Birth : 23 May 1801 in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland

Death : 19 July 1886 (aged 85) at “Cowabbie” Wagga Wagga, NSW, Burial : Cootamundra General Cemetery, Cootamundra, NSW (plot unknown)

Mother : Ellen Morrisey

Father : William O’Brien

Partner(s) : Catherine Garvey (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).