County Clare 1300-1600
Map showing the location of the principal Gaelic Septs.
Source: Edward McLysaght, Irish Families
McNamaras of New Zealand
old NZ messages
McNamaras of Western Australia
McNamaras of New South Wales
old NSW messages
~ OVERVIEW ~
Thomas McNamara was born in County Clare around 1841. The son of James McNamara and Bridet DUGGAN, he migrated to Australia sometime prior to 1867. In Victoria he married Bridget DALY in 1867 and Alice MALONEY(nee Kennedy) in 1879. Thomas and Bridget DALY had seven children together; namely Bridget, John, Michael, Peter, Daniel, Patrick and Annie. Thomas and Alice MALONEY had a son named Thomas Joseph MacNamara
Thomas' first wife Bridget DALY and three of their young children died tragically in 1878. His five surviving children were Michael, Peter, Patrick and Annie McNamara, and Thomas Joseph MacNamara.
Thomas' oldest son, Michael McNamara, lived in Victoria and Tasmania before finally settling in New Zealand with his wife Florence Morris and children.
Peter McNamara remained in Victoria where he and his wife Julia McKenzie raised their family.
Patrick McNamara migrated to New Zealand where he remained settled with his wife (Edith) Jane Gibbs and family.
Thomas' daughter Annie McNamara, and her husband Tom Holloway raised their large family in both Victoria and New South Wales, finally settling in Sydney and around the Coffs Harbour area.
Thomas' son by his second marriage, Thomas Joseph MacNamara, lived in Victoria and travelled the world before settling in Brisbane with his wife Catherine Maloney and family.
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DUGGAN DALY
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DUNSTAN
KENNEDY
DONNELLY MALONEY
O'MEALLEY
MORRIS
FODEN
MCKENZIE
GIBBS
CUST
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FAMILY MEMBERS
by surname and beginning with McNamara/MacNamara
"The effects of the Famine and subsequent emigration are clearly seen in the population figures. In 1841, before the onset of the Famine, County Clare had a population of 286,000. Ten years later, after the Famine, this had dropped by 74,000, to 212,000. In 1966, just over a century later, the total population was just 75,000, a decrease of almost 75% from the 1841 figure." (Source: ireland.com)
Born in Ireland
Generation No.1 (James c.1818)
Generation No.2 (Thomas c1841 - 1888)
Born in Australian & New Zealand
Generation No.3 (Michael, Peter, Patrick, Annie & Thomas Joseph born c1868 - 1880)
Generation No.4 (born c1900 - 1915)
Generation No.5 (born c.1920 - 1950)
Generation No.6 (born c.1940 - 1975)
Generation No.7 (born c.1970 - 2005)
Generation No.8 (the freshest twigs)
THOMAS MCNAMARA
Irish born Thomas McNamara married in Victoria Australia in 1867. When he arrived in Australia from Ireland remains a mystery. His death certificate states that he had spent "22 years in the colony of Victoria" which indicates that he atleast arrived in Victoria around 1866.
Thomas settled in the Warrnambool and Woodford East region of south-west Victoria.

"The areas around Warrnambool and Port Fairy, through to Portland, became extensively settled in the 1840's and 1850's. There was a good demand for farmers, shepherds, labourers and tradesmen in the area and emigration was especially encouraged by Rutledge, Campbell and Atkinson and their agents who where loud in their insistence that many of the immigrants brought out or sponsored into Australia - through the bounty and emigrant schemes - be sent on to Portland and Warrnambool. From here they would be sent either by inter-colonial vessels or overland to Warrnambool [settled 1847,] and Port Fairy where their skills where often eagerly sought after, as many of the early tradesmen and farmers, who had improved conditions successfully for themselves, moved onto their own farms, or to take their skills & trades to developing places where higher prices would be paid for their labour." Source

County Clare native Thomas McNamara died in Warrnambool Hospital, Victoria on the 13th June, 1888 after an 18 month long illness, and was attended to by Dr R.H. Harrington. His death certificate (BDM8011) states that he was 54 years old and originated from County Clare, Ireland .

