BLENNERHASSETT family of DEVENISH, , and MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS, USA who probably descend from the Blennerhassett family of Lissataggle. Currans Parish, Co.Kerry

also MARTIN families of Dromavalla, , Co.Kerry; of Curracullenagh, near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; and of Foilatrising (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry NOTES: Camp is near 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 | 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?), | | | , nr , | 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 NOTE: | alias Hassett) | / For brothers James & John Blennerhassett, see: | b.c1839/41 Co.Kerry, | m.c1920s Theresa Mary Spriggs; b.c1872; of ; ["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); | , 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 ; 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 , Victoria; consort of Queen Victoria; | Victoria 1867; farmed | d.6.7.1929 | of , 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 first large ship | Victoria c1876; | m.1913 Victoria; |>>>(alias Hassett) to be constructed of iron and the first liner with | There in c1888 he farmed | Amy Louise Herridge | b.5.5.1915 Devenish a steampropeller driven screw, although she | 442 acres, including | b.c1886 | d.27.5.1977 Footscray, Victoria; retained schooner-rigged sails on her six masts; | 110 acres of wheat & oats, | / | / She was also first to have watertight bulkheads, | with 36 cattle, 5 horses | d.23.5.1962 (according | m.1962 Melbourne; Ida Tennant a virtual double bottom; and balanced rudder | / | to headstone) at Yarram; | / | d.9.11.1912 "aged 73 years" | (not d.24.5.1862) |>>>Frances "Fanny" Louisa >>>>>>>|>>> She sailed to the USA and served as troop ship | at Devenish, Victoria; | bur. Lake Rowan Cemetery, | (Louise?) Blennerhassett | during both Crimean War & Indian Mutiny; | bur. 11.11.1912 Lake Rowan | Benalla, Victoria | b.10.6.1917 Merrivale, | Between 1852 & 1886 she made 47 voyages, | Cemetery, Benalla, Victoria | | Devenish; d.26.8.1881 | 32 of them carrying immigrants between | / | | NOTE: She has a book of |>>> Liverpool and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | m.6.3.1867 St James (CoE) | | family data, perhaps(?) the | She was for many years the fastest & safest | Church, East Melbourne; | | birthday book of her aunt |>>> emigrant ship afloat | Francis "Fanny" Martin | | Isobel Avice Blennerhassett / | / | | / After being damaged in 1886 during an | b.9.3.1841 Curracullenagh, | | m. Raymond "Ray" Reaper; attempt to round Cape Horn, she spent over | near Camp, Kilgobban, | | b.22.2.1947 Benalla 50 years as a storage vessel in Port Stanley | Co.Kerry, Ireland; bapt. | | Harbour in the Falkland Islands, serving as | 24.3.1841 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) | |>>>Charles Stanley Blennerhassett a floating wool or coal store; In 1937 she was | / | | b.12.6.1920 Benalla; towed to Sparrow Cove, where she was holed | of Curracullenagh, | | d.26.1.1921 , Victoria; & beached, abandoned on the rocks; by the | Killgobban 1841; | | d. an infant end of the 1960s she was close to breaking up | of Foilatrisnig (Foil), | | / | near Camp, Killgobban 1844 | |>>>Albert Henry Blennerhassett The hulk of the "Great Britain" was salvaged & | / | | b.21.3.1922 