Descendants of Matilda O’Hara

Matilda O’Hara, b. ca. 1834 ¹ in County Cavan, Ireland; d. 11 Jul 1914 ² in Redfern, NSW, Australia. She married 9 Aug 1854 ³ in Scots (Presbyterian) Church, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, Andrew Love, b. ca. 1831 ^{3, 4} in County Cavan, Ireland; d. 5 Jul 1906 ^{3, 4} in Sydney, NSW, son of James and Eliza Love.

       Matilda likely emigrated to Australia in the early 1850s. No record of her arrival in Sydney has been found in the assisted immigration records. It is assumed she came unassisted in company with her elder sister Mary, who in 1852 married Hugh Wauhop, a widower and landowner in the Strawberry Hills locality of Surry Hills ⁵. They were the witnesses at Matilda's 1854 wedding to Andrew Love that took place in the same church in which they had married ³.
       Matilda's husband was also a native of County Cavan. He must have formed a close association with the Wauhops' as he was a witness at their 1852 wedding. He arrived in Sydney at the age of nineteen years from Cavan, Co. Cavan on 29 Jun 1850 on the Lloyds. Because Co. Cavan has no Cavan parish his prior place of residence would have been the main town. The immigration record stated his father James had emigrated to America ⁷. The absence in the immigration record of his mother's abode indicates she was deceased. A ship's list recording the arrival of his father James Love in the USA has not been sighted. He was possibly the James Love who arrived in New York from Liverpool, England on 22 May 1849 on the William D. Sewall ⁸.
       The first listing noted in Sydney directories of Andrew Love in the Strawberry Hill area was in the Sydney Sands Directory for 1867 when he was residing at 18 Wilton Lane just around the corner from Sarah Ann Street. In 1871 he was at 39 Sarah Ann Street, in 1875 at #11, and in 1876 at #33 where he was also listed in 1879. From 1889 Sarah Ann Street was renamed Dawson Street. He likely remained at #33 until about 1890 when he moved a short distance south to reside at 34, Wells Street in Redfern where he remained until his death. Hugh Wauhop's will stated the eastern boundary of his Sarah Ann Street property was "a cottage occupied by Andrew Love" ⁹.  Likewise to his newspaper funeral notice Andrew's death registration listed his seven surviving children as - Eliza, Maria, Catherine, Rebecca, Herbert, Charles and Henry.

Children of Matilda O’Hara and Andrew Love were:
+  1.     i.     Eliza Love
    2.    ii.     Margaret Love
    3.    iii.    Robert Love
    4.    iv.    Robert Love
    5.    v.     William Love
+  6.    vi.    Maria Love
    7.   vii.    William Love
    8.    iii.    Catherine
+  9.    ix.    Rebecca
   10.    x.    Herbert
   11.   xi.    Jane
+ 12.  xii.    Charles Willoughby Love
   13.  xiii.   Arthur H. E. Love

SECOND GENERATION

1.   Eliza Love, b. 1855 ¹². She married 1879 ¹³ reg. Sydney, John Latham. He was presumably deceased before July 1914 ².

Children of Eliza O'Hara and John Latham were:
    14.   i.     John Morris Latham
    15.  ii.     Emily E Latham
    16.  iii.    Arthur Latham
    17.  iv.    Ethel Latham

2.   Margaret Love b. 1857 ¹⁴ reg. Sydney, NSW ; d. 1957 ¹⁵ reg. Sydney, NSW.

3.   Robert Love b. 1858 ¹⁶ reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1958 ¹⁷ reg. Sydney, NSW. ¹⁰

4.   Robert Love b. 1859 ¹⁸ reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1861 ¹⁹ reg. Sydney, NSW.

5.   William Love b. 1861 ²⁰ reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1963 ²¹ reg. Sydney, NSW.

6.   Maria Love b. 1862 ²² reg. Sydney, NSW, Australia; d. 19 Jun 1941 ^{23 ,72} reg. Canterbury, NSW; buried Rookwood Cemetery. She married in 1886 ²⁴ reg. Sydney, Robert John Kerruish, presumed deceased before Jul 1914 ² - perhaps the Robert Kerruish, son of Hugh and Sarah Kerruish, who died in 1899 ²⁵ reg. Canterbury, NSW. 

