Annie Teresa Sheridan, born March 19, 1909, on the occasion of her first communion. Annie was the seventh child born to Paddy and Bridget Sheridan.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Annie Teresa Sheridan.
Annie Teresa Sheridan, born March 19, 1909, on the occasion of her first communion. Annie was the seventh child born to Paddy and Bridget Sheridan.
Mary Sheridan
Above: The birth certificate of Mary Frances Sheridan, first child of Patrick James Sheridan and Bridget Mary Frances Bourke.
Above: The eldest child of Paddy Sheridan and his wife Bridget Bourke, Mary Frances Sheridan, born December 23, 1898, Tungamah.
The Family of Paddy Sheridan and Bridget Bourke.
Above: Birth certificate of my grandfather, Patrick James "Bob" Sheridan.
ABOVE: Siblings Patrick James Sheridan, Bridget Alice Sheridan and John Aloysius Sheridan, children of Paddy and Bridget Sheridan.
ABOVE: Three generations: Left to Right: John Sheridan(front); Mary Sheridan; their maternal grandmother Margaret Bourke; Patrick "Bob" Sheridan; and Margaret Bourke's daughter Bridget Sheridan who is holding baby Bridget Alice Sheridan. Taken c. 1906
2. Patrick James Sheridan
Above: The birth certificate of Patrick James "Paddy" Sheridan.
Patrick James ‘Paddy’ Sheridan was born on September 3, 1869, at Carisbrook, Victoria, the second of ten children born to Nicholas Sheridan and his wife Bridget McGrath. The nature of Paddy's education is uncertain. He was enrolled in the Carisbrook State School in January, 1878, aged 8 years, by his mother, Bridget, who was the railway gatekeeper at Carisbrook. Prior to this time the Sheridan family had been living at nearby Moolort, so it can be assumed that Paddy, his elder brother Barney, sister Roseannie and younger brother John all started their schooling in Moolort.
Patrick James ‘Paddy’ Sheridan was born on September 3, 1869, at Carisbrook, Victoria, the second of ten children born to Nicholas Sheridan and his wife Bridget McGrath. The nature of Paddy's education is uncertain. He was enrolled in the Carisbrook State School in January, 1878, aged 8 years, by his mother, Bridget, who was the railway gatekeeper at Carisbrook. Prior to this time the Sheridan family had been living at nearby Moolort, so it can be assumed that Paddy, his elder brother Barney, sister Roseannie and younger brother John all started their schooling in Moolort.
The Carisbrook School records noted that Patrick Sheridan, father Nicholas Railway Labourer,
passed his Standard of Education in August 1883. It was also noted that the school he had last attended had been a Private School...a local Catholic school perhaps? Paddy would have been almost 14 at the time that he passed his Standard Education certificate, which by law was the earliest age at which a child could finish their education. I do not know if Paddy continued on to a higher level of schooling in Carisbrook, or at Yarrawonga when the family moved there c. 1885.
He was in his mid- teens when his family moved to Yarrawonga. By trade Paddy was a butcher, in Yarrawonga and then further afield, including Berrigan and Illabo, NSW. When he was 26, Paddy married 23 year old Bridget Mary Frances Bourke (see above picture). They were married on July 20, 1897, at Tungamah. Bridget was the only surviving daughter of publican, store owner and farmer Paddy Bourke and his wife Margaret Bourke.
The couple lived in Murphy Street, Yarrawonga, initially, then moved to Tungamah to live in the Victoria Hotel, which was built and owned by Paddy Bourke, and managed for a period by Bridget herself. Paddy and Bridget had a family of eight children:
A) Mary Frances Sheridan: b December 28, 1898. Married Ces Mallon and had one daughter, Margaret, b Junee district in 1922. Mary died September 23, 1976, in her Tungamah home, and her daughter Marg died 1951 aged only 28.
