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LIMERICK TO QUEENSLAND:  The Kearney Family Story

By Margaret Szalay & Mary Graham

 

KEARNEY DESCENDANTS                     IS YOUR FAMILY RELATED??

The following table provides information on the 7 surviving children of John Martin and Honorah Kearney and the family names into which they and their female descendants married in the 1800s and 1900s.  While most families have remained in Queensland, some descendants now live interstate and overseas.  The authors are descended from B1.

Family and/or Ancestral trees, as known, have been included in this family history for the surnames BOLD-UNDERLINED below.  For other families, known details of the families are included within the family stories. 

 

Spouse’s family name

 

KEARNEY CHILDREN

 

Female descendants married into these family names

 

O’BRIEN

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B1.    Martin John KEARNEY        B. 1833 in Ireland;                          D. 5.9.1864 aged 31 at sea en route to Qld

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DOONER

COSTELLO;  PENRIDGE

McGUIRK (spouse)

GARDNER;  SCHMIDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(UNMARRIED)

 

B2.     Michael KEARNEY

          B.  1836 in Ireland;                         D. 21.5.1863 Ireland aged 27

 

(NO ISSUE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAWLESS

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B3      William KEARNEY Bp.11.4.1838 In Limerick; D. 22.6.1875 R’ton aged 37

 

(NO ISSUE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RYAN

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B4     Thomas KEARNEY            Bp. 13.7.1841;                  D. 9.1.1880 aged 39 in Rockhampton, Qld

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AUSTIN;  AVERY;  BRIDSON;  KELLY;  KERWICK;  MARTIN;  MURPHY;  YOUNG 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRANLEY

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B5.    Mary Catherine KEARNEY          B. 1846 in Ireland;               D. 24.11.1903 aged 57 in Rockhampton, Qld

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EASTAUGHFFE;  HUNT;

 MARTIN;  SLACK. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(UNMARRIED)

 

B6.     James KEARNEY (Male)       Bp. May 1847;                  

          D. 10.3.1874 , aged 26 in Rockhampton, Qld

 

(NO ISSUE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHEEHY

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B7.  Bridget Mary KEARNEY

        B. 13.5.1851 Limerick;                          D. 31.3.1938 Qld aged 86

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BUTLER;   CHATTERTON; 

MURRAY