Our McNamara family came from County Clare in Ireland.
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' oldest son, Michael McNamara, lived in Victoria and Tasmania before finally settling in New Zealand with his wife Florence Morris and children.
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 McNamara's son by his second marriage, Thomas Joseph MacNamara, was born in Victoria and settled in Brisbane with his wife (first cousin once removed) Catherine Maloney and family.
"Clare, a county of Ireland, province of Munster, 55 miles long and 38 broad; bounded on the West by the Atlantic, North by Galway, and East and South by the Shannon, which separates it from Tipperary, Limerick, and Kerry. It is divided into 79 parishes, has two market towns, and sends three members to parliament. It breeds more horses than any other county in Ireland, beside a great number of cattle and sheep. Population 209,595. Capital, Ennis." (From "The New London Gazetteer" 1826)
"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 75000, a decrease of almost 75% from the 1841 figure." (Source: ireland.com)
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 Emigrant's must consist principally of married couples, not above 40 years of age at their last birthday ; but for every child above 14, an excess of one year will be allowed in age of the parents, if they are still hale and capable of labour. The candidates most acceptable are young married couples without children." Source: The Emigrant's Friend
This age criteria for Free Sailing Passage would have resulted in many people altering their ages and birthdates to meet emigration requirements. Many had no idea of their true birthdate, so ages as recorded in official documents are rarely exact.
THOMAS MCNAMARA
c.1841 - 1888 Ireland to Australia
The earliest Australian records found on Irish born Thomas McNamara relate to his purchase of land in Victoria in 1865 and first marriage in 1867. His arrival in Australia and details about his family of origin are yet to be determined.
Thomas settled around the Warrnambool 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 were loud in their insistence that many of the immigrant's 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
On 20th June 1865 The Warrnambool Standard newspaper reported that farmer ThomasMacNamara had won the ballot in Government Land Selection for land at Ellerslie, Victoria. However the following year Thomas' land at Ellerslie was forfeited due to him not paying the rent.
On 14th December 1872 Thomas’ application for land at Nullawarre (Lot 88a) was considered by the Local Land Board in Warrnambool who recommended that it be granted subject to him paying the survey fees. An adjoining lot of land was also held for him until 19th December 1872.
On 18th December 1872 Thomas' application to the Land Board was deemed successful and he acquired access to 108 acres at Nullawarre near Warrnambool in Victoria.
On 19th December 1872 Thomas’ brother-in-law Thomas Frazer, who had originally selected the land lots 88 and 92 , relinquished his application enabling Thomas McNamara to then select the allotments for himself. Thomas Frazer acted as the writer for all of illiterate Thomas McNamara’s applications and correspondence. Thomas McNamara's "X" can be seen on the original documents.
In mid 1873 Thomas gained a license to occupy 88.3.2 acres of land at Lot 92c in Nirranda. This gave him a total of 107.3.7 acres. On 18th July 1873 Thomas sent a letter to the Land Board requesting that his licence be officially issued. The license had been issued on 7th July 1873, and on 15th August 1873 Thomas wrote again to the Land Board to inform them that he had received his license for part of Allotment 92.
Thomas then added Lot 92b (101.28 acres) to his farmland. According to his application, he lived with his family in the existing small farm house. Being stony, swampy and heavily timbered the farm was unfit for cultivation and only able to be used for grazing. Thomas put log fencing around the land as improvements to the site were an official requirement, and leased the farmland initially for 7 years.
So by 1873 Thomas was occupying around 107 acres of land (lots 88 and 92) at Nirranda, a town very close to Warrnambool in Victoria.
On 4th October 1875 Thomas applied to transfer his lease on Lot 92b to the Colonial Bank of Australasia due to “being indebted to the bank” and unable to make the repayments. He eventually lost his hold on Lot 92b to the bank due to not being able to maintain the payments.
On 20th March 1876 Thomas submitted an application for a 7 year lease on lots 88a and 92c. The same configuration of the original allotments can still be seen today in the land which is bordered by Timboon Nullawarre Road, Ayresford Road and Rowans Road at Nirranda. During his leasehold, Thomas’ farm had a piggery, small house and as he put it "poor soil suited only for grazing cattle". The family home on Lot 92 of the farm land was a small two roomed dwelling. Thomas stated in one of his applications to the Land Board during this time, “I am a poor man with a heavy family and no capital.” By December 1876 Thomas was again chasing the hard copy of his lease which appeared to have been delayed by bureaucratic errors.
