BLENNERHASSETT Family of DEVENISH, VICTORIA, Australia and MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA Who Probably Descend from the Blennerhassett Family of Lissataggle
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BLENNERHASSETT family of DEVENISH, VICTORIA, Australia and MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA who probably descend from the Blennerhassett family of Lissataggle. Currans Parish, Co.Kerry also MARTIN families of Dromavalla, Killorglin, Co.Kerry; of Curracullenagh, near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; and of Foilatrising (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry NOTES: Camp is near Castlegregory and is sometimes described as "Camp, Castlegregory"; Kilgobban parish is also known as Kilgobbin; THIS PAGE CONTINUES FROM page L 03 at: LISSATAGGLE, Currans, Co.Kerry (p.L 03) Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH18_Devenish_D.xlsx) revised January 2012, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2012 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please send additions & corrections to email: [email protected] D 01 from page L 03 >|>>>John Blennerhassett >>>>>>|>>>Avis Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Mary T. O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>William Henry White Jr. >>>>>>>|>>> Blennerhassett b.est.c1805 (C.o.I.) | b.c1836/8 Ireland | b.15.1.1861 Massachusetts | b.3.6.1884 | of Lissataggle, Co.Kerry, Ireland; | / | of Marblehead, Mass. | Clerk in the electrical | Currans parish, Farmer; | came to USA from Ireland | / | industry | Co.Kerry probably of Lissataggle, | 1854; said to have been | m.14.4.1883 | d.?.8.1951; bur.27.8.1951 | Currans parish, Kerry | visiting a cousin who lived | William Henry White | / | / | at Peabody (near Lynn, | b.25.7.1860 | m.1907 Sarah E. Beckwith |>>> / | Massachusetts) and | Shoemaker; Barber | b.1886 d.1963 | m. Mary Martin | there met her husband; | d.?.3.1935; bur.1.4.1935 | | b.est.c1805 | She was Anglican, her | | | Co.Kerry, Ireland | husband RC, and | | | / | "…her parents had nothing | MARBLEHEAD | | Mary Martin perhaps(?) | to do with her after the | Massachusetts | |>>> identical with: | marriage…" | USA | | Mary Martin | / | | | b.5.2.1807 Killorglin; | In 1855 living at Lynn, | | | bapt.5.2.1807 Killorglin | Essex Co., Massachusetts | | | (C.o.I.) - see D 12 below | / | | | / | d.9.3.1911 Marblehead; | | | / | Massachusetts, USA | | | One source has Mary | / | | | Martin's home being | m.3.11.1860 Salem | | | on Windmill Street, | (or Marblehead?), | | | Blennerville, nr Tralee, | Massachusetts (RC); | | | Co.Kerry, but this is | Patrick J. O'Brien | | |>>> unverified | / | | | | b.26.1.1838 Rathmore, | | | | Co.Kerry, Ireland; | | | NOTE: For other Blennerhassett/Martin | Cordwainer; | | | marriages see pages:- | son of Timothy O'Brien | | | D 05, D 06, CAN 32, G 73, LL 02 | (O'Brian) & Mary Hussey | | |>>> | / | | | emig. 1860 to | | | Marblehead, Essex Co., | | | Massachusetts, USA; | | | d.18.10.1910 | | | Marblehead | |>>>Jeremiah D. White >>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | | b.25.5.1886 | | NOTE: This Marblehead, | | Foreman in a shoe factory | | Massachusetts family has | | / | | been researched by | | m. Catherine A. White |>>> | their descendants | | b.c1888 | | Bob & Pat Hutchins, of | | | | Alta Loma, California, USA | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | |???Sarah Blennerhassett | | | | / | | |>>> | m.?.2.1864 | | | | at Marblehead, Mass.; | | | | Massachusetts; | | | | Robert Hill | | | | / | | | | Who is she? Is she | | |>>> | a sister of Avis BH? | | | | | | | | | | | D 01 | | | D 02 | | | | | |>>>Avis L. White >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | | / | | | | m. <???> Merry | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Edward B. White >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | | b.17.2.1890 | | | | Foreman in shoe factory |>>> | | | / | | | | m. Mary A. <???> b.c1891 |>>> | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Elizabeth A. White >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | | b.15.12.1891 (twin) | | | | d.28.4.1984 | | | | / | | | | m.1936 Joseph Anthony | | | | McManus b.1888 d.1959 | | | | | | | |>>>Mary Louise White | | | | b.15.12.1891 (twin) | | | | d.24.3.1893 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Grace White b.1893 | | | | |>>> | | |>>>James White | | | b.23.11.1894 d.26.11.1894 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Mildred T. White >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | b.?.9.1893 | | d.?.1.1943 bur.13.1.1943 | | / | | m. Woodbury | | | | | | D 02 | | D 03 | | | |>>>Timothy O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Elizabeth O'Brien b.1874 | | b.c1862 Massachusetts | / | | (not b.c1881) | m. <???> Starr | | / | | | m. Mary Dolan |>>>Avis O'Brien b.1887 | | | | | |>>>Patrick O'Brien; b.1889 >>>>>>>>|>>> | | | / | | | | m. <???