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Isabella Mary KEOUGH (1903 - 1990)
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Isabella Mary KEOUGH (1903 - 1990)

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William John DEMPSEY (1891 - 1977)
 Henry KEOUGH (1857 - 1943)











Catherine (Kate) STANLEY (1869 - 1945) Thomas STANLEY (1845 - 1923) William STANLEY
Catherine SKERRITT
Honora (Hannah) HOGAN (1847 - 1904)



Isabella Mary KEOUGH
Isabella Mary KEOUGH
Isabella Mary KEOUGH Isabella Mary KEOUGH
Pic P1. In Memory of
ISABEL MARY
DEMPSEY
who passed away
20th September 1990
87 years

Pic 1. In Memory of
ISABEL MARY
DEMPSEY
who passed away
20th September 1990
87 years

b. 1903 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1928 William John DEMPSEY (1891 - 1977) at Queensland, Australia
d. 1990 at Queensland, Australia aged 87
Near Relatives of Isabella Mary KEOUGH (1903 - 1990)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Thomas STANLEY abt 1845 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1923 Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 78
Grandmother Honora (Hannah) HOGAN abt 1847 Ireland 1904 Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland 57

Father in Law James DEMPSEY
Mother in Law Mary Ellen BARBER

Father Henry KEOUGH abt 1857 New Ross, Wexford, Ireland 1943 Evelyn, Queensland, Australia 86
Mother Catherine (Kate) STANLEY 1869 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland 1945 Evelyn, Queensland, Australia 76

Self Isabella Mary KEOUGH 1903 Queensland, Australia 1990 Queensland, Australia 87

Husband William John DEMPSEY 1891 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 1977 Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia 86

Brother Charles KEOUGH 1890 Queensland, Australia 1944 Queensland, Australia 54
Brother Stanley KEOUGH 1892 Queensland, Australia 1972 Queensland, Australia 80
Brother Leslie KEOUGH 1894 Queensland, Australia 1980 Queensland, Australia 86
Sister Harriet Anna KEOUGH 1897 Queensland, Australia 1977 Queensland, Australia 80

Aunt Mary Ann STANLEY 1866 1904 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 38
Uncle Joseph James CONNOR 1873 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1942 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 69
Aunt Hannah Louise STANLEY 1870 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland 1954 Waverton, Sydney, NSW, Australia 84
Uncle Sidney Matthew CONNOR 1872 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1933 Waverton, Sydney, NSW, Australia 61
Uncle Jeremiah STANLEY 1872 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Joanna MAHONEY
Uncle Thomas STANLEY 1874 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Margaret E STANLEY 1875 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Sarah Jane STANLEY 1877 Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Agnes STANLEY 1879 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Susannnah STANLEY 1880 Killea, Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland
Uncle Possibly Charles STRONG
Uncle Abraham STANLEY abt 1885 Co Tipperary, Ireland
Aunt Bridget STANLEY abt 1887 Co Tipperary, Ireland

Cousin (Unknown) CONNOR 1901 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1901 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Janet Agnes Alma CONNOR 1902 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1945 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 43
Cousin Matthew Stanley CONNOR 1902 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1966 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 64
Cousin Joseph H (Harry) CONNOR 1905 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cousin Catherine Enid CONNOR 1908 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1976 Sydney, NSW, Australia 68
Cousin Edna May CONNOR 1911 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 1984 Sydney, NSW, Australia 73

