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Hennessy and Grannall family historyFor descendants of the Hennessy (Co. Carlow, Ireland) and Grannall (Co. Wexford, Ireland) families
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The family of Elizabeth Noonan (Nana Grannall)Edward Manning, labourer, born County Clare, Ireland, 1828, married Elizabeth White (b. Naas, Kildare, Ireland, 13 August 1832) in Sydney about 1858. At the time of his death (8 February 1888) he was residing at Wyndham Street, Alexandria NSW. Elizabeth survived him by 37 years - she died in Randwick on 8 August 1925.
Their daughter Bridget, born in Sydney in 1857, married Edmund Noonan (b. in Clare, Ireland, about 1855) on 5 May 1880 at the Catholic Church of Mount Carmel, Waterloo NSW. Edmund was the son of Andrew Noonan, a farmer (b. in Ireland before 1841, d. after 1865), and Bridget Noonan (nee O'Brien, b. in Ireland before 1841, d. after 1866, resided in County Clare), who had married some time before 1857 and had four children, of whom Edmund was the eldest - the other three were Thomas, John and Patrick. Edmund emigrated to NSW some time before 1880.
At the time of her marriage to Edmund Noonan, Bridget Manning's occupation was given as laundress, and his as quarryman. In 1880 Bridget was still living with her parents at Wyndham Street, Alexandria. Edmund was living at Liverpool, NSW, in 1879, but by May 1880 he had moved to Green Street, Chippendale. Between January 1897 and June 1921 the couple were living in Carrington Road, Randwick, and after January 1933 Bridget resided at 112 Cottenham Avenue, Kensington (which remained the family home until after Nana Grannall's death in 1980) . Bridget and Edmund had 10 children:
John Grannall and Anne Frances Grannall (nee Hennessy)The eldest child of John Grannall and Mary Teresa Toone, John was born at Goulburn on 18 April 1858. He married Anne Frances Hennessy (b. 26 June 1859, daughter of convict Michael Hennessy) on 21 April 1879. His sister Annie Maria would later marry Michael Hennessy, son of that same convict Michael Hennessy. John and Anne had 8 children:
John Grannall and Elizabeth Grannall (nee Noonan)John Grannall was born on 21 January 1880, the eldest child of John and Anne Frances (nee Hennessy). He married Elizabeth Noonan on 22 October 1913, and they had 4 children:
Michael Hennessy (1810 - 1859)Michael Hennessy, son of Andrew and Bridget Hennessy, was transported to Australia from County Carlow, Ireland, in 1829 at the age of 19. He and his mother Bridget were convicted of stealing money from one of the guests in their boarding house in Tullow, Ireland. Bridget was sentenced to three months' gaol and Michael to seven years transportation. He arrived in Sydney Cove on 22 December 1829 on board the Larkins (Larkin?), commanded by William Campbell. From the Muster held on 24 December 1829 by the Hon. Alexander McLeay, Colonial Secretary, we get our first glimpse of him:
Name: Henessy [sic] Michl
Age: 19
Religion: Cat
Single or Married: s
Family: -
Native Place: Carlow Co
Trade or Calling: Errand Boy
Offence: Stealing Bank notes
Where Tried: Carlow
When Tried: 26 March 1829
Sentence: 7 years
Former Convictions: none
Height: 5ft 5ins
Complexion: Dark Freckled and pitted
Colour of Hair: Brown
Colour of eyes: Grey
How disposed of: Thomas Able, Wilberforce
Small scar in centre of forehead - Large scar of cut inside of right thumb
He was granted his Ticket of Leave on 26 July 1834, being allowed to remain in the district of Wilberforce on recommendation of the Windsor Bench. It is interesting to note that by the time he attained his Certificate of Freedom on 11 April 1836, his 'Trade or Calling' had been altered to 'Labourer' and his height increased to 5ft 7ins!
[Note: The 'First Families' website gives his year of birth as 1812, and the date of his Ticket of Leave as 1833]
On 14 December 1836, Michael married Hannah (b. 18 January 1818, baptised 27 October 1822 in Sydney), the daughter of convicts John Shearwood (or Sherwood) and Ann Lane. The marriage was solemnised at Windsor, NSW, by Chaplain Henry T Stiles and witnessed by James Brady and Mary Green. Michael and Hannah purchased a 60 acre property at Kurrajong and called it 'Thistle Hill'. Here they lived until Michael's death from paralysis in 1859.
