John RYAN (1842

John RYAN (1842 - 1916)

farmer

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Margaret Catherine (Kate) RYAN (1870 - 1924) William RYAN (1872 - 1877) Martha Dorothy RYAN (1874 - 1933) John RYAN (1876 - 1923) Sarah Ann RYAN (1878 - 1925) Francis J U RYAN (1879 - ) Anthony Thomas RYAN (1880 - ) Alice Jane RYAN (1881 - ) George Edward RYAN (1882 - 1882) Johanna Maria RYAN (1883 - ) Edmund Joseph RYAN (1884 - ) Eleanor C RYAN (1888 - )	John RYAN (1842 - 1916) + Martha ROLFE (1843 - 1911)	WIlliam RYAN (1812 - 1857)



		Margaret BYRNE (1818 - 1898)	John BYRNE

			Ellen CUMMINS

b. 1842 at Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

m. May 1868 Martha ROLFE (1843 - 1911) at Yass, New South Wales, Australia

d. 03 Jan 1916 at Ginninderra, ACT, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of John RYAN (1842 - 1916)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John BYRNE
Grandmother	Ellen CUMMINS

Father in Law	Anthony ROLFE	1802	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	05 Oct 1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	74
Mother in Law	Catherine CURTIS	abt 1811	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	22 Oct 1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	63

Father	WIlliam RYAN	abt 1812	Macarkey, Co Tipperary, Ireland	07 Mar 1857	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	45
Mother	Margaret BYRNE	1818	Macarkey, Co Tipperary, Ireland	29 Apr 1898	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia	80

Self	John RYAN	1842	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jan 1916	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	74

Wife	Martha ROLFE	abt 1843	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	28 Jan 1911	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	68

Daughter	Margaret Catherine (Kate) RYAN	1870	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	25 Feb 1924	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	54
Son	William RYAN	1872	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1877	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	5
Daughter	Martha Dorothy RYAN	16 Apr 1874	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	30 Jul 1933	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia	59
Son	John RYAN	1876	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	24 Jul 1923	Canberra, ACT, Australia	47
Daughter	Sarah Ann RYAN	1878	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	26 Feb 1925	Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia	47
Son	Francis J U RYAN	1879	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	Anthony Thomas RYAN	1880	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Alice Jane RYAN	1881	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	George Edward RYAN	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	1882	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia	0
Daughter	Johanna Maria RYAN	1883	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son	Edmund Joseph RYAN	1884	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter	Eleanor C RYAN	1888	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia

Brother	Timothy RYAN	1844	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	01 Dec 1894	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	50
Brother	William RYAN	1846	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	04 Jan 1929	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	83
Brother	Edward Edmund 'Ned' RYAN	1849	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	22 Apr 1913	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister	Margaret RYAN	1851	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Brother	Martin RYAN	1854	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia

Son in Law	James A SULLIVAN	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1929	Young, New South Wales, Australia	63
Son in Law	John James MORAN	20 Jan 1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	02 Feb 1951	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Son in Law	Christopher J LYNCH	1877	Broulee, ACT, Australia	19 Feb 1949	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	72

