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Mary Ann FLANAGAN (1843 - 1887)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ellen F D MCAULIFFE (1862 - )
Mary MCAULIFFE (1864 - )
Deborah MCAULIFFE (1866 - )
Margaret MCAULIFFE (1868 - )
Kate Agnes MCAULIFFE (1870 - )
Thomas John MCAULIFFE (1872 - )
Michael Jeremiah MCAULIFFE (1874 - 1928)
Sarah Jane MCAULIFFE (1877 - 1953)
Ada Josephine MCAULIFFE (1879 - 1973)
James P MCAULIFFE (1884 - )
William J MCAULIFFE (1886 - )
 Mary Ann FLANAGAN (1843 - 1887)

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Flourence Joseph MCAULIFFE (1841 - 1886)
 Michael FLANAGAN (1818 - ) Thomas FLANAGAN



Winifred (FLANAGAN)



Mary BRENNAN (1820 - ) James BRENNAN



Margaret (BRENNAN)



b. abt 1843 at Marulen, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1860 Flourence Joseph MCAULIFFE (1841 - 1886) at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
d. 23 Jan 1887 at Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia aged 44
Cause of Death:
Typhoid fever
Near Relatives of Mary Ann FLANAGAN (1843 - 1887)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas FLANAGAN
Grandmother Winifred (FLANAGAN)
Grandfather James BRENNAN
Grandmother Margaret (BRENNAN)

Father in Law Thomas MCAULIFFE abt 1802 Clonfert, Co Cork, Ireland 27 Nov 1878 Jier, New South Wales, Australia 76
Mother in Law Mary MCAULIFFE abt 1811 Freemount, Co Cork, Ireland 20 Aug 1898 Jier, New South Wales, Australia 87

Father Michael FLANAGAN abt 1818 Killough, Co Down, Ireland
Mother Mary BRENNAN abt 1820 Ireland

Self Mary Ann FLANAGAN abt 1843 Marulen, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jan 1887 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 44

Husband Flourence Joseph MCAULIFFE abt 1841 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland 24 Sep 1886 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 45

Daughter Ellen F D MCAULIFFE 1862 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Mary MCAULIFFE 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Deborah MCAULIFFE 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Margaret MCAULIFFE 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Kate Agnes MCAULIFFE 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son Thomas John MCAULIFFE 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Son Michael Jeremiah MCAULIFFE 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia 54
Daughter Sarah Jane MCAULIFFE 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1953 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 76
Daughter Ada Josephine MCAULIFFE 1879 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1973 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 94
Son James P MCAULIFFE 1884 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Son William J MCAULIFFE 1886 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia

Sister Margaret FLANAGAN 1840 Ireland
Sister Bridget FLANAGAN 1846 Marulen, New South Wales, Australia 13 May 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 75
Sister Winifred FLANAGAN 1847 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Brother Thomas FLANAGAN 1849 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Sarah FLANAGAN 1852 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Brother Michael FLANAGAN 1854 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Eliza FLANAGAN 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew Patrick Joseph SHEEDY 1869 Yarralumla, ACT Australia 16 Jul 1958 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 89
Nephew William John SHEEDY 1870 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Helena Elizabeth SHEEDY 1873 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Niece Annie Amelia SHEEDY 1875 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Nephew Michael James SHEEDY 1876 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Niece Mary Jane SHEEDY 1878 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Nephew Martin Edward SHEEDY 1879 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Nephew Francis Bernard SHEEDY 1881 Yarralumla, ACT Australia
Nephew Andrew Thomas SHEEDY 1884 Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nephew Henry Austin SHEEDY 1885 Murrumbidgee, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Flurrance Bertie SHEEDY 1887 Tidbinbilla, ACT, Australia 05 Jul 1941 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 54
Niece Julia Agnes SHEEDY 1889 Tidbinbilla, ACT, Australia
Niece Mary SHEEHAN 1852 Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Thomas SHEEHAN abt 1854 Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Catherine (Kate) Mary SHEEHAN 1857 Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia 07 May 1940 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 83
Nephew John SHEEHAN 1858 Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Maurice LEE 1852 New South Wales, Australia abt 1853 1
Niece Margaret LEE 1853 New South Wales, Australia 20 Nov 1935 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 82
Nephew John Maurice LEE 1856 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 03 Jul 1917 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 61
Niece Ellen Mary LEE 1858 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Catherine LEE abt 1860 1866 6
Niece Deborah Agnes LEE 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Kate LEE abt 1867
Niece Mary MCAULIFFE 02 Mar 1873 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 1951 78
Niece Honora Emily MCAULIFFE 1874 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1954 80
Niece Ada Ellen MCAULIFFE 1875 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1951 76
Niece Annie Elizabeth MCAULIFFE 06 Sep 1876 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jan 1912 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 35
Niece Florence Katherine MCAULIFFE 24 Dec 1876 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1970 94
Niece Deborah Margaret MCAULIFFE 1879 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1955 76
Nephew Thomas MCAULIFFE 1881 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1952 71
Niece Mabel MCAULIFFE 1885 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1970 85
Niece Veronica MCAULIFFE 1887 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1969 82
Nephew Francis Jeremiah MCAULIFFE 1890 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1947 57
Niece Kathleen Agnes MCAULIFFE 02 Sep 1894 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 1980 86
Niece Mary C MCAULIFFE 1887 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew John MCAULIFFE 1889 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Zeta A MCAULIFFE 1903 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Edward Desmond MCAULIFFE 1906 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary SPARROW 1880 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Florence SPARROW 1881 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Ada SPARROW 1883 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Thomas Francis SPARROW 1885 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Deborah Elizabeth SPARROW 1887 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew John William SPARROW 1889 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Leo George SPARROW 1891 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Pauline Veronica SPARROW 1894 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 10 Sep 1943 Canberra, ACT, Australia 49

