Category: Brady

  • 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
  • Brady

    Brady Family

    • My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandparents: Thomas Brady (1771-1820) & Bridget Smith (1778-unknown)
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: Catherine Brady (1810-1890) & Phillip Maguire (1770-1839)
      • My Great, Great, Great Grandmother and her 2nd husband: Catherine Brady & Patrick Weathers (1816-1876)
  • Maguire

    Maguire Family

    • My Great, Great Grandparents (maternal side): Mary Maguire & Michael Smith
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: Phillip Maguire (1770-1839) & Catherine Brady (1810-1890)
  • Smith Family Summary

    • Me: Gregory Brian Curran & Simon John Kirsch, my husband.
    • My maternal Grandparents: Ileen Bridget Smith (1906-1984) & Cyril Jesse Wright (1901-1970)
    • My Great Grandparents: Michael Joseph Smith (1863-1928) & Mary Josephine O’Mealley (1874-1954)
    • My Great, Great Grandparents: Michael Smith (1832-1919) & Mary Maguire (1835-1906)
    • My Great, Great, Great Grandparents: Patrick Smith & Annie (dates unknown)
  • Smith – Maguire

    Michael Smith, husband of Mary Maguire, farmed in this area prior to 1888.