Niece Daphne KEOUGH
Nephew William Charles KEOUGH 1913 Queensland, Australia 2007 Rubyvale, Queensland, Australia 94
Niece Edna May KEOUGH 1915 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Reginald James KEOUGH 1916 Queensland, Australia
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Mavis Winifred KEOUGH 1937 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Max KEOUGH 1979 Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law Annie Elizabeth BOLTON 1894 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Bessie Winifred MASON 1902 Queensland, Australia 1979 Queensland, Australia 77
Sister in Law Winifred Emily DICKENSON
Brother in Law William John GALLOGLY 1964 Queensland, Australia
Events in Isabella Mary KEOUGH (1903 - 1990)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1903 Isabella Mary KEOUGH was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1928 25 Married William John DEMPSEY (aged 37) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 60
1943 40 Death of father Henry KEOUGH (aged 86) Evelyn, Queensland, Australia Note 3
1945 42 Death of mother Catherine (Kate) STANLEY (aged 76) Evelyn, Queensland, Australia Note 4 52, 60
1977 74 Death of husband William John DEMPSEY (aged 86) Rockhampton, Queenland, Australia Note 5 18
1990 87 Isabella Mary KEOUGH died Queensland, Australia Burial info
1990 87 Burial Albany Creek Memorial Park, Brisbane, Queensland Note 6 90
Note 1: Isabella Mary Keough
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Isabella Mary Keough
Birth Date: 4 May 1903
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Henry Keough
Mother: Kate Stanley
Page Number: 13913
Registration Number: 004666
Note 2: William John Dempsey
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: William John Dempsey
Spouse Name: Isabel Mary Keough
Marriage Date: 08 Apr 1928
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1928
Registration Number: 001103
Page Number: 997

Cairns Post 24 April 1928
WEDDINGS.
DEMPSEY-KEOUGH.
A pretty wedding was celebrated at
St. John's Church, Cairns, on Sunday
evening, April 8, when the Reverend
Mr. Gillman solemnised the marriage of
Isabel Mary (Belle), youngest, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Keough, "Bell
View,',' Evelyn, to William John, eldest
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Dempsey, Springvale, Herberton. The
stately bride entered the church on the
arm of Mr. J. McCallum, in the ab-
sence of her father, ………..
Note 3: Cairns Post 9 Feb 1943
OBITUARY.
MR. HENRY KEOUGH.
HERBERTON, February 8
The death of Mr. Henry Keough, of
"Bell View," Evelyn, at the great age
of 86 years, marks the passing of the
last of the original selectors of that
district, and removes a most pic-
turesque personality. Born at New
Ross, County Wexford. Ireland, he was
an only child of an old Irish family: his
mother dying when he was very young,
he came to Australia at an early age
on a sailing ship, the Sheener, the
journey round the Cape was long and
rough. From Brisbane he first went
to Logan River and was employed at
Agiston, near Beenleigh; later going to
Mackay, where he worked for the
C.S.R. in the Homebush sugar mill.
Moving still northward he was em-
ployed at Maidavale (Ayr district) by
Dr. McBernie. the owner of that sugar
plantation and later transferred to
Pioneer to work as a field overseer for
the late John Drysdale. Here he mar-
ried Miss Kate Stanley, and two years
later the young couple with an infant
came overland past the Valley of
lagoons, the trip taking six months.
At Scrubby Creek (near Nyleta) he
purchased cows from the late Mr. Bob
Gordon, and moved to Evelyn. Here
he acquired a fine selection 52 years
ago and his home. "Bell View" is one
of the highest private residences in
Queensland. The Keough dairy here
soon became well known, its progeny
being the foundation of many neigh-
bouring herds, whilst dairy butter
made by Mrs. Keough, under the then
primitive conditions of cooling and
refrigeration, was packed in cool mul-
berry leaves and linen cloth and trans-
ported by pack-horse to distant min-
ing fields like Irvinebank and Mont-
albion. The late Henry Keough was
a man of great vision: he forty years
ago foresaw the days when timber
would be scarce and valuable: and
whilst Governmental policy of that
day was clamouring for the clearing
of scrub and putting the land into agri-
cultural or dairying productivity, he
considered that the continued growth
of its native timber was the land's
most valuable production and deplored
its destruction to grow grass - a policy
widely endorsed to-day when his re-
serves of timber are being acquired
for war purposes. This hospitable old
pioneer was a great lover of good
literature, especially poetry, and the
bush songs of the Australian poets
appealed to him. Like R. L. Steven-
son, he chose his own last resting
place. ". . . Here he lies where he
longed to be." his wish being rever-
ently carried out by his family. He was
laid to rest in a sylvan glade "'neath
the tall gum trees" on his own beloved
homeland, the pall-bearers being
descendants of his pioneer neighbours
of half a century ago and the funeral
services conducted by Rev. Bro. Tre-
gear, of the Bush Brotherhood. De-
ceased is survived by his widow, three
sons (Messrs Charles. Stanley and
Leslie, all of the Evelyn district), two
daughters (Mesdames E.Gallogly and
B. Dempsey): also 20 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Note 4: Catherine Keough
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Catherine Keough
Death Date: 25 Jun 1945
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: John Stanley
Mother's name: Hannah Hogan
Registration Year: 1945
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 002752
Page Number: 1198