On 7th August 1877 Thomas applied to pay the balance of the purchase money for the land and requested that a grant for the land be issued to him. This grant was passed on 13th September 1877.
By 14th December 1877 Thomas took on a mortgage with the Colonial Bank of Australasia to pay off the lease of his farm. However, less than a year later on 26th November 1878 Thomas applied to remortgage the lease on Allotment 92b in order to make further improvements which included building another house for his growing family. The need for a bigger home could indicate that Thomas and his children were by now cohabitating with his next wife Alice Maloney and her children, or planning to. Although Thomas was at this time living in Woodford, his farm land was at Nirranda and as the application was for making improvements to the house on his farm his intention must have ben to move the growing family back onto his land again. This would have been a cheaper option for him long term.
Five months later on 1st May 1879 Thomas married his second wife Alice Maloney in Warrnambool. Widower Thomas had 4 young children and whilst there's evidence that his 3 sons were with him, it's unknown if baby Annie was in his care after her mother's death the previous year. Both Thomas and Alice state on their marriage certificate that they lived in Woodford and that Thomas worked as a farmer and Alice as a general servant. Their marriage resulted in possibly 9 children and 2 teenaged girls living together in the family home. Their combined dependent children’s ages were 2 x 1yr, 2 x 3yrs, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, and maybe the 17 & 18 year old girls.
Thomas'mortgage in 1879, taken out through the Colonial Bank of Australasia, backfired on him. On 13th September 1879 Thomas declared himself insolvent and was left to transfer his interest in the land to the bank. The land was probably still governed by a crown controlled lease at that point with some amount still left to pay to the government.
On 27th February 1882 The Colonial Bank, as the leaseholder of Lot 92b, applied to the Crown to have the rent reduced on Thomas' land on a per acre per annum basis as they would have been considering repossessing it. By 8th March 1882 the Crown Allotment land became subject to the Land Act 1880 with the term of lease being 3 years. Predictably, on 11th October 1884 the Colonial Bank was given a cheap mortgage by the Crown which enabled it to repossess Lot 92b from Thomas and retain it for their own use. Researcher: Riley Jones
It's unclear what Thomas then did after losing Lot 92b (101.28 acres) to the bank. He may have continued working on lots 88a and 92c or left the land completely to work for someone else.
Early 1887 Thomas became ill and 18 months later on 13th June 1888 died of this same illness in Warrnambool Hospital. He was attended to by Dr R.H. Harringtonand his death certificate (BDM8011) states that he was 54 years old, 22 years in the Colony of Victoria, and originated from County Clare Ireland.
Source: Peter Overlack
Thomas is buried in an unmarked grave in the Warrnambool Cemetery with his first wife Bridget Daly, and beside three of their small children, Bridget, Daniel, and John. His step daughter's child, Lucy, is also buried with them.
There is a house and farm on "McNamara Road" at Bushfield near Warrnambool and it remains the property of the original McNamara family. Francis McNamara and his wife Bridget Shanahan were granted this land during the 20th century. It passed on to their daughter Mary Agnes McNamara and her husband Thomas Conheady who then passed it on to their daughter Beedy Gleeson (nee Bridget Francis Conheady). Today the farm is run by Beedy's daughter and son in law (the Crossley's). McNamara Road used to continue right down to the river but was cut off to deter trespassers. The area is still largely farmland. Despite the location and name, we have yet to connect this family with ours.
THOMAS MCNAMARA and his first wife BRIDGET DALY
Irish born Thomas McNamara married twice and had a total of 8 children who were all born in Victoria between the years 1868 and 1880.
We're not sure when Bridget Daly emigrated to Australia but speculate that it was during the 1860's and was with her sister Ellen Daly.