Children of Maria Love and Robert J Kerruish were (assumed from BDM indexes):
    18.   i.    Mona Kerruish
    19.   ii.   Robert Ballelan. A. Kerruish
    20.   iii.  May Kerruish

7.   William Love b. 1864 ²⁶ reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1866 ²⁷ reg.  Sydney, NSW

8.   Catherine "Kate" Love b. 1866 ²⁸ reg. Sydney, NSW, d. 1949 ⁷³ reg. Liverpool, NSW. She married in 1884 ⁹⁹ reg Sydney, NSW, John Baldock Kelso, d. 1948 ⁷⁴ reg. Liverpool, NSW, son of John and Annie Kelso. Kate had the remarkable record of having her children born over a 25 year time span.

9.    Rebecca Love b. 1870 ²⁹ ; d. 1939 ³⁰ reg. Parramatta, NSW.  She married in 1891 ³¹ reg. Redfern, NSW,  Richard Austen.  When her birth was registered it was as "unnamed". When she married the NSW BDM index has her sole given name as "May". The BDM Indexed 1893 birth of daughter Ivy has her mother's name as "Rebecca M.", suggesting she may have been christened Rebecca May, and "Rebecca" was ommitted when the marriage was indexed or was omitted from or unreadable in the marriage record.

Children of Rebecca Love and Richard Austen were:
+  32.   i.    Richard Austen
    33.   ii.   Ivy Austen
    34.   iii.  Ellen F. Austen
    35.   iv.  Lily M. Austen
    36.   v.   Mildred Austen
    37.   vi.  Norman C. Austen
    38.  vii.  Henry A. W. Austen
    39. viii.  Robert G. W. Austen
    40.  ix.   Francis H Austen

10.  Herbert Love, b. 1871 ³² reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1938 ³³ reg. Granville, NSW. No NSW marriage registered to year of death. He was a painter ³.

11.  Jane Love, b. 1873 ³⁴  - unnamed when birth registered; d. 1875 ³⁵ reg. Sydney, NSW.

12.  Charles Willoughby Love,b. 1875 ³⁶ reg. Sydney, NSW;  d: 1939 ³⁷ reg. Randwick, NSW. He married 1895 ³⁸ reg. Waterloo, NSW, Rebecca M Bridle,  b: 1866 ³⁹ reg. Redfern, NSW; d. 1946 ⁴⁰ reg. Redfern, NSW.

Children of Charles Willoughby Love and Rebecca M Bridle were:
     41.  i.     Frederick C Love
     42.  ii.    William H Love
     43.  iii.   Ernest J Love
     44.  iv.   Alice L Love
     45.  v.    Rebecca M Love

13.  Arthur H. E. "Henry" Love, b. 1878 ⁴¹  - unnamed when his birth was registered; d. 1935 ⁴² reg. Redfern, NSW;  m. 1916 ⁴³ reg. Redfern, NSW, Mary A Hatton - perhaps 1879 born Mary Alice Hatton whose parents were Alfred and Alice Hatton. He was a plumber ³. No children births registered to 1918.

THIRD GENERATION

14.  John Morris Latham, b. 1880 ⁴⁴ reg. Glebe, NSW (birth indexed as Morris John Latham); d. 1965 ⁴⁵ reg. Auburn, NSW (father's name given as John Morris).  No NSW BDM indexed marriage to 1956.

15.  Emily E Latham, b. 1881 ⁴⁶ reg. Sydney, NSW. She married in 1910 ⁴⁷ reg. Sydney, Henry J Mathews.

16.  Arthur Latham,  b. 1883 ⁴⁸ reg. Sydney, NSW. He married 1902 ⁴⁹ reg. Burwood, NSW, Elsie M Lane. An Arthur Latham death, with parents names unknown, was registered at Rockdale, NSW, in 1963 (#1963-37060).

