Re: Patrick Maloney and Ellen Donnelly in Australia
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In reply to:
Re: Patrick Maloney and Ellen Donnelly in Australia
Ralph Connors 1/25/10
"We're on the same page"!!I've found another researcher looking into the same people.She is descended from Patrick's second wife, Alice.
So Patrick had 7 children with Ellen Donnelly.She died in 1852 and he remarried - Alice Kennedy - also in 1852.They had another 14 children. Patrick died in 1873.
Alice had an illegitimate child, the remarried -again and had one son.That husband, Thomas McNamara died 1888, so she married again to a James O'Mealley.He doesn't seem to have been around very long as census records show her alone, calling herself Alice Maloney until her death in 1925.
No TV, no contraception, and what else can I say?You'd want to be rich to bring them all up - probably just as well some of them didn't survive - some died quite soon after birth, and others probably (hopefully) before they were old enough to marry!
At least I suppose they had nothing better to do at night time.We have plenty of other entertainment these days - just as well as our life expectancy is much longer!
Thanks again.Your reseach and advice are much appreciated.
Kirsten