I have just found out that part of my family are from Ireland, as per the ship logs and the bdm.
I will include what I have but you may be able to get futher than I have to find a link.
I guess some how they were all related at some stage.
Blanche Eliza PASFIELD b Unley Park, Adelaide 27-3-1887 to James & Alice PETERSON b Adelaide 20-10-1855 & m Adelaide 13-7-1876
Siblings:
Adelaide Maud b 11-9-1877
Bertha May b 20-12-1880
Ethel Maud b 24-10-1884
Arthur James b 5-7-1893
Gladys Myrtle b 27-3-1897
James PASFIELD's father Samuel.
Samuel PASSFIELD, wife Ann & children Wm, Thos, Ann, James (b c1850) & Eliza arrived SA 21-7-1854 on the 'Ostrich' dep port Southampton.
Alice PETERSON's father Peter Wilhelm, mother Charlotte BUSH m SA 29-6-1840.
Peter arr SA on 'Prince Regent' 25-9-1839 dep port London.
A Wm BUSH and wife Charlotte arr on the same ship. If Wm died soon after arr his wife could be your Charlotte. This is quite uncertain. will have to prove it one way or the other.
There is an obituary for Peter in the Observer dated 28-7-1894 you may like to find.
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A John WARD who may be mine was b 10-5-1880 at Pt Adelaide to John Curtis & Bridget MORAN m Adelaide 1-1-1877
Siblings:
Catherine b 24-4-1882
Michael Wm b 28-4-1883
John Curtis' father William, Bridget's father Michael.
A Michael MORAN b c1830 IRL and wife Ellen HALEY b c 1840 IRL and children James, Ellen, Mgt, John, Cath, Michael, Bridget & Harry arr SA by 1861.
