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Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE (1815 - 1893) Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE (1817 - 1907) Ann MCGUIRE (1819 - )	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823) + Jane WALLACE (1780 - )

b. abt 1781 at Meath, Ireland

m. 11 Apr 1815 Jane WALLACE (1780 - ) at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 17 Mar 1823 at Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 42

Near Relatives of Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1781	Meath, Ireland	17 Mar 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	42
Wife	Jane WALLACE	abt 1780	Ireland
Daughter	Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE	abt 1815	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1893	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	78
Daughter	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90
Daughter	Ann MCGUIRE	abt 1819	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Son in Law	William ROOPE			1881	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50
Grandson	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Granddaughter	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Grandson	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Grandson	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Grandson	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45

Events in Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1781		Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE was born	Meath, Ireland		54
Jan 1813	32	Other Event	Dublin, Ireland	Note 1
26 Aug 1813	32	Other Event	Dublin, Ireland	Note 2
27 Oct 1813	32	Other Event	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Three Bees sailed for Falmouth
08 Dec 1813	32	Emigration	Falmouth, England	Note 3
07 Feb 1814	33	Other Event	Rio de Janero	Note 4
06 May 1814	33	Immigration	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 5
22 Sep 1814	33	Other Event	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Three Bees anchored at Cork
22 Sep 1814	33	Other Event	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	Three Bees arrived at Cork
abt 1815	34	Birth of daughter Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	see notes - The Currency Lad	54
11 Apr 1815	34	Married Jane WALLACE (aged 35)	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	The Currency Lad	54
1817	36	Birth of daughter Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 6	54
abt 1819	38	Birth of daughter Ann MCGUIRE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	see notes - The Currency Lad	54
1822	41	Census	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 7	81
17 Mar 1823	42	Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE died	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 8	54

Note 1: Michael Wyre of Meath Ireland, was convicted at Dublin in January 1813 and sentenced to seven years transportation. He was shown as "a leather dyer, aged 22 years, height five feet eight inches, ruddy complexion, black hair and hazel eyes". There are no details known of his crime.

Note 2: Three Bees embarked her first convicts at Dublin on August 26th 1813

Note 3: The "Three Bees" (and Catherine) had sailed from Falmouth on 8 Dec 1813.

Note 4: Three Bees (and Catherine) left Rio

Note 5: He left Ireland on the "Three Bees" (where his name is recorded as Wier/Weir) and arrived in Sydney on 6 May 1814.

Note 6: see death notes see notes - The Currency Lad 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.

Note 7: WYRE Michael - ropemaker; Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne No mention of wife Jane.

Note 8: 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.

Personal Notes:

from death reg of daughter Elizabeth Geddes family tree - ancestry - davidmac142 Extract from The Currency Lad by T. S. Wills Cooke Michael Wyre of Meath Ireland, was convicted at Dublin in January 1813 and sentenced to seven years transportation. He was shown as "a leather dyer, aged 22 years, height five feet eight inches, ruddy complexion, black hair and hazel eyes". There are no details known of his crime. He left Ireland on the "Three Bees" (where his name is recorded as Wier/Weir) and arrived in Sydney on 6 May 1814. The "Three Bees" had sailed from Falmouth on 8 Dec 1813. He married Jane Wallace at St John's Church in Parramatta on 11 April 1815. He is shown in the 1822 census records with three daughters; Catherine, Elizabeth and Anne. His occupation is given as "ropemaker" but no wife is shown. 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. Sydney Gazette 20 March 1823 On Saturday afternoon last, a boat, with four individuals, was overturned in Cockle-bay, on its return home from Sydney. Michael Dowdle, a settler at Kissing-point, of 15 or 16 years standing; Michael Wyer, a free man ; an assigned crown servant to Dowdle (name unknown); and a little girl, 7 years old, comprised the persons in the boat. The disaster being observed from the shore, immediate aid was afforded. The child, being kept buoyant by her clothes, was rescued from a watery grave. The body of her father was brought to shore a few minutes subsequent to the accident ; and the other two men sunk, to rise no more with life. The eminent skill of Dr. Bland was resorted to, to restore life to the helpless man (Dowdle), but vitality was extinct. Thus, perished three unfortunate fellow creatures; who, mournful to relate, were suddenly ushered into eternity from a state of dreadful inebriety; to which is attributed the mournful event. Dowdle had been drinking for several days before ; and was heard to say, only the previous day, he wished that he had not half an hour to live! THE THREE BEES Wikipedia Three Bees was a convict ship that caught fire in Sydney Cove in 1814. Three Bees was built in Bridgwater in 1813. Owned by Buckles and Co, she was registered in London and her master was John Wallis. Three Bees arrived in Sydney Cove on 6 May 1814 with a cargo of male convicts. This was one of the so-called fever-ships that had a high mortality rate for the convicts transported upon them. Governor Macquarie wrote: The Three Bees, commanded by Captn. John Wallis, arrived on the 6th inst. with two hundred and ten male Convicts, out of 219 originally embarked, the other nine having died on the passage; and out of those landed, it has been necessary to Send fifty five to the Hospital many of them being much affected with Scurvy and others labouring under various complaints. On enquiring into the cause of this mortality and sickness, it appeared that many of them had been embarked in a bad state of health, and not a few infirm from lameness and old age. I am happy in being enabled to state that the Convicts by the Catherine and the Three Bees have, without a Single Exception, borne grateful Testimony to their having been treated with the most unremitting care, Attention, and kindness, by the Masters and Surgeons of those Vessels, from the day of their Embarkation until they were finally landed here. The circumstance of several of those unfortunate men being embarked in a diseased or feeble State will, I trust, shew the necessity for greater attention being paid to the state of the Health of the Convicts, who are to be embarked in future, which I have much reason to believe has not been so fully attended to by the Examining Surgeons as Humanity demands. [1] After the 210 convicts were all disembarked a fire was discovered on the ship at 4.30 pm on 20 May 1814. It was later thought that the fire was caused by candle snuff being dropped on oakum when an officer and boy had entered the hold. It soon became apparent that the fire could not be fought and so Three Bees was cut loose from her moorings and the other ships in the cove maneuvered to avoid the ship. At 5.30 pm the first gun exploded on board and a swivel ball smashed into the parlour of the house of Captain Piper, luckily missing everything but a writing table. The ship drifted onto Bennelong Point and shortly after her magazine exploded. Three Bees was a total loss. [2] [edit] http://www.angelfire.com/mo/mortimergen/articlewilliamedward.html THIS WHOLE ARTICLE IS WORTH A READ The ‘Three Bees’, a first class ship of 459 tons built at Bridgewater in 1813, embarked her first convicts at Dublin on August 26th 1813 and completed her complement at Cork where she anchored on September 22nd. The weather had been sultry and at night the closely packed prison had been suffocating. Embarkation of prisoners was not completed until October 2nd and it was the 27th October before she sailed for Falmouth to pick up a convoy. The weather at Falmouth, where she was detained five weeks, was very cold and the prisoners had suffered severely. Such was the hardiness of the Irish convicts that despite the extreme changes of temperature, and the fact that some of them had already been confined on board for three months, there were few sick when the ‘Three Bees’ eventually sailed on December 8th. http://members.tip.net.au/~ppmay/ships.htm THREE BEES and CATHERINE sailed together from Falmouth. Three Bees transported only male Irish convicts while 'Catherine' carried only female Irish convicts with their Native Places not shown

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