Category: Ireland

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Catherine Brady

    Catherine Brady is my (Greg Curran) 3rd great-grandmother (maternal side).

    • 1810 – 1840 (approx) Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland.
    • 1840 – 1890 Hanson, Mintaro, South Australia

    Catherine was born in 1810 in Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland. She is the daughter of Thomas Brady (1771-1820) and Bridget Smith (1778-?)

    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)

    First  Marriage

    Catherine married Phillip Maguire in 1827. She was 17 and he was 59. His first wife (unknown) whom he had 7 children with, died the previous year.

    Catherine and Phillip had two more children: Bridget Maguire (1828-1922) and Mary (1835-1906), my maternal great, great grandmother.

    Phillip died in 1839 in Lavey, Ireland.

    Second Marriage

    Catherine remarried in 1841 to Patrick Weathers (1816-1876) in Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland. They emigrated around this time to Australia, travelling as Cabin Passengers.

    Catherine and Patrick lived most of their lives in the Mintaro area of South Australia, with Patrick being a farmer.

    Their children were Anne (1842-1925), Catherine (1845-1871), John Joseph (1850-1899), Daniel (1852-1889), Margaret Magdalene (1856-1941), and Patrick (1859-1899).

    Patrick Weathers died of stomach cancer on 23 December, 1876 at Wackai Belt, Clare, South Australia. He was 60 years old.

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

    Catherine Brady
    The Graves of Catherine Weathers nee Maguire, and Patrick Weathers, Farrell Flat, South Australia

    Headstone for Patrick Weathers
    Headstone for Patrick Weathers
  • Rathconnell

    Rathconnell, Ireland

    Rathconnell is where Michael Curran was attacked in 1881 and later died. He is believed to be buried in Rathconnell Cemetery.

    Michael and Anne Doyle were parents to Patrick Curran (and four other children), my paternal great grandfather.