Her father was John Hogan, born c1786 in Limerick, Ireland. He died in 1863 at Black Creek, NSW. Black Creek is an earlier name for the township of Branxton.
Her mother was Mary Mahoney, born c1806 in County Cork. She died in 1884 in Sydney NSW.
John Hogan & Mary Mahoney were married at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in 1833.
Mary was baptised at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on May 5th, 1833. The sponsors of her baptism were Rannahan HICKEY & Margaret HICKEY. I suspect that "Rannahan" is a typo. There are Hickeys that inter-marry with the O'Neills in other lines, but I'm not sure of any connection at this stage.
It is a possibility that John Hogan was one of the convicts assigned to work at Dalwood Homestead.
Mary Margaret Hogan and James O'Neill were married in the Roman Catholic Church at West Maitland on January 12th, 1851. Father J.T. Lynch performed the ceremony. Father John Lynch came to East Maitland in August of 1838. Fr Lynch often ministered in West Maitland and went to live there as the first parish priest in 1841. He ministered in places far away from Maitland too, such as Kempsey, the Upper Hunter and Armidale.
West Maitland Roman Catholic Church
The wedding was witnessed by John Graham (not known who this person is) and Mary Ryan, who was the sister of James O'Neill.
She bore eleven children in her lifetime, nine of whom survived into adulthood.
The first of her children, Patrick Joseph was born on March 19th, 1852 at Black Creek, 14 months after her wedding to James. Patrick was baptised in West Maitland on April the 4th, 1852.
She died on the 24th November, 1919 at Denne St, West Tamworth. Her cause of death was Lobar
Pneumonia, that she had been suffering for 5 days. She was last attended to by Dr Thomas Douglas on 22/11/1919.
The informant on her death certificate was her daughter Esther Gertrude O'Neill, an unmarried nurse who was residing at Newington Hospital in Sydney at the time.
She was buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at West Tamworth on 25/11/1919 by the undertakers Rolling and Robinson. Her funeral was celebrated by Father P F Walsh, the Parish priest of St Nicholas at Tamworth.
Seven of her children were shown as living on her death certificate; Mary 65, John 63, James T 61, Arthur 59, Esther 55, Annie 51, Michael J 49 and Katherine (Catherine) 47. It was noted that there were three males deceased.
Baptismal Certificate 195 Vol. 129 held on file.
Death Cert 1919/023407 held on file.
With thanks to the Maitland Parish history site.
1 comment:
Hi Cathy,
I believe we are related. John Hogan (per Arch Duke Charles) and Mary Mahony (per Palamban) are my GGG-Grandparents. I'm a descendant of their son, Patrick (or John Patrick, depending on what documents you go by)
Firstly, thanks for getting this site up and running. I love it. I had hit a brick wall with regards to John. I knew he lived in Branxton towards the end of his life (this is mentioned in his wife, Mary's obituary printed in the Syd Morning Herald), however I had no clue as to when he passed away. I've just ordered what I think is his death cert from NSW BDM for my own records after reading your details here.
One thing I have noticed though, is that our records differ with regards to Mary's passing. I have her date of death as being 12 Mar 1879. NSW BDM have her name incorrectly as May Hogan on their on-line index, however the actual cert has it as Mary Hogan (nee Mahony). I was also at a loss as to her death until I found her burial site at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney (by accident). I was actually looking for her granddaughter and found that she was also interned in the same grave.
I was hoping we could exchange info. My email address is shayley225@yahoo.com.au. I live in Sydney, just down the road from Rookwood. I think a roadtrip up to Branxton might be on the cards soon!
Regards,
Shayley Sergeant (Mum's the Hogan)
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