17. Ethel Latham,  b. 1884 ⁵⁰ reg. Sydney, NSW. Two possible NSW BDM indexed marriages are: (1) Ethel M Latham to Francis J Gifford reg. Albury, NSW (#1907-6923) OR (2) Ethel Latham to George Jackson reg. Sydney  (#1899-7088).

18.  Mona Kerruish. Deceased before June 1941⁷² when her mother died. No NSW BDM indexed birth has been found or a pre 1941 death or marriage. Also pre her mother's 1888 marriage there is no indexed birth of a Mona Love with mother Maria Love.

19.  Robert Balellan. A. Kerruish, 1889 ⁵¹ reg. Woolahra, NSW - his surname at birth was registered in error as as Kerrnish; d. 1968 ⁷⁵ reg. Kogarah, NSW.

20.  May Kerruish, b. 1899 ⁵² reg. Sydney. NSW. She married 1920 ⁵³ reg. Sydney, Sydney R Puffett.

21.  Linda Kelso b. 1885 ⁷⁶  reg. Sydney, NSW. She married 1904 ⁷⁷ reg. Sydney, NSW, Harry Tyler.

22.  John Henry Kelso b. 1887 ⁷⁸ reg. Sydney, NSW; d. 1951 ⁷⁹ reg. Newtown. Perhaps married 1909 (#1909-10875) reg. Canterbury, NSW, Nellie McKee. No NSW BDM indexed children to 1918.

23.  Ada Kelso b. 1888 ⁸⁰ reg. Sydney, NSW. No marriage NSW BDM Indexed to 1956.

24.  Elvina "Elvie" E.  Kelso b. 1890 ⁸¹ reg Sydney, NSW;  d. 1892 ⁸² reg. Redfern, NSW

25.  Lilly Jane Kelso b. 1892 ⁸³ reg. Redfern, NSW. Perhaps as Lily M. married 1913 #1913-13324) Philip J. Kennedy.

26.  Rebecca Kelso b. 1895 ⁸⁴ reg. Redfern, NSW. Likely married 1921 (#1921-15306) reg. Rockdale, NSW, George W. R. Klemann.

27.  Norman J Kelso b. 1898 ⁸⁵ reg. Sydney, NSW. Likely married 1927 (#1927-7951) reg. Paddington, NSW, Amy L. Lovern.

28.  Norris B. Kelso b. 1900 ⁸⁶ reg. Sydney, NSW - parents NSW BDM indexed as John D. Kelso & Catherine. He died 1916 ⁸⁷ reg. Sydney.

29.  Edith M. Kelso b. 1902 ⁸⁸ reg. Sydney, NSW. Likely married 1914 (#1914-16156), Stanley D. Roach.

30.  Florence M Kelso b. 1907 ⁸⁹ reg. Sydney, NSW. No marriage NSW BDM indexed to 1956.

31.  Donald Kleman Kelso b. 1910 ⁹⁰ reg. Sydney, NSW. He married 1956 ⁹¹ reg. Kingsford,  Myra Frances Hutchby.

32.  Richard Austen, b. 1892 ⁵⁴ reg. Redfern, NSW; d. 9 Jun 1970 ¹¹ reg. Lithgow, NSW. He married 1917 ⁵⁵ reg. Hurstville, NSW, Catherine M Noonan.

Children of Richard Austen and Catherine M Noonan were:
    49.  i.     Ivy Austen
+  50. ii.     Marion Frances Austen
    51. iii.    Richard Austen

33.  Ivy Austen, b. 1893 ⁵⁶ reg. Redfern, NSW. No NSW BDM death was indexed to 1976. She married a Mr. Franklin.

34. Ellen F. Austen, b. 1895 ⁵⁷ reg. Newtown, NSW. She married a Mr. McRae. 

35. Lily "Lillian" M. Austen, b. 1897 ⁵⁸ reg. Newtown, NSW. She married a Mr. Constable. 

36. Mildred Austen, b 1900 ⁵⁹ reg. Waterloo, NSW.  She married 1930 ⁶⁰ reg. Petersham  William McInnes.

37. Norman C. Austen, b. 1902 ⁶¹. He married 1922 ⁶² reg. Rockdale, NSW, Jane Douglas.

38. Henry A. W. Austen, b. 1904 ⁶³ reg. Waterloo, NSW. Presumably the Henry A. Austen who married 1927 (#1927-12162) reg. Grafton, NSW, Rita B Avery.