B) Patrick James ‘Bob’ Sheridan: born May 29, 1900, Tungamah. Married Mafra Pearl Bruce in 1927 at West Melbourne, and had nine children: Bill b 1927; Frances Mary b 1928-d 1929; Jack b 1930; Peter Michael b 1937 d 1991; Basil John born 1938: Ann Margaret b 1940; twins Elizabeth & Patricia b 1942 and Margaret b 1944.
“Bob” Sheridan was a plumber by trade, but also worked as a shearer, wharfie and wheat lumper. He died in Yarrawonga Hospital in 1978.
C ) John Aloysius Sheridan: born February 20, 1902, Tungamah. Married Ellen Murphy and had three children: Barbara, Margaret and John. Known as ‘Jack’, he died at Ascot Vale in 1967.
D) Margaret Sheridan: born February 1904. She died at birth or very soon after, and was buried February 11, 1904, in the Yarrawonga Cemetery.
E) William Thomas Sheridan: born Yarrawonga 1905. Died at the age of three and a half months, and buried Yarrawonga Cemetery June 13, 1905.
F) Bridget Alice Sheridan: born May 3, 1906, Yarrawonga. At age of 20 gave birth to James Joseph Sheridan, father not known. Later married widower Jack Moore. Bridget died in a car accident at Tallarook in November 1955. Her son James “Jim” Sheridan became the infamous “Gangster Jim’ who was murdered and dumped in a Sydney alley in 1967.
G) Annie Teresa Sheridan: born March 19, 1909. Married William Frayne and had one son, William (‘Young Bill’). Annie died July 21, 1981, Melbourne.
H) Peter Augustine Sheridan: born Yarrawonga August 31, 1914. Married Lucy Veronica Nunn. Died June 6, 1983, Yarrawonga.
Paddy and Bridget Sheridan ran the Exchange Hotel in Yarrawonga around the period of 1914, and Bridget’s obituary stated that they ran a pub in Chiltern also, but this has not been proven.
Paddy and Bridget Sheridan spent their later years at 268 Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale. He died at his home in October 1951, aged 82. Bridget his wife died in 1963.
passed his Standard of Education in August 1883. It was also noted that the school he had last attended had been a Private School...a local Catholic school perhaps? Paddy would have been almost 14 at the time that he passed his Standard Education certificate, which by law was the earliest age at which a child could finish their education. I do not know if Paddy continued on to a higher level of schooling in Carisbrook, or at Yarrawonga when the family moved there c. 1885.
He was in his mid- teens when his family moved to Yarrawonga. By trade Paddy was a butcher, in Yarrawonga and then further afield, including Berrigan and Illabo, NSW. When he was 26, Paddy married 23 year old Bridget Mary Frances Bourke (see above picture). They were married on July 20, 1897, at Tungamah. Bridget was the only surviving daughter of publican, store owner and farmer Paddy Bourke and his wife Margaret Bourke.
The couple lived in Murphy Street, Yarrawonga, initially, then moved to Tungamah to live in the Victoria Hotel, which was built and owned by Paddy Bourke, and managed for a period by Bridget herself. Paddy and Bridget had a family of eight children:
A) Mary Frances Sheridan: b December 28, 1898. Married Ces Mallon and had one daughter, Margaret, b Junee district in 1922. Mary died September 23, 1976, in her Tungamah home, and her daughter Marg died 1951 aged only 28.
B) Patrick James ‘Bob’ Sheridan: born May 29, 1900, Tungamah. Married Mafra Pearl Bruce in 1927 at West Melbourne, and had nine children: Bill b 1927; Frances Mary b 1928-d 1929; Jack b 1930; Peter Michael b 1937 d 1991; Basil John born 1938: Ann Margaret b 1940; twins Elizabeth & Patricia b 1942 and Margaret b 1944.
“Bob” Sheridan was a plumber by trade, but also worked as a shearer, wharfie and wheat lumper. He died in Yarrawonga Hospital in 1978.
C ) John Aloysius Sheridan: born February 20, 1902, Tungamah. Married Ellen Murphy and had three children: Barbara, Margaret and John. Known as ‘Jack’, he died at Ascot Vale in 1967.
