George BYRNE c1808-1857 & Elizabeth COSTELLO abt 1810-?
George BYRNE b. ca 1804, Ireland, son of George BYRNE and Mary MURPHY was married in Ireland to Elizabeth COSTELLO b. ca 1806 Ireland. George and Elizabeth married in Dublin and emigrated to Tasmania, arriving in November 1833 on the "Eliza" with John (aged 4) and Mary (aged 1). It appears that Mary subsequently died as they had another daughter Mary born c1837. Sometime between 1834 and 1845 George and Elizabeth arrived in Portland. George was buried in the Digby Cemetery in 1857 and currently Elizabeth has not been located. George and Elizabeth had the following known family:
- John BYRNE b. 1828, Dublin, Ireland, mar. Mary Ann PEMBURY, 1850, Portland, Vic;
- Mary BYRNE b. ca 1831, Dublin, Ireland (probably died in Tasmania);
- George BYRNE b. 1834, Hobart, Tas, m. Elizabeth BUCHAN in 1859 at "Lemon Springs", Wimmera;
- Mary BYRNE b. 1837;
- Elizabeth BYRNE b. 1841;
- Stephen BYRNE b. 1845, Portland, Vic, d. 1866;
- Benedick BYRNE b. 1851, Portland, Vic, d. bef 1857.
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