| [Index] |
| Mary QUILTY (1822 - 1897) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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John MCNAMARA (1841 - 1923) Thomas MCNAMARA (1843 - 1908) James Joseph MCNAMARA (1845 - 1923) Michael MCNAMARA (1847 - 1922) Hugh MCNAMARA (1850 - 1907) Anne MCNAMARA (1852 - 1910) George MCNAMARA (1854 - 1918) Mary MCNAMARA (1856 - 1906) |
Mary QUILTY (1822 - 1897) + John MCNAMARA (1813 - 1855) |
Thomas QUILTY (1786 - 1870) | ||
| Ann HAYES (1798 - 1881) | ||||
| b. abt 1822 at Shanagolden, Co Limerick, Ireland |
| m. 08 Apr 1840 John MCNAMARA (1813 - 1855) at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 05 Mar 1897 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 75 |
| Parents: |
| Thomas QUILTY (1786 - 1870) |
| Ann HAYES (1798 - 1881) |
| Events in Mary QUILTY (1822 - 1897)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1822 | Mary QUILTY was born | Shanagolden, Co Limerick, Ireland | 69 | ||
| 16 Mar 1839 | 17 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per Aliquis | 69 |
| 08 Apr 1840 | 18 | Married John MCNAMARA (aged 27) | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1841 | 19 | Birth of son John MCNAMARA | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1843 | 21 | Birth of son Thomas MCNAMARA | New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1845 | 23 | Birth of son James Joseph MCNAMARA | New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1847 | 25 | Birth of son Michael MCNAMARA | Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1850 | 28 | Birth of son Hugh MCNAMARA | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1852 | 30 | Birth of daughter Anne MCNAMARA | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1854 | 32 | Birth of son George MCNAMARA | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 25 Nov 1855 | 33 | Death of husband John MCNAMARA (aged 42) | Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 1856 | 34 | Birth of daughter Mary MCNAMARA | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| 05 Jun 1870 | 48 | Death of father Thomas QUILTY (aged 84) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| 02 Jan 1881 | 59 | Death of mother Ann HAYES (aged 83) | 73 | ||
| 05 Mar 1897 | 75 | Mary QUILTY died | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 69 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Mary McNamara nee Quilty
by John C. McNamara Mary Quilty, the third child of Thomas and Ann Quilty, was born at Shanagolden, County Limerick, Ireland about 1822. Her family lived in the Townland of Glashgannlff, about a mile to the south of Shanagolden Village and they worked on the Estate of Lord and Lady Monteagle. When the government emigration policy called for agricultural labourers and tradesmen for Australia, the Monteagles encouraged many of their workers to take this opportunity to make a new life in a new land. The Quilty family journeyed to the city of Cork and on 7 December 1838 they embarked on the ship, the Aliquis for Australia. The family consisted of Thomas Quilty Snr. (45 years), Ann (40), Thomas Jnr. (20), Mary (16), Johanna (14), Margaret (12), Michael (10), Ann (7) and Edward (7 months). The Aliquis arrived at Sydney Town in the Colony of New South Wales on 16 March 1839. The Colony was in severe drought at this stage and many of these Irish newcomers made their way to the south and southwest of the Colony as many relatives, friends and fellow countrymen had become established in these parts. The Quilty’s made their way to the Murrumbidgee area and settled for a short time in the Gobarralong region near Gundagai. Another family that came to Australia on the Aliquis at the same time as the Quilty family was the McNamara family. John McNamara came to Australia as a free settler with his wife Mary and their daughter Mary. Ship records show John and Mary were both 26 years old and their daughter Mary was 2 years old. Several weeks after their arrival in Sydney on 1 May 1839, John McNamara’s daughter, Mary, died at Kent Street. It is believed that some time after this John’s wife Mary also passed away and John then journeyed to Gobarralong where the Quiltys had Settled. Mary Quilty married John McNamara at Gobarralong, near Gundagai on 8 April 1840. The Rev-Charles Lovat performed the marriage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Quilter, of. Gobarralong, and witnesses to the ceremony were John Quilter and James Quinn. Mary’s surname is incorrectly shown on the marriage certificate as Quilter instead of Quilty. With all these surnames beginning with the letter'“Q" perhaps the reverend gentleman had a couple of drinks too many after the ceremony and got the names mixed up. John and Mary were to later settle south of Tumut on the Upper Gilmore Creek. On 13 October 1848 it was gazetted in the Sydney Morning Herald that T. Mara and J Macnamara were granted a squatter’s license for 1,6,000 acres of crown land which was known as the Head of the Gilmore. Timothy is to later change his name from Mara to O’Mara. Today, within the boundaries of the old Head of the Gilmore squatting run, is the township of Batlow, which began as a gold mingng town named Reedy Flat. John McNamara had the reputation of being one of the best bush riders In the district. Records show he died at Gilmore Creek on 25 November 1855 aged 39 years. Where John McNamara is buried is not known, it is most probable he is buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on the Snubba Range. Timothy O’Mara died in October 1860. At the time of John’s death, Mary had seven children up to the age of 14 years and she was pregnant by two months with her eighth child. After the deaths of John and Timothy, much of the property was reclaimed by the Government when the Gilmore Creek Gold Field and the Bago State Forest were both proclaimed on 31 August 1865. In later years, Mary McNamara moved to Russell Street, Tumut and it was here that she died on 5 March 1897 aged 75 years. Cause of death was cancer of the breast and disease of the heart for two years. Mary is buried in the Tumut Pioneer Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Very close to the Qurlty graves in the Tumut Pioneer Cemetery is the grave of Mary’s son, Hugh McNamara. This is a large grave that would hold four or five people, it is possible Mary is buried there. John and Mary McNamara had eight children who were: John McNamara (1841-1923) m. Mary Anne Riley ‘ Thomas McNamara (1843-1908) nm. James Joseph McNamara (1845-1923) m. Mary Ann Elizabeth Downing Michael McNamara (1847-1922) m. Margaret Tuohy Hugh McNamara (1850-1907) nm. Anne McNamara (1852-1910) nm. George CNcNamara (1854-1918) nm. : Mary McNamara (1856-1906) nm. i; |
| Source References: |
| 69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 12 (Death) |
| - Reference = 11 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 11 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 11 (Marriage) |