39. Robert George W. Austen, b. 1907 ⁶⁴ .  He married 1941 ⁹⁷ reg. Newtown, NSW, Joyce Roser.

40. Francis Herbert Austen, b. 1914 ⁶⁵ reg Canterbury.  He married ⁹⁸ reg. Rockdale, NSW, Dalma May Joy.

41.  Frederick C Love, b. 1896 ⁶⁶. No Frederick C Love marriage registered in NSW to 1956.

42.  William H Love, b. 1897 ⁶⁷  - five possible marriages for "William H. Love" were registered in NSW from 1915 to 1942.

43.  Ernest J Love, b. 1900 ⁶⁸.

44.  Alice L Love, b. 1901 ⁶⁹. Perhaps the Alice Love who married Joseph V Murphy in 1926 (#1926-17287) reg. Paddington, NSW.

45.  Rebecca M Love, b. 1902 ⁷⁰. No marriage registered in NSW to 1956.

FOURTH GENERATION

46.  Ada G Tyler b. 1909 ⁹² reg. Sydney, NSW.
 
47.  Mabel Tyler b. 1912 ⁹³ reg. Rockdale, NSW.

48.  Jean Tyler b. 1914 ⁹⁴ reg. Rockdale, NSW.

49. Ivy Austen. She married 1938 ⁷¹, Richard James Vandyke (or Van-Dyke) reg. Liverpool, NSW.

50. Marion Frances Austen. She married 1943 ⁹⁵ reg Lithgow, NSW, Angelo Butta.

Children of Marion Austen and Angelo Butta were
    52.          Lyn Butta

51.  Richard Austen. He married 1952 ⁹⁶ reg. Lithgow, Yvonne Patricia Carroll.

FIFTH GENERATION

52.  Lyn Butta. She married ca. 1970,  Seamus Casey b. Ireland.

To provide more information on this particular Love family contact:  SOURCES:
¹   Calculated birth year based on an age of 80 when she died on 14 July 1914.
²   NSW BDM Index #1914-10046.  Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Jul 1914 - FUNERALS - LOVE - The Friends of the late Mrs. Matilda Love are kindly invited to attend her Funeral, to leave her late residence 12, Paul's Road, Waterloo, this Monday, at 1 o'clock, for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.
LOVE. - The Friends of Herbert and Henry Love are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late mother, Matilda ...
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Love and Family are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved mother and grandmother, Matilda ...
The friends of Mrs. J. Latham and Family, are kingly invited to attend the Funeral of their late mother and grandmother, Matilda Love ...
The Friends of Mrs. R. Kernish and Family are kindly invited to attend the funeral of their beloved mother and grandmother, Matilda Love ...
The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kelso and Family are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved mother and grandmother, Matilda Love ...
The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. Austen and Family are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved mother and grandmother, Matilda Love ...
The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tyler and family are kindly invited to attend Funeral of their beloved grandmother and great grandmother, Matilda Love ...
The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. Owen are kindly invited to attend Funeral of their beloved grandmother, Matilda Love ...
³   Gwenda Andersen of Caloundra, QLD. to compiler - letter dated 2 Apr 1999 advised date & place of 1854 marriage and of Andrew's 1906 death  - sourced by her from 1993 notes on Love family research by Andrew and Matilda gg grandaughter Lyn Casey. Andrew Love 1906 death cert. registration informants were Richard Austen & John Kelso and it stated he had been a resident of NSW for 56 yrs (i.e. arrived Australia 1850).
