Patrick CONNELLY
Born C.1859 in Ireland [P291]
Married Ellen GALLAGHER [P35]
He departed from London, England on the steamship Fifeshire on 21 October 1890 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
His wife and elder children departed from England on 19 July 1894 on the steamship Port Victor to join him in Western Australia [203]
Their son Michael was born in Bunbury in 1895, and children William and Ruby in Gingin in 1898 and 1900 [15]
For at least two decades he worked at various locations for the Midland Railway Company [6] [19] [50]
Railway Repairer in Gingin in 1904 [19]
Railway Repairer in Watheroo [19]
Railway Fettler in Carnamah in later 1908 and in 1909 [19] [50]
Per Way Fettler in Coomberdale in 1911 [6]
Railway Fettler in Koojan 1913-1921 [6]
Gave his consent for his son Michael to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force just short of 21 years of age in 1916 [30: item 3277991]
Railway Line Repairer / Fettler in Carnamah 1921-1923 [6] [19]
Pensioner in Gingin in 1931 [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Leederville [2]
Father of Patrick, John, Daniel, Nora, Mary Ellen, Michael James, William Joseph and Ruby Mary [203] [P291]
Died 5 June 1938; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, LC, 382) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Patrick Connelly' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/patrick-connelly [reference list] |
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