Tungamah, Victoria; returned to Bristol in 1970 by the "Great Britain | emig. to Australia c1864; |>>>Alexander Blennerhassett | d.9.7.1982 Benalla Project", whose chairman and driving force was | of Williamstown, Victoria | (alias Hassett); | Maj. Richard Goold-Adams, husband of Diana | 1867; a servant, at the date | Farmer; of Bunyip, |>>>Alexander "Alex" Leslie >>>>>>|>>> "Deenagh" Mary Ponsonby Blennerhassett | of her marriage in 1867 | Lake Rowan, Victoria; Blennerhassett | (p.F 10); The old ship has been restored her | / | b.13.10.1877 Lake Rowan b.18.2.1925 Rossmore, | former glory in the "Great Western Dock", the | d.5.8.1901 at Foster Street, | / Benalla, Victoria; d.1.8.1989; |>>> same Bristol drydock where she was built, and | Williamstown, Victoria; | farmer; purchased land bur. Williamstown | there she is now a popular tourist attraction | bur.6.8.1901 Lake Rowan | at Devenish, alongside the / | / | Cem. Benalla, Vict. (CoE) | Devenish/Thoona Road, m. Patricia Kathleen | Passenger lists have been published in the | / | close to the farms of his White; b.23.4.1926 | book "Is yours an SS Great Britain Family?" | dau. of Alexander "Alec" | father James Blennerhassett | by A. Ball, 1988 | (Allick) Martin, farmer, & | & uncle |>>> | Elizabeth "Eliza" Fleming | John Blennerhassett | | / | / | | sister of Isabella Martin | d.15.5.1939 Bunyip; |>>> | (D 06, D 11) who married | bur.17.5.1939 Lake Rowan | | James' brother John | Cemetery (with his parents) | D 05 | Blennerhassett; | |>>> D 06 | and of Ellen Martin | | (b.15.3.1851 Foilatrisnig); |>>>Fanny Elizabeth Blennerhassett; | both emigrated with her | b.1879 Lake Rowan; d.1880 Devenish, aged 1 year | to Australia and lived at | | Williamstown, Victoria |>>>James Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>|>>>Albert Hassett | | b.1.10.1880 Devenish | | | (Bacchus Marsh) near |>>>John Hassett | | Benalla; of Benalla | | | / |>>>Alec Hassett | | d.14.10.1911 Benalla | | bur. Lake Rowan cemetery, Benalla (with his parents) | | m. Frances | | | |>>>Mary Blennerhassett >>>>>>>|>>>Alexander "Alex" Argus | b.22.2.1882 Lake Rowan | | / |>>>Thelma Argus | m.1917 | (John) Thomas "Tom" Henry Argus b.c1876 | DEVENISH, Victoria, Australia |>>>John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>John Blennerhassett b.15.6.1874 Myrniong, Pentland Hills, (alias Blenner-Hassett, | Victoria; d.27.6.1874 Myrniong "aged 13 days" alias Hassett) | NOTE: of Devenish; Farmer; |>>>James "Jim" Blennerhassett >>>>>|>>>Lily May Blennerhassett For brothers James & John Blennerhassett, see: b.9.11.1851 Tralee, | b.18.6.1875 Baccus Marsh, | b.1907 Carlton, Victoria; "Victoria & it's Metropolis, Past and Present" Co.Kerry, Ireland | near Myrniong, | / Vol.II "The Colony and its People in 1888"; (perhaps born 9.11.1850 | Pentland Hills, Victoria; | d.4.4.1922 unm. (aged 15) "The Lower Goulbourn District" p.303 not 1851 - see p.L 04) | Tanner; Grew up on the | South Fitzroy, Melbourne; / | farm; Baptist; of Preston, | bur. Coburg Pine Ridge emig. to N.Zealand 1871; | Melbourne, Victoria | Memorial Park (C.of E.) NOTE: For other Blennerhassett/Martin then in 1873 moved to | / | Compartment AA, Grave 53 marriages see pages:- Myrniong, Pentland | d.26.11.1956 (not 25.10.1956) | D 01, D 05, CAN 32, G73, LL 02 Hills (W. of Melbourne) | 48 Beauchamp St., Preston |>>> Ellen "Nellie" Isabel >>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Victoria, Australia | (where he lived, at the home | Blennerhassett | / | of his daughter Nellie) | b.30.5.1909 Carlton, | labourer 1873; in 1875 | bur.27.11.1956 Coburg Pine | Melbourne, Victoria; | moved to Bungeet, | Ridge Memorial Park | of Preston, Melbourne, | Lake Rowan (nr Devenish) | Cemetery, Victoria (C.of E.) | Victoria; d.15.9.1986 | Victoria, as farmer & dealer | Compartment AA, grave 53 | / | / | / | m.1934 Reg (Reginald) Wilks | There he farmed 418 acres, | m.20.4.1904 Collins Street | of Bundoora, Victoria; | including 130 acres of | Baptist Ch., North FitzRoy, | d.27.10.1979 Bundoora | wheat & oats, with "a | Melbourne; (Bridget) Ellen | |>>> considerable number of | "Nell" Isabel McDonald | | cattle" and 13 horses | / |>>> | / | b.15.3.1874 | Blennerhassett | hotel keeper | Emerald Hill, Victoria; | d. an infant |>>> / | bapt.18.8.74 St.Peter & Paul | | d.17.3.1899 at | Emerald Hill; | | 497 Drummond Street, | of North Fitzroy 1904; | | Carlton, Melbourne, | of Preston, Victoria 1956 | | Victoria (not Myrniong) | / | | bur.18.3.1899 | d.6.7.1956 Preston, Victoria; | |>>> / | bur. Coburg Pine Ridge | | m.3.7.1873 St John's (CoE), | Memorial Park Cemetery, | | La Trobe St., Melbourne | Victoria (C.of E.) | | Isabella Martin | | |>>> b.6.5.1844 Foilatrisnig (Foil), |>>>Francis "Fanny" "Fan" | near Camp, Kilgobban, | Mary Blennerhassett; unm. | Co.Kerry, Ireland; bapt. | b.14.12.1877 Bungeet, | 19.5.1844 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) | Lake Rowan (nr Devenish) | / | / | of Foilatrisnig (Foil), until | With her sister Elizabeth | she emig. to Australia with | she ran a guest-house at | with sisters Fanny & Ellen | Hepburn Springs | c1864; | (not far from the entrance | her death record of 1920 | to the well-known Hepburn | states she had been 5 years | Springs Mineral Spa Baths); | in Victoria, which is clearly | Their brother Alex lived | incorrect as she was at | with them | Melbourne 1873; probably | / | came with her sisters c1864 | d.31.1/4.1946 Hepburn | D 06 / | Springs/Dalysford, Vict. | D 07 of Williamstown, Victoria | | / |>>> |>>>James "Jim" Blennerhassett >>>>>>>|>>> / | Blennerhassett | b.11.11.1910 Carlton, | d.11.7.1920 at 9 Spencer | b.1879 Bungeet, | Melbourne, Victoria | Street, Northcote, | Lake Rowan (nr Devenish) | of Preston, Melbourne, Vict. | Melbourne, Victoria; | d. an infant 1879 age 1 day | / | bur.12.7.1920 (CoE) | | Metallurgist (until a motor | Williamstown cemetery | | cycle accident at Emerald, | / | | Victoria, ended his career) | dau. of Alexander "Alec" | | As a young man, after work | (Allick) Martin, farmer, & | | he would carry bars of | Elizabeth "Eliza" Fleming | | gold in his gladstone bag to | / | | deliver to Melbourne Mint; | sister of Frances "Fanny" | | Held various jobs at Melb. | Martin (D 06, D 11) who | | City Council; later a Clerk |>>> married John's brother | | / | James Blennerhassett; | | d.5.10.1967 Heidelberg, | and of Ellen Martin (D 11) | | Melbourne, Victoria; | b.15.3.1851 Foilatrisnig; | | bur. Coburg Pine Ridge | both emigrated with her | | Memorial Pk, Vict.