THE FRASER'S
Bridget's sister Ellen Daly married Thomas Frazer/Fraser of County Tyrone, Ireland in 1872 (BDM2968). Thomas Frazer served as the writer for his brother-in-law Thomas McNamara's application for land at Nirranda during the 1860s and 1870s. Thomas Frazer and Ellen Daly had 7 children;
Helena (Lena) Fraser born 1873 in Nirranda, married Ernest August Reilly in 1905 in Nirranda as Lena Mary Fraser
(5445). In 1906 Lena and Ernest had their first son Ernest Leo Reilly in Camperdown, in 1908 their next son Edward John was born in Hamilton, in 1911 their third son Albert James was born in Port Fairy, 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 Frazer born 1883 in Nirranda married Lavinia Matda Walker in 1910 and had a daughter named Ellen Margaret in Warrnambool in 1911, son David Augustine in 1917 (died aged 3 in 1920), daughter "Kleen Marry" in 1917 (8102), and William Thomas in 1919. Gabriel Victor Frazer born 1888 in Nirranda, married Hilda Alphonsus Mary Kearns (also recorded as "Hearns") in Dunkeld in 1911. In 1911 Gabriel and Hilda Fraser had daughter Irene, son Raymond Lepton in 1913, son Bernard Patrick in Warrnambool in 1914, daughter Hilda Mary in Warrnambool in 1915, son Reginald Thomas in Penshurst in 1916, son Leo Lawrence in Warrnambool in 1917, son Jonathon Ronald in Warrnambool in 1918, son Lawrence Daniel in Warrnambool in 1920.
Ellen Fraser of Koroit Street, Warrnambool died on 18th November 1916 aged 69 years (BDM16419). Eighteen days after Ellen's death, on 6th December 1916 her grandson Reginald Fraser died aged 3 months. This baby was the child of Ellen's son Gabriel and his wife Hilda Alphonsus Mary Kearns. The witnesses at the burial of the baby were his father Gabriel and Uncle David Frazer (recorded as D.A.Fraser). Gabriel was recorded as a factory hand living at Koroit Street, Warrnambool. Both Ellen and her grandson Reginald were buried at the Warrnambool Cemetery.
THOMAS & BRIDGET MCNAMARA'S CHILDREN
Thomas and his first wife Bridget Daly lived around the Warrnambool farming district of Woodford East, Wangoom Dry Lake, Mepunga and Nirranda. Thomas, a "mixed farmer" worked on his own farm as well as perhaps the local cattle and dairy farms. During the 1870s when Thomas leased land at Nirranda, his family lived for times in the home provided on the farm and elsewhere, such as Woodford, depending on where he could make money. They appear to have moved alot around the Warrnambool outskirts and this would have been to make ends meet.
By 1878, Thomas and Bridget had 7 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
THOMAS IS WIDOWED
Tragically only Thomas, his sons Michael, Peter and Patrick and baby daughter Annie survived 1878. Between August 9th and October 17th 1878, Thomas tragically lost his wife Bridget, daughter Bridget (10 years), and sons John (8 years) and Daniel (3 years) to Diptheria.
THE FAMILY PLOT IN WARRNAMBOOL CEMETERY
Young Bridget and John were buried in the same plot in the Warrnambool Cemetery in Victoria, and young Daniel was placed in the plot beside them. The record books for Beattie and Phillips Funeral Directors (now owned by John O'Sullivan and Sons) show that Thomas bought "2 coffins with lined lids and covered, on the 9th August, 1878 for 2 children aged 8 1/2 and 10 years old. Payment of 27 & 6 was paid for each coffin by cash." And on the 18th August, 1878 Thomas purchased "a coffin covered and lined with lace around the lid for a child 3 1/2 years old, paid in cash for 1 pound 2 shillings." The record books also show that on the 2nd July, 1879 Thomas made another cash payment to the funeral directors Beattie and Phillips to cover costs.
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.
Unmarked graves of Thomas, Bridget and their three young children,as well as Lucy McNamara/Maloney and Margaret Travers
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."
