Robert McElhinney and Mary Culbert (or Cuthbert)
Richard Pearson and Mary McElhinny
Mary McEllinney was the daughter of Robert McElhinney and Mary Culbert (or Cuthbert) both native of Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
Richard Pearson and Mary McEllinney married 1818, in Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland. Mary McElhinny was born January 1794, in the town of - Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland
Death: 9 February 1869 (Age 75) , Armidale, New South Wales.
buried in the Presbyterian section of the cemetery at Armidale.
They had ten children and arrived Botany Bay, Australia 9 August 1841, aboard the ship "Cadet" (March 10, 1841 ex Liverpool[i]. Another person of the name Mary Pearson nee McEllinney arrived aboard the Orestes on 9 Aug. 1841 (aged 47).
[i] OzShips reference: e-14875. Copyright 1998-2008 Peter Larson and contributors.
The surname is recorded under various Alternative spelling:
McIllhenny, McEllanny McAlheany, McElloney, McEllinnany, McEllinnay , McEllinney, McElhinney and Michelhenny.
Alternative spelling:Culbert,
Cuthbert
Mary McElhenny was Allan Egan's Great great grandmother.