The year I turned twelve my Great Great Grandmother Flora Ann Worldon nee McDonnell passed away just two months short of her 105th birthday. She was born at the Inn owned by her Father and Uncle at Five Mile Creek, Gundagai in 1875; the ruins of which can be still seen today near the 'Dog on the Tuckerbox' and lived a full and interesting life. Growing up she had always been part of the family folklore. I have always known her to be my oldest ancestor at the time of their death but now it seems that my 5th Great Grandmother Ann Costello nee Hogan at 105 years of age has overtaken her for top ranking. There do seem to be some embellishments and discrepancies in the article however, she had been in Australia for only twenty nine years not over half a century and her immigration files have her birth year c.1798 rather than c.1782 that would be required for her to die in 1887 aged 105, so more research is required for verification of her exact age.
Source: DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. (1887, February 12). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 20. Retrieved July 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115447383
Source: ITEMS OF NEWS. (1887, February 3). Wagga Wagga Advertiser (NSW : 1875 - 1905), p. 2. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101941107
Source: COOLAC RACES. (1887, February 1). The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), p. 2. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128767462
Ann Costello, the daughter of James Hogan and his wife Mary was from Ireland. She married Michael Costello and had a family in Ireland which included Honorah Quirk nee Costello, John Costello and Ann Costello. In 1858 the widowed Ann, her son John and daughter Ann left Ireland together for Australia on board the ship 'Peter Maxwell'. They had been living at Durra, Kings County where Ann had been a housekeeper, John a farm labourer and Ann a housemaid. Honorah is listed as their relative in the colony living at Gundagai and her husband Michael Quirk is listed as their depositor for the voyage (see article for 'Peter Maxwell' below). Also on board was Mary Quirk a farm servant from Tipperary, the daughter of Michael and Honorah Quirk, she had been left behind in Ireland with family when her parents immigrated to Australia in 1841. Her relatives in the colony were listed as her parents Michael and Honora in Sydney and her father Michael was her depositor for the journey.
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DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.
WE learn by telegram from Gundagai that Mrs. Honorah Costello, of Wagra, near Gundagai, a resident of the district for upwards of half a century, died on Saturday at the age of 105 years. Deceased was a great-grandmother, and until the last month ot two was able to walk about. She retained her faculties to within a few days of her death. She was buried on Monday afternoon in the Wagra Cemetery.
Source: ITEMS OF NEWS. (1887, February 3). Wagga Wagga Advertiser (NSW : 1875 - 1905), p. 2. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101941107
Transcript:
MRS. Honora Costello, of Wagra, near Gundagai, a resident of the district for over half a century, died on Saturday at the reputed age of 105 years. The deceased was a great great grandmother, and until the last last or two was able to walk about. She retained her faculties to within a few days of her death.
Source: COOLAC RACES. (1887, February 1). The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), p. 2. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128767462
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MRS. COSTELLO, grandmother of Mrs. Pierse, of Darbalara, died on Saturday at the age of 105 years. The old lady was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in the year 1772, and left there when she was 70 years of age and a widow, since which time she has been living with her grandchildren. The old lady could move about with the aid of a stick until a month ago, when old age told against her, and she had to take to her bed and died quietly at last. Mrs. Costello retained full possession of her faculties up till a short time ago. There are few indeed who reached the century, and fewer still get over it, but the good old soul just departed must have seen some stirring times in her days. The funeral took place on Monday, and was largely attended by the relatives and friends of the family.
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| Memorial for Ann Costello/e at Wagragobilly Cemetery |
Ann Costello, the daughter of James Hogan and his wife Mary was from Ireland. She married Michael Costello and had a family in Ireland which included Honorah Quirk nee Costello, John Costello and Ann Costello. In 1858 the widowed Ann, her son John and daughter Ann left Ireland together for Australia on board the ship 'Peter Maxwell'. They had been living at Durra, Kings County where Ann had been a housekeeper, John a farm labourer and Ann a housemaid. Honorah is listed as their relative in the colony living at Gundagai and her husband Michael Quirk is listed as their depositor for the voyage (see article for 'Peter Maxwell' below). Also on board was Mary Quirk a farm servant from Tipperary, the daughter of Michael and Honorah Quirk, she had been left behind in Ireland with family when her parents immigrated to Australia in 1841. Her relatives in the colony were listed as her parents Michael and Honora in Sydney and her father Michael was her depositor for the journey.
Source: Advertising. (1858, January 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13005048
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IMMIGRANTS per PETER MAXWELL - Notice is hereby given that the undermentioned persons, for whom passages were provided to this colony, in pursuance of deposits made in the Treasury here, under the Remittance Regulations, have arrived in the ship Peter Maxwell, and that they will be prepared to join their friends - the single females from the Institution, Hyde Park Barracks, on and after their arrival there ; and the married families and single men from the ship on WEDNESDAY next, the 13th instant, at noon.Name of Immigrant. Name of Depositor.