THE MARGARET TRAVERS CONNECTION...OR NOT
The Warrnambool Cemetery logbook states that two additional people were buried in the family plot. Lucy Carter McNamara was buried as an infant in 1897 and it is recorded that in 1915 a Margaret Travers was buried on top of young Daniel McNamara's grave. Margaret was born in Ireland to parents Michael McGuire and Mary Haudley, and died aged 88 years in the Warrnambool Hospital on March 2nd 1915. Margaret married Hugh O'Donnell (died May 17th 1874 aged 66 years)in Ireland and Patrick Travers (died May 16th 1895 aged 70 years) in Victoria and this last marriage produced a son named Patrick Jnr who possibly didn't survive infancy. The cemetery books state that Margaret is buried above baby Daniel McNamara, yet there is a burial plaque for her and her two husbands (shown below) on a completely separate gravesite in the same cemetery.
The plaque of Margaret Travers and her two husbands in the Warrnambool Cemetery
Research into this now suggests an error was made in the burials log book and Margaret Travers is not buried with, or attached to our family at all. "All our records
say that Margaret Travers is buried with your family in Grave 59 comp 7 of the Catholic section. But I personally think there was a mistake made and she's buried with her husbands in 59 -17. I showed this to
the trustees and they agree that it is a mistake."(email from the Warrnambool Cemetery Caretaker, 2004)
THOMAS MCNAMARA & his second wife ALICE MALONEY (NEE KENNEDY)
After his first wife Bridget Daly and their 3 young children died in 1878, Thomas was left to raise 6 year old Michael, 5 year old Peter, 2 year old Patrick and 6 month old baby Annie. Some 7 months after being widowed Thomas married Alice Maloney (nee Kennedy) and in 1880 they had a son named Thomas Joseph MacNamara. Thomas Joseph was recorded as McNamara on his birth certificate but chose later to spell his name as MacNamara.
Thomas Joseph MacNamara
Son of Thomas McNamara and Alice Maloney Source: Peter Overlack
BRIDGET MCNAMARA 1868 - 1878
Thomas McNamara and Bridget Daly's oldest child Bridget McNamara was born on 9th August 1868 in Wangoom, Victoria (BDM20299). The witness at her birth was a Mrs Murnane. Bridget sadly died from Diptheria in Mepunga, Victoria on her 10th birthday (BDM7514) in 1878. Bridget is buried in plot No.60, Comp 7, of the Roman Catholic section of the Warrnambool Cemetery. This is the same plot as her brother John, and she lies beside her other brother Daniel and both of her parents.
JOHN MCNAMARA 1870 - 1878
Thomas and Bridget's next child, John McNamara was born in Warrnambool in 1870 (BDM5826). He also died of Diptheria, aged eight, on the 9th August, 1878 in Mepunga.(BDM7515). John is buried with his sister Bridget in No.60, Comp 7, and beside his brother Daniel and both parents in Warrnambool Cemetery.
MICHAEL MCNAMARA 1871 - 1954
Thomas and Bridget's third child Michael McNamara was born in Nirranda, Victoria in 1871 (BDM20456). Michael, a retired roadman, died aged 83, on the 9th June 1954, in Patutahi Gisborne New Zealand.
Michael McNamara Second eldest son of Thomas McNamara and Bridget Daly
Source: Ross McNamara
MICHAEL MCNAMARA & FLORENCE MORRIS & MARTHA MORRIS
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. Florence's younger sister Martha appears to have been an enduring presence in their lives, joining them in their moves to Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand, and even having a child to Michael.
Michael had four children by sisters Florence and Martha Morris. He had two daughters and a son with his wife Florence Morris, and a daughter with his sister-in-law Martha Morris. Michael's two oldest daughters were born to the Morris sister's in the same year in Tasmania.
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.
(Ada) Jean & Carmel McNamara Early 1900s in Tasmania Source: Julie Watt
~ Carmel and Jean (Ada) McNamara ~ Early 1900's, Tasmania ~ Source: Julie Watt
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;
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.
Michael's home in New Zealand Source: Ross McNamara
In New Zealand, Michael and Florence's son was born;
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 1872 - 1960
Thomas and Bridget's fourth child Peter John McNamara was born on the 25th November, 1872 in Wangoom, Victoria, and died on the 29th September, 1960 aged 88.
Peter John McNamara Source: Kevin Hussey
Peter is buried in Colac Cemetery, Victoria in Section 34, Allotment 63 of the Roman Catholic Section.