Sister in Law Ellen MCAULIFFE abt 1831 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland 07 Nov 1858 27
Sister in Law Margaret MCAULIFFE abt 1834 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland 22 Oct 1918 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 84
Sister in Law Deborah MCAULIFFE 1836 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland 02 Jul 1919 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 83
Sister in Law Mary MCAULIFFE 1839 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland
Brother in Law Jeremiah MCAULIFFE abt 1844 Newmarket, Co Cork, Ireland 31 Mar 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 76
Brother in Law Thomas MCAULIFFE 1847 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1925 Jeir, New South Wales, Australia 78
Sister in Law Bridget Mary MCAULIFFE 1849 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Honorah MCAULIFFE 1853 Yass, New South Wales, Australia Oct 1944 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 91
Brother in Law John SHEEDY 1843 Murrumbidgee River, New South Wales, Australia 16 Oct 1918 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 75
Events in Mary Ann FLANAGAN (1843 - 1887)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1843 Mary Ann FLANAGAN was born Marulen, New South Wales, Australia 80
1860 17 Married Flourence Joseph MCAULIFFE (aged 19) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 1679/1860 6
1862 19 Birth of daughter Ellen F D MCAULIFFE Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 7570/1862 6
1864 21 Birth of daughter Mary MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14015/1864 6
1866 23 Birth of daughter Deborah MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 14147/1866 6
1868 25 Birth of daughter Margaret MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15621/1868 6
1870 27 Birth of daughter Kate Agnes MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16185/1870 6
1872 29 Birth of son Thomas John MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16681/1872 6
1874 31 Birth of son Michael Jeremiah MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18207/1874 6
1877 34 Birth of daughter Sarah Jane MCAULIFFE Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19570/1879 6
1879 36 Birth of daughter Ada Josephine MCAULIFFE Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12000/1879 6
1884 41 Birth of son James P MCAULIFFE Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24896/1884 6
1886 43 Birth of son William J MCAULIFFE Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
24 Sep 1886 43 Death of husband Flourence Joseph MCAULIFFE (aged 45) Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11405/1886 6
23 Jan 1887 44 Mary Ann FLANAGAN died Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 80
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 = 102 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 195 (Marriage)
- Reference = 195 (Name, Notes)
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/1965/flourence-mcauliffe.html (Birth)
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2008/mary-ann-mcauliffe.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Married: Flourence McAuliffe

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At this stage, the ancestry and origins of Mary Ann Flanagan, have not been clearly identified. Her death certificate indicates she was born in Marulan NSW, about 1841, the daughter of Michael Flanagan, labourer, and Mary née Brennan. In 1860 Mary Ann married young Irishman, Flourence McAuliffe, with whom she was to have eleven children. By 1870, the McAuliffes owned three small blocks around the Ginninderra blacksmith's shop.

In 1867, fire destroyed their residence and most of their possessions. Fortunately, the blacksmith's shop was saved and Flourence was able to keep working. The Ginninderra community also rallied around them and donated goods and helped them rebuild.

Tragically, Mary Ann was afflicted throughout her life from mental illness. In May 1869, it is reported that she had been suffering badly for about six months; failing to respond to medical treatment or the efforts of her immediate and extended families. She was brought before the Queanbeyan magistrate as a 'dangerous lunatic'. According to the Queanbeyan Age "The unfortunate young woman ... had been brought into town for protection ... and ... had been carefully watched at Mrs Lee's inn, as she continued to manifest a strong propensity to self-destruction ... Her cries on the way to the court house were distressing, and the manner in which she clung to her husband, as if apprehensive that she was about to be separated from him." 'Mrs Lee' was in fact Margaret Lee, née McAuliffe, and by that time the widow of St Patrick's Inn proprietor William Lee. She was Flourence's older sister; Mary Ann's sister-in-law.

We don't know exactly what happened next, but Mary Ann gave birth to their fifth child in the following year and must have been able to recover. She went on to have another six children with Flourence over sixteen years.

In 1877 her husband was declared bankrupt. His financial woes and Mary Ann's illness may well explain the family's decision to leave Ginninderra by 1876 and to settle in Cooma, where she died of typhoid fever on 23 Jan 1885 aged 44, leaving eleven children.

References
Gillespie, L. L., Ginninderra: Forerunner to Canberra, Campbell, 1992*
Maher, B., Planting the Celtic Cross: Foundation of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Canberra, 1997
Mulholland, D., Far Away Days: A History of the Murrumbateman, Jeir and Nanima Districts, Murrumbateman, 1995
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
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/1965/flourence-mcauliffe.html (Death)
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