(C.of E.) | to Australia and lived at | | Compartment AA, grave 53 | Williamstown, Victoria | | / | | | m.1931 Rosina "Rose" Alice | | | Pearson (or Emselle ?); | | | (they married in a bay | | | window of a private | | | house in Butters St.) | | | / | | | b.20.4.1909 | | | d.3.8.2004 Melbourne, Vict. | | | obituary in [Melbourne | | | Herald Sun 7.8.2004] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |>>>Frances Irene Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | b.10.7.1913 Carlton, | | Melbourne; d.?.9.2007 | | / | | m.1937 Gilbert George King | | b.c1903 Reigate, Surrey, | | England; d.21.6.1990; | | bur. Fawkner Cemetery |>>> | (North Side, Section 2, D 07 | Compartment A, Niche 18) D 08 | |>>>John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>|>>>John Blennerhassett b.1904; d.1904 an infant | (alias Hassett) | | b.28.12.1881 Bungeet, |>>>Frank Alexander Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) | Lake Rowan (nr Devenish) | b.1904 Clifton Hill, Melbourne; | / | d.1905 Carlton, Melbourne (aged 1 year) | of Drouin, near Warragul, | | Victoria; |>>>Alexander Blennerhassett (alias Hassett) b.?.2.1911; | d.14.11.1940 Warragul; | d.c4.7.1911 an infant; | farmer; | bur 4.7.1911 Williamstown Cemetery (plot: CE I27.5 007) | bur.16.11.1940 | | Drouin Cemetery |>>>Herbert "Bert" Leslie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | / | Blennerhassett | | m.1st 12.11.1902 | of Preston, Melbourne, | | Melbourne, Victoria; | Victoria; occupation: clerk; | | Lilian "Lily" Marion (Mary) | b.22.8.1908 (or 4.11.1908?) | | Hale (not Hall) | / | | b.c1879; | d.22.3.1969 Preston; | | d.29.8.1928 | bur.25.3.1969 Templestowe |>>> | Heidelberg, Victoria; | Cem. & Memorial Garden, | | bur.30.8.1928 | Templestowe, Victoria | | Williamstown, Victoria | / | | / | m.14.9.1929 | | / | (Hilda) Daphne Congdon | | / | (Cogdon ?) b.29.6.1909 | | / | d.17.12.1998 | | / | | | / | | | / |>>>James "Jim" Blennerhassett | | / b.29.4.1914 | | / of Drouin, near Warragul, | | / Victoria; d.2001 | | / / | | / m. Margaret Lillian Venables | | / b.17.7.1924; | | / she m. previously | | / Vincent |>>> | / | / | / | / | / | / | m.2nd 10.2.1932 | at the Baptist Manse, | Gold Street, in FitzRoy/ | Collingwood, Melbourne; | Vida Vivienne Hannaford >>>>>>>|>>>John "Jack" Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | of Bairnsdale & Drouin | b.15.7.1933 Leongatha; | | b.19.5.1897; | truck driver; | | d.7.3.1977 Drouin, Vict. | of Leongatha, Victoria; d. |>>> | / | / | | of 65 Kay St., Carlton 1932 | m.17.5.1958 at Drouin | | / | near Warragul, Victoria; | | Vida was m. Previously to | Lillian Cecilia Harrison | | Goulter (D 4.1.1932) | b.22.10.1932 | | (son: Ray Goulter) | |>>> | | | | | |>>> | | |>>>Elizabeth Blennerhassett |>>>Edward "Ted" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> | b.3.9.1882 Bungeet, Blennerhassett; b.15.9.1934 | | Lake Rowan (nr Devenish), Leongatha; of Leongatha | | Victoria; of Thornbury, / | | Melbourne, Victoria m.9.6.1956 Warragul; | | / Patricia Ann "Kath" | | d.27/28.9.1961 Thornbury; Wagner; b.21.7.1936; |>>> | unm. of Warragul, Victoria | / | With her sister Fanny she ran a guest-house at Hepburn | Springs (not far from the entrance to the well-known Hepburn D 08 | Springs Mineral Spa Baths); their brother Alex lived with them D 09 | |>>>Alexander "Alec" David >>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Olive Florence >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Blennerhassett | Blennerhassett | b.26.7.1884 (not 28/29.7.85) | b.9.2.1913 