My mother was Winifred McGuiness. Her grandparents Hugh McGuiness and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Hewett emigrated from Ireland with their four children in 1840, arriving on the ship “Crescent”. Their youngest child William who was aged eleven on arrival, married another Irish immigrant, Bridget Quinlan, in 1855. Two of their daughters married two Thomson brothers. Their seventh child William, married Mary Ann Keegan, who were my grandparents.
Notes currently in preparation. In the meantime, herewith the first few generations, expanding on the above information.
….. 1 Patrick McGUINESS d: Co Monaghan IRE?
….. + Mary MOON d: Co Monaghan IRE?
……….. 2 Hugh McGUINESS b: 1800 in Co Monaghan IRE, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1840 per emigrant ship ‘Crescent’ from Kingstown, IRE, d: Mt Cole VIC
……….. + Elizabeth (Betsy) HEWETT b: 1802 in Co Monaghan IRE, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1840 “Crescent”, m: Abt. 1825 in Co Monaghan, IRE ?, d: Mt Cole VIC
…………….. 3 Annie McGUINESS b: 1821 in IRE
…………….. + Patrick BURNS m: 07 May 1843 in Braidwood NSW
………………….. 4 Elizabeth BURNS b: 05 Apr 1844 in Nerriga, NSW
………………….. 4 Patrick Joseph BURNS b: 05 Sep 1845 in Nerriga, NSW, d: 17 Feb 1911 in Oakwood, Mongarlowe, NSW
………………….. + Agnes Amelia ROGERS m: Braidwood NSW
………………….. 4 Anne BURNS b: 28 Oct 1847 in Budderang?, Goulburn NSW
…………….. 3 Mary McGUINESS b: 1824 in IRE, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1840 ‘Crescent’ from Kingstown, IRE, d: 01 Sep 1889 in Wattle Flat, Victoria
…………….. + Michael PRENDERGAST b: 1818 in Bunratty, Co Clare, IRE, Arr. Australia: 1838 “Elphinstone”, m: 07 May 1843 in Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia
………………….. 4 Margaret PRENDERGAST b: 11 Sep 1844 in Braidwood NSW, d: 01 Sep 1889 in Wattle Flat, Victoria, Australia
………………….. 4 John PRENDERGAST b: 28 Apr 1845 in Braidwood NSW, d: 29 Mar 1898 in Echuca East, Vic
………………….. 4 Patrick William PRENDERGAST b: 23 Mar 1847 in Braidwood NSW, d: 26 May 1879 in The Lodden, Vic
…………….. + John McCORMICK m: 1847 in Illawarra, NSW
…………….. 3 James McGUINESS b: 1826 in Co Monaghan IRE, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1840 ‘Crescent’, d: 18 Dec 1880 in Mt. Cole VIC
…………….. + Elizabeth Mary Ann SIMMONS b: Abt. 1823, d: 30 Jul 1905 in ‘Live & Let Live Hotel’ Warrak VIC
………………….. 4 Alexander Wrightson McGUINESS b: 06 Oct 1845 in Braidwood NSW, d: 06 Sep 1909 in Warrak VIC
………………….. + Sarah BROWN b: 07 Dec 1849 in Adelaide SA, m: 1868 in Bridgewood NSW ?, d: 26 Feb 1943
……………………….. 5 James Allanson McGUINESS b: 1870 in Ararat VIC, d: 13 Dec 1959
……………………….. 5 William Thomas McGUINESS b: 05 Aug 1872 in Ararat VIC, d: 21 Dec 1922 in Warrak VIC
……………………….. 5 Henrietta Amelia McGUINESS b: 13 Sep 1874, d: 02 Feb 1944
……………………….. + Frederick TASSELL
……………………….. 5 Elizabeth Margaret McGUINESS b: 1878 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. + Mark Joseph PADGETT m: 1903
……………………….. 5 Ellen Georgiana McGUINESS b: 27 Jan 1881 in Balranald NSW, d: 09 Oct 1886 in Ararat VIC
