Friday, August 16, 2024

SPANISH HISTORY

SPANISH IMMIGRANTS

  • HARDY, SOPHIA
  • O'DONOGHUE, THOMAS
LOCAL DEATHS TO 1910

04.02.1875
SOPHIA HARDY, a hotel keeper aged 40, died 14 days after burns from an accident involving a kerosene lamp explosion. Informant was her brother, William Riddett. (NSW BDM 7874/1875)
Witnesses: William Riddett and James Hardy
Place of death: Home Rule
Place of burial: Mudgee
Born in Gibraltar to James Cooper Riddett, a musician, and Susannah Quinn.
Length in Colony: 22 years
Married in SYDNEY at age 23 to Peter Hickson Hardy
Children: 1 male (living)

04.10.1899
THOMAS O'DONOGHUE, a farmer aged 73 years, died from  "CHRONIC BRIGHTS DISEASE MORBUS CORDIS" of 2 years duration. Informant of death, Joseph P Donoghue.
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
DONOGHUE JOSEPH P
Born in GIBRALTAR SPAIN to MALACHI O'ODONOGHUE (a shepherd) and Ann O'Neil
Length in Colony: 60 years
Married in RYLSTONE at age 32 to Ellen O'DONNELL 
Children: MALACHI (40), JOHN (38), GARRETT (37), THOMAS (35), PATRICK (32), CATHERINE (28), OWEN (26), ELLEN (23), JOSEPH (21), 1 male and 1 female (deceased)