Camberwell, |>>> Bungeet, Lake Rowan | Victoria; d.1982 | (nr Devenish), Victoria | / |>>> / | m. Arthur Waddingham | occupations: | b.1915 d.2000 |>>> carter (1912) then tanner | | / | |>>> of Croxton, Victoria 1912; | He then lived with sisters | Fanny & Elizabeth at the | guest-house they ran at | Hepburn Springs, Victoria | until he died | / | d.13.8.1950 | Hepburn Springs, |>>>Daniel "Dan" Alexander >>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Dalysford, Victoria; | Blennerhassett bur.16.8.1950 Preston | b.4.4.1915 Preston, General Cemetery (CoE) | Melbourne, Victoria; / | of Kew, Victoria m.22.4.1912 | / Methodist Church of | Champion Boxer, with a Australasia, Bay Street, | promising career ahead of him Queenscliff, Victoria; | / Alice Mary "May" | Joined the army during WWII; Private (No. VX23502) A.I.F. 2/22 Battalion, Australian Infantry; Mouchemore | stationed at New Guinea in South the Pacific, he was one of a garrison of 1,500 men at the port of Rabaul, on the island of / | New Britain (the largest island of the Bismark Archipelago in New Guinea), captured by the Japanese January 1942 following b.25.11.1882 Fish Street, | three weeks of air bombardment; the Australians had faced 17,000 Japanese who landed by sea near Rabaul 23.1.1942 Queenscliff, Victoria; | d.27.5.1943 | Dan was injured while fighting along what is now known as the "Kokoda Trail" and was one of the wounded soldiers left behind in at 52 Beauchamp Street, | expectation of being cared for by approaching Japanese forces; he is believed by his family to have been beheaded following capture, Preston, Melbourne, Vict.; | probably one of approximately 160 Australian soldiers who were massacred at Toll Plantation, New Britain, in February 1942; bur.28.5.1943 Preston | most of the remaining prisoners, 845 servicemen plus 208 civilian internees, drowned when the "Montevideo Maru", a Japanese ship Cemetery | taking them to the Chinese island of Hainan, was on 1.7.1942 torpedoed & sunk off the northern Philippine coast by the American / | submarine USS "Sturgeon" whose crew had been unaware that the unmarked ship carried POWs dau. of Daniel White | Mouchemore | Dan died as a Japanese POW, perhaps executed Feb.1942 at Toll Plantation, New Britain, but his date of death is recorded by the & Mary Carver | Commonwealth War Graves Commission as d.1.7.1942 aged 27, the day of the sinking of the "Montevideo Maru" off the Philippines; / | Dan's name is on the Rabaul Memorial 1939-1945 (panel 20) at Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cem., 50km S. of Rabaul & 5km S.W. of Kokopo, MOUCHEMORE | this memorial commemorating 1,200 members of the Australian Army and RAAF who died in New Britain and have no known grave; all persons of this name | A memorial to those who lost their lives on the "Montevideo Maru" was erected at the Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne; descend from Daniel | Another "Montevideo Maru" memorial (illustrated right) is part of the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial at Ballarat, Victoria Lauerance Mouchemore | / bapt.1827 Devon, England; | m. Meryle Puryer Davey; This surname appears to | b.25.1.1917 St Kilda, Melbourne, survive only in Australia | Victoria; | d.29.5.1976 Preston, Melbourne | |>>>Isabella Alice "Nance" >>>>>>>>|>>> | Blennerhassett | | b.19.2.1920 | | Preston, Melbourne, Vict. | | d.20.2.1985 | | Queen Victoria Hospital, | | Melbourne | | / | | m. Ronald "Ron" Walter | | Iredale | | b.25.12.1916 Diamond Creek, |>>> | Victoria; | | d.30.8.2005 | | | | | | | | |>>> | | | D 09 | D 10 | |>>>Gweneth "Gwen" >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>> Elizabeth Blennerhassett; b.30.8.1922 at 52 Beauchamp Street, Preston, Melbourne, Victoria / of 106 Greenwood Drive, Bundoora, Victoria 1979 / d.4.10.1979 PANCH Hospital, Preston cremated 8.10.1979 Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, Fawkner, Vict. / / m.1st / / m.2nd 4.4.1947 Albert Park, North Fitzroy, Victoria; Norman "Norm" Frederick >>>>>>>|>>> Iredale | b.16.4.1920 Diamond Creek, | Victoria | | | | | | | |>>>

NOTE: BURIAL GROUND AT KILLINEY: The Rector of Kilgobban also conducts services at Killiney Church (C.o.I.), whose churchyard is the burial place for the Martin family of Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp; The page below shows family connections between the Martin family of Foilatrisnig (a.k.a. Foil or Foyle) and the Blennerhassett family of Devenish, Victoria, Australia; Olive Thickett (p.L 05) tells that "...there was always a strong bond between the Martin and Blennerhassett families in Camp..." i.e. between Martins of Foilatrisnig and Blennerhassetts of Glendine; it appears that the Blennerhassett families of Lissataggle, Currans (from which sprang Blennerhassett of Glendine, Camp) are closely related to Blennerhassett of Devenish, Victoria D 10 D 11 MARTIN family of Dromavalla, Killorglin; Curracullenagh, parish of Kilgobban; and of Foilatrising (aka Foil or Foyle), parish of Kilgobban, all in Co.Kerry NOTES: Camp is near Castlegregory and is sometimes described as "Camp, Castlegregory"; Kilgobban parish is also known as Kilgobbin;

Martin >>>>>>>>>>|>>>Alexander "Alec" >>>>>>>>>>|>>>Eliza Martin b.c1836; of Co.Kerry, Ireland (Allick) Martin; | in 1911 (aged 75 years) residing with the family of her nephew Alexander Martin; / b.c1797; of Dromavalla, | at Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; unm. m. Killorglin, Kerry 1829 | / |>>>Roger Martin; b.1.1.1837 Curracullenagh, near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry of Curracullenagh, | bapt.20.1.1837 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) near Camp, Kilgobban, | Co.Kerry 1837-1839 |>>>William Martin; b.18.9.1839 Curracullenagh, near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry / | bapt.29.9.1839 Kilgobban (C.o.I.); of Devenish, Victoria; of Foilatrising (aka Foil | emig. to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c1864 (with brother John; sisters Fanny, Isabella & Ellen) or Foyle) near Camp, | Kilgobban (Kilgobbin), |>>>John Martin; b.c1840 prob. Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; of Devenish, Victoria; Co.Kerry 1844-1883 | emig. to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c1864 (with brother William; sisters Fanny, Isabella & Ellen) / | d.3.4.1883 age 86 years; |>>>Frances "Fanny" Martin; b.9.3.1841 Curracullenagh, near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry bur.3.4.1883 (C.o.I.) | bapt.24.3.1841 Kilgobban (C.o.I.); baptised as "Frances" but all subsequent records use"Fanny"; Kilcolman, Kerry | emig. to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c1864 (with brothers