‘Barbarously Murdered’ On Sunday last, a man named John Kelly, was lodged in gaol on a charge of murder, in having in the township of March, on the Friday previous, stabbed one Michael Horrogan, his brother-in-law, in an affray, from…
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Henrietta Godmother
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Henrietta Moran (1837-1921) Henrietta Moran caught my attention when I noticed how often she turned up as a sponsor at her nieces’ and nephews’ baptisms. For the Morans of Huntley (but also for the Laheys of March), she seems to…
Thomas Edwin Moran and Bridget Mary McDermott: Wedding Photo?
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Thomas Edwin Moran was born at Huntley township on 1 March 1860, the fifth child and third son of Alexander (‘Sandy’) Michael Moran and Mary Leavy. Bridget Mary McDermott was born at Fitzroy township on 7 March 1876, the eighth…