[Index]
Clarence Bede CAVANAGH (1874 - 1933)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary Irene CAVANAGH (1905 - 1976)
Annie May CAVANAGH (1908 - 1991)
Hannah Margaret CAVANAGH (1910 - 2001)
Clarice Esther 'Charl' CAVANAGH (1913 - 2006)
Patricia Jane CAVANAGH (1915 - 1969)
Patrick 'Jack' CAVANAGH (1917 - 1978)
 Clarence Bede CAVANAGH (1874 - 1933)

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Ester Ann SMITH (1881 - 1973)
 Patrick CAVANAGH (1830 - 1914) Thomas CAVANAGH (1803 - 1871) James CAVANAGH
Honor (CAVANAGH)
Jane Susan MEADE (1809 - 1857) John MEADE
Suasn (MEADE)
Mary LOGUE (1841 - 1921) Brian (Bryan) LOGUE (1812 - 1860) Bryan LOGUE
Mary MCGRATH
Margaret MCELROY (1814 - 1904) Daniel MCELROY
Mary GILLOWAY
b. Feb 1874 at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
m. Jun 1904 Ester Ann SMITH (1881 - 1973) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
d. Feb 1933 at Canberra, ACT, Australia aged 59
Near Relatives of Clarence Bede CAVANAGH (1874 - 1933)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas CAVANAGH abt 1803 Co Galway, Ireland 20 Dec 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 68
Grandmother Jane Susan MEADE abt 1809 Co Galway, Ireland 08 Oct 1857 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 48
Grandfather Brian (Bryan) LOGUE abt 1812 Co Tyrone, Ireland 26 Dec 1860 Canberra, ACT, Australia 48
Grandmother Margaret MCELROY abt 1814 Ireland 12 Apr 1904 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 90

Father in Law Mathew SMITH 1857 Wistow, Huntingdonshire, England 1902 45
Mother in Law Eliza Elizabeth PLUMMER abt 1860 Picton, New South Wales, Australia

Father Patrick CAVANAGH Jan 1830 Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland 10 May 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 84
Mother Mary LOGUE Mar 1841 At sea 11 Sep 1921 Canberra, ACT, Australia 80

Self Clarence Bede CAVANAGH Feb 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Feb 1933 Canberra, ACT, Australia 59

Wife Ester Ann SMITH Apr 1881 Apr 1973 Canberra, ACT, Australia 92

Daughter Mary Irene CAVANAGH 1905 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 1976 71
Daughter Annie May CAVANAGH 1908 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 1991 83
Daughter Hannah Margaret CAVANAGH 1910 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 2001 91
Daughter Clarice Esther 'Charl' CAVANAGH 20 Jul 1913 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 2006 93
Daughter Patricia Jane CAVANAGH 1915 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 1969 54
Son Patrick 'Jack' CAVANAGH abt 1917 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 1978 61

Brother Thomas CAVANAGH 1859 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Morrisset, New South Wales, Australia 86
Brother James Henry CAVANAGH 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia 84
Sister Jane CAVANAGH 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Canberra, ACT, Australia 82
Brother John CAVANAGH 1866 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1935 Queensland, Australia 69
Brother Brian Bernard CAVANAGH 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1913 China 44
Brother Patrick Allen CAVANAGH abt 1872 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia abt 1965 Queensland, Australia 93
Brother Michael Joseph CAVANAGH 25 Sep 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1937 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 62
Brother Owen Owen CAVANAGH 1877 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1958 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 81
Brother Ernest (Aaron) William CAVANAGH 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1969 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 89
Sister Mary Margaret CAVANAGH 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1907 Temora, New South Wales, Australia 26

Son in Law Edward MALONEY 1904 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1979 75
Son in Law Arthur Gerrard O'CALLAGHAN abt 1980

Aunt Ann CAVANAGH Nov 1826 Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland May 1864 37
Aunt Hannah (Honor) CAVANAGH Mar 1828 Tynagh, Co Galway, Ireland Aug 1865 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 37
Uncle George Harris BUNN 29 Jul 1831 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 01 Aug 1860 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 29
Uncle Patrick Thomas FLANNAGAN abt 1834 Oct 1865 At sea 31
Aunt Margaret LOGUE 1843 Murrumbidgee, New South Wales, Australia 13 Jun 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 24
Uncle Edmund Edward ROLFE abt 1841 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 07 Oct 1918 Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia 77
Aunt Ellen LOGUE abt 1845 Canberra, ACT, Australia 19 Jun 1851 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 6
Aunt Agnes Annabella LOGUE 1851 Canberra, ACT, Australia 01 Apr 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 50
Uncle Timothy RYAN 1844 Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 01 Dec 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 50
Aunt Catherine LOGUE 1855 Canberra, ACT, Australia 19 Jun 1932 Canberra, ACT, Australia 77
Uncle John SCOTT 1847 Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia 01 Oct 1927 Canberra, ACT, Australia 80
Aunt Sarah LOGUE 1857 Canberra, ACT, Australia 05 Aug 1931 Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia 74
Uncle Robert John HATCH 22 Feb 1855 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23 Apr 1926 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia 71

Cousin Clarence BUNN 1853 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 1865 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 12
Cousin Elizabeth BUNN 1857 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 1857 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Georgiana Maria BUNN May 1861 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia Feb 1906 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 44
Cousin Bryan (Bernard) ROLFE 15 May 1862 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Mar 1935 Casino, New South Wales, Australia 72
Cousin Maria ROLFE 15 Jan 1864 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Apr 1903 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 39
Cousin Mary ROLFE 15 Sep 1865 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Catherine (Kate) 'Kitty' ROLFE 1867 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Sep 1952 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 85
Cousin Anthony ROLFE 27 Jul 1868 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1945 Young, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin William Vincent ROLFE 04 Sep 1869 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1948 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia 79
Cousin Alice ROLFE 09 May 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 09 Sep 1951 Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia 80
Cousin Bridget (Peggie) ROLFE 09 Jan 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1945 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 72
Cousin Margaret ROLFE 23 Nov 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29 Jul 1963 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 88
Cousin James ROLFE 28 Sep 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 19 Feb 1951 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Patrick Andrew ROLFE 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jun 1963 85
Cousin Gretrude May ROLFE 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 01 Sep 1956 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 76
Cousin John Benedict ROLFE 26 Jan 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 May 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 17
Cousin Edmund (Edward) George ROLFE 15 Jun 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25 Jul 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Margaret RYAN 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23 Nov 1949 Ainsley, ACT, Australia 78
Cousin Mary RYAN 1873 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William RYAN 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Apr 1923 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 49
Cousin Bernard RYAN 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Edmund RYAN 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1963 87
Cousin Martin Thomas RYAN 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 18
Cousin Patrick RYAN 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Timothy RYAN 1889 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Andrew RYAN 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Bryan Thomas SCOTT 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 20 Sep 1953 Canberra, ACT, Australia 79
Cousin Margaret SCOTT 1876 Yarralumla, ACT Australia 27 Dec 1971 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 95
Cousin James SCOTT 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 30 Mar 1951 Canberra, ACT, Australia 73
Cousin John SCOTT 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jun 1964 Canberra, ACT, Australia 84
Cousin Thomas SCOTT 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1887 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 5
Cousin Patrick SCOTT abt 1884 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11 Sep 1951 67
Cousin Ellen SCOTT 1886 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 04 Oct 1964 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Cousin Mary Jane SCOTT 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jan 1975 Canberra, ACT, Australia 87
Cousin Ernest Joseph SCOTT 1891 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jul 1968 Canberra, ACT, Australia 77
Cousin Catherine SCOTT 1893 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Edward Andrew SCOTT 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25 Jun 1964 Canberra, ACT, Australia 67
Cousin William Walter SCOTT 1897 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 4
Cousin Francis Timothy SCOTT 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 21 Sep 1970 Canberra, ACT, Australia 71
Cousin Bernard John HATCH 1877 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1937 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 60
Cousin Margaret Alice Elsie HATCH 1879 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 30 Jan 1904 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 25
Cousin Mary Veronica HATCH 1881 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sarah Jane HATCH 1883 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1935 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 52
Cousin Agnes Catherine HATCH 1885 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William Stephen Joseph HATCH 1889 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1940 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 51
Cousin Eileen Anne HATCH 1891 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Robert Jerome M HATCH 1894 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin Sydney Francis HATCH 1897 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew Patrick Aaron CAVANAGH 29 Sep 1887 26 Dec 1975 Te Awamutu, New Zealand 88
Nephew Allen CAVANAGH 1903 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Ernest CAVANAGH 1905 Queensland, Australia 10 Apr 1976 Canberra, ACT, Australia 71
Niece Olive CAVANAGH 1906 Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law Margaret Ann COPPIN 1861 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Charlotte Mary JONES 1908 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Ethel HARRIS abt 1898
Events in Clarence Bede CAVANAGH (1874 - 1933)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
Feb 1874 Clarence Bede CAVANAGH was born Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 18055/1874 6
Jun 1904 30 Married Ester Ann SMITH (aged 23) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 80
1905 31 Birth of daughter Mary Irene CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
1908 34 Birth of daughter Annie May CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
1910 36 Birth of daughter Hannah Margaret CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
20 Jul 1913 39 Birth of daughter Clarice Esther 'Charl' CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
10 May 1914 40 Death of father Patrick CAVANAGH (aged 84) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia cemetery 6
1915 41 Birth of daughter Patricia Jane CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
abt 1917 43 Birth of son Patrick 'Jack' CAVANAGH Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia 80
11 Sep 1921 47 Death of mother Mary LOGUE (aged 80) Canberra, ACT, Australia 12241/1921 6
Feb 1933 59 Clarence Bede CAVANAGH died Canberra, ACT, Australia
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 (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/3737/clarence-bede-cavanagh.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Born: 1874; Died: 1933; Married: Esther Ann Smith