Granddaughter	Eileen M SULLIVAN	1895	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1911		16
Grandson	Martin P SULLIVAN	1897	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William Sylvester SULLIVAN	1900	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John J SULLIVAN	1902	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Catherine 'Kitty' Phyllis MORAN	14 Feb 1903	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jun 1989	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Eileen M LYNCH	1915	Moruya, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Marie LYNCH	1918	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Niece	Margaret RYAN	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	23 Nov 1949	Ainsley, ACT, Australia	78
Niece	Mary RYAN	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William RYAN	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	26 Apr 1923	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	49
Nephew	Bernard RYAN	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Edmund RYAN	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1963		87
Nephew	Martin Thomas RYAN	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1900		18
Nephew	Patrick RYAN	1886	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Timothy RYAN	1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Andrew RYAN	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1892	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	James RYAN
Nephew	Martin RYAN
Nephew	Patrick RYAN
Nephew	Reginald RYAN
Nephew	William RYAN
Niece	Margaret RYAN	1875	Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia	1876	Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia	1
Niece	Margaret Ellen RYAN	1880	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Johanna RYAN	1881	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	1890	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	9
Nephew	Martin John RYAN	1882	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Maria Bridget RYAN	1885	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	1886	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	William RYAN	abt 1887	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	1894	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	7
Nephew	Edward RYAN	1889	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James A RYAN	1894	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Catherine M RYAN	1895	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Timothy RYAN	1897	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Fanny RYAN	1898	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James GRADY	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Johanna Margaret GRADY	1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John James GRADY	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William Martin GRADY	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia	64
Niece	Ellen GRADY	1883	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Cornelius GRADY	1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1971	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	86
Niece	Mary Ann GRADY	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17 Feb 1927	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	40
Nephew	Edmund ROLFE	1858	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	28 Nov 1932	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	George ROLFE	1860	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Anthony ROLFE	1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1863	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	Michael ROLFE	1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1929	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	65
Niece	Mary A ROLFE	1866	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Catherine ROLFE	1867	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas ROLFE	1869	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Martha ROLFE	1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	5
Niece	Sarah ROLFE	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Martin ROLFE	1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Sheridan Curtis ROLFE	1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1912	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	36
Nephew	Philip John ROLFE	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	William Francis ROLFE	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	John Joseph ROLFE	1883	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Charles A ROLFE	1885	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Phillip R ROLFE	1890	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Henry L ROLFE	1891	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Alfred J (Fred) ROLFE	1894	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Arthur Lawrence ROLFE	1896	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	21 Nov 1937	Beloka, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	41
Nephew	William Henry WINTER	1860	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	14 Sep 1885	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	25
Niece	Selina Ann Annie WINTER	1861	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1943	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	82
Niece	Emma Mary WINTER	1863	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Anthony WINTER	1864	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1941	Junee, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Catherine WINTER	1867	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Martha Josephine WINTER	1868	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	02 Nov 1953	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	85
Nephew	George WINTER	1869	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	29 Mar 1964	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	95
Nephew	Thomas WINTER	1871	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	15 Aug 1955	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	84
Nephew	Edward (Edmund) WINTER	1873	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Joseph J WINTER	1875	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1928	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	53
Nephew	Albert WINTER	1876	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	1876	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	Arthur WINTER	1877	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	09 Sep 1955	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	78
Nephew	(Amos) Rolf WINTER	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1900		20
Niece	Sarah Elizabeth WINTER	1881	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	Bryan (Bernard) ROLFE	15 May 1862	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Mar 1935	Casino, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Maria ROLFE	15 Jan 1864	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	20 Apr 1903	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	39
Niece	Mary ROLFE	15 Sep 1865	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Catherine (Kate) 'Kitty' ROLFE	1867	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15 Sep 1952	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	85
Nephew	Anthony ROLFE	27 Jul 1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Young, New South Wales, Australia	77
Nephew	William Vincent ROLFE	04 Sep 1869	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1948	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia	79
Niece	Alice ROLFE	09 May 1871	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	09 Sep 1951	Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Bridget (Peggie) ROLFE	09 Jan 1873	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	16 Dec 1945	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Margaret ROLFE	23 Nov 1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jul 1963	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	88
Nephew	James ROLFE	28 Sep 1876	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	19 Feb 1951	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	Patrick Andrew ROLFE	1878	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27 Jun 1963		85
Niece	Gretrude May ROLFE	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Sep 1956	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	John Benedict ROLFE	26 Jan 1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	15 May 1899	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	17
Nephew	Edmund (Edward) George ROLFE	15 Jun 1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	25 Jul 1959	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	75
Niece	Catherine Ruth WEIR	abt 1874	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	01 Aug 1915	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	41
Niece	Elizabeth WEIR	1875	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Thomas Henry WEIR	abt 1877	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	20 May 1958	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	81
Nephew	William Anthony Rolfe WEIR	1879	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Amelia WEIR	1880	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Maria Maud WEIR	1882	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	1884	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	2
Nephew	Thomas H WEIR	1887	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Brother in Law	George ROLFE	1836	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	04 Mar 1922	Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Maria Martha ROLFE	02 Dec 1838	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	31 Aug 1882	Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia	43
Brother in Law	Edmund Edward ROLFE	abt 1841	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	07 Oct 1918	Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister in Law	Sarah Ann ROLFE	1844	Oxborough, Norfolk, England	24 Feb 1921	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Thomas ROLFE	abt 1851	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1867		16
Sister in Law	Agnes Annabella LOGUE	1851	Canberra, ACT, Australia	01 Apr 1901	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	50
Sister in Law	Helena Ellen MCNAMARA	1856	Woden, ACT, Australia	29 Oct 1920	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister in Law	Maria MCNAMARA	1858	Woden, ACT, Australia	10 Aug 1885	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	27
Sister in Law	Catherine Agnes MCCLAFFERTY	1868	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	10 Jun 1889	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	21
Sister in Law	Bridget A CARRAGY	abt 1869	Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland	25 Jan 1919	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia	50
Brother in Law	Michael MCMAHON
Brother in Law	Cornelius GRADY	03 Jul 1846	Yarralumla, ACT Australia	08 Mar 1888	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	41

