Ireland/Maguire – Hit a brick wall

[samvol]

Hi, this is a genuine longshot considering the common surname.

Here goes... My grandfather, Maurice Neville Maguire was born in Young, NSW Australia. He married my grandmother, Marjorie Josephine Higginson in Australia in NSW. They had two children Dianne Florence Maguire and David Boaz Maguire. And moved to Victoria, Australia settling in Wheelers Hill. Maurice passed away in 2006. Marjorie passed away in 2000, she was born 5 May 1911. Dianne was my mother, she died, Dianne Florence Volkering in April 2009.

Anyway I'm trying to trace back my grandfather's Irish heritage. My Uncle is the last surviving member of my mother's side of the family and he tells me my great grandparents (Maurice's mother and father) were both Irish born and moved to Australia. The only other information he knows is that Maurice's father was a Baker, but died when my Uncle was a baby.

I don't even know how to try and find my great grandparents names, when they moved to Australia and where they were born in Ireland. My purpose is to visit the place in Ireland where my heritage originates as I personally now live in the UK and I'm keen to retrace that side of my family – because no one else ever has. My mother never really spoke of her grandparents as she also never really knew about them.

Any help would be A-MAZING. Whether that's information about my great grandparents or some kind of direction on how to track down their information and origins.

Thanks in advance,
Sam V.

[aghadowey]

You'll need to start with Australian records before trying to trace the Maguires to a location in Ireland.
 
Depending on the information available, Maurice's marriage certificate will probably show name of his parents, his birth certificate will surely list both parents and Maurice's death certificate may (depending on informant's knowledge) also show his parents.

Once you get the parents' names you can look for their marriage in Australia (hoping to get names of both their parents) and get an idea of their ages if not an exact date of birth. If they married in Ireland then we can help you try to locate them.

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Maurice Neville Maguire
birth date 12th July 1925
next of kin Michael Maguire
birth place Young New South Wales

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Michael Maguire
Baker
Main Street
Young
at the same address in 1930 is a
Jessie Mabel

in 1943 they are both William Street he is still a baker

in 1954 Michael is still there

with the addition of an Arthur Michael and possibly his wife Kathleen Grace married Sydney 1941 surname Baxter/Gibson

in 1958 Michael is still with the above couple but retired 45 William Street Hume Young

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Possible marriage based on the names

Jessie M Eastley
Michael Maguire
Annandale New South Wales 1921

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There is a Jessie M Eastley
daughter of George and Ann
born in Young
1890,
death recorded as Jessie Mabel Maguire
Region Yong
father George,mother Annie,1946

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Arthur Michael
birth 1909
father Michael Maguire
mother Sarah
region Young NSW

possible sibling
Viola M
mother Sarah
father Michael
region Young
1904
possible marriage in Sidney 1929 to Leo White

Sarah A wife of Michael dies and is buried Young NSW 23 rd of May 1909,aged 34 years
daughter of Luke and Mary

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Looking at this its a wee bit jumbled

first marriage to Sarah 1909,two possible children

second marriage to Jessie hence they appear to be Maurice Neville Maguire's parents

you need to check everything out but I hope this helps

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Michael Maguire death recorded
1960
region Young
parents James and Margaret

Michael T Maguire
birth registered 1889
Armidale
parents James and Margaret

Michael Thomas has a war record and his next of Kin is Jessie birth date given as 1891