Came to Australia on the Gran Trianon out of Liverpool, 1855.
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/grandtrianon1855.htm
A Stone Mason from Wicklow.

Lawrence McGEE was buried on 15 Sep 1880 in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
The cause of his death was Senile decay. Another name for Lawrence was MAGEE.

General Notes: The Griffith Valuation has a reference to the land holdings of Lawrence
Magee in 1853, at the townland of Ballinaclash. He leased a house, 'offices' (ie outhouses,
sheds, etc), and just over 20 acres of land from Joseph Derby, for an annual amount of
£10/10/-. The land was £9/10/- a year and the buildings just £1.
Apparently was a successful builder around Adelaide, at one stage owning all of Wright
Street – but he had lost it all before he died at the Horse & Jockey hotel, Carrington Street,
Adelaide.
Port Adelaide.
The site of Port Adelaide, first sighted by Captain Collet Barker in 1831, and discovered by
Captain John Jones in 1834, was officially proclaimed a harbour on 6 January 1837 when
Harbour Master Captain Thomas Lipson took up residence on the shore of the Port Creek.
One of the first ships to use the harbour and discharge its migrants was the John Renwick
on 23 February 1837.
Although the colony's surveyor, Col. William Light, believed it would make a good harbour,
he was not prepared to make it the site for the capital for South Australia. Passengers and
goods were landed, but not to the satisfaction of anybody and it very soon became known as
Port Misery.
Port Misery officially became Port Adelaide on 23 May 1837 but it was not until 1839 that a
new site was agreed on and McLaren Wharf built. Added to this were a crane to unload
ships of up to five hundred tons, a storehouse and a road across the swamp which
surrounded it. All were completed during late 1840.
For several years it remained a long, and sometimes dangerous, walk for newly arrived
migrants to reach Adelaide. In March 1838 Captain Burns of the Giraffe was attacked and
speared while on his way to Adelaide. On 24 July 1840, Daniel Gatway wrote to his brother
in England that upon landing at Port Adelaide, his walk to Adelaide had tired him out
completely. It being dark, very few of his friends reached town without some mishap, such
as getting lost. Some did not arrive untill the next morning.

Medical Notes: Introduced the disease of haemochromotosis into the gene pool – has
infected most of the male line from himself, although there have also been some females
infected.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was Roman Catholic.
• He worked as a stonemason in Ireland.
• He immigrated per Grand Trianon on 10 Jun 1855 to Port Adelaide, South
Australia. The voyage was her maiden voyage out of Birkenhead, departed 23 March
under command Capt Alfred Hayes. Another name for Port Adelaide was 'Port Misery'.
Migrated with wife and seven eldest surviving children.
• He had a residence in Adelaide, South Australia.
• He worked as a mason, builder, hotel keeper from 1855 to 1880 in Adelaide, South
Australia. His usual residence is shown as 112 Carrington Street, the location of the Horse & Jockey hotel.
Lawrence married Mary Dinah HOLT on 21 Jan 1834 in Rathdrum, Co
Wicklow, Ireland.
Marriage Notes: They were married at the Rathrum Roman Catholic parish church. Best man was Robert Moles and Matron of Honour was Margaret Hayden.