Michael and Hannah had 10 children:
Michael and Hannah lived in the Richmond district until about 1849, when they moved to Orange. However, Michael's death notice, dated 11 April 1859, gives his occupation as 'Farmer' of Kurrajong, via Richmond, NSW. Hannah survived him by 25 years. She died at Cadia on 30 July 1884 and was buried at Orange.
The following supplementary information is supplied by Susan Lynn Grove:
Grandchildren:
Great-grandchildren:
Great-great-grandchildren:
Great-great-great-grandchildren:
Another Hennessy family migrated from Ireland and settled in the same area around the same time as Michael and Hannah. It is not known whether the two families were related to each other in any way.
James Hennessy (b. about 1822) immigrated to Australia from Limerick, Ireland, and arrived in Australia with his wife Margaret (b. aboaut 1830, maiden name unknown) and their four children on the SS Dirigo, 13 April 1860. They appear to have settled in the Blayney district by 1870. The children were:
Annie Maria Grannall (b. 8 April 1863)Annie Maria was the third surviving child and second daughter of John Grannall and Mary Toone. In 1881 she married Michael Hennessy, son of the Michael Hennessy who arrived from Ireland as a convict in 1829 (see photo 1). They had 12 children:
Veronica (Minnie) - married Gordon Hocking
Annie - married William Fisher
Elsie - married Jack Hocking (brother of Gordon Hocking)
Mick - married Etheline Anne Gallagher and had 6 children:
Ethel - married Stanley Roy Fisher
Coral - married Harry Whiley
Bernadette - married Fred Fisher
Carmel - married Kevin Cassidy
Michael
Neil
Jack - married Mary (Ginnie) Thornberry
Martin - married Ethel Cornish
Louis (Lew)
Denis Royal (Roy) - married Matilda Davis
Clarrie
Maurice Gladstone (Morrie) - married Phoebe Doreen Magill
Leo James
Dick
John Francis Grannall (1891 - 1961)John Francis Grannall was born on 21 April 1891, the second child and eldest son of Richard and Catherine Grannall of Vale Farm, Cargo. Not a lot is known of his early youth. He attended a bush school where he learnt to read and write and received a basic education to the 6th grade level, but only on a part time basis as the school master had to divide his time between two bush schools, which he did by attending 3 days one week and 2 days the next. John (or Jack, as he was known by all) would have been relied on to help around the farm. He would go with his father at harvest time and after they had bagged the wheat would then harness up the team of horses and accompany his father on the trip to the silos. On the return journeys Dick, Jack's father, would often stop off at the Cargo pub and Jack would then have to bring the team of horses on home.
Jack had a much more serious nature than his father, but it seems there was still a bit of the wild Irishman in all the Grannalls! We are told that on one occasion Jack and his brother Patrick were ready to go to an engagement poarty. Their father asked what present they were taking, and on seeing the present Dick told his sons that their mother could do with one of those and as she comes first they were to stay home from the party and give the present to their mother. They handed the present over and Patrick went off to bed, but Jack not wanting to miss the party climbed out of the window and attended the party without a present. Jack was a very good dancer and on another occasion at the local dance he threatened to set a match to the head of a girl with very frizzy red hair, to see if it would burn! (Thankfully he either came to his senses or someone stopped him.) In Jack's later teens he had the misfortune to lose the sight of one eye when a blade of wheat pierced the cornea causing the complete loss of sight. This and the fact that his father died when Jack was only 23, leaving him the responsibility of the farm, would have had its effect with Jack then taking a much more serious approach to life.
In 1919 Jack, then aged 27, married Theresa Hallinan of Gum Flat, Cargo (he had been engaged earlier to Mary Fisher but it is not known why this engagement was called off). Theresa came to live with Jack on Vale Farm. Catherine Grannall was only too happy to hand the farm over to her son Jack and she bought a small house for herself and the younger children in Orange. Patrick, Jack's brother, had been in the police force but resigned and came to work on the farm with Jack. However, there was so little money to be made from the farm that this arrangement only lasted a short time before Patrick decided to sign up yet again with the NSW Police Force.