Both from Purnim, Peter was 26 and Julia 22 years at the time of their marriage. Witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Fraser and Lena Fraser , Peter's maternal first cousins (Ellen Daly's children).
~ Julia Jane McKenzie (wife of Peter McNamara)~ Source: Kevin Hussey
Julia was the second eldest of the eleven McKenzie children;
1. Michael James Malcolm 1876, Purnim 2. Julia Jane 1877, Purnim 3. John 1878, Purnim 4. Patrick Joseph 1879 - 1952, Purnim 5. Murdoch 1880 - 1883,Purnim 6. James 1882 - 1942, Woodford 7. Edward Murdoch 1883 8. Catherine Mary 1885 9. William Windsor 1887, Woodford 10. Margaret 1888, Purnim 11. Francis Norman 1892, Purnim.
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.
The burial sites of Peter and Julia McNamara (nee McKenzie)
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.
Dan and Nelly (1942)
Daniel Francis McNamara and Ellen Eliza Dunstan
THE DUNSTAN'S
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.
The burial site of Albert Edward Dunstan, Winifred Dunstan (nee Morrish), and Eliza Ellen "Nelly" McNamara (nee Dunstan)
A Christmas card from 97 year old Albert (Pop) Dunstan in 1975
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.
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.
DANIEL MCNAMARA & NELLY DUNSTAN'S CHILDREN
Dan McNamara and (Eliza) Nelly Dunstan had 9 children;
Milton John McNamara was born on the 20th August 1935 in Geelong Victoria and passed away on 17th February 1999 in Queensland. John and his second wife Deirdre had five children;
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).
Victoria 1948 John, Joe and Judy (Milton, Coleman and Elaine)
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.
Judy had a daughter who was adopted out at birth;
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.
Thomas and Bridget's fifth child Daniel McNamara was born in Nirranda, Victoria in 1875 (BDM 4431). He died in 1878 and was buried in No.59 Comp 7 of the Roman Catholic section of the Warrnambool Cemetery on August 19, 1878. His death certificate states that he was 18 months old.
PATRICK MCNAMARA 1876 - 1964
The McNamara home in Tolaga Bay, and Patrick in his garden Source: Ross 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".
Tolaga Bay is 60 km's north east of Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand
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.
Patrick off to work in 1936, and in 1943
Source: Ross McNamara
> PATRICK MCNAMARA & (EDITH) JANE GIBBS
(Edith) Jane and Patrick McNamara at their home at Tolaga Bay in 1928, and together in 1960
Source: Ross McNamara
EdithJane 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) .
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.
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, 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.
Anne Mary Holloway died in Yass, NSW on the 18th July, 1960 aged 81. (NSWBDM23831/1960).
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.
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).
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.
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.
Annie Margaret Holloway then married William Edward Gay in Yass NSW in 1954(NSWBDM19337/1954). 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.
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 & ALICE MALONEY (NEE KENNEDY)
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. An "Alice Malony" arrived in Victoria as an Assisted Passenger on the ship "Violet" in December 1854. She was 19 according to the records which would make her birth year 1835 (which is consistent). Alice married 3 times and was subsequently widowed 3 times. She is recorded as having a total of 13 biological children of which 10 survived childhood. Her main occupation was general servant and her stepson Patrick McNamara recalled her working as a maid for other families. This is perhaps how she met her second and third husbands Thomas McNamara and James O'Mealley who were both widowers with many children. Alice's son William Maloney became wealthy as a result of being granted and later selling a decent block of land from the government. The money he received from this land sale and subsequent investments directly benefited his family and mother. Alice therefore spent her later years in relative comfort. When her third and final husband died in 1913, Alice moved to Melbourne to live with her spinster namesake daughter Alice. Alice Kennedy Maloney McNamara O'Mealley died in Hawthorn, Melbourne in 1923 and is buried in Burwood Cemetery.
ALICE KENNEDY and her first husband PATRICK MALONEY
Alice married her first husband Patrick Maloney on 21st April 1853. The witnesses to their marriage were James Kelly, Catherine Murphy and Mary Cronin and the officiating Priest was Father Joseph Martin RCC Belfast. Patrick and Alice then had 13 or 14 children of their own during their marriage. After Patrick died in 1873 Alice had another child illegitimately.
