----- Original Message ----- From: "W Symonds" <wsymonds@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <AUS-NSW-WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IRISH] Reunion > My Wifes' g gfather , Jame Larkin , Arrived in Australia about 1872 , and > may have landed at Maryborough on the Polmaise on its final Journey before > sinking on the Great Barrier Reef. > He came alone and it is not known if any of his Siblings followed , or if > he even had any . We do know that he came from Kilkenny and was born about > 1846. > He did well for himself in Australia , arriving with nothing, He became a > publican owning the Bunker Hotel near White Cliffs Which was burnt down and > was the last licencee of the Victoria Hotel between Wilcannia and White > Cliffs. The Victoria Hotel was also the homestead of a pastoral lease , > Which passed on to his sons when he died, he died in Broken Hill and was > buried in Wilcannia in 1938. > Could you pass this note on to any Larkins that may turn up at your reunion > , because although he raised a family , he never spoke of his Childhood, and > it is likely that he had siblings that may have followed him here, or > remained in Ireland. > It is believed that his parents may have been victims of the Potato famine , > because they are shown as farmers on his marriage certificate and death > certificate. > TIA > wsymonds@bigpond.net.au > www.users.bigpond.com/bill_symo.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Josefski" <josefski@serv.net.au> > To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 7:14 PM > Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Reunion > > > > There is to be a get-together for the descendants of Michael Byrne and > Annie Walsh who migrated from Johnswell area of Kilkenny in 1873 on the > Great Queensland and settled on the Downs near Leyburn. > > Surnames in the first and second generations include:- > > Hally, > > Ryan, > > Bange, > > Miller, > > Larkin, > > Crawford, > > Wells, > > Richards. > > > > Date: 28 March 2004. > > Place: Groom Park Hall, Cnr. Neil & Lawrence St., Toowoomba. > > Time: 10:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m. BYO food, photos, stories. > > > > Further info from Anne Josefski, phone 5429 6339 or Vince Miller 5429 > 2304. > > > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a > cemetery search with a shovel > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >