| [Index] |
| Thomas CAVANAGH (1803 - 1871) |
| farmer |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
|
Ann CAVANAGH (1826 - 1864) Hannah (Honor) CAVANAGH (1828 - 1865) Patrick CAVANAGH (1830 - 1914) |
Thomas CAVANAGH (1803 - 1871) + Jane Susan MEADE (1809 - 1857) |
James CAVANAGH | ||
| Honor (CAVANAGH) | ||||
| b. abt 1803 at Co Galway, Ireland |
| m. 1826 Jane Susan MEADE (1809 - 1857) at Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland |
| d. 20 Dec 1871 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia aged 68 |
| Near Relatives of Thomas CAVANAGH (1803 - 1871) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | John MEADE | |||||
| Mother in Law | Suasn (MEADE) | |||||
| Father | James CAVANAGH | |||||
| Mother | Honor (CAVANAGH) | |||||
| Self | Thomas CAVANAGH | abt 1803 | Co Galway, Ireland | 20 Dec 1871 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 68 |
| Wife | Jane Susan MEADE | abt 1809 | Co Galway, Ireland | 08 Oct 1857 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 48 |
| Daughter | Ann CAVANAGH | Nov 1826 | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | May 1864 | 37 | |
| Daughter | Hannah (Honor) CAVANAGH | Mar 1828 | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | Aug 1865 | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | 37 |
| Son | Patrick CAVANAGH | Jan 1830 | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | 10 May 1914 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Son in Law | George Harris BUNN | 29 Jul 1831 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 01 Aug 1860 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 29 |
| Son in Law | Patrick Thomas FLANNAGAN | abt 1834 | Oct 1865 | At sea | 31 | |
| Daughter in Law | Mary LOGUE | Mar 1841 | At sea | 11 Sep 1921 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 80 |
| Grandson | Clarence BUNN | 1853 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 1865 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 12 |
| Granddaughter | Elizabeth BUNN | 1857 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 1857 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 0 |
| Granddaughter | Georgiana Maria BUNN | May 1861 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | Feb 1906 | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | 44 |
| Grandson | Thomas CAVANAGH | 1859 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1945 | Morrisset, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Grandson | James Henry CAVANAGH | 1862 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1946 | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia | 84 |
| Granddaughter | Jane CAVANAGH | 1864 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1946 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 82 |
| Grandson | John CAVANAGH | 1866 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1935 | Queensland, Australia | 69 |
| Grandson | Brian Bernard CAVANAGH | 1869 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1913 | China | 44 |
| Grandson | Patrick Allen CAVANAGH | abt 1872 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | abt 1965 | Queensland, Australia | 93 |
| Grandson | Clarence Bede CAVANAGH | Feb 1874 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | Feb 1933 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 59 |
| Grandson | Michael Joseph CAVANAGH | 25 Sep 1875 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1937 | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 62 |
| Grandson | Owen Owen CAVANAGH | 1877 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1958 | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Grandson | Ernest (Aaron) William CAVANAGH | 1880 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1969 | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia | 89 |
| Granddaughter | Mary Margaret CAVANAGH | 1881 | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 1907 | Temora, New South Wales, Australia | 26 |
| Events in Thomas CAVANAGH (1803 - 1871)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1803 | Thomas CAVANAGH was born | Co Galway, Ireland | 6 | ||
| 1826 | 23 | Married Jane Susan MEADE (aged 17) | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | 80 | |
| Nov 1826 | 23 | Birth of daughter Ann CAVANAGH | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | 80 | |
| Mar 1828 | 25 | Birth of daughter Hannah (Honor) CAVANAGH | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | 80 | |
| Jan 1830 | 27 | Birth of son Patrick CAVANAGH | Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland | 6 | |
| 08 Oct 1857 | 54 | Death of wife Jane Susan MEADE (aged 48) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 4266/1857 | 6 |
| May 1864 | 61 | Death of daughter Ann CAVANAGH (aged 37) | 80 | ||
| Aug 1865 | 62 | Death of daughter Hannah (Honor) CAVANAGH (aged 37) | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | 80 | |
| 20 Dec 1871 | 68 | Thomas CAVANAGH died | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 6269/1872 | 6 |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 46 (Death) |
| - Reference = 46 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 46 (Birth) |
| 80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/ |
| - Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/2236/thomas-cavanagh.html (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Born: c. 1803; Died: 1871; Married: Jane Susan Meade
Related Places Fairview After the land reforms of 1861, Thomas Cavanagh acquired land west of One Tree Hill, Parish... Mulligans Flat 'Mulligans Flat' is the name given to a district in the most northerly section of the Australian... One Tree Hill The rich early history of Australian's national capital is in part a story about surveyors... The Cavanaghs were a famous Ginninderra family. Their name, eventually, became synonymous with the Mulligans Flat area, even though they first selected land at One Tree Hill. The first Cavanagh to come to the district was Thomas. He was an Irish rebel known as a 'Whiteboy'. These men were patriots who used violent tactics to defend tenant farmer land rights. They were so-named because of the white farm-worker's smocks they wore. Thomas was convicted of insurrection in Galway in 1832 and transported to Australia on the "Eliza' for a life sentence. Thomas had been born c. 1803 at Tynagh in Galway, Ireland. His parents were James Cavanagh and Honora (nee Connor). It was in Tynagh that Thomas had married Jane Susan Meade on 3 February 1826. They had three children: Ann (1826 - 1864), Hannah (1828 - 1865) and Patrick Cavanagh (1830 - 1914). After his trial, Thomas arrived in September 1832 on the convict transport, Eliza. He was described as '5 foot 4 3/4 inches, catholic, brown/light grey hair, dark skin, much freckled'. In Ireland, Thomas had been a 'ploughman, reaper and sower' and his skills as an agricultural worker must have put him in good stead in the new country. According to the 1837 muster, he was allocated to George Thomas Palmer (senior) and worked at his Hunter Valley holdings. At some stage Thomas came to the Canberra district, presumably to work at his master's Palmerville estate. However, he is first recorded in the district at Duntroon, before leasing land in Canberra after gaining his ticket of leave in 1842, and conditional pardon (recommended by Charles Campbell) in 1847. Thomas leased land from the Campbell's at Duntroon on the Canberry (Molonglo) River in the late 1840s and 1850s. Jane managed to join him in the colony with their three children in 1849 on the Panama, seventeen years after being separated from her husband. Jane was described as a 'laundress'. A granddaughter, Jane White, was born at sea with the father listed as Charles White, deceased. Thomas' family was lucky to have survived in these circumstances. The wife and two children of another 'white boy' transported to Australia with a connection to Ginninderra, John Casey, all died while their rebel father was trying to win his freedom in New South Wales. Nevertheless, the lives of his wife and daughters in Australia were to be all too short. The two daughters , Ann (White then Langan) (1826-1864) and Hannah (Bunn then Flanagan) (1828-1865) married and moved away, but both died in their thirties. Jane Cavanagh (1809-157) drowned in 1857 under tragic circumstances. Their son Patrick married Mary Logue in 1857 and remained and farmed in the district. After the land reforms of 1861, Thomas Cavanagh selected a small farm west of One Tree Hill (on Spring Range Road) and slowly built up the holding with a house and stables. The farm was named Fairview and was sold to Samuel Southwell after Thomas's death in 1871. There is a suggestion that the house was then moved to 'Wattle Park'. Thomas and son Patrick also bought land on the east side of One Tree Hill, which Patrick and Mary farmed into the late 1890's. Thomas Cavanagh died in 1871, aged 68, and is buried with Jane and other family members in the Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery. |