William & John; sisters Isabella & Ellen) / | / / | m.6.3.1867 Melbourne; James Blennerhassett (D 05) b.c1839/41 (prob. Tralee) Co.Kerry; / | of Devenish, Victoria, Australia; brother of John Blennerhassett (D 06) m.30.1.1829 | Kilcolman (C.o.I.); |>>>Isabella Martin; b.6.5.1844 Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry James Fleming >>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Elizabeth Fleming | bapt.19.5.1844 Kilgobban (C.o.I.); (Flemming) | / | emig. to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c1864 (with brothers William & John; sisters Fanny & Ellen) of Kilburn, | b.c17.3.1807 Kilburn, | / Kilcoleman, | Kilcolman, Co.Kerry; | m.3.7.1873 Melbourne; John Blennerhassett (D 06) b.9.11.1851 Tralee; Co.Kerry 1807-1830 | bapt.17.3.1807 | of Devenish, Victoria, Australia; brother of James Blennerhassett / | Kilcolman (C.o.I.) | m. Mary | |>>>Alexander Martin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Elizabeth May Martin; b.22.5.1898 Foil; bapt.3.7.1898 Kilgobban | | b.1.2.1845 Foilatrisnig | |>>>Isabella Fleming | (Foil) nr Camp, Kilgobban; |>>>Mary Ann Martin; b.28.10.1899 Foil; bapt.31.12.1899 Kilgobban | b.23.10.1809 Kilcolman | bapt.2.3.1845 Kilgobban | | | (C.o.I.) |>>>Alexander Martin; b.6.3.1901 Foil; bapt.26.5.1901 Kilgobban |>>>John Fleming | / | | b.8.3.1812 Kilcolman | farmer; |>>>Richard Martin; b.23.2.1903 Foil; bapt.19.4.1903 Kilgobban | | of Foilatrisnig (Foil) 1901-11 | |>>>Mary Fleming | / |>>>John William Martin; b.13.9.1906 Foil; bapt.28.10.1906 Kilgobban | b.14.7.1813 Kilcolman | m.15.5.1894 | | | (C.o.I.) |>>>William Martin; b..25.3.1908 Foil; bapt.10.5.1908 Kilgobban |>>>Rebecca Fleming | Elizabeth "Eliza" Bernard | | b.30.5.1830 Kilcolman | b.c1870/1 Co.Kerry; |>>>James Martin; b.5.4.1909 Foil; bapt.16.5.1909 Kilgobban | | dau. of Richard Bernard | | | of "Tooreen a Stooka", |>>>Fanny Martin; b.15.12.1904 Foil; bapt.5.2.1905 Kilgobban | | Co.Kerry; farmer d. young bef.1811 | | | |>>>Mary Martin; b.5.8.1848 Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; | | bapt.12.8.1848 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) - the first name is omitted from the record in the baptism register, but | | the entry is probably for Mary; otherwise could be for John b.c1840 whose bapt. record is not found | | / | | m.5.3.1867 Kilgobbin (C.o.I.); John Talbot; farmer; of Lackabeg, Co.Kerry; son of John Talbot | | | |>>>Ellen Martin; b.15.3.1851 Foilatrisnig (Foil), near Camp, Kilgobban, Co.Kerry; | bapt.18.4.1851 Kilgobban (C.o.I.); | emig. to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia c1864 (with brothers William & John; sisters Fanny & Isabella) | of Williamstown, Victoria 1874 | / | m.12.3.1874 Williamstown Prestbyterian Church | Charles Henry Hill; b.c1856 Hollwell, Maine, USA; mariner, of Williamstown, Victoria 1874 | NOTE: a witness to |>>>William Fleming >>>>>>>>>>|>>>Elizabeth Fleming; b.26.11.1855 Glendine; bapt.16.12.1855 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) this marriage was of Glendine, | Alexander Martin near Camp, Kilgobban |>>>James Fleming; b.20.4.1857 Glendine; bapt.3.5.1857 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) / | m.15.2.1855 |>>>William Fleming; b.15.2.1859 Glendine; bapt.4.3.1859 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) (C.o.I.) Mary Wharton; | of Ballyseedy, Co.Kerry |>>>Richard Fleming; b.12.11.1860 Glendine; bapt.6.1.1861 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) (dau. of Wm Wharton | D 11 of Ballyseedy, farmer) |>>>Sarah Fleming; b.29.9.1862 Glendine; bapt.21.12.1862 Kilgobban (C.o.I.) D 12 MARTIN family of Killorglin, Co.Kerry & , Co.Kerry