Thomas married Bridget Daly on the 1st December, 1867 at the Roman Catholic Church in Warrnambool, Victoria (BDM3966). The marriage certificate states that Thomas was a 26 year old Labourer from Wangoom Dry Lake and Bridget was a 21 year old Housekeeper from Warrnambool. Denis RYAN and Margrett BRATTER witnessed the marriage.
We're not sure when Bridget Daly emigrated to Australia but speculate that it was during the 1860's and perhaps with her sister Ellen Daly.
Bridget's sister Ellen Daly married Thomas Frazer/Fraser of County Tyrone, Ireland in 1872 (BDM2968).
They had seven children; Helena (Lena) Fraser, born 1873 in Nirranda ; Joseph Fraser , born 1873 in Nirranda ; Peter Fraser , born 1875 Nirranda ; Michael Fraser, born 1878 in Nirranda ; Dominick Francis Fraser , born 1881 in Nirranda ; David Augustine Fraser , born 1883 in Nirranda ; and Gabriel Victor Fraser , born 1888 in Nirranda.
An Ellen Fraser of Warrnambool died in 1916 aged 69 years (BDM16419). It's uncertain whether she is Ellen Daly, sister of Bridget.
By 1878, Thomas and Bridget had seven children;
Bridget, John, Michael, Peter, Daniel, Patrick, and Annie.

Thomas and Bridget's four surviving children: Michael, Annie, Patrick and Peter McNamara
Source: Ross McNamara
There is no record of the purchase of his wife Bridget's coffin with the funeral directors Beattie and Phillips in Warrnambool. Nevertheless, Bridget was buried in Warrnambool Cemetery in plot no. 58, Comp 7, Roman Catholic, beside her 3 young children, Bridget and John (plot no.60) and Daniel (plot no.59).
Ten years later on the 13th June, 1888 Thomas died. Inspite of remarrying, Thomas was buried on the 15th June, 1888 in the same plot (no.58) as his first wife Bridget Daly and beside their 3 young children. The 5 burial sites are still unmarked (have no headstones).
Also buried in the family plot is Lucy Carter McNamara (aka Lucy McNamara Maloney) who was just a baby when she died in 1897. Lucy was the illegitimate daughter of Maria Maloney. Maria was supposedly the youngest child of Alice McNamara's first marriage to Patrick Maloney, although it could appear from records that Patrick had died a few years earlier. Thomas McNamara became Maria's step-father at a young age which is how Lucy's dual surname may have occurred. Lucy was buried in 1897 above young Bridget and John's unmarked graves.
The overseer of Thomas' burial was a "Mrs McNamara", who must have been his surviving widow Alice. On June 15, 1888 "Mrs Thomas McNamara purchased a 5 pound coffin covered, lined and mounted for her 55 year old husband," and funeral "with the use of a one horse hearse and attendants to Warrnambool Cemetary." Alice paid cash payments of "2 pounds on the 19th February, 1889 and 3 pounds on the 2nd April, 1889."

