[Index]
Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE (1865 - 1946)
Edward Browning COUCHE (1866 - 1888)
William Jeffrey COUCHE (1868 - 1946)
Letitia Anne COUCHE (1870 - 1935)
Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE (1873 - 1950)
Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)

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William COUCHE (1845 - 1913)





























b. abt 1845
m. 1864 William COUCHE (1845 - 1913) at Victoria, Australia
d. 1914 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia aged 69
Near Relatives of Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law William COUCHE abt 1811 1849 Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, Ireland 38
Mother in Law Elizabeth (Ellen) CRONE

Self Mary Ann MCCARTHY abt 1845 1914 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 69

Husband William COUCHE abt 1845 1913 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 68

Daughter Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE 1865 Rush, Victoria, Australia 1946 Croxton East, Victoria 81
Son Edward Browning COUCHE 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1888 Victoria, Australia 22
Son William Jeffrey COUCHE 1868 Echuca, Victoria, Australia 1946 Victoria, Australia 78
Daughter Letitia Anne COUCHE 1870 Victoria, Australia 1935 Victoria, Australia 65
Son Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE 1873 Marong, Victoria, Australia 1950 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 77

Son in Law George Edward FORBES
Daughter in Law Margaret WILSON 1869 1943 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 74
Son in Law Edward MONTGOMERIE 1949 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Daughter in Law Elizabeth Agnes HOLBERY 1874 Victoria, Australia 1960 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 86

Grandson Edward Browning MONTGOMERIE 1899 Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Grandson Albert Richard MONTGOMERIE 1903 Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter Eileen May Emily MONTGOMERIE 1909 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia 1998 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 89
Grandson Geoffrey COUCHE
Grandson William Vincent COUCHE 1917 Victoria, Australia 1926 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 9

Nephew Thomas COUCHE 1865 Victoria, Australia
Niece Eliza Anne COUCHE 1864 Sunbury, Victoria, Australia 1864 Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew Christopher William COUCHE 1865 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Niece Martha Ethelind COUCHE 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1866 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Ellen Constance COUCHE 1869 Cork, Co Cork, Ireland 1869 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 0
Niece Ethil (Ethie) COUCHE abt 1870 Australia
Niece Caroline Crone COUCHE 29 Apr 1870 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 19 Jul 1952 Johannesburg, South Africa 82
Niece Adelaide COUCHE 1872 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Niece Aphra Crone COUCHE 12 Aug 1873 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Niece Emma COUCHE 14 May 1875 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland
Nephew Jeffery Crone COUCHE 04 Sep 1876 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1936 Surrey, England 60
Nephew Victor William COUCHE 1879 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1943 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 64
Niece Christine COUCHE 10 May 1880 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1953 Surrey Northern, Surrey, England 73
Nephew Richard George COUCHE 1882 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 17 Apr 1947 Queensland, Australia 65
Niece Clara Browning COUCHE 1884 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 1956 South Africa 72
Nephew Clair Patrick COUCHE 1886 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 08 Jun 1918 Etretat, France 32

Brother in Law Richard COUCHE 1838 Co Cork, Ireland 1902 Mitchelstown, Co Cork, Ireland 64
Events in Mary Ann MCCARTHY (1845 - 1914)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1845 Mary Ann MCCARTHY was born 1914 - 69 = c 1845
1864 19 Married William COUCHE (aged 19) Victoria, Australia Note 1 52
1865 20 Birth of daughter Elizabeth Ellen COUCHE Rush, Victoria, Australia Note 2 52
1866 21 Birth of son Edward Browning COUCHE Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Note 3 52
1868 23 Birth of son William Jeffrey COUCHE Echuca, Victoria, Australia Note 4 52
1870 25 Birth of daughter Letitia Anne COUCHE Victoria, Australia Note 5 52
1873 28 Birth of son Richard Arron Verdon COUCHE Marong, Victoria, Australia Note 6 52
1888 43 Death of son Edward Browning COUCHE (aged 22) Victoria, Australia Note 7 52, 60
1913 68 Death of husband William COUCHE (aged 68) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Note 8 52, 60
1914 69 Mary Ann MCCARTHY died Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Note 9 52, 60
Note 1: Mary Ann McCarthy
in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
Name: Mary Ann McCarthy
Gender: Female
Marriage Registration Year: 1864
Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: William Couche
Reference Number: 2874
Note 2: Eliza Couche
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Eliza Couche
Birth Date: Abt 1865
Birth Place: Rush, Victoria
Registration Year: 1865
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: William Couche
Mother: Mary Anne Mccarthy
Registration Number: 11156
Note 3: Edward Browning Couche
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Edward Browning Couche
Birth Date: Abt 1866
Birth Place: Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year: 1866
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: William Couche
Mother: Mary Ann Mccarthy
Registration Number: 15161
Note 4: William Jeffrey Couche
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: William Jeffrey Couche
Birth Date: Abt 1868
Birth Place: Echuca, Victoria
Registration Year: 1868
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: William Couche
Mother: Mary Ann Mccarthy
Registration Number: 15968
Note 5: Letitia Anne Couche
in the Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917
Name: Letitia Anne Couche
Birth Registration Date: 1870
Birth Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: William Couche
Mother Maiden Name: McCarthy
Reference Number: 22853
Note 6: Richd Aaron Verden Couche
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Richd Aaron Verden Couche
Birth Date: Abt 1873
Birth Place: Marong, Victoria
Registration Year: 1873
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: William Coucher Couche
Mother: Mary Ann Mccarthy
Registration Number: 25111
Note 7: Edward Browning Couche
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Edward Browning Couche
Birth Year: abt 1866
Age: 22
Death Place: Victoria
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Mary Ann Mccarthy
Registration Year: 1888
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 6551

