Tracing Family Branches

Joseph Dolphin Jones is my 3rd Great Grandfather. He died on the 22nd of May 1885 at Sutton Forest in New South Wales and was buried at the All Saints Anglican Church Cemetery there (see here ). Source: Trove. Family Notices (1885, May 30). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28362094 Transcript: JONES.-May 22nd, at his residence, Sutton Forest, native of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, from injuries received by a fall from his buggy, Joseph Dolphin Jones, in his 66th year, Home papers please copy. Source:Trove. Family Notices (1885, June 6). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), p. 1209. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163275226 Transcript: JONES.-May 22, at his residence, Sutton Forest, Joseph Dolphin Jones, in his 66 year. Source: Trove. Fatal Accident at Sutton Forest. (1885, May 30). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 3. Ret...

Today's post is about the wedding of my 1st cousin three times removed Horace Austin Charles Ryan and May (Marie or Maisie) Gertrude Ryan.  Horace was the son of Patrick Joseph Ryan and his wife Louisa Annie nee Jones and was born about 1890 in New South Wales.  While his wife was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan and was born in about 1891 in Victoria. Source: Trove.WEDDING BELLS. (1913, May 23). Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 6, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139568511 Transcription: WEDDING BELLS. RYAN-RYAN. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Columba's Catholic Church on Wednesday by the Rev. Father Lynch, when Horace C. Ryan, of the Railway Department, Cootamundra, was married to Marie Gertrude (Maisie), eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ryan, 'Palarna', Yass-road, Cootamundra.  The church was nicely decorated by the girl friends of the bride with roses and crysanthemums.   The br...

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Aunt Louisa Annie Ryan and her marriage to Patrick Joseph Ryan on the 10th June 1889 at Goulburn. For more posts on this family see here and here . Source: Family Notices (1889, July 13). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98496206 Transcription: MARRIED. ON 10th June, by Rev. David Allan, PATRICK RYAN to LOUISA JONES, both of Goulburn. NSW BDM Marriage Index 3444/1889 RYAN PATRICK JONES LOUISE A GOULBURN Source: Marriage registration for Louisa A Jones and Patrick Ryan. NSW BDM Marriage Indexes. Retrieved from https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Today's obituary is for Patrick Joseph Ryan who was the husband of my 3rd Great Aunt Louisa Annie Jones (for more on this family see here ).  He was born about 1867, the son of Michael Ryan and his wife Mary nee Sheedy. On the 10th June 1889 at Goulburn, Patrick and Louisa were married. Patrick died on the 6th March 1944 in Sydney and was buried at Rookwood Catholic Cemetery (see here ). Source: Trove. Mr. P. J. Ryan (1944, June 22). Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954), p. 17. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146489936 Transcription: Mr. P.J. Ryan The death occurred at Canterbury District Hospital of Patrick Joseph Ryan, at the age of 76 years.  At the time of his death he was residing at Belmore, where he had settled after his retirement from the public Service.  Mr. Ryan, who had been connected with the Railway Department, spent many years in that service at Cootamundra, where he will be remembered by a large number of friends.  H...

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Aunt Louisa Annie Ryan nee Jones. She was born on the 18th April 1861 the daughter of Joseph Dolphin Jones and his wife Annie formerly Mitchell nee Quigg. Louisa was baptised on the 5th of January 1862 at All Saints Church, Sutton Forest. On the 10th of June 1889 she married Patrick Joseph Ryan at Goulburn. She lived with her husband and children in Cootamundra for many years before moving to Sydney in about 1936. Louisa died in Sydney on the 31st of December 1946 and was cremated at Rookwood Crematorium.    Source: Trove. PERSONAL (1947, January 21). Cootamundra Herald (NSW : 1877 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143489022   Transcription:   The death took place recently, in a private hospital in Sydney of Mrs Louisa Anne Ryan, for many years residents of Cootamundra. Two sons survive - Horace, Sydney, and Bert, at Otford, on the South Coast.  Source: Trove. Family Noti...

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...