Matthew McElroy

[John McElroy]

Hello, I will post again what I have on Matthew McElroy & Alice Weir.

Matthew McElroy aged 30 & Alice Weir (also known as Alicia) “Mcilroy or McAlroy or McAhoy” arrived on the 1st free immigrant ship to the Australian Colonies (known as Bounty System immigrants), arriving on the vessel “Adam Lodge” in 1837 from Londonderry, Ireland to Port Jackson. The passenger list selected families specifically for their trade skills.
The Family were Catholic’s from Tyrone County Ireland.
Matthew & Alice Weir were listed as married 10th Aug 1828 in Omagh- Drumragh Parish- Tyrone, Northern Ireland.... I suspect they were town dwellers living somewhere around High St.
They may have left with 4 small children...a son Matthew aged 14 months died the day they arrived in Port Jackson after a 106 sea day journey. Sarah (died unmarried in 1861 aged 28 ) Mary Jane (unknown- was living unmarried in the Rocks, Sydney in 1852)
The youngest daughter Elizabeth (may have married Frederick Wilson in 1865, 7 children).
Charles McElroy was born about 1840, the only male to survive out of 3 boys.
The family may have 1st lived at Surry Hills, then later to Pitt St, then to James st off South Head Rd (now known as Foley St Darlinghurst at Taylors Square) by 1852.
Matthew McElroy died 11th May 1878 living in Albert st Paddington aged 78 Years old.
A curiosity is Matthews death certificate has his children ages all over the place !

However I did note in research on Trove Newspapers there was a link to a unrelated McElroy Family to mine with a Sarah living at Surry Hills..(a death notice I think, to long ago to recall but it is there).

[mchadwick]

Thank you for that information.

It appears then that the death info on ancestry.com.au for the Matthew McElroy in my family (born in Ireland in about 1784, married to Sarah McGoveran, father to Mary Ann) is incorrect. Or else he also died in Paddington the same year your Matthew McElroy died... Which of course seems unlikely. I will have to find out if there was a reference for that. I don’t recall seeing a death notice or cert. thanks again.
(Matthew and Sarah McElroy are my 5th great grandparents)

[John McElroy]

Happy to Offer this..to give you certainty in your research..

NSW DEATH REGISTRATION TRANSCRIPTION                     REF NO: 1878/3168
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NAME            Matthew McElroy

DATE OF DEATH         11th May 1878

PLACE   Albert Street, Paddington

RANK OR PROFESSION      Cooper

SEX AND AGE         Male, 78 years

CAUSE OF DEATH   General debility from old age, 3 months

CERTIFICATION   FH Quaife

DATE LAST SEEN          10th instant

FATHER            Not known
 
OCCUPATION         Not known

MOTHER            Not known

INFORMANT   Certified by Charles McElroy, son, Albion Street, Sydney

REGISTRATION         Hy Gale, 13th May 1878, Paddington

DATE OF BURIAL   12th May 1878

PLACE OF BURIAL      Necropolis

UNDERTAKER   C Kinsela

MINISTER AND RELIGION      No entry

WITNESSES         C Kinsela Jnr and John Ivers

PLACE OF BIRTH         Ireland

TIME IN AUST COLONIES      About 40 years in this colony

PLACE OF MARRIAGE      Ireland

AGE AT MARRIAGE      About 30 years

NAME OF SPOUSE      Alice Weir

CHILDREN OF MARRIAGE   Charles 45 years, Mary Jane 41 years, Eliza 40 years, Alicia 37 years living, 2 males and 1 female dead

[mchadwick]

Thanks. I’m going to remove the details that have been added on acestory.com.au I don’t know who added them but they clearly aren’t correct.

[Jan Prit]

Morning mchadwick great that you are connected to Mathew and Sarah, they are very hard to find, so many entries on Ancestry are wrong and won't correct their mistakes. I am trying to complete my ancestors at the moment but its hard with one good eye and very tiring, now the computer is playing up. Keep in touch.

Janet