Patrick Maloney died aged 62 on 19th April 1873 at St Helens in the Shire of Belfast. Originally from Limerick , he arrived in Sydney NSW around 1833 and spent time there before settling in Victoria.
Patrick's first marriage was to Ellen Donnelly in Melbourne on 17th July 1842. They had children John c1843, Mary 7th Aug 1844, Thomas c1846, Bridget 27th June 1848, name unknown , Margaret (born January 1850, baptised 10/02/1850) and Patrick (born 14/08/1851, baptised 20/08/1851). Bridget and Patrick don't appear to have lived for long.
Patrick married Alice Maloney (nee Kennedy) in Belfast (Port Fairy). Patrick died on 19th April 1873 at St Helens in Victoria. On 23rd April 1873 he was buried at Belfast New Cemetery (Port Fairy Cemetery), apparently alongside five of his children. Alice and Patrick's children were:
James Maloney born in Belfast (now Port Fairy), Victoria in 1854. He was baptised on 2nd March 1854 by Father Shennick with Godparents R Downy and Ellen Luny. He was still alive in 1923. A James Moloney married in 1883 (BDM2572). Patrick Maloney was born on 17th November 1855. He was baptised on 25th November 1855 with Godparents Patrick Kelly and Mary Doran. (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 was born in Yambuk on 18th May 1859. He was baptised on 5th June 1859 by Father James Moloney with Godparents Roger O'Shaunessy and Cath Donahy. William married Therese Bridget Leonard (aka Bridget).
William and Bridget lived at Bool Lagoon near Robe in South Australia. A book written about Bool Lagoon reveals that 11 families received land in a ballot system, for which 60 applied, and the Maloney's family were one of the lucky recipients of this system. A farmer named Don Patterson owns the Maloney farm at Bool Lagoon now. His grandfather bought it with a handshake deal from William Maloney for the sizeable sum of one thousand one hundred pounds.
William and Bridget had 8 Maloney children;
Alice Mary 1888
Ada Ann 1891
Catherine 1890, who married her father's half brother, Thomas Joseph MacNamara (grandparents of Peter Overlack)
William 1893 Ellen Agnes 1894 (grandmother of Deirdre Mooney) Maude Blanche 1896 Sydney 1902
Rose Adelaide 1904, who married Robert Boudrie and lived in Sydney.
Alice Maloney was born in Yambuk on 21st January 1861. She was baptised on 21st April 1861 by Father Ed McCarthy and Godparents John and Margaret Cain. Alice 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 in 1950 aged 88. X Annie Maloney was born in Codrington in 1865. She died the same year. Hugh Maloney was born 19th June 1866. He was baptised on 1st July 1866 by Father Richard Ellis and Godparents were John Quill and Mary Moloney. Hugh was still alive in 1923. Agnes Maloney was born on 16th September 1867. She was baptised on 13th October 1867 by Father Richard Ellis and Godparents were Thomas Maloney and Margaret Cummins. Agnes was still alive in 1923. Richard Maloney Richard was born in Yambuk on 6th December 1868. He was baptised on 27th December 1868 by Father Richard Ellis and Godparents were Thomas Kelly and Margaret Dalton. 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 Edward was born on 28th February 1870. He was baptised on 2nd April 1870 by Father Nicholas Bassetto and Godparents were Thomas Malony and Bridget Coleman. Edward 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 Edward John was born in Yambuk on 30th November 1872. He was baptised on 22nd December 1872 by Father Kearns with Godparents James Butler and Bridget Ryan. He died aged one month.
Alice's illegitimate daughter
Alice first husband Patrick Maloney died in 1873.
There's confusion about whether Alice had one or two illegitimate daughters due to the names "Maria Jane" and "Mary Lucy" being used or known within the family. It is speculated that Maria Jane and Mary Lucy are the same person but this is yet to be resolved.
In 1876 Alice gave birth to a daughter named Maria Jane Maloney (aka Mary) with the father recorded as unknown. There are two birth listings for Maria Jane in 1876 with one recording her name as "Kennedy" and the other as "Maloney".