⁴    NSW BDM Indexes #1906-7289 (the "Andrew" given by the informants as Andrew Love's father's name was incorrect - it actually was James as per his 1850 Lloyds Immigration record)
Sydney Morning Herald, 6 Jul 1906 - FUNERALS - "LOVE. - The Friends of Messrs. Henry, Herbert and Charles and Misses Catherine, Rebecca, Eliza and Maria Love are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved Father Andrew Love; to move from his late residence, No. 34, Wells-street, Redfern, this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock" - for burial in Church of England Cemetery, Necropolis.
⁵  Hugh Wauhop's Strawberry Hills locality house ownership from 1848 and 1844 & 1850 Sydney directory listings researched by Sherie McEvoy of Hunter River, NSW at the Sydney City Council Archives with copies of the records provided courtesy of same.
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7   NSW Assisted Immigration - AO of NSW (State Records) reels # 2136 & 2461 - arrived Lloyds 29 Jun 1850 -  age 19, C of E religion, from Cavan, County Cavan, and parents were James & Eliza - father in the America.
⁸    The Famine Immigrants - Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York 1846-1851 (Baltimore,: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1983-1986),  vol. 4, p. 193 - James Love age 45, labourer arrived New York on the William D. Sewall on 22 May 1849 - emigrants often crossed the Irish sea to depart from Liverpool. Another much less likely, as Andrew's mother was apparently deceased before 1850, was a James & Eliza Love, respectively aged 58 & 45, who with 8 children aged from 1 to 22 years, arrived at New York from Belfast, Ireland on 13 Apr 1849 on the Huron (vol. 4, p. 62). Note - a Ships List for the William D. Sewall and the Huron would be available from several sources, such as in 2007 online NARA ordering, or www.ancestry.com that has it indexed that in 1849 two named James Love arrived at New York - images of the records are obtainable and should state if either James came from County Cavan. As the William D Sewell James was aged 45 he would have been 28 when the Tithe Applotment Valuations of Ireland were done for Co. Cavan in 1833 so could have been listed in Co. Cavan on a farm. Alternatively, as the given name of Robert was likely a name of genealogical significance to Andrew, who may have been his grandfather, he could have been a farm occupant in 1833.
⁹   Gwenda Andersen to the compiler - letter dated 28 Feb 1999 - advised Hugh Wauhop's will stated his property at Strawberry Hills was "bounded on the east by the cottage presently occupied by Andrew Love in Sarah Ann Street" (will date is unknown - Hugh died 1877).
¹⁰  As a second child was named Robert after the death of first it suggests the name had a significance in one parent's ancestry. As it was not an O'Hara family given name it was likely the name of one of Andrew's grandparents. The NSW BDM Indexes when issued on CD-ROM in the 1990s listed the birth of both the 1858 and 1859 sons named Robert. However whilst also listing their 1858 and 1861 deaths, it listed an additional two named Robert as having died in 1858, each with different registration numbers. So it had three Andrew and Maria children named Robert as dying in 1858 with registration numbers - 278, 786, 896. However the more up to date and corrected online NSW BDM Registry Indexes as at Sep 2007 no longer have the additional two confusing Robert Love death registrations! There were also two named William who similary both died as infants but William did have a known significance in the O'Hara genealogy - being a brother of Matilda's who in 1880 came to Australia.
