton in 1868. Rebecca Kennedy, travelling alone, left Gravesend on the 15th February, 1867 on board the “Lincoln” arriving in Lyttleton, NZ on the 19th July, 1867. Rebecca is noted to be a “Domestic Servant, 19 years of age” and travelling with no other family members.

Rebecca died in 1888.

In anticipation, thank you for any assistance you can render as I have had no luck tracking down Rebecca in Donegal.