D) Margaret Sheridan: born February 1904. She died at birth or very soon after, and was buried February 11, 1904, in the Yarrawonga Cemetery.
E) William Thomas Sheridan: born Yarrawonga 1905. Died at the age of three and a half months, and buried Yarrawonga Cemetery June 13, 1905.
F) Bridget Alice Sheridan: born May 3, 1906, Yarrawonga. At age of 20 gave birth to James Joseph Sheridan, father not known. Later married widower Jack Moore. Bridget died in a car accident at Tallarook in November 1955. Her son James “Jim” Sheridan became the infamous “Gangster Jim’ who was murdered and dumped in a Sydney alley in 1967.
G) Annie Teresa Sheridan: born March 19, 1909. Married William Frayne and had one son, William (‘Young Bill’). Annie died July 21, 1981, Melbourne.
H) Peter Augustine Sheridan: born Yarrawonga August 31, 1914. Married Lucy Veronica Nunn. Died June 6, 1983, Yarrawonga.
Paddy and Bridget Sheridan ran the Exchange Hotel in Yarrawonga around the period of 1914, and Bridget’s obituary stated that they ran a pub in Chiltern also, but this has not been proven.
Paddy and Bridget Sheridan spent their later years at 268 Ascot Vale Road, Ascot Vale. He died at his home in October 1951, aged 82. Bridget his wife died in 1963.
Barney Sheridan's birth & death certificates, plus his attestation papers, WW1
Above: Birth certificate of Bernard 'Barney' Sheridan, first child of Nicholas Sheridan and Bridget McGrath.
Above: Barney Sheridan's death certificate.
The children of Nicholas Sheridan and Bridget McGrath
1. BERNARD "BARNEY" SHERIDAN.
Bernard ‘Barney’ Sheridan was born on December 17, 1867, at Walhalla in Gippsland, Victoria. Named after his paternal grandfather back in County Cavan, Barney was just a baby when his miner father moved his wife and child to Carisbrook, a goldmining area near Maryborough in central Victoria.
Records from Carisbrook State School show that Barney Sheridan, aged 10 years, was admitted to the school in January, 1878, by his parent who was a "Gatekeeper". This was his mother, Bridget McGrath Sheridan, who was in charge of the railway crossing gate at Carisbrook while her husband worked as a ganger on the line itself. Bernard Sheridan was actually enrolled as 'Burnett' Sheridan, which is a lovely reflection of the illiterate Bridget's pronunciation of her eldest son's name with her thick Northern Irish accent. The Carisbrook State School records also stated:
"Date of Passing the Standard of Education :
Burnett Sheridan, father Nicholas Railway Labourer, school last attended Private School. no date."
I do not know what school this 'private school' is referring to. The elder Sheridan children would have had to spend several years at school in Moolort when their father moved there with the railway in the 1870s, but the name of this school is unknown at present.
Barney was a bachelor who spent his last years on the bank of the Murray River at Yarrawonga in a little hut.
Not a great deal is known of his life, beyond the fact that he never married and was somewhat of a loner. He enlisted to serve in World War One like his brothers Peter, Tom and Nicholas, but was discharged after a short training period as being medically unfit for service.It is not known why he was declared to be medically unfit, as the medical discharge records of another Bernard Sheridan, aged 24 rather than 40, and from Western Australia, have been included in "our" Bernard's online war record.
The photo above is of Bernard Sheridan in military uniform, and since he was only in the Army from early 1915 until June 18, 1915, it can be accurately dated as having been taken in this period. Barney dropped almost eight years from his real age in an attempt to enlist...he gave his age as 40, when in fact he would have been turning 48 later that year.
Bernard Sheridan died in the Corowa Hospital in April, 1943, aged 75 years. A notice in the 'Moira Independent" published on April 29, 1943, stated:
"Death took place at Corowa Hospital last week of Mr. Bernard Sheridan, a member of the well-known Yarrawonga family. He leaves a brother, Mr Patrick Sheridan (Ascot Vale), Miss Alice Sheridan (Baxter) and Mrs E. Hampton (Yarrawonga).
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