BRIDGET MCNAMARA
JOHN MCNAMARA
MICHAEL MCNAMARA
Florence was born in 1881 in Victoria to parents Frederick Morris and Hannah Maria West(daughter of George West and Mary Hair). Florence was the second eldest of seven children. The Morris children were:
1. Edwin John Morris born in 1879 and died in 1885.
2. Florence Morris 1881-1947
3. Martha Morris 1884 - 1964
4. James Charles Morris born in 1886, died at war
5. Francis Morris 1889-1917
6. Ernest John Morris 1891-22/12/1937
7. Robert Morris born in 1892, died in the 1960's.
Michael and his wife Florence lived at Mortlake, Victoria before moving to Tasmania, and finally to New Zealand.
Michael had four children. He had two daughters and a son with his wife Florence Morris, and a daughter with his sister-in-law Martha Morris. Additionally, Michael's two eldest daughters were born to the Morris sister's in the same year.
Carmellia Mary McNamara (known as Carmel) was born to Michael and Florence in Tasmania in 1901. She died in Napier, NZ in 1979, and was buried in Taradale.
Carmel and Jack (Hedley) had four children;
Joan Muriel Watt
had two children:
Leith
Janet
Ashley Allen Watt married Julie Sidwell and had four children:
Allen Watt
Marjorie Watt
Graeme Watt
Hedley Watt
Valerie Nola Watt married Jack Naylor and had two children:
Megan Naylor
Mark Naylor
Bertha McNamara was born to Michael and Martha in Tasmania in 1901. Bertha married a man named Mahoney.
Ada Jane McNamara (known as Jean) was born to Michael and Florence in Tasmania, Australia in 1906.
Jean (Ada) married William Foden on 13/08/1921 in Tokumaru Bay, New Zealand. William Foden's brother Thomas Foden had married Ada's mother, Florence two months earlier. William and Jean (Ada) had two daughters;
Grace Florence Foden was born in Tolaga Bay, New Zealand on the 23/11/1922. Grace married Bernard Taylor around 1940 and had atleast five sons;
Colin Taylor
Graham Taylor
Stuart Taylor
Brian Taylor
Mark Taylor
Valma Maxine Foden was born on the 1/01/1927 in Gisborne. Valma married a gentleman named Cooper and had eight or nine children.
Sometime after his three daughters were born in Tasmania, Michael sailed to New Zealand alone. Soon he sent enough money for his wife and daughters to join him on the North Island, but they got to the South Island and contacted Michael needing more money. Much to Michael's surprise, Florence had decided to bring her mother Hannah Morris along too, and they had run out of cash to get home. Mrs Morris, upon her death, was buried not far from Tolaga Bay on New Zealand's north east coast.
Ernest James William Edgar (McNamara) Foden was born in New Zealand in 1911. Apparently Hannah Morris was registered her grandson's birth and consequently named him. Upon hearing of this, an unhappy Michael rushed to the registry office and officially added his names of choice for his only son. Although born a McNamara, Ernest was raised under his stepfather's name of Foden. He married Elizabeth Pearse in 1933 and had a daughter;
Phyllis Grace Foden . Although legitimately a McNamara, Phyllis, following on from her father's adoption of his step-father Thomas Foden's name, grew up with the surname of Foden. Phyllis married a man named
Lennox.
Michael and Florence divorced on June 20, 1921 and 3 days later Florence married Thomas Foden. Florence and Thomas Foden's daughter Mary Helen Foden was born on the 22nd July, 1922. In 1948 Mary married a man named Paramore.
Florence raised her McNamara children (atleast her son Ernest) under their step father's name of Foden (Carmel kept McNamara). Florence died aged 66, on the 13th April, 1947 in Hastings, NZ.
Martha Morris married Eugene Ivers in 1912 and lived at Clive in Napier, New Zealand. They had two children, Cathleen (1916) and Stuart (1920). Martha died in Hastings, NZ, aged 80.
PETER JOHN MCNAMARA
Julia Jane McKenzie was born on the 6th October, 1877 in Purnim, Victoria to parents John McKenzie and Catherine Burris.
Julia's father John McKenzie(1830 - 1897) originated from Leach, Isle of Raasay, Inverness Shire, Scotland. A Protestant, he sailed to Australia on the ship Edward Johnston in 1854 and married Julia's mother, Catherine Burris, in Warrnambool, Victoria in 1876. Catherine Burris' parents were Patrick and Catherine Burris Snr, possibly from County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Peter and Julia lived in Railway Street, Colac.
Julia Jane died on the 26th October, 1952 in Colac aged 73 years. Julia and Pete are buried in the Colac Cemetery in Section 34, Plot 63 of the Roman Catholic Section.