Alum, Mary Ann John Alum
Barrett, Mary Ann Joseph Barrett
Mary Ditto
Emmeline Ditto
Barrett, John Jeremiah Barrett
Bird, William John Williams
Mary Ditto
Bohan, Ellen John Bohan
Boland, Lawrence Ann McKnight
Mary Ditto
Anne Ditto
Butler, Joseph Mary Butler
Cain, Patrick Michael Mackley
Calthorpe, Christopher William Calthorpe
Mary Ditto
Richard Ditto
Carragher, Patrick Ellen Donovan
Carroll, Darley James Fletcher
Anne Ditto
Patrick Ditto
Eliza Ditto
Cassidy, Thomas John Maguire
Chesson, George Henry Russell
Cleary, Patrick Mary Mahoney
Thomas Ditto
Colooran, Rachel Edward Coleman
Collins, Daniel Patrick McGuigan
Condy, William Ellen Brogan
Confey, Patrick Edward O'Donnell
Margaret Ditto
Rose Ditto
Patrick Ditto
Thomas Ditto
Edward Ditto
Mary Ann Ditto
Conlan, Francis Hugh Conlan
Connell, Hannah Judy Connell
Connelly, Margaret James Quinn
Connor, Mary Charles Pat. Connor
Mary Ann Ditto
Pat. Charles Ditto
Costello, Anne Michael Quirk
John Ditto
Cottam, Ralph Seth Cottam
Eliza Ditto
Eliza Ann Ditto
Henry G. Ditto
Ralph Ditto
William Ditto
Edward Ditto
Cradlick, Catherine Patrick Cradlick
David Ditto
Cronny, Patrick Michael Cronny
Catherine Ditto
Jeremiah Ditto
Cummins, John Mary Mahoney
Curry, John John Brown, Esq.
Ann Ditto
Margaret Ditto
Hugh Ditto
Andrew Ditto
John Ditto
Dinan, Peter Bridget Dinan
Dolan, Anne Peter Vines
Donnell, Martin Biddy Donnell
Donnellan, Bridget Anne Donnellan
Norah Ditto
Doran, Jane John Dillon
Douglas, Emily Thomas Deacon
Walter Ditto
Duggan, Margaret Catherine Brien
Dunn, Patrick Mary Dunn
Eagan, Michael Patrick Eagan
Eaton, Jane William Eaton
Charles H. Ditto
Mary Ann Ditto
James Ditto
Elliott, George Robert Elliott
Margaret Ditto
John Ditto
Evans, David William Lyshon
Feeny, Thomas Edward Byrne
Elizabeth Ditto
Fielding, Harriet William Calthorpe
Finlay, Henry David Ramsay
Eliza Ditto
Fanny Ditto
William Ditto
John Ditto
Thomas Ditto
Henry Ditto
Susan Ditto
Bess Ditto
Jane Ditto
Fitzgerald, Johanna James Shannahan
Fitzpatrick, Mary Michael Waters
Flanagan, John Mary Flanagan
Flynn, Mary James Carroll
Alicia Ditto
John Ditto
Fogarty, Margaret Mary Fogarty
Freeman, Thomas Thomas Lynch
Gallagher, Charles Patrick Gallagher
Gerraghty, P William Rickey
Giles, James James Giles
John Ditto
Grady, John Johanna Kearney
Griffin, Thomas Julia Thrift
Grogan, John James Loftus
Harris, John Michael Harris
Hartigan, Thomas Thomas Lynch
Hartigan, Edmond Pat. Kane
Thomas Ditto
Hartigan, Michael Ditto
Anne Ditto
Heffernan, Jane Mary Heffernan
Heffernan, Michael William Heffernan
Jessimond, Miles Ann Jessimond
Johnstone, John John Clarke
Jordan, William Catherine Jordan
Kaine, Anne Thomas Lynch
Kane, John Patrick Kane
Kellett, Samuel Eliza Angus
Jane Ditto
Kelly, William James M. O'Neill
Kennedy, John William Moylan
Kennedy, Margaret Matthew Kennedy
Kennedy, James Bridget Kennedy
Kennedy, George Bourne Russell
Kenny, Michael John Bourke
Lehone, Jeremiah Jeremiah Lehane
Leonard, John Patrick Leonard
Leonard, William Patrick Quinn
Mary Ditto
Lewis, William William Cottrell
Catherine Ditto
Catherine Ditto
Livingstone, Charles James Livingstone
Loftus, Catherine James Loftus
Long, Catherine Thomas Long
Patrick Ditto
Lovell, Thomas John Lovell
Lovell, Peter Peter Vines
Ellen Ditto
Peter Ditto
Lyshon, Rees William Lyshon
McClure, Alexander Samuel King
McDonald, Alexander Alexander McDonald
Martha Ditto
Isabella Ditto
John Ditto
Donald Ditto
Robert Ditto
McGill, Edward Thomas McGill
McInerney, Thomas Thomas Connelly
McIntosh, William David Ball
Mackey, Bridget Michael Mackey
Margaret Ditto
McMahon, Thomas Farah McMahon
McManus, Mary Owen McConnell
McManus, Terence Ditto
McManus, Catherine Patrick Curran
McNabb, Peter John Turner
McNamara, Matthew Thomas Lynch
McNamara, Matthew William Lyshon
McNamara, John Mary McNamara
Maguire, Ann John Maguire
Martha Ditto
Maher, James Johanna Maher
Maher, Philip James Maher
Maloney, Margaret Bridget Maloney
Mary Ditto
Manlen, Thomas P. Bridget Loughnare
Mann, James Patrick Dwyer
Judy Ditto
Manning, Johanna Margaret Prior
Mawson, Benjamin Richard Mawson
Elizabeth Ditto
William B. Ditto
Melican, Margaret Patrick Kaye
Millar, John Samuel Cook
Minahan, Jeremiah Patrick Minahan
Mitchell, Samuel Samuel Cook
Moore, Mary Ann John J. Moore
William J. Ditto
Moore, Honora Mary Moore
Mullens, John Ellen Brogan
Mulligan, Joseph Thomas McGill
Catherine Ditto
Joseph Ditto
Elizabeth A. Ditto
Murnane, William Timothy Callaghan
Judith Ditto
James Ditto
John Ditto
Bridget Ditto
Michael Ditto
Murphy, Daniel Margaret Murphy
Murphy, Daniel Julia Murphy
Nash, Edward Patrick Coffey
Nelly, Sarah Robert Nelly
Nelson, Flora Elizabeth Nelson
Nevin, Catherine W.A. Duncan, Esq.