The Argus (Melbourne) 27 April 1888
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred at the Kensington
railway station yesterday morning, which
resulted In the death of a signalman, named
Edward Browning Couche. Couche had
been on night duly, and intended to
leave the Kensington station for his
home at Newmarket by the 8.7 a.m.
down train. He endeavoured to get into the
van as the train was moving out of the
station, but he slipped and fell between the
van and the platform, and some of the
wheels passed over him. The accident was
witnessed by several of the officials, and Mr.
Brown, the stationmaster, immediately sum
moned Dr Shuter. That gentleman at once
saw that the case was a very serious one, and
he accompanied Mr Brown, who procured a
conveyance. and removed the sufferer to the
Melbourne Hospital. Before he reachcd the
institution the patient was dead. One of his
arms was shockingly mangled, and he had
also sustained fracture of the skull and other
injuries.The deceased was 23 years of age,
and unmarried. His father is a sergeant of
police at Yarrawonga. An inquest will be
held this morning.
Note 8: Wm Couche
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Wm Couche
Birth Year: abt 1845
Age: 68
Death Place: Ballarat, Victoria
Father's name: Couche Wm
Mother's name: Ellen Crone
Registration Year: 1913
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 4271

Horsham Time 8 April 1913
Death.
COUCHE.--On the 6th April, 1913, at
his residence, "Shandon," 217 Vic
toria-street, Ballarat East, formerly
of Horsham, William Couche, ex-
Superintendent of Police, dearly be-
loved husband of Mary A. Couche,
father of Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Mont-
gomerie, William and Richard; aged
68 years.
Note 9: Mary Ann Couche
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Mary Ann Couche
Birth Year: abt 1845
Age: 69
Death Place: Victoria
Father's name: McCarthy
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 12488

Ballarat Courier 17 Oct 1918
COUCHE- The friends of the late Mrs
Mary Ann Couche, relict of ex
Superintendent William Couche, are re-
spectfully invited to follow her remains
to their last resting-place in the Ballarat
New Cemetery. The funeral will leave
her late residence Shandon, 217 Victoria
street, Ballarat East, this day (Satur-
day) at 3.30 p.m.
Personal Notes:
https://irelandxo.com/ireland/cork/message-board/william-couche-and-marianne-mccarthy-both-born-about
William Couche born 10 January 1845 in Brigown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, parents William Couche a shoemaker, mother Ellen, the family lived in Baldwin Street, Brigown. Denomination: Church of Ireland.

William Couche senior died on the 4th December 1849 at the age of 38 in Brigown, cause of death: fever, last address Kingston Road Brigown

The closest match I can find for Mary Anne McCarthy is: Mary Anne McCarthy baptised 2e August 1846 in Glanworth about 15 from Mitchelstown, father Edmond, mother Elizabeth Donovan. Denomination: Roman Catholic.

This might be the death of relation who remained living at the family address where your William was born: Ellen Constance Couche death 24 July 1869 Brigown, place of death Balwin Street, Brigown, under one year old at the time of her death
(Ellen Constance Couch is the daughter of Richard Couche (1838-1902)
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Mary Ann McCarthy
in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950
Name: Mary Ann McCarthy
Gender: Female
Marriage Registration Year: 1864
Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Spouse: William Couche
Reference Number: 2874
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Mary Ann Couche
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Mary Ann Couche
Birth Year: abt 1845
Age: 69
Death Place: Victoria
Father's name: McCarthy
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 12488
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Ballarat Courier 17 Oct 1918
COUCHE- The friends of the late Mrs
Mary Ann Couche, relict of ex
Superintendent William Couche, are re-
spectfully invited to follow her remains
to their last resting-place in the Ballarat
New Cemetery. The funeral will leave
her late residence Shandon, 217 Victoria
street, Ballarat East, this day (Satur-
day) at 3.30 p.m.