Catherine McGee
1831 - 1880 (49 years)
Has no ancestors but 45 descendants in our family tree.
1829 - 1897 (68 years)-
Name Catherine McGee Born 1831 Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland 
Gender Female Residence From 20 Mar 1849 to 26 Oct 1849 Enniskillen Workhouse, County Fermanagh, Ireland Emigration Oct 1850 County Fermanagh, Ireland - On the passenger manifest of the ship "Derwent", Catherine was recorded as an 18-year-old female orphan immigrant. She arrived, along with many other orphan girls, on 25 February 1850 as part of the "Earl Grey" scheme.
The Orphan Emigration Scheme commenced in October 1848 and when it was wound up due to opposition from the Australian colonists in August 1850, 4,175 young girls had been sent from Irish workhouses to Australia. Many of the Irish workhouses participated in the scheme
A large number of those workhouse inmates were children. Many were orphans, or alternatively had been abandoned by fathers and mothers no longer able to feed them. While they remained in the local workhouse they were a charge on the landowners of the area where they previously resided. No wonder then that Earl Grey, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies received much support from Irish landlords for his Orphan Emigration Scheme under which young girls from the Irish workhouses were to be sent to Australia. The scheme was designed to fulfill the two-fold purpose of helping to resolve Australia’s chronic shortage of female labour, while at the same time reducing the serious overcrowding in Irish workhouses. Not only that but the Irish landlords who financed the workhouse system also hoped to reduce their own financial burden by transferring as many orphan girls as possible out of the workhouse system.
Into Place: Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
Died 20 Aug 1880 Lal Lal, Victoria, Australia Person ID I9450 Mitchell Families Last Modified 10 Oct 2014
Family 
Thomas Adcock (Brudenell) (ID:I9449)
b. 1829, Edenham, Lincolnshire, England
d. 25 Feb 1897, Lal Lal, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years) Married 18 Mar 1851 St James Parish Church, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Address:
William Street / Collins Street (This is the original location o- It is indicated on the marriage certificate that neither Thomas or Catherine were able to read and write.
Marriage Record: BRUDENELL (ADCOCK), Thomas and McGEE, Catherine 18520318 Age at Marriage She was 20 years and 3 months - He was 22 years and 3 months Children 1. William Brudenell (ID:I9451)
b. 1852, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
d. 1 Mar 1894, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 42 years)+ 2. Catherine Brudenell (ID:I9033)
b. 1853, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
d. 12 Jun 1921, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 years)3. Thomas Alfred Brudenell (ID:I9452)
b. 1854, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
d. 1891, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 37 years)4. Elam Adcock Brudenell (ID:I9453)
b. 1855, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
d. 1865, Victoria, Australia (Age 10 years)5. Elizabeth Adcock Brudenell (ID:I26292)
b. 1859, Cowies Creek, Corio, Victoria, Australia
d. 1859, Cowies Creek, Corio, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)6. Henry Adcock Brudenell (ID:I9454)
b. 1860, Navigator, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
d. 28 Mar 1910, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 50 years)7. Elizabeth Ann Brudenell (ID:I26293)
b. Abt 1860, Victoria, Australia
d. 15 Nov 1949, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 89 years)+ 8. Isaac Adcock Brudenell (ID:I26294)
b. 1862, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
d. 30 Nov 1923, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)9. James Adcock Brudenell (ID:I9455)
b. 1863, Staffordshire Reef, Victoria, Australia
d. 1864, Victoria, Australia (Age 1 years)10. Betsy Brudenell (ID:I26295)
b. Abt 1865, Rokewood, Victoria, Australia
d. 29 Aug 1928, Bayindeen, Buangor, Victoria, Australia (Age ~ 63 years)11. John Brudenell (ID:I26296)
b. 1871, Lal Lal, Victoria, Australia
d. 8 Nov 1943, Northam, Western Australia, Australia (Age 72 years)12. Albert T Adcock Brudenell (ID:I26297)
b. 1873Last Modified 10 Oct 2014 Family ID F2513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- On the passenger manifest of the ship "Derwent", Catherine was recorded as an 18-year-old female orphan immigrant. She arrived, along with many other orphan girls, on 25 February 1850 as part of the "Earl Grey" scheme.
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Event Map 
Born - 1831 - Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland 
Residence - From 20 Mar 1849 to 26 Oct 1849 - Enniskillen Workhouse, County Fermanagh, Ireland 
Emigration - Oct 1850 - County Fermanagh, Ireland 
Married - Address:
William Street / Collins Street (This is the original location o - 18 Mar 1851 - St James Parish Church, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died - 20 Aug 1880 - Lal Lal, Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
