Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815

Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815 - 1893)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815 - 1893) + William ROOPE ( - 1881)	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)



		Jane WALLACE (1780 - )

b. abt 1815 at Sydney, NSW, Australia

m. 1837 William ROOPE ( - 1881) at St Mary's, Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1893 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815 - 1893)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	John ROOPE
Mother in Law	Sarah WATSON

Father	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1781	Meath, Ireland	17 Mar 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	42
Mother	Jane WALLACE	abt 1780	Ireland

Self	Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1815	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1893	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	78

Husband	William ROOPE			1881	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Sister	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90
Sister	Ann MCGUIRE	abt 1819	Sydney, NSW, Australia

Nephew	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Niece	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Nephew	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Nephew	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Niece	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78
Niece	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Niece	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Niece	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45

Brother in Law	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50

Events in Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815 - 1893)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1815		Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE was born	Sydney, NSW, Australia	see notes - The Currency Lad	54
1822	7	Census	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 1	81
17 Mar 1823	8	Death of father Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (aged 42)	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	54
14 Aug 1823	8	Other Event	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3
1837	22	Married William ROOPE	St Mary's, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4	17
1881	66	Death of husband William ROOPE	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18, 60
1893	78	Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE died	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18, 60

Note 1: WYRE Michael - ropemaker; Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne
No mention of wife Jane.

Note 2: On 17 March 1823 Micheal Wyre and two others were drowned after the upset of their boat in Cockle Bay (Now called Darling Harbour). At the inquest it was recorded that there were three men (all drowned) and a little girl (who survived) in the boat which had accidentally upset, but there is no record of the name of the child.

Note 3: On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.
As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".

Note 4: V1837758 127/1837 ROOPE WILLIAM DWYER CATHERINE LD(St MAry's Sydney)

Note 5: 1881 C2309 William Roope John Roope Sarah Watson

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 25 Aug 1881
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
IN the will of WILLIAM ROOPE, late of Rockhampton, in the Colony of Queensland, Gentleman, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, application will be made to the said Honorable Court that Probate of the Will of the above-named William Roope, deceased, may be granted to Catherine Roope, of Rockhampton aforesaid, the widow of the said deceased, and the sole executrix named in the said will.
Dated at Rockhampton this twenty-fourth day of August, A.n. 1881.
R. LYONS,
Proctor for the said Catherine Hoope, Rockhampton. By his Agent A. W. CHAMBERS, Proctor, Queen-street, Brisbane.

Note 6: 1893 C4073 Catherine Roope Michael Wyre Jane - ** born N.S. Wales aged about 80 years

The Capricorn (Rockhampton) 4 Nov 1893
Probates ;
Catherine Roope, of Rockhampton, widow, to William K. Livermore, of Rockhampton, gentleman, personalty £405 Ms. 3d.

Personal Notes:

Extract from The Currency Lad by T. S. Wills Cooke
Jane Wallace, a servant aged 24 years was convicted in Dublin in June 1813 and sentenced to seven years transportation. She arrived in Sydney on the "Catherine" on 3 May 1814. The "Catherine had sailed from Falmouth on 8 December 1813.

She married Michael Wyre at St John's Church, Parramatta on 11 April 1815. On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.

There is no further record of Jane after she had the two girls admitted. No child is registered as having been born to her in 1823 and she simply disappears from the story. As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".
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Terry Wills correspondence - Elizabeth Wills was born 3/10/1817 in Sydney and died 28/12/1907 in Geelong Victoria and was buried at Kew Vic. It was interesting how I found her birth date in Aunt Ducky (Eugenie) birthday book in her own handwriting – I looked for that date for 20 years and only when I came into possesion of the birthday book did I get the right answer.
She had two sisters Catherine (named after her Mother’s convict ship) was born in Sydney and Died near Springsure She was Mrs Roope, her husband went to look after Cullin la Ringo after the massacre and Anne who was lost to sight after Catherine and Elizabeth were put into the Parramatta orphange after their father drowned in Cockle Bay.

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: V1837758 127/1837 ROOPE WILLIAM DWYER CATHERINE LD(St MAry's Sydney)

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: 1893 C4073 Catherine Roope Michael Wyre Jane - ** born N.S. Wales aged about 80 years

54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com

- Reference = (Birth)

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The Capricorn (Rockhampton) 4 Nov 1893
Probates ;
Catherine Roope, of Rockhampton, widow, to William K. Livermore, of Rockhampton, gentleman, personalty £405 Ms. 3d.

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