Jack and Theresa continued on the farm for a few years and their first three children (Mollie, Muriel and Anne) were born during that time. Jack was not in good health, he was a real worrier and suffered dreadfully from ulcers and migraines. Theresa said there were several times she had seen him doubled up on the ground in pain trying to lift the heavy harnesses from the draft horses. Jack knew he could no longer keep up with the heavy work on the farm, and decided to look around for something else. They heard of a mixed business up for sale in Canowindra (about 20 miles away) called 'Convenient Corner', on the corner of Charlotte and Tilga Streets opposite the church and presbytery. As the shop also had a house attached, they decided to sell up on the farm. and around 1929 they took up the lease on the shop at Canowindra.
Jack and Tess really worked hard and long to provide for their family, often going without themselves. The Depression hit in 1929 and to keep from going under and losing everything Jack tendered on the mail delivery contract in the Canowindra area known as the Rivers Run. He was granted the contract, and did the run for years in his old rugby car. His job was delivering not only mail but also bread, parcels and anything else the people had ordered from town, and also taking back to town any letters, parcels or other articles from the farmers to the townsfolk. The run was 5 hours a day from 10am to 3pm, 3 days a week. On these days Tess was left to run the shop by herself, as well as the other household duties and looking after the younger children as the older girls were at school. Another way Jack found of keeping his head above water was by ordering his fruit from Caddie & Lee at Sydney Markets on a fortnightly credit, and then from a different merchant the next fortnight, thereby obtaining a monthly credit.
During these hard years the people on the dole had to travel what was called the circuit. They weren't allowed to stay in one place for any more than six weeks. This was to stop the people from squatting. They would travel from town to town, camping by the river, taking any work they could get. When they came to a town they would go to the police station where they were issued with a ration paper for their allowance of food for that fortnight and they would then take this to the shop in the town appointed on that particular dole day and get their rations. When they came to 'Convenient Corner' Jack would always give them a written account of what was purchased and the value of it so they could see how their rations were being spent. Also they weren't allowed officially to get tobacco out of their allowance but Jack, being a heavy smoker himself and realising that some of the men would rather a smoke than a feed, would allow them tobacco if they preferred and not wanting to deceive anyone would write tobacco up on their docket. Many times these same people would come back around on the circuit, about every six weeks if still unemployed, and they said that in all their travels Jack Grannall was the only one that ever issued a receipt.
Jack was a very honest man, he would never take anybody down for anything, but by the same token he would never allow anyone to take him down. His children thought of him as a strict father and a very hard man at times, but as they grew older they realised he was right and his rules were made out of love for them. A quiet man, Jack was very respected in the community and was known in the district at the bush lawyer. He had very little education but he had a natural ability particularly with figures and could work things out in his head. People with problems who could not afford a lawyer would go to Jack first for advice and where possible a solution to their problems. He also helped a lot of people to just get through the Depression years - some of his customers with families who, try as they might to get on top, each month seemed to slip further behind, would be given a receipt around Christmas time for the full amount that they owed at Jack's shop. This would enable them to start off the New Year with a clean slate.
As times got a bit better, Jack and Tess started to think of their children's future as there weren't a lot of jobs around. There was a milk bar in Blatchford Street, Canowindra, up for lease as the man who had owned it had let it run down and wanted to get out. Jack was able to get a loan from the bank and set Mollie up as manager with another girl helping her. Mollie loved the shop and she worked hard and built it up into a good business. After Muriel left school she worked in the shop for a while but then left to become a telephonist. Anne also sat for the telephonist exam a few years later, and Lola went straight from school into subsidised teaching around Mudgee.
Shortly after Jack had bought into the milk bar in Blatchford Street he heard that the shop next door, a Penfold's wine shop, was up for lease. After looking into it he decided it would be a worthwhile venture, and it had a little two bedroom flat above the shop with a small yard attached. They moved down to the wine shop and put the mixed business 'Convenient Corner' up for sale, so at one stage Jack Grannall owned three businesses in Canowindra! Working with the wine shop was much easier work than the grocer's shop had been and with Mollie's shop next door they were able to help each other out when busy. Mollie kept the shop on for several years and decided to sell it when she was about to marry the local barber, Ernest Mangelsdorf, whom all the family had known for many years.
