I cannot find a Patrick
DOHERTY of the right age ie born c1832 arriving in 1852 in either the Assisted or Unassisted Records at Public Records of Victoria.
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=24Perhaps he arrived in 1855 as an assisted immigrant.
DOHERTY Patrick 20 years arrived Feb 1855 on the
CONSTANT Book 12 Page#53
The Victorian gold rush was well and truly underway by 1855 and the statement he arrived in 1852 and proceeded to Bendigo by 1864 doesn't make sense if he was digging for gold. It is usually accepted that the rush ended in the 1860's.
Rochester was gazetted as a township in 1855 and....
Rochester (via Rowechester) was named after Dr John Pearson Rowe, who had a hotel here before the township was gazetted in 1855. The Post Office opened on 11 May 1863 and the town was reached by the railway line from Bendigo (connecting it to Melbourne) in 1864.Perhaps this is Patrick in Bendigo in 1861.
The Bendigo Advertiser 6 Jul 1861
A Mr. Patrick Doherty applied for a prospecting claim on Wednesday last, having discovered gold in Whipsnake Gully, about a quarter of a mile below the claim of Barnes, the prospector, but Antoni Harlovitch, who owns the next claim, has objected to this grant, having obtained more gold than Doherty since they went to work.
The Bendigo Advertiser 14 Nov 1868 - at Bull Street, Bendigo
CROWN LANDS SALE.
A sale of Crown lands was held yesterday at the rooms of Mr H. Mirks, Bull-street. There was a good attendance, and very fair competition for the different lots. The following is a list of lots sold :
Town Lots.
Rochester, county unnamed, parish of Rochester,
ln the township of Rochester, on the Murray River Railway, line.
Upset price £8 per acre.
Lot 1—2r 21 p ;
Patrick Doherty, £5 10s
Lot 2—2r28p; Thomas Heward, £5 8s
Lot 3—2r l3p; John M'Mullen, £7
Lot 4—2r; John Glover, £4 10s
Lot5—2rj Henry Colman, £4
Lot 6—2r; Patrick Doherty, £4Lot 11—lr lp; John Colvin, TA 5s
Lot 12—2r 13p; Hugh McDevitt, £6 5s,
......and so forth. Crown land also sold in other areas as well.
P. Doherty was the owner of the Victoria Hotel.
View across to the Victoria Hotel in Rochester which was first licensed in 1870. I am unsure if this is the original structure - taken c1970. It appears to have been demolished and the site is not occupied by a branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn5215784Former site of the hotel on the left of this image
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_Gillies_Street.JPGMarriage in Victoria
DOHERTY Patrick born Donegal
BRENNAN Mary born Waterford
1871 Reg#496
Births in Victoria to Patrick
DOHERTY and Mary
BRENNAN all at Rochester.
DOHERTY Honora 1874 Reg#11552
DOHERTY Catherine 1875 Reg#25394
DOHERTY James 1878 Reg#18549
DOHERTY Grace 1880 Reg#18293
DOHERTY Mary 1883 Reg#11944
A photo of Patrick's and family headstone is available from Carole by emailing her - address on this website. Wonderful free service from a kind lady.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Rochester.htmDOHERTY Patrick, Mary, Grace, James Patrick, Margaret Josephine
Patrick's Will and Probate file on
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=54Cando
