O'BRIEN family Moggill Pioneers

[maxine57]

Looking for any rootschatters that have these families.
James Culhane b. 1818 Ireland m. Catherine Murphy.
Son  - John Joseph Robert b. 1845 Ardlaghan County Limerick. m. Mary Margaret Smith.
Daughter - Annie Mary Culhane b. 1878 Aust. m. William O'Brien b. 1873 Aust.
I have information on O'Brien's but have just started to discover my Culhane(Cullen) links.
William O'Brien son of Charles O'Brien b. 1809 Ireland Armagh
died 1905 moggill married Catherine News 1829-1902
Charles O'Brien emigrated to QLD with 2 brother William and James aboard the "Queen of the colonies" 1863.
They all settled in the area of Moggill QLD.
Charles the Elder had 11 children with Catherine
Charles 1854 mar. Annie Garrigan
John 1856 mar minnie Coffey
Edward 1858 mar. ? then Lizzie McKay(Marsh)
Mary 186? mar. james Wishart
Catherine 1863 mar. Daniel Howard
Patrick 1864 mar. Annie Quigley
Felix 1866 mar. Mary Marsh
Lucy 1868 mar. Timothy O'Driscoll
James 1870 mar. Hannah Mary Hall
William 1872 mar. Annie Culhane (as above)
Frances(frank) 1874 mar Bridget culhane
Have searched old links and posts no much there, so have put the main descendent's on here for all to view.
Hope there is is someone here you know about

Thanks all Maxine

[linden]

This evening I was reading about author , Martina Devlin , who has written about an ancestor , Thomas O'Brien , of Bonavie , County Limerick . She discovered that he was one of those who died on the Titanic .  Could this be a connection for you ?
Regards ,
Linden

[maxine57]

Thanks Linden
Wouldn't that be interesting. I still have 3 missing brothers from the O'Brien's in Ireland. if something turns up I'll let you know.
Thanks Maxine

[GMylett]

Hi Maxine,

I think the Catherine NEWS who married Charles O'BRIEN in Lurgan, Co Armagh is the sister of my ancestor, Patrick NEWS. Their parents were Edward NEWS & Mary Ann GRACEY.

As far as I can see Catherine & Charles had the following children who were b in Lurgan.

Charles 1 Jul 1855
Charles 19 Jul 1856
John Charles 10 Sep 1857
Edward 11 May 1859
Mary 30 Aug 1860

Hope this is of interest to you.

Gail

[maxine57]

Hi Gail
What a lovely surprise to here from someone.
I dont have all my information with me at the moment but it sounds very much like part of the family, although the dates are slightly different.
I will check tonight  and message you soon.
I know nothing of Catherine's family so this would be wonderful if we can join the families.
Sorry for the delayed reply, but have been unable to rootschat for some time.
Will contact you as soon as I can
Regards Maxine

Hi Maxine,

I think the Catherine NEWS who married Charles O'BRIEN in Lurgan, Co Armagh is the sister of my ancestor, Patrick NEWS. Their parents were Edward NEWS & Mary Ann GRACEY.

As far as I can see Catherine & Charles had the following children who were b in Lurgan.

Charles 1 Jul 1855
Charles 19 Jul 1856
John Charles 10 Sep 1857
Edward 11 May 1859
Mary 30 Aug 1860

Hope this is of interest to you.

Gail

[GMylett]

Hi Maxine,

Tried to send you a personal message so I could give you my email address ... but can't seem to find how to do it!!!!!!!

Anyhow, am looking forward to hearing from you again.

All the best,
Gail

[johngirl]

Hi Gail,

Welcome to rootschat.
Here is a link that will help you understand the Personal Message sytem on rootschat.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,161799.0.html

You will need to have posted three times to be able to PM people.
Just reply to a post with a smiley that will get you up to three post or just reply to my post I have just done to you.

     Johngirl

[johngirl]

Hi again Gail,

To PM Maxine click onto her username in her post maxine57 and it will take you to her profile. Scroll down and you will see it written ,send a personal message to this person. Click onto that and a reply box will appear. Type in what you want to say to this person then scroll down and you will see a send message in a rectangle, click onto this to send your message.Hope this helps.

   Johngirl

[GMylett]

Thanks very much John-girl - Maxine has sent me a personal message with her email address so all is well.

All the best,
Gail