Thomas John McNamara (Tom) was born in 1900 and died in Colac in 1963, aged 63 (BDM 10772).
Thomas married Eileen Molymeux and had four children:
Kevin McNamara married Mary Alfreda Barrow and had five children:
< Christine Margaret McNamara
David John McNamara was born in 1964 and married Donna Louise Hose
Gary James McNamara
Deborah Karen McNamara
Kylie Mary McNamara
Ross McNamara
James McNamara
James Patrick McNamara (Jim) was born in Purnim in 1902 and died in 1987. Jim married Bridget Mary Mulheron in St. Mary's Church, Colac, Victoria on the 23rd October, 1929. Bridget Mary Mulheron was born in 1901 to Thomas Mulheron and Mary Tressider. Bridget died in Colac in 1979.
Jim and Bridget had two sons;
Martin John McNamara , born 2nd November 1930.
Ambrose Francis McNamara, born 7th December 1931 in Colac, Victoria.
Kathleen Bridget McNamara (Kit) was born on the 6th October 1904 in Purnim, Victoria.
Francis Desmond Bowen married Maureen Browes and had four children:
Lawrence Bowen
Richard Jack Bowen
Roslyn Bowen
Robert Bowen 1957 married Janne Jones
Jennifer Bowen 1983
Gillian Bowen
Valerie Patricia Bowen
Kevin James Bowen
Shirley Margaret Bowen
Brian John Bowen
Raymond Lawrence Bowen
Carmel Bowen
Graham Bowen
Peter Joseph McNamara was born in 1907 and died at 2 1/2 years of age in 1909.
Daniel Francis McNamara (Dan) was born on the 5th July, 1909 in Nalangil, Victoria and died on the 10th October, 1993 in Frankston, Victoria.
Eliza Ellen Dunstan (Nelly) was born at Cororooke Victoria in 1906 and died in Fitzroy, aged 64, in 1970.
Eliza's father, Albert Edward Dunstan was born in Clunes Victoria on January 6th, 1878 (BDM1509. He died in Colac Hospital on the 15th December,1976. Albert was three weeks shy of 99th birthday at the time of his passing (BDM30392).
"Pop" as he was known to his family, "Bertie" to others, was best described as a wonderful, kind and loving family man. He walked over three
miles to attend school at Irrewillipe East and his teachers name was Miss Cother. He started work at the tender age of 9 and worked in all areas, including farming, mining, railway builder and as a shop operator. Pop Dunstan spent many years in Tasmania working. Upon his return to Victoria he married Winifred Morrish and then managed a dairy farm of 500acres at Irrewillipe. For a man with such a short education he was very clever and achieved so many things in life. Albert Dunstan and his family were regular visitors to Irrewillipe Methodist Church, and attended many events there. Transport back then was
his horse and buggy. He had a great passion for politics and was involved with the Country Party
and development of roads in the district. Albert Dunstan was also the
president of the school commitee. Source: Denise McNamara
Albert Dunstan lies with his wife Winifred and daughter Ellen (Nelly) in the Methodist area of the Colac Cemetery, Comp 1,Plot 2.

Albert's parents were Thomas Henry Dunstan Snr and Eliza Blight and they most likely married in England prior to arriving in Australia. Albert's siblings were William Henry Dunstan 1865 Ballarat - 1909 Colac (died aged 43); Thomas Dunstan 1867 Ballarat - 1940 Colac (died aged 72); Alfred Charles Dunstan 1875 Clunes; Eliza Rosina Dunstan 1880 Colac - 1894 Colac (died aged 14); and Joseph James Dunstan, 1883 Colac - 1970 Colac (died aged 86).
Nelly's (Eliza) mother, Winifred Margaret Morrish was the second eldest of eleven children; John Henry Jnr, Kingston 1878; Winifred Margaret, Kingston 1879; Elizabeth ; Emily Beatrice, Kingston 1882; Mabel Evelyn, 1884 Kingston; Camey Gertrude, Kingston 1885; Annie Edith, 1887 Kingston; Catherine Muriel, Colac 1888; Linda ; James ; and Laura Morrish born to John Henry Morrish, born 29.1.1846 Illogan, Cornwall and died 4.11.1942 Colac, Victoria , and Ellen Brennan 1860 Belfast/Port Fairy -18.9.1909 Swan Marsh,Colac, Victoria who married in Ballarat in 1877.
Albert Dunstan and Winnie Morrish married in Victoria on the 18th May, 1906 (VICBDM2867).
In 1946 they lived at 42 Pollack Street, Colac.

Nelly attended the Irrawillipe State School and worked on her parent's farm at Tomahawk Creek, Irrawillipe Victoria. She lived at Colac and died as a result of a blood disorder/kidney failure in St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in 1970. Her death certificate states her place of death as being Fitzroy. Nelly rests with her parents Albert and Winifred in the Methodist area of the Colac Cemetery, Comp 1,Plot 2.
Dan McNamara and (Eliza) Nelly Dunstan had nine children;
Albert Francis (Alby) McNamara was born in Camperdown Victoria in 1930 and passed away on the 4th August 1991 in Colac.
Alby and his first wife Shirley married in Geelong in 1947.

Vonetta
RJ

BJ
CJ
LJ
. In 1959 Alby married his second wife Sheila Snell .

Alby and Sheila have two sons;
Keith Thomas McNamara was born in Colac in 1931. Keith > married Dawn Fitzroy . Dawn was born in 1951 to Gladstone and Ivy Fitzroy. . Keith and Dawn have two sons;
Alan McNamara Alan married
Patty and had three children.
Gary Gary married > married Denise and they have five children.
Desmond James McNamara was born in Colac in 1933. Des married Joyce Cummory and had two children;
Brett McNamara, 1957
Tanya McNamara, 1959
Milton John McNamara was born on the 20th August, 1935 in Geelong, Victoria and had four children with Deirdre. John passed away on 17th February, 1999 in Queensland.

