[Index]
Maria MANSFIELD (1820 - 1863)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
John DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1844 - 1844)
Mary DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1845 - 1845)
Catherine DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1846 - 1846)
Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN (1850 - 1932)
Maria MANSFIELD (1820 - 1863)

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John CRINIGAN (1817 - 1899)
Richard John? MANSFIELD (1777 - 1840)











Catherine MURRAY (1776 - 1856)












b. abt 1820 at Norfolk, England
m. Sep 1842 John CRINIGAN (1817 - 1899) at Palmerville, ACT, Australia
d. 08 Feb 1863 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 43
Near Relatives of Maria MANSFIELD (1820 - 1863)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Thomas DONOHUE

Father Richard John? MANSFIELD abt 1777 26 Jun 1840 New South Wales, Australia 63
Mother Catherine MURRAY abt 1776 Co Londonderry, Ireland 03 Jun 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80

Self Maria MANSFIELD abt 1820 Norfolk, England 08 Feb 1863 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 43

Husband John CRINIGAN 1817 Co Westmeath, Ireland 06 Apr 1899 Canberra, ACT, Australia 82

Son John DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1844 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1844 0
Daughter Mary DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1845 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1845 0
Daughter Catherine DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1846 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1846 0
Daughter Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN 1850 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1932 Harden, New South Wales, Australia 82

Brother John MANSFIELD
Sister Jane MANSFIELD abt 1827 England bef 1915 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 88

Son in Law Duncan MCINNES 01 Apr 1844 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 15 Nov 1912 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 68
Son in Law Charles John BOYD 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 66

Granddaughter Mary Anne MCINNES 05 May 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Nov 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Annie Eliza (Dolly) MCINNES 10 Dec 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1942 Canberra, ACT, Australia 72
Grandson John Patrick MCINNES 17 Nov 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 22 Oct 1905 Uriarra, New South Wales, Australia 33
Grandson Archibald Joseph MCINNES 06 Dec 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Jul 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 87
Granddaughter Catherine Agnes MCINNES 19 Oct 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1891 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 15
Granddaughter Sarah Jane MCINNES 02 Aug 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jan 1969 Canberra, ACT, Australia 90
Granddaughter Maria Josephine Janet MCINNES 14 Oct 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 08 Nov 1958 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Grandson James Gilbert J MCINNES 13 Mar 1883 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1962 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 79
Grandson Hugh Duncan MCINNES 06 Oct 1885 Duntroon, ACT, Australia Nov 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1
Granddaughter Mary Ann MCINNES 06 Oct 1885 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 19 Dec 1958 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson Donald Argyle (Gyle) MCINNES 28 May 1888 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 28 Jun 1962 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandson Robert Blair MCINNES 06 Apr 1890 Belconnen, ACT, Australia 09 Jul 1954 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 64
Grandson Sidney Duncan MCINNES 14 Feb 1894 Belconnen, ACT, Australia 30 Dec 1960 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 66

Niece Catherine DOOLAN 1851 New South Wales, Australia 1854 3
Niece Maria DOOLAN 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Henry DOOLAN 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Henry Harold DOOLAN 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law Thomas Charles HOBSON 1843 New South Wales, Australia 02 Aug 1915 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia 72
Brother in Law John DOOLAN abt 1826 Liverpool, Lancashire, England 27 Sep 1900 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 74
Events in Maria MANSFIELD (1820 - 1863)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1820 Maria MANSFIELD was born Norfolk, England 6
21 Aug 1832 12 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'Madeline' 6
26 Jun 1840 20 Death of father Richard John? MANSFIELD (aged 63) New South Wales, Australia V1840434 34A/1840 6
Sep 1842 22 Married John CRINIGAN (aged 25) Palmerville, ACT, Australia 6
1844 24 Birth of son John DONOHOE CRINIGAN Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
abt 1844 24 Death of son John DONOHOE CRINIGAN 6
1845 25 Birth of daughter Mary DONOHOE CRINIGAN Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia V18451851 62/1845 6
abt 1845 25 Death of daughter Mary DONOHOE CRINIGAN 6
1846 26 Birth of daughter Catherine DONOHOE CRINIGAN Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia v18461783 63/1846 6
abt 1846 26 Death of daughter Catherine DONOHOE CRINIGAN 6
1850 30 Birth of daughter Eliza Jane DONOHOE CRINIGAN Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia V18501725 67/1850 6
03 Jun 1856 36 Death of mother Catherine MURRAY (aged 80) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 3153/1856 6
08 Feb 1863 43 Maria MANSFIELD died Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 5611/1863 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 = 190 (Birth)
- Reference = 63 (Marriage)
- Reference = 63 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 190 (Death)
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/2122/maria-crinigan.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1820; Died: 1863; Married: John Crinigan

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Maria Crinigan was born in 1820 in Norfolk, England. Her parents were John Mansfield and Catherine (nee Murray).

The Mansfield family had come to Australia on assisted passage in 1832. Some time after her father's death in 1840 near Sydney, Maria - with her sister, Jane Mary - were working at Duntroon.

Palmerville convict, John Crinigan, received permission to marry Maria in 1842. They had ten children together; tragically, only one survived into adulthood (Eliza Jane).

There is debate about when the Crinigans settled at Ginninderra Creek in the Tea Gardens area and built their stone hut, but most experts seem to concur that it was in the early 1850s. The earliest written reference to them living on the creek comes in the list of electors for County Murray of 1855/56, but it was likely that they were there by the time John won his ticket of leave in 1844.

The earliest written reference to the stone hut is from January 1858 when the murder of the Crinigan's worker, Samuel Marley, by Thomas Wells was reported.

Maria died in 1863.

Her husband remarried, two months later. He died in the Canberra area in 1899.

References
Barrow, G., Canberra's Historic Houses: Dwellings and Ruins of the 19th Century, Hackett, 1998
Folger, M. and H. Cooke, 'Crinigan's Stone Cottage', Canberra, 2008
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992
Newman, C., Gold Creek: Reflections of Canberra's Rural Heritage, Ngunnawal, 2004
Robinson, F. W., Canberra's First Hundred Years and After, Sydney, 1927
Shumack, S. An Autobiography, or, Tales and Legends of Canberra Pioneers (ed. J. E. and S. Shumack), Canberra, 1967
Various editions of the Queanbeyan Age, Goulburn Herald, and Goulburn Evening Penny Post

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