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.
"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 75,000, 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 freshest twigs)
"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 resuloted in many people changing their ages and birthdates on documents in order to be allowed to emigrate. Many had no idea of their true birthdate, so ages as recorded in official documents are rarely exact.
THOMAS MCNAMARA
c.1841 - 1888
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
McNamara Road and its sole, original house at Bushfield near Warrnambool. The area is still largely farmland.
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 .
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.
THOMAS MCNAMARA & BRIDGET DALY
Irish born Thomas McNamara married twice and had a total of eight children, all born in the State of Victoria between the years 1868 and 1880.
An Ellen Fraser of Warrnambool died in 1916 aged 69 years (BDM16419). It's uncertain whether she is Ellen Daly, sister of Bridget.
Thomas and his first wife Bridget Daly lived around the Warrnambool farming district of Mepunga, Nirranda and Wangoom, and most likely worked on the cattle and dairy farms.
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
Tragically only Thomas, his sons Michael, Peter and Patrick and baby daughter Annie survived 1878. Between August 9th and October 17th, 1878, Thomas 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 MYSTERY
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 & ALICE MALONEY (NEE KENNEDY)
After his wife and three children died in 1878, Thomas was left alone to raise 6 year old Michael, 5 year old Peter, 2 year old Patrick and 6 month old baby Annie. The following year, 1879, Thomas married Alice Maloney (nee Kennedy) and in 1880 they had their only child a son named Thomas Joseph MacNamara.
Thomas Joseph MacNamara
Son of Thomas & Alice 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 now 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
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.
(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
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.
Dan McNamara and (Eliza) Nelly Dunstan had nine children;
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.
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. 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
After their marriage in 1879, Alice and Thomas McNamara had a son named Thomas Joseph MacNamara.
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)
Generation No.8 (the freshest twigs)
