| [Index] |
| Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN (1820 - 1877) |
| nurse, midwife, hostess of 'Grant Inn' |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Arthur WEBB (1841 - 1912) Catherine WEBB (1842 - 1892) Thomas WEBB (1845 - 1934) Eleanor Ellen WEBB (1847 - 1923) John WEBB (1847 - 1908) Mary WEBB (1850 - 1930) Walter WEBB (1852 - ) Julia Alice WEBB (1855 - ) Richard WEBB (1860 - ) William WEBB (1860 - ) |
Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN (1820 - 1877) + John WEBB (1818 - 1891) |
Walter HOOLIHAN | ||
| Bridget DOWLAN | ||||
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| b. abt 1820 at Co Kilkenny, Ireland |
| m. 1840 John WEBB (1818 - 1891) at Co Kilkenny, Ireland |
| d. 01 Sep 1877 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 57 |
| Near Relatives of Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN (1820 - 1877) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | Tobias WEBB | |||||
| Mother in Law | Eleanor BLANCHFIELD | |||||
| Father | Walter HOOLIHAN | |||||
| Mother | Bridget DOWLAN | |||||
| Self | Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN | abt 1820 | Co Kilkenny, Ireland | 01 Sep 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 57 |
| Husband | John WEBB | 1818 | Co Kilkenny, Ireland | 19 Nov 1891 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Son | Arthur WEBB | 1841 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 30 Sep 1912 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 71 |
| Daughter | Catherine WEBB | 1842 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 29 Nov 1892 | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia | 50 |
| Son | Thomas WEBB | 1845 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 23 Feb 1934 | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia | 89 |
| Daughter | Eleanor Ellen WEBB | 1847 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 27 Jul 1923 | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia | 76 |
| Son | John WEBB | 1847 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 1908 | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia | 61 |
| Daughter | Mary WEBB | 1850 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 28 May 1930 | Marrickville, Sydney, Australia | 80 |
| Son | Walter WEBB | 1852 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Daughter | Julia Alice WEBB | 1855 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Son | Richard WEBB | 1860 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Son | William WEBB | 1860 | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | |||
| Son in Law | William MCMAHON | abt 1832 | Park Hill, Co Fermanagh, Ireland | 01 Jul 1891 | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia | 59 |
| Daughter in Law | Ann MCINNES | 1847 | Reedy Creek, Acton, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Dec 1874 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 27 |
| Son in Law | John James BREEN | 1851 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 30 Nov 1932 | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Daughter in Law | Margaret SHEEDY | 1845 | Yarralumla, ACT Australia | 09 Jun 1901 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 56 |
| Son in Law | John NOONAN | |||||
| Grandson | William MCMAHON | 1865 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Ellen MCMAHON | 1867 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | John MCMAHON | 1868 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Arthur MCMAHON | 1870 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 1870 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Granddaughter | Julia MCMAHON | 1872 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Francis MCMAHON | 1874 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | Thomas MCMAHON | 1875 | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Kate WEBB | 1870 | 1870 | 0 | ||
| Grandson | John WEBB | 1873 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 02 Apr 1917 | France | 44 |
| Granddaughter | Margaret Mary BREEN | 1879 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Grandson | John WEBB | 1883 | 1884 | 1 | ||
| Grandson | Walter WEBB | 1883 | 1883 | 0 | ||
| Nephew | George HARDY | 1857 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1863 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 6 |
| Niece | Mary HARDY | 1857 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1857 | 0 | |
| Niece | Mary Ellen HARDY | 1859 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 20 Oct 1927 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 68 |
| Nephew | William HARDY | 1861 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 14 Aug 1940 | Sutton, New South Wales, Australia | 79 |
| Nephew | Philip HARDY | 1864 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 29 Mar 1939 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 75 |
| Nephew | Charles HARDY | 1866 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 07 May 1928 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 62 |
| Sister in Law | Mary Ellen WEBB | abt 1823 | Co Kilkenny, Ireland | 04 Nov 1908 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 85 |
| Events in Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN (1820 - 1877)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1820 | Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN was born | Co Kilkenny, Ireland | 6 | ||
| 1840 | 20 | Married John WEBB (aged 22) | Co Kilkenny, Ireland | 6 | |
| 1841 | 21 | Birth of son Arthur WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 11 Mar 1841 | 21 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per 'Portland' | 6 |
| 1842 | 22 | Birth of daughter Catherine WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 1845 | 25 | Birth of son Thomas WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 1847 | 27 | Birth of daughter Eleanor Ellen WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | twin | 6 |
| 1847 | 27 | Birth of son John WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | twin | 6 |
| 1850 | 30 | Birth of daughter Mary WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 1852 | 32 | Birth of son Walter WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 1855 | 35 | Birth of daughter Julia Alice WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | 6 | |
| 1860 | 40 | Birth of son Richard WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | twin | 6 |
| 1860 | 40 | Birth of son William WEBB | Ginninderra, ACT, Australia | twin | 6 |
| 01 Sep 1877 | 57 | Julia 'Judy the Great' HOOLIHAN died | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 330 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 149 (Death) |
| - Reference = 149 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 330 (Marriage) |
| 80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/ |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2060/julia-judy-great-webb.html (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Julia 'Judy the Great' Webb
Born: c. 1820; Died: 1877; Married: John Webb Julia 'Judy the Great' Webb Related Places Glenwood [work in progress] Julia Webb, born in 1820 in Kilkenny, Ireland, arrived in this district with her husband John in 1841. She was the daughter of Walter Hoolihan and Bridget (nee Dowlan). Pregnant with the first of their ten children (eight survived), she and John came as free settlers, under a sponsored Bounty system. On their documents John is listed as a labourer, and Julia, a nurse. Both could read, but not write. Like other free settlers of the Catholic faith they were welcomed by James McCarthy of 'Glenwood', Ginninderra. Several of the Webb children were born on this property and the others at properties where John worked as a farm labourer. Julia was a district midwife reputed to have never lost a case. She was a capable nurse too, setting broken limbs and stitching up wounds. She also laid out the dead, an essential service. She was much loved and respected in early Canberra. But it is for her other business, as the hostess of the 'Grant Inn', situated near the present suburb of Dunlop, that she is also known. Without a liquor licence, and known locally as 'Judy the Great', Mrs Webb ran a 'sly grog shop' out of her slab hut. As her shop was off the beaten track and loved by locals, she was able to operate for many years with impunity and little fear of legal action. In 1854 she placed an advertisement in the Goulburn newspaper explaining why she had to increase the price of her drinks. It appears a carter tipped over the dray, and, not wishing to waste the liquor, he drank most of it! In this advertisement Julia calls herself – 'Judy the Great'! Considering her contribution to the fledgling communities in the area, especially in the Ginninderra region in the 1860s, until her death on the 1 September 1877, Mrs Julia Webb was truly 'great'! Many of her customers were ex–convicts who worked as shepherds and farm labourers for the big landowners. In the 1850s, Julia, with a very young family and a household to run, still provided a warm and friendly environment, even if it was against the law. Judy was forced to close down after a conviction at Queanbeyan Police Court and was fined £30 (half of which was claimed by the unpopular informant). 'Judy the Great' went to live at Springbank where she continued providing people in the Canberra district with nursing services. 'Springbank', was where Julia, aged forty in 1860, had the last of her children, her second set of twins, William and Richard. Sadly both boys died soon after their birth. Julia, who died at the relatively young age of 57, of 'fatty degeneration of the heart', is buried with the twins in the Riverside Cemetery, Queanbeyan. But they are not mentioned on her handsome gravestone bought by public subscription. |