Doug 1960
Bob 1961
Greg 3/10/1963 - 25/01/1964
Sue
Janelle
Kenneth Laurance McNamara was born in Geelong Victoria in 1937.
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Ken & Alby in 1940s Victoria
Ken married Irene Closter in Fern Tree Gully Victoria and they have three children;
Leon McNamara, 1961
Ashley McNamara, 1963
Wayne McNamara, 1967
Margaret Winifred McNamara was born in Geelong Victoria in 1939.
Margaret and Ian Arrowsmith have a daughter;
Eliza Eliza Arrowsmith, 1975
Lynette Ellen McNamara was born in Geelong Victoria in 1941.
Lynette and August Hartmann have two daughters;
Trudy
Michelle, 1970
Coleman Joseph (Joe) McNamara was born in Colac Victoria in 1945. Joe married Pamela Morris on the 24th June 1967. Pam was one of four children born to Clement (Clem)
(3/3/1918 - 30/10/02) and Wendy (Gwen) Mabel Humphrey (20/06/1918).
Joe and Pam have two children;
Kelly McNamara 1966
Shaune McNamara 1969
Joe McNamara moved to Queensland in the 1970s, and had a son with his partner Pat.
Michael McNamara
Elaine Barbara (Judy) McNamara was born on the 23rd June, 1946 in Colac, Victoria, and succumbed to Ovarian Cancer on the 29th October, 2000. Judy rests at Dandenong-Frankston Road cemetery, Victoria.
Annie Agnes McNamara was born on the 23rd December, 1911 in Colac, Victoria. Annie married James Albert John Hussey in St Mary's Catholic Church in Geelong on the 28th May, 1938. James Albert John Hussey (aka Jack) was born on the 19th May, 1915.

Kevin John Hussey , 1939. Kevin and wife Joan Allan have three children;
DH
BH
DH
MCH
MJH
Leslie Edward McNamara(Les) was born on the 5th January, 1914 in Colac, Victoria. Les and Betty had 3 children;
Phillip McNamara >
Wilma McNamara
Pam McNamara
Mary Theresa (Monnie) McNamara was born on the 1st December, 1916 in Colac and passed away on the 12th June, 2004 in Geelong, Victoria.
Doreen Cardinal (nee Day)
Beverly Hedley (nee Day)
Noel Day (wife Faye)
Barbara Day
Monnie's grandchildren include: Tracie, Tim, Jamie, Justine, Wayne, Peter, Joanne and Donna.
Monnie's second husband was Keith Nash.
DANIEL MCNAMARA
PATRICK MCNAMARA
Thomas and Bridget's sixth child Patrick McNamara was born on the 11th August 1876 in Nirranda Victoria Australia, and died in New Zealand in June 1964, aged 88.
Patrick's birth certificate states that he was named "John Patrick" when born in the Nullawarra Shire of Warrnambool, County of Haylesbury, District of Nirranda, Victoria, Australia. This seems strange given that at the time of his christening, Patrick had an older living brother already named John. The story goes that at his christening, the priest insisted that Patrick have two names. Consequently he was officially christened "John Patrick".

