| [Index] |
| William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN (1847 - 1925) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Richard Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN (1874 - 1931) Caroline Jane O'BRIEN (1878 - 1951) Orlando Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN (1879 - 1917) Agnes Charlotte O'BRIEN (1881 - 1909) William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN (1883 - 1948) Louisa O'BRIEN (1885 - 1887) Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN (1889 - 1963) Assal John O'BRIEN (1892 - 1918) |
William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN (1847 - 1925) + Caroline Jane WELLINGTON (1853 - 1899) |
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| b. abt 1847 at Killaloe, Co Clare, Ireland |
| m. 1873 Caroline Jane WELLINGTON (1853 - 1899) at Beechworth, Victoria, Australia |
| d. 02 Aug 1925 at Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia aged 78 |
| Near Relatives of William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN (1847 - 1925) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | Richard WELLINGTON | 1813 | Cornwall, England | 13 Jan 1875 | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | 62 |
| Mother in Law | Caroline MATTHEWS | 1820 | Cornwall, England | 11 Dec 1893 | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | 73 |
| Self | William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN | abt 1847 | Killaloe, Co Clare, Ireland | 02 Aug 1925 | Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia | 78 |
| Wife | Caroline Jane WELLINGTON | abt 1853 | Penzance, Cornwall, England | 26 May 1899 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 46 |
| Son | Richard Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN | 1874 | Victoria, Australia | 07 Jun 1931 | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | 57 |
| Daughter | Caroline Jane O'BRIEN | 1878 | Victoria, Australia | 10 Feb 1951 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 73 |
| Son | Orlando Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN | 1879 | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | 08 Jun 1917 | Ypres, Belgium | 38 |
| Daughter | Agnes Charlotte O'BRIEN | 1881 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1909 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 28 |
| Son | William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN | 28 Mar 1883 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 17 Jan 1948 | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia | 64 |
| Daughter | Louisa O'BRIEN | 1885 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1887 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 2 |
| Son | Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN | 1889 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 1963 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 74 |
| Son | Assal John O'BRIEN | 1892 | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 29 Mar 1918 | Damascus, Syria | 26 |
| Daughter in Law | Selina Rachel CRAIN | 1876 | 1950 | 74 | ||
| Son in Law | Murty STITT | 1873 | 1954 | 81 | ||
| Son in Law | Robert Luke COWAN | 1879 | 1965 | 86 | ||
| Daughter in Law | Catherine "Kate" QUILTY | 1878 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 04 Dec 1959 | Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Daughter in Law | Alma Jane "Jinny" SMITH | 1894 | 1984 | 90 | ||
| Events in William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN (1847 - 1925)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1847 | William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN was born | Killaloe, Co Clare, Ireland | 73 | ||
| 1873 | 26 | Married Caroline Jane WELLINGTON (aged 20) | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia | ||
| 1874 | 27 | Birth of son Richard Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN | Victoria, Australia | 76 | |
| 1878 | 31 | Birth of daughter Caroline Jane O'BRIEN | Victoria, Australia | ||
| 1879 | 32 | Birth of son Orlando Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | 76 | |
| 1881 | 34 | Birth of daughter Agnes Charlotte O'BRIEN | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 28 Mar 1883 | 36 | Birth of son William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1885 | 38 | Birth of daughter Louisa O'BRIEN | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 1887 | 40 | Death of daughter Louisa O'BRIEN (aged 2) | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 1889 | 42 | Birth of son Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 1892 | 45 | Birth of son Assal John O'BRIEN | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 26 May 1899 | 52 | Death of wife Caroline Jane WELLINGTON (aged 46) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1909 | 62 | Death of daughter Agnes Charlotte O'BRIEN (aged 28) | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 08 Jun 1917 | 70 | Death of son Orlando Thomas Lockyer O'BRIEN (aged 38) | Ypres, Belgium | Note 1 | 76 |
| 29 Mar 1918 | 71 | Death of son Assal John O'BRIEN (aged 26) | Damascus, Syria | 76 | |
| 02 Aug 1925 | 78 | William Daniel Patrick O'BRIEN died | Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia | 73 | |
| Note 1: Name on Menin Gate - body not found |
| Source References: |
| 73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004 |
| - Reference = 127-128 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: William Daniel Patrick O'Brien. Although not regarded as an early settler, O'Brien was such a commanding influence and figure in the district that any history of the Valley would be amiss without some detail of his life and work.
Born at Killaloo, Ireland in 1847 W.D.P. O'Brien came with his parents to Australia and landed in Melbourne in 1854. There he attended Scots College but when he was twelve, he and a boy named Wells cleared away from home and walked to the Bendigo goldfields. His father, a solicitor, had his son brought back with the idea of training him to be a solicitor. Young O'Brien soon made another bolt and got a job working on a mine for David Mitchell, the father of Dame Nellie Melba. Leaving this job he went to a number of places and to the Ovens diggings in 1862. Then to Grenfell, Forbes and Parkes where he gained considerable experience in the construction and erection of poppet heads over shafts. This experience and the reputation he gained secured him a job to erect overhead machinery at Greymouth Coal Mines in New Zealand. W.D.P. O'Brien then came to Adelong, but the time of his arrival there is indefinite. Having formed the idea that the Gibraltar Mine was a bonanza, but not having the money to develop it, he left his wife in Adelong and went to Charters Towers where he had considerable financial success. Getting a telegram from his wife he hurried back to Adelong and took out a mining lease covering the Gibraltar Reef. He let a contract to sink a shaft at £5 a foot. Back to Charters Towers in 1890, the year of the Great Maritime Strike, and being a staunch labour man, W.D.P. O'Brien organised the miners there in their strike, and gave substantial assistance to them. Returning again to Adelong he organised capital to develop Gibraltar Mine. Eventually it was sold to an English company for £300,000 of which W.D.P. O'Brien received a considerable portion. W.D.P. O'Brien now turned his attention to farming and dairying and purchased the excellent Rosebank Estate on the Gilmore Creek. With Sam Gordon and Dr. Mason he played an important role in the establishment of the dairying industry in the district, In 1900 he built up a dairy herd of 300 cows, principally Ayrshires and on 16 May opened his Rosebank Butter Factory. About this time he added to the factory freezing works. In that year he called tenders for the erection of the fine O'Brien's Hall in Wynyard Street. Twelve tenders were received and that of John Treek of Sydney at £3,075 was accepted. One can imagine how little of the work at that price would be done now. He was a keen committeeman of the P. & A. Society and was mayor of the Municipal Council in 1909. On 18 November 1917, in memory of his two sons killed in World War I, he donated the Nuns' Chapel at the Catholic Church - an imposing addition of blue granite. W.D.P. O'Brien, always a driving force for the progress of the district, died on 2 August 1925 aged 76 years. |
| - Reference = 127 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 128 (Death) |
| 76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200997374/william-daniel_patrick-o'brien (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Parents - Thomas O'Brien and ? Lockyer.
Married widow Caroline Hynes, née Wellington, 1873, Victoria. Children of Caroline & George Hynes: Phillippa (Molony) 1871-1940 Terence John 1872-1875 Children of Caroline & William O'Brien: Richard Thomas Lockyer 1874-1931 Orlando Thomas Lockyer 1879-1917 Agnes Charlotte (Cowan) 1881-1909 William Daniel Patrick 1883-1948 Louisa 1885-1887 Thompson Joseph 1889-1963 Assal John 1892-1918 |
| 77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989 |
| - Reference = p16-#23 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: O’BRIEN William Daniel Patrick, died 2 Aug 1925 aged 76 years. |