……………………….. 5 Martha Clarissa (Clara) McGUINESS b: 1883 in Warrak VIC, d: 23 Jul 1957
……………………….. 5 Sarah Alice May McGUINESS b: 19 Feb 1885 in Warrak VIC, d: 1962
……………………….. + Joseph Josiah CURZON
……………………….. 5 Alexandra Maria McGUINESS b: 08 Oct 1886 in Warrak VIC, d: 1958
……………………….. + John GALLAGER
……………………….. 5 Alexander Leonard McGUINESS b: 16 Aug 1887 in Warrak VIC, d: 09 Jul 1950 in Warrak VIC
……………………….. + Catherine Ann MATHIESON b: 07 Oct 1887, d: 24 Feb 1946 in Ararat VIC
……………………….. 5 George Hector McGUINESS b: 19 Feb 1890, d: 24 Jan 1913 in Inglewood VIC
……………………….. 5 Cyrus Paton (Norman) McGUINESS b: 1894, d: 02 Sep 1918 in France
……………………….. 5 Henry McGUINESS b: 1869, d: 1869
………………….. 4 Thomas James McGUINESS b: 12 Jun 1842 in Braidwood NSW, d: 14 Jan 1906 in Perth WA
………………….. + Lucy Ann SIMPSON m: 20 Jan 1864 in Ararat VIC
……………………….. 5 Alice Ellen McGUINESS b: 1866 in Mt Cole VIC
……………………….. + James FLETCHER b: Dimboola VIC, m: 21 Dec 1885 in Holy Trinity CofE, Ararat VIC
……………………….. 5 Selina Sarah Ann McGUINESS b: 1868 in Ararat, VIC, d: 26 Jan 1892 in Ararat VIC
……………………….. + Joseph BROWN m: VIC
……………………….. 5 Catherine (Kate) Susan McGUINESS b: 1870 in Ararat VIC
……………………….. + William BAXTER m: 30 Jun 1891 in Holy Trinity C of E, Arrarat VIC
……………………….. 5 Mary Ann Elizabeth (Annie) McGUINESS
…………….. + Mary Ann WALL
…………….. 3 William McGUINESS b: 1829 in Co Monaghan, IRE, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1840 ‘Crescent’, d: 17 Apr 1902 in Balranald NSW
…………….. + Bridget QUINLAN b: 1835 in Kilkenny, Ireland, m: 14 Apr 1855 in Melbourne VIC, d: 20 Nov 1906 in Balranald NSW
………………….. 4 Elizabeth Mary McGUINESS b: 18 Feb 1856 in Taradale VIC, d: 30 Jul 1924
………………….. + McBain THOMSON b: 27 Nov 1848 in On Board ship “LABUAN”, Arr. Australia: 11 Feb 1849 Melbourne; “LABUAN”, m: 09 May 1875 in Ararat VIC, d: 13 May 1928 in Lewisham NSW
……………………….. 5 Harold THOMSON
……………………….. 5 Albert William THOMSON b: 24 Jan 1876 in Great Western, Victoria, Australia, d: 08 Mar 1954 in Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia
……………………….. + Lily (Dolly?) Maria DOWN b: 1881, m: 22 Jul 1903 in Nyngan NSW, d: 1965
……………………….. 5 Edith Ellen THOMSON b: 07 Dec 1877 in Great Western, Victoria, Australia, d: 1959
……………………….. + Robert Edward W JENKINS
……………………….. 5 Julia THOMSON b: 01 Jan 1880 in Great Western, Victoria, Australia
……………………….. + William J COLLINS m: 1925 in Reg. Marrickville, NSW
……………………….. 5 Ethel Christina THOMSON b: 06 Mar 1881 in Allanvale, Vic, d: 18 Sep 1963 in Grafton NSW
……………………….. + John Confort GOOLEY b: 1878, m: 03 Feb 1904, d: 1946
……………………….. 5 Elizabeth Jane THOMSON b: 06 Jan 1884 in Kerang, Victoria, Australia, d: 1884
……………………….. 5 Eva Priscilla THOMSON b: 10 Feb 1886 in Balranald NSW, d: 1959
……………………….. + Ulick Francis MULLEN b: 1885 in Condoblin, NSW, m: 23 Apr 1913 in Cobar NSW, d: 1958 in Burwood N.S.W
……………………….. 5 Margaret Mary A THOMSON b: 1890 in Cobar NSW, d: 1966
……………………….. + George Frederick S WILLOUGHBY b: 1886, m: 1911, d: 1972
