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KAVANAGH, Bernard

KAVANAGH, Bernard

Male 1844 - 1929  (85 years)


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  • Name KAVANAGH, Bernard 
    Birth 31 Mar 1844  Queen's County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • AnnOlvier34's family tree on Ancestry (DNA match)
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1866  Labourer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gisborne, Australia 
    • Marriage certificate.
    Emigration Apr 1868  Victoria to Bluff Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gothenburg 
    • Index to Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1923 - Public Record Office Victoria. http://prov.vic.gov.au/

      CAVANAGH ?- MRS 33 GOTHENBURG APR 1868 BLUFF HOKITIKA & PORTS IN BETWEEN APR 1868 001
      CAVANAGH BERNARD 36 GOTHENBURG APR 1868 BLUFF HOKITIKA & PORTS IN BETWEEN APR 1868 001
    Residence 1870  Southland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Waimea plains, Boggy creek, house 
    • From the electoral roll.

      Waimea Plains is a farming area north of Invercargill. Boggy creek is near Lumsden.
    Residence 1880  Southland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Woodend, Mataura 
    • Electoral Rolls.
    • Woodend is on Stewart Island, the site of a sawmill.
    • Occupation: bushman.
    Residence 1890  Southland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Makarewa, Awarua 
    • Electoral Rolls.
    • 6 miles from Invercargill.
    • Occupation: bushman
    • Also listed as residential in Invercargill on the 1890 roll.
    Residence 1900  Horseshoe Bay, Stewart Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • settler, residential
    Occupation 1903 
    Bushman? 
    • Source: Daughter's Marriage Certificate
    Residence 1905  Halfmoon Bay Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Occupation: bullock driver
    • On Stewart Island - a neighbouring bay to Horseshoe Bay.
    Residence 1911  Halfmoon Bay Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Electoral Rolls.
      Occupation: bullock driver
    Residence 1914  Halfmoon Bay Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Electoral Rolls.
      Occupation: bullock driver
    Residence 1919  Halfmoon Bay Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Electoral Rolls.
      Occupation: bullock driver
    Residence 1928  Gorge Rd, Awarua Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Electoral Rolls.
      Occupation: labourer
    • This is east of Invercargill.
    Death 2 Nov 1929  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: BDM
    Burial 3 Nov 1929  Invercargill Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • New Zealand Cemetery Records

      KAVANAGH Bernard - 211 Pomona Rd, bur 3 Nov 1929 Cath Block 4/124
      Bernard James - child, bur 8 Feb 1887 Block 1/1X
      James Denis - Arrowtown, 74yrs, Catholic, bur 28 Mar 1931 Block 1/1X
      Katie - Oteramika Rd, bur 10 Oct 1926 Cath Block 8/14
      Maud - bur 11 Feb 1887 Block 1/1X
      s/b child of Mrs - Oteramika Rd, bur 27 Aug 1924 Cath Block 8/14
    Person ID I3544  Main Tree | Hooper Ancestors
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 

    Father KAVANAGH, Thomas,   b. 1815, Queen's County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1878, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother LAUDER, Bridget,   b. 1813, Queen's County, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1890, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1840  Arless, Laois, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • I think this is their marriage entry in the Arles Parish Records:

      023 1840 Feb 22 Thos Kavana Bidy Lalor James Kavana Kity Hogan

      Note a date of 22 Feb, not 27 Feb.

      I'm not sure where the original date came from - probably copied from someone's Ancestry tree.
    Notes 
    • Victoria BDM has an Elizabeth Kavanagh born in 1855 to Thomas Kavanagh and Bridget (nee Lawler). This may be this couple?
    • Children according to AnnOliver39's Ancestry family tree (DNA match):

      James 1841
      Francis 1844
      Bernard 1844
      Edward 1846
      Catherine 1849
      John 1851
      Elizabeth 1855
    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CAULFIELD, Ellen Letitia,   b. 1848, Sydney, NSW Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1900, Dunedin, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1866  St Bridget's Church, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Certificate
    Notes 
    • Ellen's death certificate lists the following children living:
      2 males 27 years, 12 years
      5 females 34 years, 30 years, 25 years, 21 years 17 years.

      We have:
      Aged 12 - born 1888 - Edward James - married Katie Lardner in 1920
      Another unidentified male born 1873.


      Aged 31 - born September 1868 - Elizabeth Frances married Richard John William in 1901
      Aged 25 - born 1875 - Alice Mary (Cavanagh)
      Aged 21 - born 1880 - Bridget Frances - Frances Delia
      Aged 17 - born 1883 - Ellen Lattisa

      There was also a Catherine Kavanagh who married Thomas Monteath in 1887 (Mrs Monteith given as sister on Edward James military record). She must be the 34 year old.
    Children 
     1. KAVANAGH, Bridget Frances,   b. 12 Feb 1880, Stewart Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1954, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. KAVANAGH, James Edward,   b. 3 Jul 1888, Invercargill Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1960, Wellington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. KAVANAGH, Ellen Lattisa,   b. 1883, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. KAVANAGH, Catherine,   b. Abt 1867, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1929, Invercargill, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F1115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2015 

  • Photos
    Bernard Kavanagh - Bullocky    		Bernard Kavanagh - Bullocky

  • Notes 
    • "In the Grip of an Island" by Olga Sansom

      "At Murdoch's mill for many years was a bullocky to whom Murdoch gave a pension for long service, a rare happening in those days. This was Barney Kavanagh, an Irishman, a great wit and popular with everyone. He had a family of pretty girls living in Dunedin. All the mill men knew them from the photo on his mantelpiece in his hut. "Won't you bring them over here Barney. Tell them Stewart Island is a good place to live in."
    • According to note written by Norbert Casey (in possession of Pat Hooper) left Ireland for Australia at the age of 3 with sister Mary and parents. Settled in Melbourne 1848.
      Other children born in Australia? Charles, Micheal ??, Catherine, Anne.

      One daughter Kate born in about 1866 in Australia.
    • According to places the siblings were born (Source AnnOliver39's family tree on ancestry) they left Ireland between 1844 and 1846.


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