Australian Family History

Home page of John and Fay Butler nee Cleary

Residing at Tranquil Waters Retirement Village
(click to see the village web site)

John & Fay Butler at "Commando Association" Dinner
on the 4th September 2000 at Parliament House, Sydney

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John, a descendant of:
    
Patrick and Margaret Butler nee Bolton, who settled at Swan Bay, Richmond River NSW after arriving from Ireland on separate ships in the early 1860's.
    Alexander and Christine Armstrong nee Groat, who settled in Albany, Western Australia after arriving from Scotland in 1862.
    John and Mary Nugent nee Telford, who arrived in South Australia
on the 7th February 1854 and settled in Melrose, South Australia.
    Philip and Mary Malone nee Carroll, of New Ross, Co. Wexford Ireland, who arrived aboard the "Vocalist" on the 10th January 1856 with their 6 children.
    Edward and
Ann Gard nee Doherty.  Edward was from Ballybranaghan, County Cork Ireland and Ann from Ramelton, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
    Patrick and Ann Doherty nee Gallen both arrived aboard the "Herald" with their parents from Ireland. Patrick from
Ramelton, Co. Donegal, Ireland and Ann from Donoughmore, Co. Donegal Ireland.


Fay, nee Cleary, descendant of:
     Timothy and Ann Cleary nee Malone, who settled at North Parramatta NSW after arriving from Ireland aboard the "Hotspur" on the 24th February 1861.
    Margaret or Mary Brennan arrived from Cork, with her son John Brennan, on the convict ship "John Bull" in 1821. Margaret married Peter Byrne, also a convict, at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1825.
    John and Johanna Brennan nee Crowley after living at Regentville, settled at Emu Plains NSW.
    Patrick and Elizabeth Brennan nee Perkin lived around the Meroo rive area before settling at Maitland Bar, the gold mining area on the Meroo River. Elizabeth was the licensee of the Maitland Bar Inn and Patrick the Blacksmith.
   
John and Ann Hough nee Atkins, who arrived in Australia, with their family, in 1834 and settled at Windsor NSW.
    James and Mary Daniel nee Riley, both convicts, settled in the Macdonald River area in NSW. James arrived, in Port Jackson, on the ship "Medway" in 1822 and Mary on the ship "Edward 1" in 1826.

Butler Family in Ireland
Our heritage in Co. Limerick  Ireland.

Acknowledgements.
Thank you to the researchers who have contributed family information available on this web page.
Helen Butler, Rev. Harold Campbell and Miss Patricia Campbell, Keith Cleary, Marie Daley [Genealogy Mapping, PO Box 142, Canowindra 2804], Colleen Danes, Ken Russell, Maureen Crawley, Elizabeth Crow and many other contributors who have given me their family information.