Anne Ditto
Nickle, John Catherine Nickle
Margaret Ditto
Arthur Ditto
Elden Ditto
Susan Ditto
Jane Ditto
Margaret Ditto
O'Brien, William F. Currey
Elizabeth Ditto
O'Connor, James Margaret O'Connor
Bridget Ditto
Orme, Thomas Catherine Orme
O'Sullivan , H. Thomas Dwyer
Julia Ditto
William Ditto
Daniel Ditto
Parell, James Margaret Parell
Potts, James Patrick Stanley
Margaret Ditto
Margaret Ditto
Eliza Ditto
John Ditto
James Ditto
Quinn, Margaret Ann Murphy
Quirk, Mary Michael Quirk
Ray, James James Rider
Read, George James Read
John Ditto
Regan, John Patrick Stanley
Riley, Michael Peter Vines
Reardon, Owen Owen Reardon
Michael Ditto
Richardson, Catherine John H. Keys, Esq.
Riley, William Edward Lush
Mary Ditto
Henry Ditto
Roche, Elizabeth Bridget Roche
Ryan, Denis Mary Ryan
Michael Ditto
Ryan, Cornelius James Carleton
Ryan, Johanna Denis Mealey
Mary Ann Ditto
Ryan, Michael Margaret Ryan
Ryan, Thomas Ditto
Catherine Ditto
Sayer, James Elizabeth Elliott
Sheehan, James Edward Sheehan
Ellen Ditto
Margaret Ditto
Catherine Ditto
Margaret Ditto
Maurice Ditto
Sinclair, Elizabeth James Sinclair
Ellen Ditto
Smith, John John Reed
William Ditto
Ellen Ditto
Stone, Henry Ann Stone
Jane Ditto
Storm, John James Storm
Sullivan, Owen William O'Sullivan
Sullivan, James Margaret O'Sullivan
Sullivan, Denis Thomas Long
Turner, William John Turner
James Ditto
Walker, William George Gray
Ward, Catherine Thomas B Ward
Waters, Thomas Michael Waters
Wharton, Catherine Samuel Cook
White, James Bridget Neil
Maria Ditto
Wiley, Joseph David Wiley
Elizabeth Ditto
Eliza Ditto
Louisa Ditto
Jane Ditto
George Ditto
David Ditto
Jonathan Ditto
Elizabeth Ditto
Wilkinson, Samuel Ann Tessimond
Wilson, James Margaret Wilson
Thomas Ditto
Joseph Ditto
Wroe or Roe, John Robert Whittaker
Esther Ditto
Hannah Ditto
Thomas Ditto
Robert Ditto
Mary E. Ditto
Young, Elizabeth Janet Young
John Ditto
Laurence Ditto
H.H. BROWN, Agent for Immigration.
Government Immigration Office, Sydney, January 12th, 1858
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 about Ann Costello
Name: Ann CostelloBirth Year: abt 1798
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Arrival Date: 18 Jan 1858
Vessel Name: Peter Maxwell
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 about John Costello
Name: John CostelloBirth Year: abt 1828
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Arrival Date: 18 Jan 1858
Vessel Name: Peter Maxwell
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 about Ann Costello
Name: Ann CostelloBirth Year: abt 1836
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Arrival Date: 18 Jan 1858
Vessel Name: Peter Maxwell
New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 about Mary Quirk
Name: Mary QuirkBirth Year: abt 1842
Age: 16
Arrival Date: 10 Jan 1858
Vessel Name: Peter Maxwell
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Hi Tracy,
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled to stumble across your blog, as we share a family line, which I have just started to research. I would love to make contact with you if possible, Could you please email me at kylierb@yahoo.com
Cheers, Kylie