BRADY

On 26 June 1833, Philip and Mary Winefred Brady arrived in Hobart as bounty immigrants with their four children. Philip Brady was a painter aged 36, his wife aged 32. They were given the sum of £20 and travelled on board the Strathfieldsay. Philip Brady was born in Dublin, Ireland c. 1796 and his wife c. 1800. When they left Ireland, the children had the following ages: John Brady 7, Francis Brady 4, Mary Ann Brady 2 and Elizabeth 6 months old. The family settled in Hobart Town. A list of commuted pensioners dated 1 October 1836 provides information of the military career of Philip Brady before he emigrated to Van Diemen’s Land. He was a soldier in the 8th Foot Regiment. Unfortunately, records at the National Archives in London show no Philip Brady for the lists of soldiers in the 8th Regiment in the late 1820s and early 1830s.

Archives Office of Tasmania: CSO 5/122/2839, p.248

According to the census of 1842 Philip Brady and his family were living in a weatherboard house, 11 Molle St., owned by Mr Lyons. It is probable that the youngest child, Elizabeth, had died by this time as only three children were identified in the census.

In a later census of 1848 the Brady family were living at 57 Macquarie St. in a wooden house owned by Philip Brady. Eight people were living there, including two unmarried males in private service (convicts) and a single male who was born in the colony.

Mary Brady died in Geeveston, 8 April 1857, aged 56. She was buried at St. Mary's, Hobart, together with her son Francis, (his daughter Louisa) and her son John. The following death notice appeared: 'At Honeywood Huon on the Evening of Wednesday the 8th inst. Mary beloved wife of Mr. P. Brady aged 56 years. The funeral will take place this day; at 2 p.m. from Mr. Robert Jefferies, Macquarie Street, when friends are invited to attend.'

Philip Brady died in the Franklin area (probably at Geeveston), 10 April 1878 aged 83.

John Brady (c.1826-1857) and Ellen Brady, née Fitzpatrick (1827-1883)

Two years after this later census, the eldest child, John Brady, a painter like his father, married Ellen Fitzpatrick at Hobart, 9 January 1850. There were four children the first three born in Hobart:

Francis Tasman Brady, b. 31 January 1851 (married Mary Jane Hill 30 September 1874);

Ellen Brady, b. 2 June 1853 (married Matthew Ready 27 April 1880);

John Brady, b. 10 January 1856, a shoemaker

Alice Brady, b. 20 January 1858, born in Franklin (married Augustus Schultz 11 June 1879).

John Brady died of dropsy at Hobart 18 September 1857 aged 33 (death certificate says aged 36). He had been licencee of the Kermandie Hotel from 15 January 1856 until his death.

Ellen Brady applied for a position teaching girls sewing at Hospital Bay, 16 September 1868. She was licencee of the Kermandie Hotel from 1858 until 1863. Ellen Brady died 4 pm, 18 August 1883 at the residence of her son-in-law, Matthew Ready, in Hobart. She was buried 20 August 1883 at Sandy Bay.

Francis Brady (c.1827-1855) and Mary Ann Brady, née Furlong (born c.1834)

The second eldest son, Francis Brady, aged 24, married Mary Ann Furlong, aged 17, in Hobart, 19 August 1851. There were four children:

Agnes Catherine ('Kate') Brady, b. 20 June 1852 (married Henry Yeulett, 31 December 1891 at Hobart - no children). Died February 1937 and buried at Cornelian Bay.

Mary Ann Brady, b. 24 May 1854 (married Stephen West Geeves, 23 February 1881 at Franklin). Died 1923 and buried at Devonport.

Twins Lucy and Louisa Frances Brady, b. 18 February 1856. Louisa Brady died at Franklin, 17 February 1858, aged 2, and was buried with her father at St. Mary's, Hobart.

Francis Brady, died, 14 October 1855, aged 28. According to an inquisition taken at a hotel of Richard Hill, the ‘Culloden Arms’ at Hospital Bay, dated the 18 October 1855, six witnesses swore that ‘Francis Brady was drowned by the accidental upsetting of a Boat.’

Archives Office of Tasmania: SC 195/37 (3612)

Mary Ann Brady (born c.1834) and William Davies

Mary Ann Brady, née Furlong married William Davies at Franklin, 27 June 1857, after the death of her first husband. The two children of her first marriage, Kate and Mary Ann Brady, were brought up by their aunt and uncle, Mary Ann and Richard Hill.

William and Mary Ann Davies had five children including twins who did not survive:

William Lewis Davies, b. 30 January 1860 (unmarried), a blacksmith; died 27 Sept. 1901 at Geeveston.

Anne Tidwal Davies, b. 4 January 1862 (married John Joseph O’Halloran at Geeveston, 26 April 1893). Died 1947 at Franklin.

Arthur Francis Davies, b. 19 April 1864 at Honeywood (married Margaret Kennedy at Southport, 21 February 1900, died 24 September 1935);

Alfred Edward and Lily Davies, b. 22 June 1866. The twins died 5 Jul 1866.

William Davies (d. 1905) and Lois Hill, née Geeves

William L. Davies

According to The Cyclopedia of Tasmania, William Lewis Davis was educated at the local State School in Geeveston. On leaving school he went to Hobart and was apprenticed for six years to Mr David Dingwall, a blacksmith. On completing his apprenticeship, he returned to Geeveston to fill the position of journeyman blacksmith to Messrs. John Geeves and Son. He selected 100 acres of land, 8 of which he laid out as an orchard, clearing the land himself and planting 1250 trees.