Anne was the first of the girls to marry. She met her husband Patrick Synott while working as a telephonist in Forbes. At that time Pat, who came from Narromine, was a cost clerk for the NSW Railways. Lola was the next to marry. She met her husband Leonard Proctor while doing subsidised teaching near Mudgee. Len, a wool classer, worked on a farm "Bellenbah' at Windeyer.
Jack's financial position had improved, but alas his health had not. The eye he had lost the sight of as a young man gave him more and more trouble, and in his 50s he had to go to Sydney for an operation to have it removed and replaced with a glass eye, as a tumour was growing behind it. He also suffered from arthritis, wich was aggravated by the cold winters in Canowindra. Years earlier Jack had bought a house in Newcastle which he rented at a low rate to his sister Mary and her husband Martin Norris. There Mary was able to look after and provide a home for her mother Catherine until she died in 1949.
After their son John's ordination in 1955 Jack once again started to talk of moving, and in 1956 he and Tess sold up in Canowindra and moved to Newcastle to live with Mary and Martin Norris. They stayed there for a year and a half, but Jack could see how much happier Tess would be with her own house so they decided on one further move, to Sydney. At that time their daughter Anne was living at Berala with her family and their other daughter was living at Condell Park with her family, so they started looking for something around that area. Jack found just the house at 40 Mary Street, Lidcombe, and they moved there in 19[??]. It was a good position as it was within walking distance to the church, shops and (most important) the bowling club! Jack had become interested in lawn bowls in Canowindra but now that he had retired both he and Tess were able to devote much more time to the sport they had come to love.
On Tuesday 28 November 1961 Jack suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and died in his sleep, aged 70 years. Richard Francis Grannall (1865 - 1914)Richard was born on 20 May 1865 at Cadia (near Orange), NSW, the second son and the fourth child of John Grannall from County Wexford, Ireland, and Mary Grannall (nee Toone) from Leicester, England. Most of Richard's early life still remains a mystery, but the following information should help to piece together a picture.
On 11 June 1888 Richard married Catherine Mary O'Neill in the rites of the Roman Catholic Church at the residence of the bride's parents at Edinburgh Creek, Cargo. At that time Richard (or Dick, as he was usually called) was aged 23. He gave his address on his marriage certificate as Cargo, and as his parents spent the rest of their years at Cadia, it is thought that he had owned and worked the property known as Vale Farm for some time before he married. Vale Farm was only about 3km from the O'Neill home at Edinburgh Creek.
Dick and Catherine had eight children - three boys and five girls:
He was a big good looking man with a hearty laugh and a booming voice, you would always hear him coming home, he'd be singing at the top of his voice. He loved people and having people around him. He had a tennis court marked out on their property and that used to be kept swept and lined with whitewash ready for use at any time. Their neighbours and friends would come over on a Sunday afternoon for a game of tennis and a good laugh. Dick never played much himself, he just enjoyed having the people there, and his wife Catherine would not have had much time for tennis as she would be busy cooking and providing nourishment for their guests!
Dick was a non-complainer, he took life as it came and accepted whatever came to him. One year they had had an exceptionally hard year and were depending on their wheat harvest to get out of debt. It was only a week till harvest time and they had a very good crop; the sky which had been clear and sunny started to darken and within a very short time a hail storm hit and completely destroyed the wheat and their year's work. The storm blew over as quickly as it came. Dick never said a word, just went back out to work to salvage what he could and start again.
On the other hand, when they had a good year he would pay any debts first and then enjoy any money left over. On one occasion he came home with a piano! Neither he nor Catherine could play it but he wanted it there for parties and singalongs. Catherine would just shake her head and smile at her husband as she knew he needed the people and laughter around him.
In 1914 Dick contracted typhoid fever and died; he was only 49 years old but by the sound of it, he fitted a lot of living and laughter into those 49 years.
