Curran Wright History

Tag: catherine brady

  • Mary Maguire

    Mary Maguire is my 2nd Great Grandmother. She was born in 1835 in Ireland to Catherine Brady (1810-1890) and Phillip Maguire (1770-1839).

    Mary emigrated to South Australia via the Sophia Moffat ship in 1852. 

    Mary married Michael Smith (1832-1919). 

    One of their children was Michael Joseph Smith (1863-1928), father to my maternal grandmother, Ileen Bridget Smith. 

    Mary died in 1906 in Broken Hill, NSW. She is buried in Broken Hill Cemetery.

  • Catherine Maguire – Brady (Mintaro)

    1840

    Catherine Maguire (nee Brady) emigrates from Ireland to Mintaro, South Australia with her 2nd husband, Patrick Weathers (whom she recently married) and her two children from her first marriage to Phillip Maguire.

    Those children are Bridget (1828-1922) and Mary Maguire (1835-1906).

    • Mary Maguire is my (Gregory Brian Curran) 2nd Great Grandmother (Maternal side of family)

    1840-1890

    Catherine lives the rest of her life in the Mintaro – Hanson area, with her husband Patrick Weathers.

    They settle on a farm, just outside Mintaro on Melrose Farm Road.

    Catherine has 6 children with Patrick Weathers:

    • 1842 – 1925 – Ann Weathers (Reilly)
    • 1848 – 1871 – Catherine Weathers (Callary)
    • 1850 – 1899 –  John Joseph Weathers (McCormack)
    • 1852 – 1889 – Daniel Weathers (Naulty)
    • 1856 – 1941 – Mary Magdalene Weathers (Reilly)
    • 1859 – 1899 – Patrick Edward Weathers

    Catherine died on 21 May, 1890 of Senile Decay and Influenza – at Hanson, Mintaro. She is buried in the Roman Catholic section of Mintaro Cemetery, South Australia.

  • Hanson, Mintaro

    1840 – 1890 Catherine Brady & Patrick Weathers settle and live at Hanson, Mintaro, South Australia. They raise 6 children.

  • Catherine Brady – Lavey, Ireland

    • 1810  – Catherine Brady (my 3rd Great Grandmother – maternal side) is born in Lavey, Ireland. She is the daughter of Thomas Brady (1771-1820) and Bridget Smith (1778-?)
    Lavey, Ireland
    • 1821 – Catherine is listed as a Spinner in Lavey, in the Census (Reference: Glenda Hocking – No Ordinary Life – Samuel Maguire (2006), Hocking, Blackwood: 191)
      • Catherine is living with her family in the Townland: Lattagloglan (nearest town: Ballyjamesduff & nearest village: Cross Keys)
        • Her family are living in a 1 storey house on 5 acres of land with:
          • Her father – Thomas, 50 years (Farmer)
          • Her mother – Bridget, 43 years (Wife)
          • Her siblings, Michael, 21 years (Weaver), Daniel, 16 years (Weaver), John, 8 years and Peter, 5 years.
            (Reference: Glenda Hocking – No Ordinary Life – Samuel Maguire (2006), Hocking, Blackwood: 191)
    • Before 1828 – Catherine Brady marries Phillip Maguire (1770-1839). They have two children Bridget and Mary.
    • 1840 – Catherine marries Patrick Weathers (1816-1876). They emigrate to Australia in 1840, travelling as Cabin Passengers. They live in the area of Hanson and Mintaro, South Australia.
    Mintaro and Hanson, South Australia

  • Lavey

    Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland