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[Index]
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| James KIRWAN (1804 - 1852) |
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| Self |
James KIRWAN |
1804 |
Co Armagh, Northern Ireland |
08 Oct 1852 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
48 |
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| Wife |
Eliza WARD |
19 Feb 1814 |
Minto, New South Wales, Australia |
06 Oct 1850 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
36 |
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| Daughter |
Mary Ann KIRWAN |
1840 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
05 May 1893 |
Georgetown, Queensland, Australia |
53 |
| Son |
James KIRWAN |
1843 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
21 Jun 1864 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
21 |
| Son |
Thomas KIRWAN |
1843 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
27 Sep 1915 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
72 |
| Son |
Joseph KIRWAN |
1844 |
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24 Oct 1865 |
Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
21 |
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| Son in Law |
Marmaduke CURR |
1834 |
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09 Jan 1898 |
Queensland, Australia |
64 |
| Daughter in Law |
Jane RIXON |
15 Dec 1839 |
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia |
15 Dec 1900 |
Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
61 |
| Daughter in Law |
Elizabeth NUTTALL |
1837 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
01 Dec 1865 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
28 |
| Daughter in Law |
Emma SMITH |
04 Aug 1849 |
Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
06 Oct 1922 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
73 |
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| Granddaughter |
Mary Ann KIRWAN |
26 Jun 1864 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
08 Nov 1935 |
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71 |
| Granddaughter |
Elizabeth KIRWAN |
1865 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
04 Jun 1953 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
88 |
| Grandson |
John Joseph KIRWAN |
1869 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
12 Dec 1925 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
56 |
| Grandson |
Thomas Henry KIRWAN |
1873 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
14 Oct 1937 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
64 |
| Granddaughter |
Alice May KIRWAN |
1875 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
17 May 1914 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
39 |
| Granddaughter |
Margaret Mary KIRWAN |
1877 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
10 Jun 1957 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
80 |
| Granddaughter |
Annie Louisa KIRWAN |
1883 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
28 Sep 1918 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
35 |
| Grandson |
Andrew Percival KIRWAN |
1885 |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
08 Jul 1964 |
Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
79 |
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| Date |
Age |
Event |
Place |
Notes |
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| 1804 |
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James KIRWAN was born |
Co Armagh, Northern Ireland |
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76 |
| 1836 |
32 |
Married Eliza WARD (aged 22) |
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76 |
| 1840 |
36 |
Birth of daughter Mary Ann KIRWAN |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
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76 |
| 1843 |
39 |
Birth of son James KIRWAN |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
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76 |
| 1843 |
39 |
Birth of son Thomas KIRWAN |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
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76 |
| 1844 |
40 |
Birth of son Joseph KIRWAN |
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76 |
| 06 Oct 1850 |
46 |
Death of wife Eliza WARD (aged 36) |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
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76 |
| 08 Oct 1852 |
48 |
James KIRWAN died |
Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
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76 |
| Personal Notes: |
'FATAL OCCURRENCE.-It is our painful duty to have to record the violent death of Mr. James Kirwan, of Cooma, Maneroo. Someday last week-the particular day we have not been able to ascertain-a groom in the employ of Mr. Kirwan, armed with a double-barrelled pistol, was about to fire at a gentleman named Cunningham, when the circumstance having been made known to Mr. Kirwan, he rushed towards the groom for the purpose of arresting the deadly instrument from his hands; the man maddened either from the effects of drink or from some other cause fired off the pistol, the contents of which entered Mr. K.'s heart, whose death was almost instantaneous. The Rev. R. Walsh, of Queanbeyan, started early on Sunday last for the purpose of attending his funeral. Mr. Kirwan was much respected by persons of every grade, not only in the district in which he resided, and where he met his death, but also in every part of the colony where his character was known. The following is another, and by far a more probable account of this tragical affair: Mr. Kirwan had called for his horse, and his groom, whose name is John McSpadden, was in the act of bringing it when Cunningham called to the man to bring his horse too. The groom replied that he would go to his hut and get the key of the stable and then give him a horse. He went in, came out again with the key in one hand and a double-barrelled pistol in the other; he fired deliberately at Cunningham, but luckily the ball struck a metal button of his coat and glanced off; the man then went into his hut and locked the door. Mr. Kirwan, on hearing the report rushed out, and on being made acquainted with the circumstance, endeavoured to force the door of the hut open. The door gave way; the groom appeared on the threshhold, and in this instance fired a gun at Mr. Kirwan, the ball of which entered his heart, and he instantly expired. The tragedy does not end here. The man comes out of his hut, leans against the door-post, rests an axe against his leg and commences to recharge his gun. Two men endeavoured to approach him, but he threatened one of them with a great oath that he "would serve him the same as he had served that b--r, pointing to the dead body, and that he had it in for him the last eighteen months." No one amongst those assembled dared to approach him: although there was a chief constable and two other policemen there, they allowed the man to escape, and the last that was heard of him was, that he was in was in the Murrumbidgee ranges. Goulburn Herald. October 16'. Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, 23 October 1852
The best account of John McSpadden's trial is reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September 1853. He was found guilty of the wilful murder of James Kirwan and sentenced to be executed. |
