[Index]
Margaret QUILTY (1827 - 1905)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (1844 - 1893)
Thomas Joseph DOWNING (1846 - 1915)
John A DOWNING (1848 - 1922)
Anne DOWNING (1850 - 1856)
Mary Ann DOWNING (1852 - 1939)
Michael Joseph DOWNING (1854 - 1939)
Catherine Cecila DOWNING (1857 - 1936)
Margaret Mary DOWNING (1858 - 1939)
Charles DOWNING (1859 - 1861)
Johanna May DOWNING (1861 - )
Ellen DOWNING (1865 - 1951)
Charles Edward DOWNING (1867 - 1950)
Matthew Sylvester DOWNING (1870 - 1936)
Frederick Simon DOWNING (1872 - 1948)
Margaret QUILTY (1827 - 1905)

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Robert DOWNING (1810 - 1891)
Thomas QUILTY (1786 - 1870)











Ann HAYES (1798 - 1881)












b. abt 1827 at Co Limerick, Ireland
m. 20 Mar 1843 Robert DOWNING (1810 - 1891) at Gobarralong, New South Wales, Australia
d. 23 Jul 1905 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 78
Parents:
Thomas QUILTY (1786 - 1870)
Ann HAYES (1798 - 1881)
Siblings (7):
Thomas QUILTY (1818 - 1893)
Ellen QUILTY (1820 - 1888)
Mary QUILTY (1822 - 1897)
Johanna QUILTY (1824 - 1881)
Michael QUILTY (1829 - )
Ann QUILTY (1831 - 1915)
Edward QUILTY (1838 - )
Children (14):
Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (1844 - 1893)
Thomas Joseph DOWNING (1846 - 1915)
John A DOWNING (1848 - 1922)
Anne DOWNING (1850 - 1856)
Mary Ann DOWNING (1852 - 1939)
Michael Joseph DOWNING (1854 - 1939)
Catherine Cecila DOWNING (1857 - 1936)
Margaret Mary DOWNING (1858 - 1939)
Charles DOWNING (1859 - 1861)
Johanna May DOWNING (1861 - )
Ellen DOWNING (1865 - 1951)
Charles Edward DOWNING (1867 - 1950)
Matthew Sylvester DOWNING (1870 - 1936)
Frederick Simon DOWNING (1872 - 1948)
Grandchildren (40):
Margaret Rebecca DOWNING (1868 - 1955), Mary A E DOWNING (1870 - ), Sarah Blanche DOWNING (1871 - 1934), Robert DOWNING (1872 - 1935), Ellen May DOWNING (1874 - 1943), Thomas E DOWNING (1876 - 1935), Kathleen Beatrice DOWNING (1878 - 1941), Frederick Philip DOWNING (1879 - 1951), John DOWNING (1881 - 1881), Josephine Maud DOWNING (1882 - 1901), Anne DOWNING (1883 - 1883), Florence Alice DOWNING (1886 - 1956), Mona Rebecca DOWNING (1888 - 1975), John Gelling DOWNING (1889 - 1940), Mary E DOWNING (1889 - ), Albert E SHEAHAN (1877 - 1878), Katherine Aloysius SHEAHAN (1878 - 1947), Mary Clare SHEAHAN (1878 - 1970), Robert Downing SHEAHAN (1883 - 1951), John Phillip SHEAHAN (1885 - 1959), Jeremiah SHEAHAN (1887 - 1887), James Daniel SHEAHAN (1889 - 1970), Margaret Jean SHEAHAN (1891 - 1981), Bridget Lillian SHEAHAN (1893 - 1952), Ellen Angela "Nell" SHEAHAN (1895 - 1980), William Francis Patrick SHEAHAN (1895 - 1975), Frederick James DOWNING (1880 - 1949), Margaret Ann DOWNING (1880 - 1961), Mary Ann DOWNING (1882 - 1957), Robert William DOWNING (1884 - 1947), Adelaide Kate DOWNING (1888 - 1896), Edith M DOWNING (1890 - 1923), John DOWNING (1892 - 1892), Matthew Sylvester DOWNING (1893 - 1955), Elizabeth DOWNING (1895 - ), Arthur DOWNING (1898 - 1898), Michael Joseph "Dixie" DOWNING (1901 - 1939), Margaret Elizabeth DOWNING (1900 - ), Gertrude May DOWNING (1908 - 1990), Robert Patrick DOWNING (1913 - 1971)
Events in Margaret QUILTY (1827 - 1905)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1827 Margaret QUILTY was born Co Limerick, Ireland 69
16 Mar 1839 12 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per Aliquis 69
20 Mar 1843 16 Married Robert DOWNING (aged 33) Gobarralong, New South Wales, Australia Downie
25 Dec 1844 17 Birth of son Bartholomew Robert DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
1846 19 Birth of son Thomas Joseph DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1848 21 Birth of son John A DOWNING New South Wales, Australia
1850 23 Birth of daughter Anne DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
03 Nov 1852 25 Birth of daughter Mary Ann DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
25 Apr 1854 27 Birth of son Michael Joseph DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
11 Jun 1856 29 Death of daughter Anne DOWNING (aged 6) Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
abt 1857 30 Birth of daughter Catherine Cecila DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
abt 1858 31 Birth of daughter Margaret Mary DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
1859 32 Birth of son Charles DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
28 Feb 1861 34 Death of son Charles DOWNING (aged 2) Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
24 Sep 1861 34 Birth of daughter Johanna May DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
14 Aug 1865 38 Birth of daughter Ellen DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
1867 40 Birth of son Charles Edward DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1870 43 Birth of son Matthew Sylvester DOWNING Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
05 Jun 1870 43 Death of father Thomas QUILTY (aged 84) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
05 Mar 1872 45 Birth of son Frederick Simon DOWNING Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
02 Jan 1881 54 Death of mother Ann HAYES (aged 83) 73
13 Oct 1891 64 Death of husband Robert DOWNING (aged 81) Gadara, New South Wales, Australia
