Ann Dunne

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Ann was born circa 1832 at Dublin.² She was the daughter of Edward Dunne.¹ Her common name was Annie.³ Ann Dunne was a servant in 1855.⁴

Annie Dunne emigrated from Plymouth on 9 June 1855 on the 'Thomas Arbuthnot.^2,5' She arrived on 13 September 1855 at Port Adelaide, South Australia.^2,5


She married Alexander Charles Deane, son of Kyrl Allen Deane and Mary Lucinda Gregg, on Monday, 4 August 1856 at the Adelaide suburb of Kensington..⁶

Ann and Alexander Charles Deane became the parents of Lucy Deane circa 1859 at South Australia.⁷ Alexander worked for a couple of years as a shepherd with his future wife Anne Deane.⁸

Ann died on 26 June 1870 at Melbourne Street, in North Adelaide, of TB. Her obituary stated: "DEANE.—On the 26th June, at Melbourne street, North Adelaide, South Australia, Annie, the wife of Alexander Charles Deane, after a long and painful illness, aged 36 years, leaving her husband and six children to deplore their loss. Her end was peace. Dublin and Boulogne-Sur-Mer papers please copy."⁴