Patrick survived the sad succession of deaths of his mother Bridget and three siblings. It would have been difficult for Patrick and his brother's Peter and Michael to endure such losses and then find themselves in a new life with their stepmother Alice and all their new and many step-siblings.
Patrick allegedly described his step-mother Alice as a "witch" and he left home when he was 12. He got a job working in the stables at Dame Nelly Melba's residence in Lillydale, Victoria but then left for New Zealand (possibly with an uncle) when he was 19. Patrick didn't stay long in NZ and soon returned to Australia. Eventually Patrick returned to New Zealand alone, where he married and lived out his life.
Edith Jane was born on the 29th November, 1880 in Hastings, New Zealand to parents James Gibbs Jnr (1851 England - 1929 New Zealand) and Sarah Bubb (1852 England - 1922 New Zealand) .
Edith's siblings, all born between 1877 and 1888 were;
(Edith) Jane passed away on the 22nd April 1964 in Gisborne.
Patrick (christened John) McNamara and (Edith) Jane Gibbs had ten children;
Maurice and Doreen Warren had one son, Warren McNamara.
Frank and Anne Crosby have three sons;
Anne Mary Holloway died in Yass, NSW on the 18th July, 1960 aged 81. (NSWBDM23831/1960).
On the 24th May 1897 (BDM 2909), Annie married Thomas Patrick Holloway ,a "Bachelor" of Birregurra, at St. Patrick's Church, Camperdown, Victoria. Annie was 19 and Thomas 21 years of age, and Annie's "Guardian" on the marriage certificate was her brother Michael. Witnesses to the marriage were John Henry Hurley and Margaret Mary Griffin .
Thomas Patrick Holloway was born at Birregurra in 1876 (VICBDM 7156). His parents were Noah Holloway (son of James, 1840-1900) and Ann Maria Murray who married in 1862. Thomas Holloway's siblings were James (1863-1864), Noah Walter(1865 - 1949 Islington, NSW), Mary Ann (1867), John (1868), Richard (1870), Adelia Caroline (1872), Rose Anna Jane (1872), Elizabeth Hannah (1874), James Patrick (1875-1875), Margaret Josephine (1877), Francis Bartle (1881) and Marcella Kathleen (1883-1885). On the 8th August, 1950 Thomas Patrick Holloway died of heart failure in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales aged 76yrs. Thomas Holloway's usual residence was in Red Hill, Coffs Harbour but he died in the Coffs Harbour District Hospital. The informant at his death was his son S.F.Holloway of Carrington Street Woolgoolga. Thomas was buried on the 9th August, 1950 in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Coffs Harbour and the undertaker was D.Amos of C.H.Everingham & Co.(NSWBDM 1950/024647)
Annie McNamara and Tom Holloway had atleast ten children in Victoria before moving as a family to NSW.
In 1932 she married Victor Leo Noakes in Boorowa, NSW. Victor Noakes was born in Boorowa in 1905 to William Noakes and Isabella Hall (who had married in Boorowa in 1886). Victor’s siblings were Susan E, 1887; Emily I, 1888-1906; William C, 1890-91; Abraham T, 1893; Mabel A, 1894; Ivy M, born 1896, Jane A, 1899-1911; Bertie A, 1900, and Olive P, 1902.
Annie Margaret Holloway then married William Edward Gay in Yass NSW in 1954(NSWBDM19337/1954).
Eliza Gibbs, aka Lizzy, married Walter Bishop
Thurza Gibbs, aka Nelly, married William Henry Beale. Their granddaughter is Betty Anne Wratt
Frederick Gibbs married Lydia Hopkins
Alice Gibbs died aged 17
Miriam Gibbs, married Oliver Burge
and Eveleana Gibbs married Herbert Waters.
GIBBS FAMILY TREE
Back Row: Annie, Myrtle
Front Row: Elsie, Allan and Joyce
Five of Patrick and (Edith) Jane's ten children
1920s New Zealand
Source: Ross McNamara
Leslie John McNamara was born on the 1st March 1907 and died on 10th February 1973 in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He married Alice (Billie) Ashworth and Marjory Scott . Leslie John McNamara had four children, Lesley, Earl, Reece and Howard.
Lesley McNamara had two sons;
Lynley McNamara
Daryl McNamara
Howard McNamara had two children;
Jane McNamara
Gregory McNamara
Maurice McNamara
was born on the 12th March 1908 and died on the 25th September 1983 in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Maurice McNamara on the Panther in 1930
Source: Ross McNamara
Warren McNamara
Steven McNamara
Lynda McNamara
Janene McNamara
Annie Evelyn McNamara was born on the 1st April, 1911 in Hastings, New Zealand and died on the 10th April, 1993 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Annie married Wilfred George Cust in 1937 in New Zealand. Wilfred Cust was born in 1908 in New Zealand and died in 1976 in New Zealand.
CUST FAMILY TREE
Annie McNamara and Wilfred Cust had four children;
Beverley Anne Cust
Harvey Cust
Graham Cust
Kevin Cust
Sydney James McNamara was born on the 31st July 1900 and died on the 13th September, 1986 in Gisborne New Zealand. Sydney and Pearl Sayers had four children;
Leslie (of Sydney) McNamara
Edna McNamara
Raymond McNamara and Judith Wallace from Gisborne had eight children;
Sharon McNamara 1959, and Roger Morgan have four children;
Michael McNamara, 1960,
and Linda Newton have three children;
Warrick McNamara 1961 - 19? , has a daughter
Robin McNamara, 1963 - 19??, has a daughter
Kerrie McNamara, 1964, and Peter Crosswell have two children;
Craig McNamara 1968 - 19??.