On 23 May 1897 Maria Jane gave birth to her own illegitimate daughter named Lucy McNamara Maloney. The infant subsequently died in May 1897 and was buried in the McNamara family burial site at Warrnambool Cemetery.
Mary Maloney (Maria Jane Maloney ?) married Adolphus Rutledge in Port Fairy on 3rd May 1905. In 1906 their daughter Hilda Marie Rutledge was born. Hilda married James Anderson and had 5 children: James, Marie, Aileen and Margaret.
Mary Lucy Rutledge died in 1952.
Maria Jane (Mary) Moloney was born in Belfast (now Port Fairy) Victoria on 17th October 1876. There are two birth listings for Maria Jane in 1876 with one recording her name as "Kennedy" and the other 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 of this infant was also listed as "unknown." Baby Lucy is buried in the McNamara plot in Warrnambool Cemetery. Maria Maloney(aka Mary) married Adolphus Gould Rutledge in Melbourne on 3rd May 1905. On her marriage certificate she lists Patrick Maloney as her father despite the fact he died around three years prior to her birth.
THOMAS JOSEPH MACNAMARA, 1880 - 1969
After their marriage in 1879, Alice and Thomas McNamara had a son named Thomas Joseph MacNamara. This son was the first in the family to spell his name MacNamara and its a trend that has persisted with his branch of the family.
Thomas Joseph MacNamara
Son of Thomas and Alice Source: Peter Overlack
Thomas' eighth and final child Thomas Joseph MacNamara was born on the 29th May 1880 in East Woodford, Shire of Warrnambool, County Villiers, Victoria Australia. Thomas died in his home in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane in 1969 aged 89.
"Thomas was a very independent man who looked after himself to the end with regular visits from his daughter Pauline who found him peacefully on his bed." Source: Peter Overlack
Thomas Joseph MacNamara at the beach Source: Peter Overlack
THOMAS JOSEPH MACNAMARA & CATHERINE MALONEY
Thomas Joseph MacNamara "was a mining machinery engineer who worked in South Africa and Chile and was in San Francisco during the 1906 earthquake. Thomas had a number of shares in South Africa and appears to have been quite prosperous before the Depression, but lost heavily with the collapse of the world share market. He returned to Australia and married Catherine Maloney, his half brother's daughter with whom he had corresponded frequently during his time overseas. They ran the Fyansford Pub which is a few minutes west of Geelong."
Fyansford Pub, then and now
Thomas Jnr and Catherine had two children in Victoria and eventually moved to live in Brisbane in the 1930s or 1940s. (Source: Peter Overlack)
Thomas Joseph MacNamara's passport Source: Peter Overlack
Catherine Maloney (Alice Maloney's granddaughter with Patrick Maloney) married Thomas MacNamara (Alice Maloney's son with Thomas McNamara). Alice was therefore Catherine's grandmother and mother in law. Catherine was born to William Maloney (son of Alice and Patrick Maloney) and Bridget Theresa Leonard in Hamilton in 1890. Catherine died suddenly of a stroke in Brisbane in 1946. Thomas and Catherine lived at 101 Baines Street Kangaroo Point (the house still stands) and upon Catherine's death, Thomas locked up the front part of the house including the living room as it was and lived in the remainder until he died at 89. (Source: Peter Overlack)
Thomas Joseph MacNamara and Catherine Maloney had two children:
Kay MacNamara married Jeremy Seymour and have a daughter Bianca
There seems to be atleast sixteen recorded births for Alice Kennedy/Maloney/McNamara. When Thomas married Alice, he was a newly widowed father with three surviving young sons and a baby daughter. So between them, Thomas and Alice had around 23 children (although Alice had lost 2 children and Thomas had lost three children at young ages).
Alice Kennedy/Maloney/McNamara outlived Thomas who died in 1888. Thomas' sons Michael, Peter and Patrick were aged 17, 16, and 12 when their father died. The boys left home at the first opportunity with Patrick and Michael eventually settling in New Zealand. Family lore suggests that relations between Alice and her step sons was strained with the boys describing her as "a witch".
