Curran Wright History

Category: Brady

  • Phillip ‘Peter’ Maguire & Catherine Brady

    Phillip Maguire, my maternal great, great, great grandfather, was born in 1768 in Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland. 

    The Maguire families came from the Cross Keys, Lavey, Ballyjamsduff, and Virginia areas in County Cavan, Ireland. 

    First Marriage of Phillip

    Phillip first married in about 1790. The name of his wife is unknown. She was born about 1770.

    Their children were Bernard (1800-1862), Michael (1817-1877), Patrick (1809-?), Eleanor (1813-1888), Catherine (1816-1883), Samuel (1819-1896),  and Margaret (1819-1871).

    Phillip’s first wife died in 1826.

    Second Marriage of Phillip

    Phillip remarried in 1827 to Catherine Brady who was 17 years old. He was 59 years old.

    Catherine was born in 1810 in Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland. Her parents were Thomas Brady (1771-1820) and Bridget Smith (1778-unknown).

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

    Phillip died in 1839 in Lavey, Ireland.

    Second Marriage of Catherine

    Catherine remarried in 1841 to Patrick Weathers (1816-1876) in Lavey, County Cavan, Ireland. 

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

    Anne and Catherine were born in Ireland. Daniel, Margaret, and Patrick were born in South Australia. It is not known where John Joseph was born. It would seem then that Catherine and Patrick emigrated to South Australia before 1852.

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

  • 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.

  • Catherine Weathers – Hanson

    1890

    Catherine Weathers (nee Maguire, nee Brady) died at Hanson, Mintaro of senile decay and influenza.

  • Hanson, Mintaro

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