Individual Details

Ann "Nancy" KILPATRICK

(4 Jun 1817 - 17 Nov 1905)

Events

Birth4 Jun 1817although the Illawarra Family History Society publication (Illawarra Pioneers pre 1920) has Ann born in 1807, 1817 agrees with her immigration age & death certificate - Kilmore, County Antrim, Ireland
MarriageAbt 1835Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland - Samuel MCCAULEY
Alt name1836Ann (Nancy) MCCAULEY
Emigration (fam)10 Jun 1838on board the 'Mandarin" from Belfast. They arrived in Sydney 19 Oct 1838 and went to the Berkeley Estate near Lake Illawarra 9 (then known as Five Islands) to take up a 'clearing lease' (the clearing lease system allowed families to live rent free off the land for a period of six years on the condition they cleared the land for future farming). The surname appears as McCalla on the passenger list & Anne is listed as "Nancy" for some reason. Joseph Davis wrote in his book 'Lake Illawarra - an Ongoing History' that "it usually took longer than 12 months" to become even partly self-sufficient but that "by 1843 (ie in just 4 years), they had worked the lease, had two extra children and were able to purchase 24 acres of land at Thirroul for 55 pounds and 4 shillings" - Samuel MCCAULEY
Religion19 Oct 1838protestant Presbyterian
Education Level19 Oct 1838read & write a little
Death17 Nov 1905Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
Burial19 Nov 1905(Gray St Memorial) - Presbyterian Cemetery, Woonona, New South Wales, Australia
News Pub (ind)31 Jan 1906an obituary was published in The Sydney Mail which read "Mrs McCauley was born in 1816, and was a native of County Antrim, Ireland. She arrived in Australia in 1837, and for 58 years was a resident of Bulli. She left seven children, 56 grandchildren, and 82 great-grandchildren"

Families

SpouseSamuel MCCAULEY (1814 - 1899)
ChildAnn Jane MCCAULEY (1836 - 1920)
ChildWilliam MCCAULEY (1841 - 1926)
ChildAlexander MCCAULEY (1843 - 1925)
ChildSarah MCCAULEY (1846 - 1898)
ChildMary Jane MCCAULEY (1848 - 1873)
ChildGeorge MCCAULEY (1851 - 1932)
ChildElizabeth "Isabella" MCCAULEY (1853 - 1943)
FatherWilliam KILPATRICK (1791 - 1846)
MotherSarah MCLACHLAN (1797 - 1865)
SiblingElizabeth KILPATRICK (1819 - 1857)
SiblingIsabella KILPATRICK (1822 - 1906)
SiblingBernard KILPATRICK (1824 - 1876)
SiblingMary Jane KILPATRICK (1829 - 1898)
SiblingSarah KILPATRICK (1831 - 1875)
SiblingDaniel KILPATRICK (1836 - 1898)

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