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Mary COMMINS (1837?-1913)

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Mary Commins

Mary COMMINS,1,2,3,4 daughter of Michael COMMINS (1806-1891) and Mary CONROY (1809-1891), was born in 1837 (approx.) in Clare, Ireland.4 Her relationship to Ellen is Maternal Great (x1) Grandmother.

Mary migrated from Burren, Clare to Sydney, NSW arriving on 28 June 1850. She came to Australia with her parents on the ship "Lloyds" which is estimated to have left about February 1850. The family settled in the Michelago district.5,6 The shipping documents indicate her place of origin as Cross Gleg, Co. Tyrone Ireland.7 Mary married Michael MCNAMARA in 1861 at the BDM District in Queanbeyan, NSW.8,9

she died (aged 76) on 15 May 1913 in Michelago, NSW.4,10,11,12 She was buried in May 1913 in Grave 8 of the Catholic section of the general gemetery in Michelago.10,13

 

She is known to have smoked a clay pipe.14

 

COMMINS and CUMMINS are different spellings of the family name.

 

Michael MCNAMARA4 was the son of Bartholomew MCNAMARA (1791?-1856) and Bridget LENEHAN (1788-1873). He and Mary COMMINS had the following children:

 

Patrick MCNAMARA (1862-1865)

Bridget Mary MCNAMARA (1864-1939)

John MCNAMARA (1866-1881)

Bartholomew MCNAMARA (1868-1886)

Michael MCNAMARA (1870-1886)

Thomas Patrick MCNAMARA (1872-1945)

William MCNAMARA (1874-1954)

Mary MCNAMARA (1876-1964)

Catherine Ann MCNAMARA (1878- ) (known as 'Kate')

Ellen MCNAMARA (1882-1950)

Citations

1{S0008}, Interview : TINSON, nee MCNAMARA, Johanna "Nellie" (0113). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
2{S0116}, Internet (WCP) McNamara : re MCNAMARA, Bartholomew (0032) and LENEHAN, Bridget (0031) and Descendants (Rootsweb World Connect Project : http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2471560). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
3{S0114}, Internet (WCP) COWDERY, Edwina : re MCNAMARA (The site has been removed from Rootsweb's World Connect Project). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
4{S0125}, Internet (WCP) COWDERY, Edwina : re COMMINS, Michael (0278) and CONROY, Mary (0279) and Descendants (The site has been removed from Rootsweb's World Connect Project). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
5{S0224}, Shipping Records 1850 "Lloyds". Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Primary evidence.
6{S0122}, Internet (First Families 2001) re COMMINS and CONROY (Submitted by Michael Commins : http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220/www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/firstfamily5040....). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
7{S0224}, Shipping Records 1850 "Lloyds". Cit. Date: 30 August 2011. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
8{S0065}, BDM (NSW) Online Indexs : Marriages (NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Marriages Index : http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?SessionID=&event=...). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
9{S0101}, Internet (WCP) McNamara : re GRADY and HAYES (Rootsweb World Connect Project : http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2471560). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
10{S0471} Author : John Moore and/or Bruce Moore , Book Extract : "BURRA, County of Murray" Pages 26 - 28 (Published 1981). Cit. Date: 11 August 2011. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: "Red Michael's wife, the former Mary Cummins, died on 15th May, 1913 and was buried at Michelago."
11{S0116}, Internet (WCP) McNamara : re MCNAMARA, Bartholomew (0032) and LENEHAN, Bridget (0031) and Descendants (Rootsweb World Connect Project : http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2471560). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
Text From Source: "Died 1913"
12{S0581}, Headstone : McNAMARA, Michael (0030) and Mary (nee COMMINS) (0029). Cit. Date: 30 April 2012. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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Michael and Mary McNamara's headstone in Michelago cemetery

13{S0199}, Internet : General. http://www.monaropioneers.com/McNamara-Michael.htm. Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
14{S0108} John Thomas Michael (Jack) MCNAMARA, Manuscripts : "A Family Affair" and Other Assorted Essays by MCNAMARA, John 'Jack' (0118) (See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~owenjones/biogind/mcnamara/mcnamara_john...). Cit. Date: before 1 July 2009. Assessment: Secondary evidence.
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Compiler of this family history is : John Owen

              

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Updated : 24 May 2013