27 Aug 1893 66 Death of son Bartholomew Robert DOWNING (aged 48) Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia
23 Jul 1905 78 Margaret QUILTY died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 28 Jul 1905
OBITUARY NOTICES. MRS. MARGARET DOWNING. When giving the sad information in our last issue of the death of one of our oldest and most respected residents, Mrs. Downing, widow of the late M. Robt. Downing, who had predeceased her some 14 years (a figure 3 being substituted for a 1, in our previous report, gave the term as 35 years, 15 having been meant), we stated that we would, as soon as we were able to procure such, give a biographical sketch of the career of that grand old pioneer, deeming that one with such a grand record as she was possessed of deserved more than a brief passing notice. The deceased was most highly esteemed by all acquaintances, she having enjoyed the reputation of being extremely friendly and good natured, the acme of honesty and integrity, and imbued with the highest qualifications of a christian lady. Her life, indeed, was one well worthy of emulation, and it was led under circumstances far from being akin to what now prevails. Residences were few and far between when our honored friend first settled down in these parts, and civilization was then only in its primitive stages here. The late Mrs. Downing came lo the country from her native home in the Emerald Isle, with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quilty, in the year 1839, and settled down in what was then a wilderness on an area of land situated between Jugiong and Gobarralong. After remaining there about four years a move was made to Tumut, the portion of land then chosen being that fronting the Gilmore Creek and now occupied by Mr. Richard Rivers, the aboriginal name of the place being Doolyalah. In 1850 Mr. Downing sold out his interest in that holding to the late Mr. R. Wilson, and with his brother-in-law, Mr. T. O'Mara, bought that magnificent property, Rosebank, the original owner of which was the late Mr. R. Hever. After a lapse of time the husband of the subject of our article purchased the holding known as Killarney, built the hotel which now stands there, and occupied it until the year 1862, when he selected Gadara, which served as a comfortable home until death brought about a separation of the happy couple, the family of whom consisted of seven sons and four daughters, viz. — Robert (since deceased), Thomas, John, Michael, Matthew, Charles, and Frederick, and Mesdames Sheahan, Nash, McDonald, J. Thom and W. Thom. The brothers and sisters of deceased were— Thomas, Michael, and Edward Quilty, Mesdames Kenneally, O'Mara, McNamara, and O'Neill. By thrift, combined with wise and careful management, the late Mr. aud Mrs Downing were enabled to become possessed of a fair supply of wealth; but they never stinted in any way expenditures, that were necessary to properly educate their children, all of whom are possessed of good scholarly attainments, and the cost of obtaining such in the early history of this colony was considerably greater and much harder to get than it is at the present time. Mrs. Downing remained at Gadara after her husband's death and until she was called hence herself, and completed a record as a pioneer that we doubt whether there is another person in N.S. Wales that can approach it. She leaves a lineage of immense proportions, more than half the people of the district being related in some way to the grand old patriarch, whose memory will ever remain green in the minds of those of the present generation. Two members of the family a boy and a girl, died when young ; and the remainder introduced the direct descendants of 60 grandchildren and 8 great grand-children. Deceased's age was given at 78 years at time of death, and although many people who knew the old lady were of opinion that it was greater, the computation agrees with the history we have been provided with. Until the last year of her life she had always been most hale and hearty ; but during the past few months it was realised that her end was approaching. About a couple of months ago she suffered from an illness it was thought impossible for her to survive ; but, under Dr. Mason's careful attention, and with the excellent constitution she was possessed of, the battle of life was renewed. Not for long, however, for shortly afterwards another fit of illness came on, and, weakened by the first attack, she was unable to bear the strain, and passed away peacefully and quietly, surrounded by the sorrowing members of her family, who were able to be present, and with whom, on behalf ot our numerous readers who were all friends of the departed one, we most heartily sympathise over the sad bereavement they have experienced in losing so fond and loving a parent. For many years the family chain Was firmly, linked together ; But, oh ! that chain is broken now — One great link has gone for ever.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 28 Jul 1905 (Name, Notes)
69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001
- Reference = 11 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 11 (Birth)
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 = 43 (Death)

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