Richard Grannall's obituary appeared in a local newspaper:
MR RICHARD FRANCIS GRANNELL [sic]
There passed away at the residence of his sister, Mrs D Corbyn, on the Molong Road, on Tuesday night, Mr Richard Francis Grannell after a painful illness of six weeks' duration. The cause of death was typhoid fever. Mr Grannell was 49 years of age and never knew what it was to have a day's illness prior to this. and a more healthier or robust man there was not in the whole district. He was at once one of those bluff and hearty characters that one was always pleased to grasp the hand of, and he had a good word for everyone. A native of the Orange district, he was engaged in the carrying trade, and was well and popularly known by almost everyone in it, and it seems incredible that a man of his herculean stature and health should be laid low from that fell disease, typhoid fever. Mr Grannell was in the vicinity of 18 stone in weight, and over six feet in height. He leaves a widow, three sons and five daughters. The sons are John, Patrick and William, and the daughters, Mary, Bridget, Susan, Florence and Annie. He resided at Cargo, on his own holding, and the sympathy of the whole district will go out to his family in their sad bereavement. Several brothers and sisters are also resident in the town and district. Francis Toone (b. about 1808) and Susan Toone (b. about 1811)Francis Toone was born in Leicester, England, around 1808-1809. His parents were John Toone and Anne Toone (maiden name Pearson). His father's occupation was a woolcomber.
Susan was born in South Molton, Devonshire, England, around 1811. Her parents were William Rowe and Susan Rowe (maiden name unknown). Her father's occupation was a labourer.
Francis married Susan in North Molton, England, around 1831. They had four children: Mary (b. 31 July 1838), Anne (b. about 1853-1854), and 2 male children (deceased) of whom no more is known. In 1856 Francis, his wife and two daughters joined their future son-in-law on the Plantagenet and sailed from Plymouth, England, landing at Port Phillip, Sydney, on 13 February 1857 to start a new life in Australia. At the time of arrival in Sydney, Francis supplied the following information which was to appear in the shipping list:
Full name: Francis Toom, aged 47 years, Labourer
Born: Leicester, England
Parents: John and Ann - both dead at that time
Religion: Presbyterian
Could read but not write; had no relatives in the colony; had no complaints aboard ship; fare was paid. Was accompanied by Mary Toom, aged 19 years, single daughter, born Leicester, England. Could read but not write, and was in good health. Also Ann Toom, aged 2 years and in good health.
The next bit of information on the Toom or Toone family is six months later at the wedding of their daughter Mary to John Grannell on 5 September 1857 in the rites of the Catholic Church at Goulburn. Here Francis was to give his consent to the wedding, as Mary was under the age of 21 years. Francis was also named as witness to the wedding along with a Margaret Maughan. Susan's name did not appear at all on the certificate.
The next information comes two years later from Susan's death certificate, and reads:
9 December 1859 Spring Ponds, Bungonia
Name & Occupation: Susannah Toone, female, aged 55 years
Died from a complaint of the heart. Duration of illness - 5 months
Medical attendant - A W Hanford
Name and occupation of father - William Rowe, labourer
Name and maiden surname of mother - unknown
Informant - James Woodward, Bungonia
Particulars of registration - Hatfield, 23 December 1859, Goulburn
When and where buried - 11 December 1859, Bungonia
Name and Religion of minister - Edwin B Proctor, Church of England
Witness of burial - James Woodward, John Conlon and Thomas Clark
Where born and number of years in Australia - born South Molton, England; 3 years in NSW
Place of marriage - North Molton, England
Age - 22 years. Married to - unknown
Children of marriage - 4 children
All this information is a bit strange when you consider that at the time of Susan's death her daughter Mary and son-in-law John Grannell were still living in Goulburn and did not attend the funeral or even supply the relevant information on the Death Certificate. There is no mention of her husband Francis Toome [sic] who came with her to Australia only two and a half years earlier; and what of her other daughter Ann, who at the time could not have been more than 5 years? We will probably never find out what really happened - maybe she left her husband Francis for this James Woodward whose name appears on the Death Certificate as the informant and witness to her burial. He is able to give details of her father but does not know the name of her husband.
Whatever happened, her daughter Mary must have still loved her, as six months after her mother's death she named her first daughter Susan Mary (b. 8 June 1860 at Goulburn).
Francis Toone spent his remaining years in Orange with his daughter, Mary Grannell, at Spring Valley, Cadia. He died there on 6 October 1888 aged 80.
Occupation - woolcomber
Cause of death - feeble heart from age
Details supplied by - Daughter, Mary Grannall
Buried - 9 October 1888, Orange
Religion - Roman Catholic
Minister - James Kelly
Where born - Leicestershire, England; 31 years in NSW
Place of marriage - England
Aged - 23 years, to Susan Row
Children of marriage - 2 females living, 2 males deceased
What became of Francis between his daughter's wedding in 1857 and his death in 1888? There are 31 years unaccounted for.