¹¹  NSW BDM INDEXES #1970-25955. Sydney Morning Herald, 10 Jun 1970, DEATHS - AUSTEN, Richard. - Suddenly at Lithgow District Hospital, late of 55 Hill Street, Lithgow, beloved husband of Catherine, loved father of Ivy (Mrs Van-Dyke, of Strathfield), Marion (Mrs Butta, of Lithgow, and Richard (Killara), fond father-in-law of Dick, Angelo, and Yvonne, and fond grandfather and great-grandfather of their children, aged 78 years. Private internment will take place at Woronora Cemetery following Requium Mass at 8 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Lithgow, this day. Requiescat in pace.
AUSTEN, Richard. - Late of 55 Hill Street, Lithgow, loved son of the late Richard and Rebecca Austen, and fond brother of Ivy (Mrs. Franklin, deceased), Ellen (Mrs McRae, deceased), Lillian (Mrs Constable, deceased), Mildred (Mrs McInnes, Sydney), Norman (deceased), Harry (Bexley), Bob (Vales Point), and Frank (deceased), and loved brother and brother-in-law and uncle of their families. Requiescat in pace.
¹²  NSW BDM Indexes (#V1855 4221 42B).
¹³  Ibid #1879-390
¹⁴  Ibid #1857-226
¹⁵  Ibid #1857-162
¹⁶  Ibid #1858-723
¹⁷  Ibid #1858-896
¹⁸  Ibid #1859-1235
¹⁹  Ibid #1861-584
²⁰  Ibid #1861-475
²¹  Ibid #1863-758
²²  Ibid #1862-1819
²³  Ibid #1941-8737
²⁴  Ibid #1886-1289
²⁵  Ibid #1899-13725
²⁶  Ibid #1864-1171
²⁷  Ibid #1866-52
²⁸  Ibid #1866-1305
²⁹  Ibid #1870-367
³⁰  Ibid #1939-21645
³¹  Ibid #1891-6957
³²  Ibid #1871-2924
³³  Ibid #1938-22209
³⁴  Ibid #1873-1552
³⁵  Ibid #1875-904
³⁶  Ibid #1875-1812
³⁷  Ibid #1939-24845
³⁸  Ibid #1895-1929
³⁹  Ibid #1866-3483
⁴⁰  Ibid #1946-24269
⁴¹  Ibid #1878-1401
⁴²  Ibid #1935-794
⁴³  Ibid #1916-1014
⁴⁴  Ibid #1880-4861
⁴⁵  Ibid #1965-39821
⁴⁶  Ibid #1881-1343
⁴⁷  Ibid #1910-11046
⁴⁸  Ibid #1883-255
⁴⁹  Ibid #1902-8938
⁵⁰  Ibid #1884-4107
⁵¹  Ibid #1889-7932
⁵²  Ibid #1899-9443
⁵³  Ibid #1920-15018
⁵⁴  Ibid #1892-30679
⁵⁵  Ibid #1917-4099
⁵⁶  Ibid #1893-26156
⁵⁷  Ibid #1895-15345
⁵⁸  Ibid #1897-27131
⁵⁹  Ibid #1900-8308
⁶⁰  Ibid #1930- 6061
⁶¹  Ibid #1902-8006
⁶²  Ibid #1922-5597
⁶³  Ibid #1904-27904
⁶⁴  Ibid #1907-8973
⁶⁵  Ibid #1914-32275
⁶⁶  Ibid #1896-26689
⁶⁷  Ibid #1897-36462
⁶⁸  Ibid #1900-8340
⁶⁹  Ibid #1901-17741
⁷⁰  Ibid #1902-17748
⁷¹  Ibid #1938-23594
⁷²  Sydney Morning Herald, Fri. 20 Jun 1941 - DEATHS - Kerruish - June 19, 1941 at the residence of her son-in-law 6 Corden Street, Belmore, Maria, widow of the late Robert Kerruish and loved mother of Mona (deceased), Robert and May (Mrs. Puffett), in her 79th year. FUNERAL - 9.45 am. Andrews's Funeral Home, Ashfield for Rookwood Crematorium.
⁷³  NSW BDM Indexes #1949-4452
⁷⁴  Ibid #1948-23234
⁷⁵  Ibid #1968-13631
⁷⁶  Ibid #1885-759
⁷⁷ Ibid #1904-7913
⁷⁸ Ibid #1887-1
⁷⁹ Ibid #1951-26975
⁸⁰ Ibid #1888-2916
⁸¹ Ibid #1890-3185
⁸² Ibid #1892-11416
⁸³ Ibid #1892-31252
⁸⁴ Ibid #1895-26288
⁸⁵ Ibid #1898-360
⁸⁶ Ibid #1900-18750
⁸⁷ Ibid #1916-10071
⁸⁸ Ibid #1902-28528
⁸⁹ Ibid #1907-542
⁹⁰ Ibid #1910-175
⁹¹ Ibid #1956-18671
⁹² Ibid #1909-21312
⁹³ Ibid #1912-9220
⁹⁴ Ibid #1914-28670
⁹⁵ Ibid #1943-23215
⁹⁶ Ibid #1952-5108
⁹⁷  Ibid #1941-23415
⁹⁸  Ibid #1941-15495
⁹⁹  Ibid ##1884-1556

Compiled by John Raymond, Brisbane, Queensland Australia - posted 16 Sep 2007