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Clarence Bede Cavanagh was born in February 1874, to Patrick Cavanagh and Mary (Logue) Cavanagh, at their farm at 'One Tree Hill'.

Clarence grew up on 'One Tree Hill' and was educated at the Ginninderra Provisional School and later attended Agricultural College

Clarence worked as the stud groom for Edward Kendall Crace while Esther Smith worked in the household for Mrs Crace.

In 1904 Clarence married Esther Anne Smith of Weetangera, at St Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan. Esther was born in April 1881 to Mathew and Eliza (Plummer) Smith of Weetangera.

In the late 1890s, Clarence acquired Strayleaf, Gundaroo Road, Mulligans Flat, which according to his daughter, he purchased from E Crace. John Butler was the first person known to occupy Strayleaf, but it is unknown whether he built it. They also incorporated some Crinigan Stone Hut paddocks that he acquired through his grand-mother – Margaret(Logue) Crinigan.

Clarence and Esther had six children at Strayleaf:

Mary Irene (1905-1976) married Charles Beveridge and lived in Sydney.
Annie May (1908-1991) married Edward Maloney of 'Hillside', Ainslie and they lived in the old Ginninderra Police Station from 1928 to 1948, where they had eleven children.
Hannah Margaret (1910-2001) married Don Kennett and lived in Canberra.
Clarice Esther (1913-2006) nursed in Japan, Korea and Malaysia and was a well respected matron at RMC Duntroon.
Patricia Jane (1915-1969) married Edmund Ryan and lived in Canberra.
Jack - Patrick Clarence (?-1978) remained single and farmed Strayleaf with his mother until 1965 and then had a property outside Captains Flat.
The children attended Mulligans Flat school.

Clarence and his brothers, Michael and Ernie, were active member of the Ginninderra Farmers Union and Show and Ball committees.

Clarence was a successful farmer and his daughters remembers that he owned a T model Ford, then a 1929 Essex, holding ACT license number 41 and car registration 38.

Daughter Annie recalled:
My father once a year drove a horse and dray load of wheat to Yass from Strayleaf and returned with wheat ground into flour, bran and pollard.
We made our own bread in a brick oven constructed outside to hold approximately 1 dozen loaves.
Wool was taken by horse and dray from Mulligans Flat to Queanbeyan railway Station.

Strayleaf was resumed for the new Capital Territory and Clarence leased back the property, recorded as Hall Block 10 (aka Gunghalin Block 20) of 1,066 acres.

Clarence died in February 1933 in Canberra from complications of hydatids on the lungs and is buried in the Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery.

Esther took over the lease to the properties and continued to work them with Clarence's brothers and their son Jack, until she retired into Canberra in 1965. Esther died in April 1973 in Canberra and is buried in the Woden Catholic cemetery.

John Cavanagh and his wife Joyce and family took over the leases for 'Strayleaf' around 1965 and farmed there until the properties were resumed around 1994.
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/3737/clarence-bede-cavanagh.html (Marriage)
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