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 I am grateful to Myles Hannan for the following:  (Joe)

Kelleher, Keilagher, Keleher, Keeleher.

Ellen Kelleher arrived with husband James Wall on the Switzerland in 1854. Ellen was recorded on the ship’s log of having parents, John and Mary Kelleher, native place Melick, Co Clare. Both parents were recorded as having been dead. On her death certificate it shows her mother was Mary Frost and the place of birth, Ireland. The informant on the certificate was her daughter Eliza Wesley, born 23.5.1855.

James and Ellen brought out 3 children on the ship, William 16,Ellen,9,and James 3. Cost to the family was 16 pounds (Probably 4 pounds for the over IO’ s and children 2 pounds each). James and William could read and write but Ellen could do neither. On the immigration papers it is stated that Ellen had 3 brothers in the colony, Patrick, Michael and John living at Liverpool. Ellen died in 1902 an is buried in Yass cemetery.

Brothers.

Patrick Keilagher was a ploughman, aged 38 when he arrived on the ” Ayshire” on 25.10.1841.He arrived with his wife, Margaret McNamara, aged 37, native of Limerick, ( His parents was given as John Kellaher and Mary Freese). They could neither read or write and being Roman Catholic. They arrived with their children Mary (10), John (5), and Margaret,(2). Probably due to the cost of the trip they left 3 children behind Michael (11),Ellen (8) and Anne (4).One of those certifying his good character was John Frost, Melick Fort(?).They paid 19 pounds each for the voyage with Mary paying 10 pounds, John paying 5 pounds, and Margaret paying 5 pounds 38 pence. Fortunately with the help of Carolyn Chisholm they were ably to come to the colony 7 years later on the Sir Edward Parry which must have been a ship especially set aside for foundling children as most of those on board were under 20 years of age and not accompanied by an adult. They had come from many parts of Ireland. The few adults were young and also seemed to be single and working mainly as farm labourers and shepherds or domestic servants.

Patrick a farmer, died 20/4/1874 aged 69 at Macquarie Fields near Liverpool. (His parents were given again as John Kellaher and Mary Freese), his place of birth given as County Clare, Ireland. His spouse was given as Margaret McNamara and they had 2 sons and 5 daughters living. The informant was E. Barrett, son in law, Soldiers Flat near Liverpool.
Margaret Kelleher, (parents John and Mary), died at Liverpool in 1880.

Some of their children may have been:-
Mary Kelleher married Edward Barrett at Liverpool (Moorebank) inl851. Ellen Kelleher also ofMoorebank was a witness at the wedding.(arrived on the Comodore Perry aged 23. maybe 1848)
Eliza Keleher,(parents, Patt, Keleher and Margaret McNamara), was born 23.7.18 42, baptised at St Mary’s Church, 20.9.1842.
There is also a Sarah Kelleher, (parents Patrick and Margaret Mack), abode George Street, born 19.3.1845 and Christened 13.4.1845 who might have been right.
A Michael Keheller ofMoorebank marrying a Mary Ann Fossett at All Saints, Liverpool, 4.5.1845.
A death of a Michael Kelleher (75) labourer, died at the Liverpool Asylum on 27.3.1884.Few details but the informant was the undertaker. He was shown that he was born in Ireland arriving on the “Eliza” in 1852. (Strangely Patrick Laffan died at the same place1869 and he came out on the “Eliza ” as a convict in 1827.)
John Kelleher on 19.1.1848 ofMoorebank married Margaret Carroll at All Saints, Liverpool. (The wittinesses were Michael and Mary Kelleher).

John Kelleher, native of County Clare, died in the Yass district (Grabben Gullen) aged 90, in April 1902. He could have been the other brother or another relative. This is the only information I have on the Kellehers and other than they were poor spellers possibly illiterate, there is so little we know about any of their lives, unlike some of the others of whom more is written.

Michael Kelleher (18) and the girls arrived 1J1h Feb 1848 on the Sir Edward Parry. He was a fann la bourer, from Quin, Clare. With him were Ellen (13) and Anne (10) Kelleher from Newmarket Clare the other children of Michael and Margaret Kelleher.. On the ship’s log they were given as not being able to read or write. The Sir Edward Parry carried many unaccompanied children including 2 very young Wall children. John Wall (10) who could read and \Vfite and Thomas Wall (8) who could read. They came from Clara, Tipperary (quite a distance from Clare). There were no other elders besides Michael that could have been recognised as a possible supervisor of the boys.

