Tracing Family Branches

Thomas Hennessy Corcoran married Mary Clare Dargan in 1941 at St. Patrick's Church, Binalong.  My connection to this couple is through Mary, she is my second cousin four times removed. Source: Social News and Gossip. (1941, September 4). The Catholic Press (NSW : 1895 - 1942), p. 14. Retrieved October 16, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106361701 Transcript: Binalong Wedding. Wide city and country interest centred around the marriage, in St. Patrick's Church, Binalong, of Miss Mary Clare Dargan, only child of the late Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Dargan, of Binalong, and Mr. Tom Corcoran, of Corcoran's Plains, Boorowa, on Wednesday, 27th ult.  Very Rev. Father W.F. Cahill, P.P., officiated and celebrated the Nuptial Mass.  Gowned in hyacinth-blue angora, with fox trimming and a blue halo hat, the bride was escorted to the altar by Mr. E.P. Browne.  She was unattended, and the groom, who is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Corcoran, was assis...

Today's posting is for Laurence Joseph Dargan who was the husband of my first cousin five times removed Rosa Dargan nee Last.  Born about 1835 he was the son of Michael Dargan and his wife Mary. Originally from Fethard, Tipperary, Ireland he came to Australia around 1852.  He married Anastasia Mary Ryan in 1870, with the marriage registered at Binalong, New South Wales.  Anastasia died in 1904  (see here ) and the couple had no recorded children.  In 1906 Laurence married Rosa Last and together they had a daughter Mary Clare Dargan in the same year.  After a long and prosperous life he died in 1922 and is buried at Binalong, New South Wales. Source: MR. LAURENCE J. DARGAN. (1922, March 30). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 31. Retrieved October 7, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116782234 Transcript: MR. LAURENCE J. DARGAN. The recnt death of Mr. Laurence J. Dargan, of "The Elms." Binalong, will be severely felt...