Grant McNamara 1970, has two children;
Joanne McNamara , 1973
Raymond (Ray) now lives in Opotiki, New Zealand with his second wife Patricia Crosswell .
Frank Frederick McNamara was born on the 30th July, 1912 and died in Gisborne on the 9th May, 1986.
Frank Frederick McNamara in 1928, and on the Panther in 1930
Source: Ross McNamara 
Frank Frederick McNamara and Anne Crosby
Source: Ross McNamara
Donald Frank McNamara 1940 . Donald and Reona Conwell in Christchurch have two children;
Ross Duncan McNamara 1947
Ross and Julie Ann Jackett have two daughters;
Louise Ann McNamara
Suzanne Alice McNamara
Myrtle Ellen McNamara was born on the 22nd December 1914 in Hastings, New Zealand. Myrtle married Walter McCracken and had 3 children;
Stephanie McCracken Stephanie has wo sons, Lloyd and Gordon Blythen.
Gordon McCracken
John McCracken had six children, Patricia, Charles, Rachael, Margaret, Maureen and Susan.
Elsie McNamara was born on the 1st January, 1918 and died on the 29th June 1990 in Gisborne New Zealand. Elsie and James Rennie had two daughters;
Joyce Eunice McNamara was born on the 7th May, 1920 and died on the 5th November 1999 in Gisborne, New Zealand.
Joyce McNamara
Source: Ross McNamara
Joyce and Douglas Tuck had three children;
Diane Tuck
Barry Tuck
Ian Tuck
Allan Charles McNamara was born in Gisborne on the 23rd December 1923 and died in Wellington, New Zealand on the 17th March 1967.
Noel Stanley McNamara and Violet Hagley had three children;
Alaine McNamara
Vicky McNamara
Ric McNamara
Leslie, Annie (Cust), Myrtle (McCracken), Elsie (Rennie), Frank, Joyce (Tuck), Sydney,
Edith (Gibbs) and Patrick
Patrick's kids. New Zealand, 1940s
Source: Ross McNamara
ANNIE MARY MCNAMARA
Thomas and Bridget's seventh and final child Annie Mary Josephine McNamara was born in Allansford in Victoria in 1878. On her birth certificate her mother's name is recorded as "Bridgett Donelin" instead of Daly.
Allan McNamara and Annie Mary McNamara (Holloway)
Source: Ross McNamara
Annie was only a few months old when she lost her mother and three siblings to Diptheria in 1878. In 1879 her father married Alice Maloney (nee Kennedy)who most likely raised Annie and her brothers, as well as all of the Maloney kids.
x Thomas Patrick Holloway Birregurra 1897 (VICBDM 2909)
James Vincent Holloway Camperdown 1898 (VICBDM 1515. James was still alive in 1950 when his father died.
Annie Margaret Holloway was born in Skipton, Victoria in 1899 (VICBDM 13694) and died as Annie Margaret Gay in Yass NSW on the 27th November, 1971(NSWBDM 71745/1971).
After his divorce from Annie Holloway, Victor Noakes married Dulcie Isabelle Pollard in Yass in 1947. Victor and Dulcie lost a son named Terrence Erven Noakes in Murrumburrah in 1942.
William Gay was born in Parramatta, Sydney to Alfred E & Ada A Gay in 1890. He died in Yass in 1961, aged 65 yrs. His siblings were Alfred G. 1893; Leslie M. 1895; Joseph J. 1901; Olive L. 1903; Ernest S. 1898.
Kathleen May Holloway Skipton 1900 (VICBDM 14393). A Kathleen Holloway married a John Thomas Dunn in Broken Hill in 1936. John died in Broken Hill in 1944.
Kathleen was still alive in 1950 when her father died.
Thomas Patrick Holloway Skipton 1901 (VICBDM 29982), married Marion Stella Ruby Smith in Sydney 1926. Marion Stella Smith died in 1967 in Parramatta, Sydney.
x Frederick John Hollowaywas born in Skipton 1904 (BDM 21347). Died in Skipton in 1905 (BDM 7015).
Eileen Holloway Skipton 1906 (BDM 6311). Marriages recorded include Eileen M.V. in 1924 to Josue Mauger Queripel in Paddington; Eileen May in 1936 to Albert Henry Verlin in Hurstville; Eileen Veronica in 1942 to John (C?)Edric Kitching in Sydney. Eileen died on the 17th October, 1985 and was cremated in the Ross Brindley section of the Lismore Memorial Gardens, NSW.
Leslie John Holloway Skipton 1908 (BDM 6860), married Zeta Clare Salisbury in Marrickville, NSW 1932. Zeta lived at Gymea and died on the 10th March, 1994. Leslie Holloway died in 1970 in Newtown, Sydney. Leslie was still alive in 1950 when his father died.
Stanley Francis Holloway Skipton 1909 (BDM 6342). Stanley died on the 2nd November, 1980 and was cremated at the Lismore Memorial Gardens, NSW.
STAN HOLLOWAY OF WOOLGOOLGA
S.F Holloway was the chairman of the first Woolgoolga Urban Area Committee from 1947 until 1954.
Joseph Richard Holloway Skipton 1910 (BDM 14745). A Joseph Richard Holloway married Mollie Leplaw in Coffs Harbour in 1938. Joseph was still alive in 1950 when his father died.
Grace Josine Holloway Skipton 1913 (BDM 7575), married William A. Pearson in Petersham, NSW 1933. Grace was still alive in 1950 when her father died.
Francis Eugene Holloway Skipton 1915 (BDM 25489), married Lillian Joyce Goodenough in Marrickville NSW 1939. A Lillian Holloway died on the 14th September 1989. Francis was still alive in 1950 when his father died.
Thomas McNamara lost his first wife Bridget Daly in 1878 and married his second wife Alice Maloney (nee Kennedy) on the 1st May 1879 at St. Joseph's Church in Warrnambool Victoria (BDM1953).
St.Joseph's Church, Warrnambool
Alice who was born on the 3rd May, 1834, originated from Nenagh County Tipperary in Ireland and her parents were Hugh Kennedy and Mary Lahey. 
Source: Alice's great grandson Peter Overlack