Events in John RYAN (1842 - 1916)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1842		John RYAN was born	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia		6
07 Mar 1857	15	Death of father WIlliam RYAN (aged 45)	Mulligans Flat, New South Wales, Australia		6
May 1868	26	Married Martha ROLFE (aged 25)	Yass, New South Wales, Australia		6
1870	28	Birth of daughter Margaret Catherine (Kate) RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1872	30	Birth of son William RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
16 Apr 1874	32	Birth of daughter Martha Dorothy RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1876	34	Birth of son John RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1877	35	Death of son William RYAN (aged 5)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1878	36	Birth of daughter Sarah Ann RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1879	37	Birth of son Francis J U RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1880	38	Birth of son Anthony Thomas RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1881	39	Birth of daughter Alice Jane RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1882	40	Birth of son George Edward RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1882	40	Death of son George Edward RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1883	41	Birth of daughter Johanna Maria RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1884	42	Birth of son Edmund Joseph RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
1888	46	Birth of daughter Eleanor C RYAN	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
29 Apr 1898	56	Death of mother Margaret BYRNE (aged 80)	Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia		6
28 Jan 1911	69	Death of wife Martha ROLFE (aged 68)	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		6
03 Jan 1916	74	John RYAN died	Ginninderra, ACT, Australia		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 = 272 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 278 (Death)

- Reference = 272 (Marriage)

- Reference = 278 (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/2310/john-ryan.html (Name, Notes)

- Notes: John Ryan

Born: 1842; Died: 1916; Married: Martha Rolfe

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John, the first of six children of William and Margaret Ryan, was born beneath a bullock wagon just outside Collector on 9 June 1842. Margaret, though heavily pregnant, had opted to go with her husband on a trip to Sydney rather than stay alone at their remote slab cottage at Mulligans Flat. John was duly baptised in Goulburn on 23 June.

Twenty years later John himself was making a living with a bullock team, carting goods of various sorts around the district. In 1864 he and his friend and neighbour Tom Gribble were carting a load from Goulburn to Cooma when they encountered the infamous bushrangers, the 'Clark Brothers' - members of the 'Jingera Mob', named after their hideout in the Jingera mountains. That day, the target was the Queanbeyan Mail Coach, and Ryan and Gribble were invited to share a billy of tea with them after the robbery.

On 22 May 1868, at the age of twenty-five, John married Martha Rolfe at St Gregory's church Queanbeyan. She was a daughter of Anthony and Catherine Rolfe who had settled not far from Mulligans Flat, at 'Tea Gardens'. It is not clear where they first lived, but by 1877 they were residing at Well Station, which had been owned by George Rolfe, Martha's brother. Within a short time however he became the proud owner of Tea Gardens, the Rolfe family by that time having established the nearby Gold Creek station.

John and Martha had eight children, two of whom died in infancy - Margaret (1871-1924), William (1872-1877), Martha (1874-1933), John (1876-1923), Sarah (1881-1926), George (1882-1882) and Edmund /Edward (1884-1953). It is of interest to note that while both his and his wife's parents had migrated to Australia, and a number of his children were to move away from the district, John Ryan lived all his days in what became the capital territory.