……………………….. 5 Mary Josephine THOMSON b: 1895 in Cobar NSW, d: 1967
……………………….. + George Benjamin PODMORE b: 1888, m: 1915 in Crookwell N.S.W, d: 1961
……………………….. 5 Arthur Stanley THOMSON b: 1897 in cobar, d: 23 Mar 1937
……………………….. + May Margaret GREENWOOD b: 1890, d: 1970
……………………….. 5 Leslie McBain THOMSON b: 29 Jan 1899 in Cobar NSW, d: Sep 1976 in Davidson NSW
……………………….. + Ellen Veronica BRAY b: 1901, m: 1922 in NSW, d: 1924
………………….. 4 Mary Ann McGUINESS b: 14 May 1857 in Castlemaine VIC, d: 13 Sep 1934 in Mill Park, Vic
………………….. + William Robert THOMSON b: 1853 in Geelong VIC, m: 14 Mar 1876 in Ararat VIC, d: 09 Feb 1895 in Euston, NSW
……………………….. 5 Julia Anastasia THOMSON b: 16 Jul 1878 in Warrack,NSW, d: 1937
……………………….. 5 William THOMSON b: 24 May 1879 in Balranald NSW, d: 07 Jul 1962 in Violet Town, Victoria, Australia
……………………….. + Grace Maude McDONNELL b: 11 Aug 1885 in Garpang Stn, Balranald, NSW, m: 13 Aug 1908, d: 24 Mar 1954 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
……………………….. 5 Albert Ernest THOMSON b: 28 Feb 1881 in Balranald NSW, d: 26 Oct 1970 in Preston, Vic
……………………….. + Ellen Beatrice WILSON b: 02 Feb 1893, d: 1984
……………………….. 5 Andrew THOMSON b: 1882
……………………….. 5 Charles Rudolf THOMSON b: 1884 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Arthur Horace Rupert THOMSON b: 15 Nov 1885 in Balranald NSW, d: 01 May 1965 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
……………………….. + Clarice Vivian FITZGERALD b: 01 Jan 1895 in Reedy Creek, Vic, m: 17 Oct 1925 in Brunswick, Vic, d: 14 May 1951 in Shepparton, Vic
……………………….. 5 Herbert Arnold THOMSON b: 01 Jun 1886 in Balranald NSW, d: 03 Mar 1973
……………………….. 5 Franklin Robert THOMSON b: 17 Mar 1889 in Balranald, New South Wales, Australia, d: 21 Jul 1967 in Parkdale, Vic
………………….. + Thomas BRUNET m: 1899 in Wentworth NSW, d: 1950
……………………….. 5 Thomas Walter BRUNET b: 1904, d: 1963
……………………….. + Mary Ann FELL m: 1930
………………….. 4 Ellen / Helen McGUINESS b: 1858 in Castlemaine VIC, d: 1935 in Annandale NSW
………………….. + Hugh McJANNET m: 1882 in Balranald NSW, d: 1935 in Annandale NSW
……………………….. 5 Edith E McJANNET d: 1915 in Cobar NSW
……………………….. 5 Ellen B McJANNET b: 1886 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 GRACE M McJANNET b: 1888 in Balranald NSW
………………….. 4 Julia McGUINESS b: 02 Feb 1861 in Castlemaine VIC, d: 1935 in Canterbury NSW
………………….. + John Newry CHASTON m: 1884 in Balranald NSW, d: 15 Feb 1904 in Cobar, NSW
……………………….. 5 Jane Millicent CHASTON b: 1885 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. + Thomas KINKEAD m: 1909 in Cobar NSW
……………………….. 5 Henry John Edgar (Harry) CHASTON b: 09 Dec 1887 in Cobar NSW, d: May 1972 in Sydney NSW
……………………….. + Ruby Elizabeth FITZGERALD b: 20 Apr 1892 in Wellington NSW, m: 24 May 1914 in Dubbo NSW, d: 21 Dec 1975 in Sydney NSW
……………………….. 5 Mary J CHASTON b: 1891 in Cobar NSW, d: Abt. 1948 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. + Leslie F O’NEILL m: 1922 in St. Leonards NSW
……………………….. 5 Emma V CHASTON b: 1893 in Cobar NSW
