Co. Armagh, Ireland.
boarded the ship 'Broom' 890 tons sailed by Captain Andrew Gray left Port Glasgow, Scotland 15th October 1841 and entered Australian waters on the 13th February 1842 at Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales taking 123 days, with 344 migrants and 27 deaths on passage.
It was towards the end of the great famine caused by the "Potato Blight" and the British tyranny was in full swing .
It appears as though John and Rose O'Hagan died at about the time of the family leaving Ireland
and probably would account for it.
Their Quest for employment and a better life came in the form of Francis Reid who paid a deposit to bring them to Australia. Mary paid her way by working for Jonathon Oxford, George Street, Sydney N.S.W. as a domestic servant, for three months and recived fourteen pounds for her payment. Arthur it is believed may have went on to America. and kept the name Hagan. Francis sought employment elsewhere, changed his surname to Egan because he signed an "x" and marriage certificate which took place on the 19th of February 1849 as a farm hand at Morpeth, NSW. He married Mary Murphy of Cooley Camp.