Alice McNamara
Source: Peter Overlack
Alice came to Australia as an illiterate girl who then bonded as a servant. She married her first husband Patrick Maloney/Moloney around 1853 and had approximately fourteen children. Patrick was born in Templemore (Strade), County Mayo in 1815. Patrick Maloney and five of the children are said to be buried in Port Fairy Cemetery. Alice and Patrick's children were:
James Maloney born in Belfast (now Port Fairy), Victoria in 1854. He was still alive in 1923. A James Moloney married in 1883 (BDM2572).
Patrick Maloney (Died prior to 1923)
Michael Maloney born in Yambuk, Victoria in 1857. Still alive in 1923. A Michael Moloney married in 1880 (BDM3314) and 1884 (BDM6226).
William Maloney born in Yambuk in 1859 and married Bridget Theresa Leopard. They lived in South Australia and owned the Blue Lake Sheep Station. William and Catherine's daughter Catherine eventually married her first cousin once removed Thomas Joseph McNamara .
Alice Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1861. She died aged 80 and was buried in the same plot as her mother Alice in the Burwood Cemetery on the 17th December, 1940.
Catherine Maloney was born in Codrington in 1862 and died in Camberwell, aged 88, in 1950.
X Annie Maloney was born in Codrington in 1865. She died the same year.
Hugh Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1867. Was still alive in 1923.
Agnes Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1867 as well, but wasn't Hugh's twin. Hugh is recorded as a year older than her. Agnes was still alive in 1923.
Richard Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1869. He died in Heidelberg, Melbourne in 1927, aged 59.(This needs checking as he's recorded as deceased on his Mum's death certificate in 1923).
X Edward Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1870 and died in 1871.
John Maloney (Wasn't alive in 1923.)
X Peter Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1871. He died aged 14 days.
X Edward John Maloney was born in Yambuk in 1873. He died aged one month.
Patrick Maloney possibly died around 1874 yet Alice Kennedy/Maloney had another child named Mary or Maria in 1876. It's not known whether Patrick Maloney is Maria/Mary's father.
Maria Jane (Mary) Kennedy/Maloney was born in Belfast (now Port Fairy) Victoria in 1876. There are two birth listings for Maria Jane in 1876 but one has Kennedy and the other states her surname as Maloney. Her birth certificate states "father unknown". Maria had an illegitimate daughter in 1897 who died the same year, possibly at birth. The baby's name was Lucy Carter McNamara (aka Lucy McNamara Maloney) and the father was listed as "unknown." Lucy is buried in the McNamara plot in Warrnambool Cemetery.
THOMAS JOSEPH MACNAMARA, 1880 - 1969