………………….. 4 Margaret Jane McGUINESS b: 1862 in Castlemaine VIC, d: 04 Dec 1950 in Balranald NSW
………………….. + Daniel FARRELL b: 1860 in Geelong VIC, m: 1882 in Balranald NSW, d: 28 May]1943 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Margaret FARRELL b: 1883 in Balranald NSW, d: Bef. 1943
……………………….. 5 Evelyn M FARRELL b: 1885 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. + Harold MUIR m: 1908 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Robert D FARRELL b: 1888 in Balranald NSW, d: 1889 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Ruby B FARRELL b: 1890 in Balranald NSW, d: Bef. 1943
……………………….. + John (Jack) SCOTT
……………………….. 5 Pearl A FARRELL b: 1892 in Balranald NSW, d: 1893 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Eva FARRELL b: 1893 in Balranald NSW, d: 1893 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Francis J FARRELL b: 1894 in Balranald NSW, d: 1972
……………………….. 5 Doris M C FARRELL b: 1900 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. + Arthur G LESLIE m: 1925 in Balranald NSW
………………………. 5 Daniel FARRELL b: 1902 in Balranald NSW, d: Aft. 1943
………………….. 4 William McGUINESS b: 06 Mar 1865 in Mt Cole, Ararat VIC, d: 11 Nov 1941 in North Bondi, NSW
………………….. + Mary Ann KEEGAN b: 26 Dec 1874 in Orange NSW, m: 11 Apr 1893 in Nymagee NSW, d: 23 Jun 1948 in North Bondi NSW
……………………….. 5 William Joseph McGUINESS b: 26 Dec 1894 in Nyngan NSW, d: 1961
……………………….. + Mildred May PREVOST b: Jul 1900, m: 26 Jan 1922 in Woollahra NSW, d: Sydney NSW
……………………….. 5 Mary Millicent McGUINESS b: 05 Aug 1896 in Nyngan NSW, d: 1899 in Nymagee NSW
……………………….. 5 Marie Ethel (Maria) McGUINESS b: 07 Jan 1902 in Nyngan NSW, d: 12 Mar 1971 in Sydney NSW
……………………….. + Harold Raymond GIBBS m: 06 Dec 1922 in Trangie NSW (RC)
……………………….. 5 Vincent Aloysius McGUINESS b: 21 Sep 1903 in Nyngan NSW, d: 06 Jul 1965 in Sydney NSW
……………………….. + Mary MENZIES b: 14 Apr 1894, m: 06 Jul 1965 in Sydney NSW, d: Sydney NSW
……………………….. 5 Kathleen Mary (Kattie) McGUINESS b: 26 Dec 1904 in Hermidale NSW, d: 06 Jun 1980 in Sydney NSW
……………………….. 5 Winifred (Win) McGUINESS b: 29 Jan 1909 in Trangie NSW, d: 16 Sep 1992 in Canberra ACT
……………………….. + Neville (Dibbie) MURRAY B E M, b: 25 Apr 1906 in Nevertire NSW, m: 24 Jun 1933 in Bondi, Sydney, NSW, d: 03 Jun 1980 in Canberra ACT
……………………….. 5 Cecilia Doris McGUINESS b: 17 Jun 1910 in Trangie NSW, d: Urunga NSW
……………………….. + Sydney JONES m: 28 May 1938 in North Bondi NSW
……………………….. 5 John Keegan McGUINESS b: 06 Jul 1911 in Trangie NSW, d: 01 May 1963 in Ashfield NSW
……………………….. + Elva SMITH b: 04 Jun 1914 in Cook Hill NSW, m: 25 Jul 1936 in North Bondi NSW, d: Sydney NSW
………………….. 4 Bridget Jane McGUINESS b: Abt. 1868 in Ararat, VIC
………………….. + Ernest A WATSON m: 1890 in Balranald NSW
………………….. 4 Emma McGUINESS b: 1872 in Mt Cole VIC
………………….. + Francis E FOGARTY m: 1890 in Balranald NSW
………………….. 4 Ada Quinlan McGUINESS b: 1874 in Mt Cole VIC
………………….. + Patrick HOURIGAN m: 1907 in Balranald NSW
……………………….. 5 Eileen A HOURIGAN b: 1910 in Balmain South NSW
……………………….. 5 Rita T HOURIGAN b: 1911 in Balranald NSW