Looking for information on any of the following Carrolls: Husband: Edward Carroll - only know he was probably born in Dublin, Ireland Wife: Margaret Carroll - Carroll was also her maiden name, born County Carlow or Dublin, Ireland Children: Josephine Carroll, born July 15,1859 in Washington, DC (or area). Married Nov. 16, 1890 to Timothy David Fennessy. Her Children: Elizabeth Winifred Fennessy, b. 1892; Thomas Vincent Fennessy (my grandfather), b. 1893 in Tuckahoe, NY; Edward Fennessy, b. 1895; Margaurette M. Fennessy, b. 897. Winifred Carroll, born after 1860. NOTES: Definitely Catholic. They had a total of 6 children. Four of them prior to Josephine and Winifred, but who died on or shortly before birth. Possible lead: Trinity Church Records - Washington, D.C. January 31, 1859 - Baptised and received into the Church, Mrs. Margaret Carroll, aged about 27 years. Also: Michael Carroll...probably brother, or brother-in-law to Margaret. He was born about 1820 in County Carlow, Ireland. He died May 26, 1881, in Mackay, Australia and is buried in Catholic cemetary in MacKay. His wife...Unknown Daughter Sarah Mary (see below). Information on Michael so far: >From the book "In Their Own Hands" by K. W. Manning, and sent to me by Beatrice Browne, Research Officer of the Genealogical Society of Queensland, Inc. from page 47-49*: Michael Carroll came of a "good family" of County Carlow, Ireland. He landed in Sydney aged about 20 years, about 1840 and arrived at MacKay (Australia) in 1866. He was an experienced cattle man by then and had had modest success as a gold miner. He acquired, in addition to other blocks, about a square mile of country on the North Side centered on Portions 130 and 27 Bassett which he called Miclere. the name had special significance for him both as an Irish place name and as the name of the gold field (near Clermont Q) where he was said to have done well. A few months after Carroll had settled in, John Emmanuel Pain took up three small blocks adjacent to him (in early 1870), totalling about half a square mile. They included the hilly area today identified by Majuba Hill. Pine planted cane in 1871 and had a steam mill ready in 1872. Carroll planted cane about the same time and together with lloyd and Walker on Norbrook, which adjoined Miclere on part of its eastern boundary and Dulverton on the north, made a two-year crushing agreement with Paine" and page 49: Carroll bought Dulverton some time after the 1873 harvest, having been joined in partnership by John S. Avery - Dulverton later became Miclere...The partnership was dissolved in the late seventies but when Carroll died of pneumonia in May 1881, Avery was manager. The name Miclere is still known in Mackay today. *other pages that Michael Carroll or Miclere are mentioned are: 19, Part 10, 52-3, 55, 66, 86, 91, 97, 114, 124, 150, 153, & 188. _____________________________________________________________ A letter written to his sister Margaret from Miclere Plantation, dated November 23rd, 1879 My Dearest Sister, I am in receipt of your welcome letter of the 20th of August last. It only came to hand this month. I am my dear Margaret happy to hear from you and your family that you are in good health. As I am and family, thank God, are at present, but for rheumatism or lombago in the back, which is very annoying to me, I would be all right. I have it on and off now for 15+ years. It has been caused from camping out and lying on damp ground when I was sheep farming and also exploring or looking out for new country, and consequently had to, what we Australians call, roughing it; lying out for months under the canopy of heaven. I am sincerely sorry that my poor brother Lius(?) should have died a Freemason as I am aware of the voice of the one, but true church condemning such societies. May God have mercy on his soul and on poor Maria and Theresa. I have heard from my nephew James of their deaths sometime ago. I am now busy with the crushing and manufacture of sugar. We will make nearly 300 tons this year. We were unfortunate in the years 75 & 76. The rust, a disease in the cane, nearly ruined all the planters in Queensland. Indeed it ruined many but our agents knowing me so long and having confidence in me, helped us through. We have now had nearly 3 years success in the cane and we trust in God to tide over the difficulties on debt we contracted in the bad times. We had a mortgage of some 6,000 pounds on the estate at the end of 1876. We hope to reduce it to 1,000 pounds by the end of next July. Our working expenses amounts to 3,000 pounds per annum. We occupy about 60 South Sea Islanders and from 100 to 125 Europeans or skilled laborers principally English or Irish. We cultivate 2600 acres of cane. I have a partner, but I am the principal and has invested some 1600 pounds over my partner in the affair. Now my dear sister, I will let you know of your niece, my daughter, Sarah Mary (Carroll). She is now 19 years old and has been at a convent school in New South Wales within a few miles of the city of Sydney. A distance from here of 1400 miles. In fact its the head school in the colonys for girls. It cost me ? 80 pounds per annum for her schooling and other expenses. She is a nice girl. I had a grat wish that it would be her vocation to remain and give herself unto the service of God, but unfortunately her last letter tells me its not her vocation to be a nun although she thought it would be. I will send you her photograph and mine taken together when I was in Sydney last April. I would my dear Margaret have assisted you before this only for our difficulties in debt, but the time I trust will arrive when I trust I can be able to do so. Write often to me and give my love to your husband and my nieces. Also to Wm. Cusack and family and to all my relatives. C. is still a sufferer from asthma. I and wife and daughter send our love to you and yours hoping this may find in good health as we are. Thank God at present, Remain my dear sister, affectionately brother M. Carroll, I am still in ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- The following was listed in Pugh's Almanac - MICLERE PLANTATION - owner M. Carroll. Area 1100 acres of scrub and forest land, 200 being under cane; machinery takes off a crop of 400 tons of sugar in the season; distance (from Mackay) six and a half miles. In 1888 Miclere became part of the FARLEIGH plantation owned by Sir J. B. Lawes and managed by F. W. Bolton. _________________________________________________________________ Beatrice Browne, Researcher, Genealogical Society of Queensland, Inc., stated that there were many Michael Carrolls who came to Australia. However, she did have a look on the 1828-1842 Shipping Index to N.S.W. (not complete) and there were a few, but the only one anywhere near to our Michael was: Michael Carrol, unmarried. Farm Labourer. Roman Catholic. 22 years. Can read and write. Native Place: Charleville, Co. Cork. Father - Eugene Carrol; Mother - Honora Pucel (deceased). Arrived "Lascar" on 11 Nov. 1841. _________________________________________________________________ In the book, PIONEER PAGEANT, A History of the Pioneer Shire, held by Queensland Cane Growers' Counsil Library, written by John Kerr, and put out by the Pioneer Shire Council, Mackay, 1980, Michael Carroll and Miclere are mentioned numerous times on the following pages: 47, 48,49, 69, 73, & 77 (where his date of death is given). Thank you, Gerry L. Schipper glynnes@bigfoot.com or glynnes@aol.com