Individual Details

Agnes Anne JOHNSTONE

(Abt 1844 - 17 Jul 1922)

Events

BirthAbt 1844Ballymore, Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland
Emigration6 Sep 1863 aboard the "Hotspur" together with her widowed mother Jane & sisters Margaret & Jemima. Her youngest sister Jane, 10 years old, appears in the Deposit Book for the voyage on 19 Feb 1863 but appears to have died before they embarked. The ship arrived in Sydney on 5 Dec 1863 - Plymouth, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
Alt name1866Agnes Anne MCCAULEY
Marriage30 Aug 1866Bulli, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - William MCCAULEY
Death17 Jul 1922"Armagh", Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
News Pub (ind)21 Jul 1922Obituary: There passed from our midst on Monday morning last, at 4 o'clock, one of the oldest and most respected citizens in the Illawarra district in the person of Mrs. William McAuley, Armagh, Thirroul, at the age of 78. Mrs. Mc Auley was born at Armagh, Ireland, in 1844, and came to Australia in a sail ing ship, the Hotspur, with her mother and sisters in the year 1863. The family settled at Woonona and three years later she entered the holy bonds of matrimony, and for the past 59 years she has lived in this district with an unbroken family tie. In her home she was the chief presiding spirit and, nobly did she do her part in equipping her family of eleven, six sons and five daughters, for the battle of life. The funeral was largely attended, and all sections of the community were represented. A short service was conducted at the Presbyterian Church by Rev. J. S. Rapkins, and afterwards at the graveside. Among the many who paid their last respects by following the cortege to the Bulli cemetery were Messrs J. S. Kirton (Excelsior Colliery), Cr. Coffey (Austinmer). C. L. Willard (pub lic school), Cr. Tresidder (President of Bulli Shire), W. J. R. Richardson (the shire clerk), Mr. Wilson (Shire Engineer), Mrs. J. Ryan, and many other representative citizens

Families

SpouseWilliam MCCAULEY (1841 - 1926)
ChildSamuel Alexander MCCAULEY (1867 - 1927)
ChildMargaret Elizabeth MCCAULEY (1868 - 1939)
ChildJohn Stewart MCCAULEY (1870 - 1950)
ChildWilliam Charles (Hoppy) MCCAULEY (1871 - 1945)
ChildMary Jane "Minnie" MCCAULEY (1873 - 1945)
ChildGeorge Walker MCCAULEY (1876 - 1956)
ChildHerbert Wilfred MCCAULEY (1878 - 1944)
ChildPercy Ernest MCCAULEY (1880 - 1952)
ChildIda Emmaline MCCAULEY (1882 - 1956)
ChildRuby Lillian MCCAULEY (1884 - 1968)
ChildAgnes Adline MCCAULEY (1887 - 1984)

Endnotes