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Ann MCGUIRE (1819 - )
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ann MCGUIRE (1819 - ) Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (1781 - 1823)











Jane WALLACE (1780 - )











b. abt 1819 at Sydney, NSW, Australia
Near Relatives of Ann MCGUIRE (1819 - )
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE abt 1781 Meath, Ireland 17 Mar 1823 Sydney, NSW, Australia 42
Mother Jane WALLACE abt 1780 Ireland

Self Ann MCGUIRE abt 1819 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sister Catherine (WYER) MCGUIRE abt 1815 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1893 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 78
Sister Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE 1817 Sydney, NSW, Australia 28 Dec 1907 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 90

Nephew Thomas Wentworth WILLS 1836 Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia 02 May 1880 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 44
Niece Emily Spencer WILLS 25 Dec 1842 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 06 Dec 1925 "Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia 82
Nephew Cedric Spencer WILLS 01 Dec 1844 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 23 Jan 1914 Springsure, Queensland, Australia 69
Nephew Horace Spencer WILLS 16 Jun 1847 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Oct 1928 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 81
Nephew Egbert Spencer WILLS 11 Nov 1849 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 11 Sep 1931 Kew, Victoria, Australia 81
Niece Elizabeth Spencer WILLS 07 Jan 1852 'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia 21 Nov 1930 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 78
Niece Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS 28 Jan 1854 Lexington, Victoria, Australia 08 Jul 1937 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 83
Niece Minna Spencer WILLS 01 Mar 1856 "Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia 14 Feb 1943 Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 86
Niece Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS 16 Aug 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 02 Jul 1907 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England 45

Brother in Law William ROOPE 1881 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS 05 Oct 1811 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 Oct 1861 'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia 50
Events in Ann MCGUIRE (1819 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1819 Ann MCGUIRE was born Sydney, NSW, Australia see notes - The Currency Lad 54
1822 3 Census Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 1 81
17 Mar 1823 4 Death of father Michael (WYER) MCGUIRE (aged 42) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 2 54
14 Aug 1823 4 Other Event Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 3
Note 1: WYRE Michael - ropemaker; Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne
No mention of wife Jane.
Note 2: On 17 March 1823 Micheal Wyre and two others were drowned after the upset of their boat in Cockle Bay (Now called Darling Harbour). At the inquest it was recorded that there were three men (all drowned) and a little girl (who survived) in the boat which had accidentally upset, but there is no record of the name of the child.
Note 3: On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.
As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".
Personal Notes:
Extract from The Currency Lad by T. S. Wills Cooke
Jane Wallace, a servant aged 24 years was convicted in Dublin in June 1813 and sentenced to seven years transportation. She arrived in Sydney on the "Catherine" on 3 May 1814. The "Catherine had sailed from Falmouth on 8 December 1813.

She married Michael Wyre at St John's Church, Parramatta on 11 April 1815. On 14 August 1823 Jane Dwyer [sic] applied to have her three daughters, Catherine aged eight, Elizabeth aged five and Ann aged four, admitted to the Female Orphan School "her husband being recently drowned and herself close to confinment". The admission records of the Female Orphan School show Catherine McQuire [sic] aged eight years and Elizabeth McGuire [sic] aged six years being admitted on 14 August 1823. They were both discharged as pupils on 23 June 1828 after almost five years and were then apprenticed to the school.

There is no further record of Jane after she had the two girls admitted. No child is registered as having been born to her in 1823 and she simply disappears from the story. As to the youngest daughter, Ann, she is shown in the 1828 census as an "orphan and servant of Thomas Wilson of Parramatta".
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Terry Wills correspondence - Elizabeth Wills was born 3/10/1817 in Sydney and died 28/12/1907 in Geelong Victoria and was buried at Kew Vic. It was interesting how I found her birth date in Aunt Ducky (Eugenie) birthday book in her own handwriting – I looked for that date for 20 years and only when I came into possesion of the birthday book did I get the right answer.
She had two sisters Catherine (named after her Mother’s convict ship) was born in Sydney and Died near Springsure She was Mrs Roope, her husband went to look after Cullin la Ringo after the massacre and Anne who was lost to sight after Catherine and Elizabeth were put into the Parramatta orphange after their father drowned in Cockle Bay.
Source References:
54. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Ancestry Family Trees, Title: Ancestry Family Trees, Auth: Ancestry.com
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
81. Type: Census, Abbr: Australian Census, Title: Australian Census, Publ: ancestry.com
- Reference = 1822 (Census)
- Notes: WYRE Michael - ropemaker; Catherine, Elizabeth, Anne
No mention of wife Jane.