Individual Details
Anthony STRAHAN
(12 May 1840 - 10 Mar 1898)
Events
| Birth | 12 May 1840 | Timolin, County Kildare, Ireland |  | ||
| Occupation | 14 Oct 1859 | joined the Royal Irish Costabulary as an 18 year old but resigned 15 Feb 1860 "to emigrate" | |||
| Emigration | 23 Aug 1860 | from Liverpool and arrived in Hobsons Bay 24 Nov 1860 aboard the "Lord Raglan" as an unassisted migrant, described as a 24 year old Irish labourer | | ||
| Occupation | 1865 | police constable (enlistment date unkown) but awarded 2 pounds "in acknowledgement of the tact he displayed in the arrest of George Bachelor , sentenced to 9 months' hard labor for stealing from the wagon of John Worm ..." | | ||
| Marriage | 1872 | Victoria, Australia - Marion EVANS | | ||
| News Pub (ind) | 21 Jun 1882 | Anthony, now a Senior Constable, had his horse stolen from the Rutherglen Common | | ||
| Occupation | 9 May 1894 | superannuated out of the Police Force on the 9 May 1894 after a career spanning 30 plus years | | ||
| Death | 10 Mar 1898 | Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia | | ||
| Burial | 11 Mar 1898 | Carlyle Cemetery, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australian Colonies | |
Families
| Spouse | Marion EVANS (1848 - 1939) |
| Child | Alicia STRAHAN (1873 - 1965) |
| Child | Marion STRAHAN (1875 - 1939) |
| Child | Thomas STRAHAN (1876 - 1949) |
| Child | Jessie STRAHAN (1877 - 1959) |
| Child | Francis S "Frank" STRAHAN (1879 - 1959) |
| Father | Anthony STRAHAN (1800 - 1867) |
| Mother | Ann GILTRAP (1812 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Edward STRAHAN (1830 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Robert STRAHAN (1832 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Mary STRAHAN (1834 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Deborah STRAHAN (1836 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Jane STRAHAN (1838 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Anne "Annie" STRAHAN (1842 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Richard STRAHAN (1843 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Lucy STRAHAN (1845 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Simon STRAHAN (1848 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Francis "Frank" STRAHAN (1851 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ellen STRAHAN (1855 - 1891) |
Endnotes
1. Research by Peter Fisher, Ireland
2. Victorian Ships Passengers, Unassisted - Fiche 183 Page 1
3. Vic Police Gazette, 14 Dec 1865
4. Victorian BDM Index: 4536/1872
5. Vic Police Gazette, 21 Jun 1882
6. Vic Police Gazette, 9 May 1894
7. Victorian BDM Index: 4670/1898
8. Victorian Wills & Probate
9. The Rutherglen Sun & Chiltern Valley Advertiser
10. Research by Karren Strahan, Photo of headstone