Cairns Post 26 June 1945
FUNERAL NOTICE.
The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Chas.
Keough and Family (Tumoulin), Mr.
Leslie Keough (Tumoulin), Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Gallogly and Family (Miallo, Moss-
man), and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dempsey
(Evelyn) are respectfully invited to at-
tend the funeral of their late beloved
Mother and Grandmother, Kate Keough,
relict of the late Henry Keough, which
will leave "Belle View," Evelyn, at 2
o'clock TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY)
AFTERNOON for interment on the
Estate.


Cairns Post 26 June 1945
OBITUARY.
MRS. CATHERINE KEOUGH.
An old pioneer of the north, Mrs.
Catherine Keough, died at Miallo
yesterday at the age of 76. She was
the widow of the late Henry Keough,
of "Belle View," Evelyn. She died at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W.
J. Gallogly, Miallo. The deceased lady
was born in Tipperary, Ireland, and
she and her husband were among the
early pioneers of the Upper Tableland.
She is survived by a son. Mr. Leslie
Keough, Tumoulin, and two daughters,
Mrs. Gallogly, and Mrs. W. J. Demp-
sey, of Evelyn. The remains are being
brought to Cairns, to-day en route
to the Tableland, and the funeral will
take place at Belle View estate at two
o'clock to-morrow afternoon. .
Note 5: Burial info

William John Dempsey
Event date: 26/09/1977
Event type: Death registration
Registration details: 1977/B/81484
Mother: Mary Ellen Barber
Father/parent: James Dempsey
Note 6: Isabella Mary “Isabel” Keough Dempsey
BIRTH
4 May 1903
Kaban, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
DEATH
20 Sep 1990 (aged 87)
Queensland, Australia
BURIAL
Albany Creek Memorial Park
Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Isabella Mary Keough
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Isabella Mary Keough
Birth Date: 4 May 1903
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Henry Keough
Mother: Kate Stanley
Page Number: 13913
Registration Number: 004666
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: William John Dempsey
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: William John Dempsey
Spouse Name: Isabel Mary Keough
Marriage Date: 08 Apr 1928
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1928
Registration Number: 001103
Page Number: 997
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Cairns Post 24 April 1928
WEDDINGS.
DEMPSEY-KEOUGH.
A pretty wedding was celebrated at
St. John's Church, Cairns, on Sunday
evening, April 8, when the Reverend
Mr. Gillman solemnised the marriage of
Isabel Mary (Belle), youngest, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Keough, "Bell
View,',' Evelyn, to William John, eldest
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Dempsey, Springvale, Herberton. The
stately bride entered the church on the
arm of Mr. J. McCallum, in the ab-
sence of her father, ………..
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Isabella Mary “Isabel” Keough Dempsey
BIRTH
4 May 1903
Kaban, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
DEATH
20 Sep 1990 (aged 87)
Queensland, Australia
BURIAL
Albany Creek Memorial Park
Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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