Margaret Davies, née Kennedy and Arthur Davies

Arthur Davies

The Cyclopedia also mentions John J. O’Halloran. He was born and educated at Hobart. On leaving school he took up horticultural pursuits on his property in Geeveston of 62 acres (5 and a half acres of orchard).

Arthur Davies, J.P. was educated by S.O. Lovell and occupied the position of pupil teacher for twelve months. He became the assistant of Matthew Fitzpatrick, setting up an orchard at ‘Glen Fern’ in Cygnet. He had 12 acres of orchard under cultivation. Warden of the Port Cygnet Council for 17 years, Arthur Davies died 24 September 1935.

Mary Ann Hill, née Brady (c.1830-1915) and Richard Hill (1825-1913)

The youngest surviving daughter of Philip and Mary Brady, Mary Ann Brady, who left Ireland aged two, married Richard Hill (aged 27) when she was 21 years old, 19 June 1852. There were five children, four of whom survived:

Richard Peter Hill, b. 27 December 1852; married Mary Ann Kinsella at Port Cygnet, 9 February 1880; died 5 February 1925.

Elinor and Mary Ann Hill, b. 8 March 1854 (Mary Ann died 24 March 1854); Elinor married Peter Flanagan at Honeywood, 15 June 1881; died 19 July 1931.

Francis Brady Hill, b. 21 October 1855; married Mary Ellen Fitzpatrick at Franklin, 27 February 1880; re-married Rose Meredith at Hobart, 1 August 1920; died at Geeveston 20 May 1940.

Anne Mary Hill, b. 21 July 1857; married Matthew Fitzpatrick at Honeywood, 27 February 1878; died 15 October 1945.

Mary Ann Hill died at Geeveston 19 November 1915 aged 85.

LINE OF JOHN BRADY AND ELLEN FITZPATRICK

Francis Tasman Brady and Mary Jane Hill had six children:

Philip Patrick Joseph Brady, b. 6 November 1875; married Mary Jane Jagar; died 2 April 1949.

Lilian Mary Virginia Brady, b. 26 August 1877; married William Henry Brittain.

Kathleen Winifred Mary Brady, b. 10 May 1880; married Amos Leo Frank Joseph.

John Edwin Brady, b. 6 May 1883; married Gladys Ruby Johnson; died 28 October 1955.

Lucy Mabel Brady, b. 2 October 1885; married William Henry Whitton; died July 1942.

Ellen ‘Theresa’ Brady, b. 23 September 1891; married Lawrence Duggan; died 25 April 1982.

Laurence and Teresa Duggan, née Brady

Ellen Mary Brady and Matthew Ready had four children:

Alice Mary Ready, b. 3 August 1881

Thomas Philip Ready, b. 17 August 1883; died June 1943.

Michael Matthew Ready, b. 10 April 1887; died March 1953.

Ellen Catherine Ready, b. 2 December 1888

Alice Brady and Augustus Schultz had twelve children:

Mary Theresa and Josephine Augustine (b. 1880). Josephine died 16 August 1880.

Ernest John (b. 1881); died December 1952.

an unnamed female (b. 1882),

Beatrice Maud (b. 1884),

Augusta Dorothea (b. 1886),

Harold Godfrey (b. 1887),

Myrtle May (b. 1889),

Edith Alice (b. 1892),

Gladys Lilian (b. 1893),

Aileen Florence (b. 1896)

Alan Gabriel (b. 1899).

LINE OF FRANCIS BRADY AND MARY ANN FURLONG

Mary Ann Brady and Stephen West Geeves had one daughter, Lois Eileen Geeves, born 19 April 1889 at Geeveston. Lois married Hubert P. Hill and had two children: Stephen Francis Hill (1917-1994) and Hubert Andrew Hill (1924-1994). She died in Hobart, 3 August 1978.

LINE OF WILLIAM DAVIES AND MARY ANN BRADY, NEE FURLONG

Anne Tidwal Davies and John Joseph O’Halloran had six children:

John William Patrick O’Halloran, b. 13 March 1894;

Phillip Clement O’Halloran, b. 15 December 1895;

Thomas ‘Hugh’ O’Halloran, b. 25 September 1897; died November 1985.

William Aloysius O’Halloran, b. 14 September 1899; died 14 May 1964.

Cicely Mary O’Halloran, b. 22 November 1901;

Arthur Joseph O’Halloran, b. 11 July 1904.

Cicily O'Halloran

Arthur Francis Davies and Margaret Kennedy had nine children:

Margaret Mary Davies, b. 17 March 1901 (unmarried); died 12 Sept. 1985

William Lewisr Davies; b. 21 April 1902

Annie Theresa Davies, b. 25 November 1903 (unmarried); died 20 July 1976

Margaret Mary Davies (Sr. Mary), b. 26 August 1905

Arthur Patrick Davies, b. 10 March 1907

Teresa Genevieve Davies, b. 19 June 1909

John Joseph Davies, b. 1 December 1911

Harold Joseph Davies, b. 3 June 1914

Gerard Joseph Davies, b. 13 May 1917

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