Roger Martin >>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Ellen Martin of Killorglin 1798; | b.c4.9.1799 Dingle; bapt.4.9.1799 Dingle (C.o.I.) of 1799 | / |>>>Elizabeth Martin m.25.9.1798 | b.c16.7.1803 Killorglin; bapt.16.7.1803 Killorglin (C.o.I.) Dingle (C.o.I.) | Avice Fuller |>>>Frances Martin of Ventry 1798 | b.c10.4.1805 Killorglin; bapt.10.4.1805 Killorglin (C.o.I.) | | | John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>|>>>Avis Blennerhassett (D 01) b.c1836/8 Ireland; | (D 01); farmer | of Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA | b.est.c1805 Co.Kerry | | m. est.c1835 |>>>James Blennerhassett (D 05) b.c1839/41 Co.Kerry; | / | of Devenish, Victoria, Australia |>>>Mary Martin | | b.c5.2.1807 Killorglin; |>>>John Blennerhassett (D 06) b.9.11.1851 Tralee, Co.Kerry; | Co.Kerry, Ireland of Devenish, Victoria, Australia | bapt.5.2.1807 Killorglin | (C.o.I.) | / | John Blennerhassett definately married a Mary Martin | I am not 100% certain this is the correct Mary Martin but she is the best candidate available... | | |>>>John Martin | b.c11.4.1808 Killorglin; bapt.11.4.1808 Killorglin (C.o.I.) | |>>>Thomas Martin b.c7.5.1812 Killorglin; bapt.7.5.1812 Killorglin (C.o.I.)

MARTIN family of Cool, near Camp, Kilgobban (Kilgobbin) parish, Co.Kerry NOTE: This family is probably related to the Martin family of Foilatrising (aka Foil or Foyle), Kilgobban, but is not presently clear how...

>|>>>Alexander Martin >>>>>>>>>|>>>James Martin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Elizabeth "Lizzie" Martin / | b.c1841/50 Co.Kerry; | b.c21.11.1880 Cool; bapt.21.11.1880 Kilgobban is possible (but no | b.c1841 (1901 census) | / evidence) that he may | b.c1850 (marriage record) | This record is uncertain; she appears correctly in the 1901 be identical with: | / | census (as b.c1882) and the 1911 census (as b.c1883) but the Alexander Martin | farmer; | database record of her baptism has her the daughter of James of Foilatrising (Foil), | of Cool, near Camp, | Martin & "Eliza" of Cool, instead of James Martin & Catherine; near Camp, Kilgobban | Kilgobban, Co.Kerry | Need to verify on original register if "Eliza" is a transcription error... Co.Kerry 1844-1883 | 1901-1911; | (see D 11 above) | d. Between 1901 & 1911 |>>>Alexander Martin; b.c27.11.1881 Cool; bapt.27.11.1881 Kilgobban / | / | m. | m.10.2.1880 Aglish (C.o.I.); |>>>Anne Martin; b.c27.12.1882 Cool; bapt.17.12.1882 Kilgobban | Catherine Talbot | | b.c1848/51 Coolroe, |>>>Ellen Martin; b.c20.1.1884 Cool; bapt.20.1.1884 Kilgobbin | Aglish; Co.Kerry; | | b.c1848 (1901 census) |>>>Mary Anne Martin; b.c15.2.1885 Cool; bapt.15.2.1885 Kilgobban | b.c1851 (1911 census) | | b.c1858 (marriage record) |>>>Fanny Martin; b.c15.6.1891 Cool; bapt.15.6.1891 Kilgobbin | / | of Coolroe, Aglish; | dau. of Thomas Talbot | farmer | | |>>>Richard Martin b.bef.1871 Co.Kerry; farmer; of Cool, near Camp, Kilgobban / m.12.5.1892 Ballymacelligott; Mary Elizabeth Hoffman b.bef.1871 Co.Kerry; of Ballymacelligott, Co.Kerry D 12 dau. of Elias Hoffman, farmer