Ann Toone: from her arrival in Australia there is no further mention of her. It stated on her father's Death Certificate that she was still alive in 1888, so we continue to search for her. Possible origin of the name GrannallInformation on this name comes under the surname of Reynolds. Reynolds families are found in all four provinces of Ireland but this surname is commonest in Connacht where it is usually an anglicisation of Macraghnaill, the name of a south county sept (clan) which in the past has also appeared in English as McRannall and McGrannell or Rannall and Grannell. Elsewhere in Ireland persons named Reynolds may be of the same stock, or may be descended from settlers who brought the common English surnae Reynolds from England. John Grannall (b. 1834)John Grannell [sic] was born in County Wexford, Ireland, on 22 March 1834 at the small village of Campile in the town of Wexford. His parents were John Grannell and his wife Mary (maiden name unknown). At the age of 20, John left Ireland to try his luck in England, where he met his future wife, Mary Teresa Toom. Mary was born on 31 July 1838, in Leicester, Leicestershire, to Francis and Susan Toom (maiden name Rowe). John remained in England engaged in various occupations until 1856 when, in company with his future wife and her parents and her younger sister Ann, he sailed from Plymouth, England, in the ship Plantagenet. They landed in Port Phillip, Sydney, on 13 February 1857. On arrival in Sydney all passengers were required to give their various statistics which were then recorded in a journal called a shipping list. This information is available today at the Archives Office on microfilm. The following information was obtained from Reel No. 24767:
JOHN GRANNELL, 23 years, single, labourer, born Campile, County Wexford, Ireland. Religion - Roman Catholic. Parents' names John (deceased) and Mary, living in County Wexford. No relatives in Colony. Could neither read nor write. Considered himself in good health and had no complaints on ship.
It also had 'Fare Paid' which means that he was an unassisted passenger and would most likely have travelled Steerage Class - in the bows or near the rudder at a cost of between 15 and 20 pounds sterling. Seven months later, on 5 September 1857 in the rites of the Catholic Church, John married Mary Toone (as the spelling appeared on the certificate) in Goulburn, NSW. At that time their place of residence was 'Brisbane Grove' (probably the farm on which they were working, owned by Squire Thorn). The minister was Richard Walsh, the witnesses being Mary's father Francis Toone and Margaret Maughan. As neither of the bridal couple nor the bride's father could write, they had to mark t heir consent with a cross. The also explains the differences in the spelling of surnames over the years. Their children were:
Their first two children, John and Susan Mary, were born at Goulburn. In the month their daughter was born, the Goulburn 'Herald' published news of the first discovery of gold at Lambing Flats (later renamed Young). In January 1861 Irish, English and American diggers joined together to drive the Chinese immigrants from the diggings. The military was called in to stop the fighting but it did not stop the hatred felt for the Chinese. Lambing Flats covered a vast area and different names were given to various sections by the inhabitants, one of these areas being 'Tipperary Gully', so named by its wholly Irish diggers. In 1861 a rush was started on Tipperary Gully and it was reported at the time to have some 10,000 residents. A town was started on each side of the gully ranging 3 miles long, with publicans, storekeepers, butchers and bakers. John never struck it rich at Lambing Flats and by late 1862 the diggings were starting to decline.
From Lambing Flats, John and his family moved to Forbes where their second daughter Annie Maria was born on 8 April 1863. From Forbes they moved to the Orange district where John was employed as a sawyer. Many of the principal buildings in Orange were constructed of timber sawn by him.
On 20 May 1865 another son was born, Richard Francis. He was accurately the fifth child born to Mary, for according to Richard's birth certificate there was one male child (also christened Richard) deceased at the time of his birth.
John followed the occupation of sawyer for many years around Orange and Cadia, later going to live at Spring Valley, Cadia, where he took up farming and sheep raising. John and Mary had four more children while at Cadia: Thomas Edward, James Patrick, William Henry and Catherine Mary.
Not much more is known about John, although a description of him as printed in an Orange newspaper reads: 'Of this old pioneer there are many who claim lineage with him. He was an unobtrusive man and, like nature herself, did most things in silence, whether charitable or concerning his association with those around him. He won the universal esteem of all who came in contact with him because of his kindly, generous nature'. |
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