Kelleher Family.
John Kelleher
m. Clare, Ireland. Margaret Frost.
Patrick Kelleher 1805-1874 Michael Kelleher b.1809
m. Clare m. 1845 Liverpool Margaret Mc Namara l 804-188 0 Mary Ann Fossett
1805-1874 Patrick 1830- Michael (I)
1809-1884 Michael 1831- Mary (I) #
1812-1902 John 1833- Ellen (I)
1817-1902 Ellen 1835-1897 John (I) ##
1837- Anne(I) John Kelleher b1812
1839- Margaret (I) m.1848 Liverpool
1842- Elizabeth A (A) Margaret Carroll
Mary Kelleher(1831-)# married E Barrett(l 825-1908) in 1851 at Liverpool. They had one child Margaret, born at Liverpool 1856.
John Kelleher ##(son of Michael & Margaret ?) married Mary Leahy (1837-191) Liverpool.
Sarah Kelleher may have been a relative.
John Hannan
John Hannan and some history of Mutbilly and Breadalbane
Submitted Myles Hannan,Weetangera ACT. myles.and.elizabeth@netspeed.com.au

In 1872, John Hannan and Ellen Kelleher had been married 20 years, having been married at Liverpool, NSW in 1852. John had been born in County Leitrim, Ireland about 1820 and Ellen had been born in County Clare in 1833. They had been living since 1855 at Mutbilly, a small settlement on the Breadalbane Plains, half way between Gunning and Goulburn. Their eldest child Patrick was now 17 and their youngest, Christina, was born in 1872. Nine children had been born between 1855 and 1872, a further child would be born in 1875.

The catholic church at Mutbilly (St Brigid’s) had been built by Father McAlroy seven years before, on land owned by John Hannan. In 1872 Father Michael McAlroy was living at Olive St ., Albu ry , according to Greville’s directory. The churchyard had not been established in 1862 when John and Ellen’s daughter Elizabeth (aged 20 months) had died, so Elizabeth was buried in Goulburn.

The railway was now operational between Sydney and Goulburn but had not been extended to Gunning. A mail coach , operated by Cobb and Co., ran six days a week between Goulburn and Yoss and called at Mutbilly at 2.45 am (from Goulburn) and 8 am (from Yass). 96 families were registered in the Post Town of “Mutt Billy”.

Addresses included Breadalbane (later known as Parkesbourne), Reedy Creek (north west of Breadalbane Hotel), Diamond Creek (north of “Mount Pleasant”, between Cullerin and Fish River), Little Razor Back, Dairy Flat, Chain of Ponds (probably on the Collector Road, based on the fact that three Goodwin families lived there) and Wollogorang.

A number of families had simply “Mutt Billy” as their address in Greville’s directory, including John Hannon, whose occupation was given as storekeeper. From the Birth Certificates for his children, John Hannan was an innkeeper or publican from 1868 to 1875, whereas he had been a farmer from 1855 to 1866. In 1867 or 1868 John took over the hotel, known in 1860 and 1874 as the Breadalbane Hotel, from Thomas Lodge, who had been charged with being an accomplice of bushrangers in 1865.

Publicans Licences show that Thomas James Lodge was the licensee of the “Coach and Horses” Inn on the Breadalbane Plains in 1856 and 1858 and licensee of the “Breadalbane Hotel” in 1860. The records show that Mrs. James Lodge was also the licensee of the “Coach and Horses” Inn in 1856 when the distance from the nearest licensed house was 15 miles. In the list of contributors to the catholic church in Gunning in 1859, John Hannan and Thomas Lodge are listed one after the ot her . Mrs Lodge was the Nurse or Witness at the births of Francis and Elizabeth Hannan in 1858 and 1860 – Mrs Lodge could have been either Thomas’ mother Rebecca, who gave birth to John Benjamin Lodge at Breadalbane Hotel in 1851 or Thomas’ wife Mary, whom he married in 1853. It is not clear where Thomas Lodge was living in 1872 – there is a Thomas Lodge living at Jacqua, 135 miles south of Sydney, near Bungonia. Thomas Lodge, son of Henry and Rebecca Lodge, died at Carcoar (near Blayney) in 1906, aged about 73. Thomas’ mother Rebecca died in 1893, aged 87, and is buried in the Catholic section of Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery. Thomas’ younger brother, John Benjamin died in 1910 and is buried in the Anglican section of Queanbeyan Riverside Cemetery.

Additional notes kindly provided by Myles:

The Michael Kelleher who married Mary Ann Fossett (or Fawcett) in 1845 was the brother of Patrick, John and Ellen. He was a convict and was the first member of (this) Kelleher family to arrive in Australia (see details in Family tree), link below.

Patrick, John and Michael are definitely the brothers of Ellen. When Ellen arrived in Australia (in 1854) it was recorded that her three brothers were already here (see Family Tree). “Sweetwood Lea”/ Lodge’s Inn/ The Breadalbane Hotel was built between 1856, when Thomas Lodge bought the land, and 1858, when it was open for business.

Myles family tree on Wiki; click on John Kelleher, then click on the “DESCENDANTS” button.

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