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Margaret Kavanagh, my 2X gt grandmother, left a paper trail. Following her arrival on Hercules in 1802 find her in the Convict and Settler Musters and Census records from 1806, 1811, 1814, 1822, 1824/25/26 to 1828. She is shown living with William Regan/Ragan/Rhaghan/Radon, born Cork Ireland and transported for 7 years from London on Hillsborough in 1797-98. Bearing in mind that few Irish Catholics would get married in a Protestant church it is not until the World Heritage Census of 1828 that Margaret is shown as Margaret Regan, wife of William Regan. After the official sanctioned arrival of a Catholic priest in 1821, Father J J Therry, it would be expected that he 'regularised,' any baptisms or marriages as was the Catholic way. Despite this early adherence to the 'faith,' many of the descendants were Protestants.
The Regan couple had three children: William B 1805, John B Hawkesbury 1810 (my line) and Margaret B 1815. No baptisms for the reason above. By 1826 William Margaret and John Regan were employed at Lansdowne House, Goulburn, by Jonas Bradley (1828 Census). William Regan junior was at Sutton Forest with his wife, Harriet Mary Stalker and family. Daughter Margaret Regan married Bradley's clerk, William Storrier, at Mittagong in 1832. The celebrant was Rev J J Therry.
Years ago there was an intact headstone in Mortis Street Cemetery, Goulburn, for William & Margaret Regan and Margaret Storrier. It is no longer intact and is believed to be in several pieces leaning against a fence.
The Regan couple had three children: William B 1805, John B Hawkesbury 1810 (my line) and Margaret B 1815. No baptisms for the reason above. By 1826 William Margaret and John Regan were employed at Lansdowne House, Goulburn, by Jonas Bradley (1828 Census). William Regan junior was at Sutton Forest with his wife, Harriet Mary Stalker and family. Daughter Margaret Regan married Bradley's clerk, William Storrier, at Mittagong in 1832. The celebrant was Rev J J Therry.
Years ago there was an intact headstone in Mortis Street Cemetery, Goulburn, for William & Margaret Regan and Margaret Storrier. It is no longer intact and is believed to be in several pieces leaning against a fence.