Catherine Garvey

Bill’s Paternal Grandmother

Known As : Kitty

Birth : 6 Nov 1812 in Limerick, Ireland

Death : 28 Oct 1905 (aged 92) in Coolamon, NSW, Burial : Coolamon Cemetery, Coolamon , NSW, Roman Catholic Section (plot unknown)

Mother : Margaret Quinn

Father : Michael Garvey

Partner(s) : John O’Brien (M: 23 February 1830 in Newmarket on Fergus, Clare, Ireland)

Children : While there is some confusion in the various records, it seems most likely that the couple had 16 children - Mary appears twice as the 1st Mary died at birth. Likewise, Elizabeth appears twice, as the first Elizabeth appears to have died before the couple left for NSW - Mary (1830-1830), Ellen Jane (1832-1919), Dennis (1834-1900), Mary (1835-1913), Elizabeth (1836-1838), Catherine (1837-1902), Maria (1839-1913), Margaret Mary (1841-1915), Anne (1843-1904), Philip (1843-????), Thomas William (1845-1925), Bridget (1846-1929), John (1849-1929), William (1851-1923), Agatha (1854-1938), Elizabeth (1855-1915).