John acquired more land, including Portions 21 and 13 (totalling 180 acres) in 1878, and became a highly regarded farmer in the district. Yemen's Directory of Landholders of NSW (1900) reports that he was growing wheat, maize, barley and other crops, dairy farming and grazing. When. In 1914 he reported through the district that he had a fine thorough bred stallion - 'O'Sitana' - standing. When E K Crace, President of the Ginninderra Farmers Union, invited the NSW Director of Agriculture Mr W S Campbell to give a talk to local farmers, he was also driven out to inspect some of the largest farms in the district; Tea Gardens was one of them. A 1910 press report was complimentary about his operations:

"Threshing operations are in full swing. Mr William Winter, Red Hill, [son of John Winter] who owns a large steam threshing and chaff cutting plant on Thursday completed an eight days engagement on the farm of Mr John Ryan of Tea Gardens and I understand that during the time named some 650 bags of grain (principally wheat) and about 30 tons of chaff were put through. As Mr Ryan has still a large quantity of hay on hand he not only scores an easy first as premier farmer of our district but also carried off the palm for the record crop grown in the district". [Goulburn Evening Penny Post (Wizard's Notes) 8.2.1910].

As staunch Catholics, John and Martha made Tea Gardens available as a Mass Station for many years (Maher, p.292-3) , and were active fund-raisers for St Gregory's and other catholic causes:

"Twice a year Monsignor Haydon would come out to Ryans at Tea Gardens ....and the local Catholics would gather there for Mass in the lounge room. After Mass a substantial breakfast was provided for up to 20 worshippers, with no-one ever being asked by the Ryans, or even expected, to contribute to the meal in any way" [Canberra Times, 7 November 1992, p 3].

As a prominent farmer John also played his part in the local ploughing matches, hare drives, the Show Committee, and so forth. He passed away on 3 January 1916, some five years after Martha. He left the bulk of his estate to his son Edward, who continued farming at Tea Gardens.

Wedding: Sarah Ryan and Christopher Lynch

A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised on the morning of May 20 in St. Gregory's Church, Queanbeyan, the contracting parties being Sarah, youngest daughter of Mr. John Ryan, of 'Tea Gardens,' Ginninderra, and Christopher, second son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lynch, of Burra Burra, Moruya. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Hogan, assisted by Rev. Fathers Heydon and Conaghan (Michelago). Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Heydon, assisted by Rev. Fathers Hogan and Conaghan. It is worthy of mention that this is the first time in the seventy years' history of St. Gregory's Church that a wedding ceremony has been performed by three officiating clergymen.

The church was tastefully decorated with white flowers, a beautiful arch of white chrysanthemums spanning the aisle. Miss Hawes, A.L.C.M., presided at the organ, and played the 'Wedding March' beautifully, while Miss Davies sang 'Ave 'Maria' sweetly.

The bride, who was led to the altar by her father, looked charming in a gown of white crepe de chine with fisher train. The bodice was tastefully adorned with white shadow lace, while the draped skirt was trammed with pearl ornaments, true-lover's knots, and orange blossoms. Over a coronet of orange blossoms fell a handsomely embroidered tulle veil, the gift of the bridesmaid. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of chrysanthemums and carnations, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a handsome gold bracelet set with diamonds and sapphires.

The bridegroom wore a massive gold albert, the gift of the bride. The bridesmaid was Miss Florrie Tarlinton, of Cobargo (cousin of the bridegroom). She was exquisitely attired in a dainty frock of flamingo silk crepe de chine trimmed with shadow lace and brown fur, and wore a black velvet panne hat. She wore a dainty necklet of garnets and pearls, and carried a shower bouquet of chrysanthemums and carnations with white streamers, both of them the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. E. J. Ryan (brother of the bride) acted as best man.

After the ceremony the party motored to 'Tea Gardens,' where the reception was held. Rev. Father Hogan presided at the sumptuous breakfast. The usual toasts were honoured, felicitous speeches being made by the various speakers. Among others present at the breakfast were Rev. Fathers Heydon and Conaghan (Michelago). In the evening the happy couple motored to Queanbeyan, catching the train the same night for Sydney, en route to Hobart, where the honeymoon was spent. The bride's travelling dress was a navy cloth coat and skirt, with black velvet hat trimmed with cerise velvet and ostrich feathers. Mr. and Mrs. Lynch were the recipients of numerous and costly, presents, including substantial cheques.

[Freeman's Journal, Thursday 11 June 1914]

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