> Merry |>>> | | | | | |>>>John O'Brien |>>>Mary O'Brien b.1891 |>>> | | b.c1863/4 Massachusetts | | | d.1934 |>>>Edward T. O'Brien b.1892 >>>>>>>>>|>>> | | | / | | | | m. <???> Merry |>>> | |>>>Elizabeth "Lizzie" | | | | O'Brien |>>>Susan A. O'Brien; b.1894 | | | b.1865/6 Massachusetts | / | | | | m. <???> Hay |>>> | | | | | | |>>>Gertrude O'Brien b.1896 (twin) |>>> | | | | | |>>>Theodore O'Brien b.1896 (twin) | | | | | |>>>Grace O'Brien b.1900 | | / | | m. <???> Maguire | | | |>>>James O'Brien b.1867 >>>>>>>|>>>Carrie O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | / | b.1890 | | | m. Carrie Hawkes | / | | | | m. Fred W. Russell | | | | | | | | |>>> | | |>>>Jennie O'Brien b.1898 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NOTE: |>>> | | | a Blennerhassett family | | | | of Greensborough, Victoria | | | | c2000 fits here somewhere(?) | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | D 03 | | | | D 04 | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Martha Mary O'Brien >>>>>>>>|>>> | | | b.1893 | | | | / |>>> | | | m. James A. Reed | | | | | |>>>James F. O'Brien b.1894 >>>>>>>|>>> | | | / | | | | m. <???> Merry |>>> | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | |>>>Ellen Christine O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | b.1901 | | m. Joseph H. Doane | | | |>>>Edward B. O'Brien >>>>>>>>>|>>>Gertrude O'Brien b.1908 | | b.1867 d.1939 | | | / |>>>Grace O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | | m. Elsie G. Hennessy | b.1911 | | | | / |>>> | | | m. James Charles Roy | | | | |>>> | | | | | |>>>Anna "Ann" Margaret >>>>>>>>|>>> | | O'Brien |>>> | | b.1915; |>>> | | m.c1940s John J. Quigley |>>> | | | |>>>Annie O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>William Finch Jr b.1894 | | b.1868 | | | / |>>>Ruth Finch b.1897 | | m. William Finch | | | |>>>George W. Finch b.1898 >>>>>>>>|>>> | | | m. Mary E. Florence | | |>>>Edwin O'Brien | |>>> | | b.28.11.1869 |>>>Mary Elizabeth Finch b.1903 | | | | |>>> | | |>>>Mildred Finch b.1905 | | |>>>Julia O'Brien | |>>> | | b.31.1.1872 d.1950 |>>>Grace Finch b.1906 | | | | |>>> | | |>>>Avis Blennerhassett | | | Finch b.1910 |>>> | | | | |>>>Patrick O'Brien Jr. >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Avis O'Brien b.1897 (?) | | | b.17.11.1874 d.1894; / | | | m. Joanne Sullivan m. Day |>>> | | | |>>>William F. O'Brien >>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Frances O'Brien | | b.12.8.1876 d.1940 | | | m. <???> |>>>Edwin O'Brien | | | |>>>Grace D. O'Brien; b.4.8.1879 (twin); d.1932 | | D 04 | |>>>Catherine Avis O'Brien; b.4.8.1879 (twin) D 05 | DEVENISH, Victoria, Australia |>>>James Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>|>>>John Blennerhassett b.17.6.1866; of Devenish; Farmer; | (alias B. Hassett, | d.8.6.1934 (not 14.12.1932) at Wangaratta NOTE: | alias Hassett) | / For brothers James & John Blennerhassett, see: | b.c1839/41 Co.Kerry, | m.c1920s Theresa Mary Spriggs; b.c1872; of Benalla; ["Victoria & it's Metropolis, Past and Present" | Ireland (probably Tralee) | d.14.6.1950 (not 16.4.1950) Devenish Vol.II "The Colony and its People in 1888"; | b.c1839 (passenger list | "The Lower Goulbourn District", p.303] | and headstone) |>>>Isabella "Isobel" Avice (not Annie or Alice) Blennerhassett | b.c1841 (marriage) | b.1.7.1869 Myrniong, Pentland Hills, Victoria; | / | She kept a birthday book; d.31.12.1948 NOTE: For other Blennerhassett/Martin | labourer in Ireland 1865 | / marriages see pages:- | / | m.1912 Victoria; Horace Edwin Hooper; b.c1870 d.5.8.1942 D 01, D 07, CAN 32, G 73, LL 02 | emig. to Australia; | | sailed from Liverpool to |>>>James Blennerhassett (alias Blenner Hassett); | Melbourne, Victoria, | b.1872 Myrniong, Victoria; d.1873 Victoria, aged 1 year | Australia, "age 26 years"; | | departed 25.7.1865 on |>>>Roger Blennerhassett (alias Blenner Hassett); b.16.6.1873 Myrniong; | the 27th voyage of | of Devenish 1912; d.25.12.1938 Lake Rowan; unm. | the S.S."Great Britain" | bur. Lake Rowan Cemetery, Benalla, with his parents NOTE: S.S."GREAT BRITAIN" | (Capt. John Gray) | This was the famous iron steamship designed by | (see NOTE to left) |>>>William Blennerhassett >>>>>>|>>>James William >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Chief Engineer of | / | of Devenish; farmer; | Blennerhassett; the Great Western Railway; built at Bristol, | labourer & road contractor | b.4.8.1874 Myrniong | b.29.8.1913 Stewarton, Victoria; England 1839-43 & launched by Prince Albert, | 1865-7; of Pentland Hills, | / | d.29.8.1961 Waaia, Victoria; consort of Queen Victoria; | Victoria 1867; farmed | d.6.7.1929 | of Numurkah, Victoria; / | 70 acres at Pentland Hills | at St James, Lake Rowan | m.9.12.1944 Coolingatta, QLD With a length of 322ft and displacement of | / | (Horse & gig accident) | Renee <???> of QLD 3,675 tons, the "Great Britain" was the | then settled at Devenish, | bur. Lake Rowan | largest ship afloat at that time; Considered the | near Benalla (Lake Rowan), | / | John Robert Blennerhassett first "modern" ship, she was the