ALICE MCNAMARA & JAMES O'MEALLEY
On the 9th February 1898 at St Joseph's Church, Warrnambool Alice married her third and final husband James O'Mealley of County Clare, Ireland (VICBDM684). Their marriage certificate states that James had 14 children (12 living) and Alice had thirteen (10 living).
James' first wife Bridget Healey died at Bushfield on the 2nd January 1897, aged 54 years. James and Bridget O'Mealley (nee Healey) had the following fifteen children;
1859 James MEALY, parents James and Bridget Healey, TGATTA, Reg 20034
1860 Mary MEALY, parents James and Bridget Healy, Yangery, Reg 14879. Mary married Dennis Moore in 1884.
1860 Bridget MALEY, parents James and Bridget Healey, Yangery, Reg 5410
1861 Alice MEALY, parents James and Bridget Haley, Yangery Creek, Reg 21463
1862 Patrick MEALY, James and Bridget Healy, Woodford, Reg 24309
1864 Unnamed Male MEALY, parents James and Bridget Haley, Woodford, Reg 12461
1868 William MEALY, parents James and Bridget Healy, Woodford, Reg 13150
1870 John MEALY, parents James and Bridget Healy, Warrnambool, Reg 12447
1872 Elizabeth MEALLY, parents James and Bridget Healey,Warrnambool, Reg 20392
1874 Margaret OMEALLEY, parents James and Bridget Healey, Warrnambool, Reg 19963
1876 Martin OMEALLY, parents James and Bridget Healey, Warrnambool, Reg 6058
1878 Jeremiah OMEALLEY, parents James and Bridget Healy, Woodford, Reg 6110
1880 Joseph OMEALLEY, parents James and Bridt Healy, Woodford, Reg 5824
1882 Hannah OMEALLEY, parents James and Bridget Healey, Woodford, Reg 6289
James O'Mealley and Bridget Healey's daughter Alice died in Woodford on December 21st 1882 aged 21 years. Their other daughter Elizabeth, died in Yangery on August 26th 1873 aged 12 months. James, Bridget, Alice and Elizabeth O'Mealley are all buried together in Row 20 of the Roman Catholic Section of the Warrnambool Cemetery.
O'Mealley Grave site Source: Janelle McNamara
MCNAMARA AND O'MEALLEY
During their marriage James O'Mealley and Alice McNamara lived at Bushfield near Warrnambool.
A letter from Alice McNamara to her son Thomas Joseph MacNamara in 1908 Source: Peter Overlack
On on the 27th September 1913, eighty year old James O'Mealley died at Bushfield (BDM11728). The cause of his death was recorded as "senile decay". His last Will, made on 16th July 1913, left wife Alice "200 pounds and all my household furniture and effects for her own use absolutely save and except my largest chest of drawers and all my books and enlarged photo of myself all of which I give to Mrs Johanna Hogan the wife of the said (executor)Daniel Hogan." James left 25 pounds to his wife's daughter Alice Maloney, 11 pounds to his son William, and 60 pounds to his grandchildren Bridget, James and Annie.
After the death of her final husband James O'Mealley, Alice Kennedy/Maloney/McNamara/O'Mealley lived with her daughter Alice Maloney or granddaughter at 23 Redfern Road Hawthorn, Melbourne. Alice died there "from concussion and heart failure due to shock (lasting for)two days" on the 7th May 1923. Her death certificate states that she was 91 years old, and was buried at Burwood Cemetery on the 9th May 1923 in RC Section 1, 845. The applicant for the burial site was Alice's daughter, "Miss Alice Maloney", who was eventually buried with her mother upon her death at age 80, on the 17th December 1940. There are quite a few Maloney's buried in Burwood Cemetery but we are yet to determine if they are connected.
On her 1879 marriage certificate to Thomas McNamara, Alice was recorded as being 38 years of age (birthyear 1841). On her son's birth certificate in 1880 she was "about 39 years of age" (birthyear 1841). On her marriage certificate to James O'Mealley in 1898, she is recorded as being 62 years old (birthyear 1836). And on her death certificate in 1923, she is recorded as being 91 years old (birthyear 1832). That's a variation of 11 years and common for the times.
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Generation No.1 (James c.1818)
Generation No.2 (Thomas c1841 - 1888)
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)
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