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Mary Tobin

b. July 1817, d. 12 December 1856

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Birth

Mary Tobin was born in July 1817 in Kilkenny.1,2,3 She was baptized on 11 July 1817 at St John's in Kilkenny, Ireland.3,4

Parents

FatherThomas Tobin (b. about 1791, d. about 1818)
MotherMary ("Granny Scott") Lahy (b. March 1793, d. 27 January 1884)

Family life

Thomas Howard and Mary Tobin were married on 6 January 1841 at St Philip's Church in Sydney.1,5,6,7

Children with Thomas Howard (b. about 1820)

SonMartin Howard (b. 4 December 1841, d. 22 December 1906)
SonJohn Thomas Howard (b. 17 April 1845, d. 1 November 1922)
DaughterMary Howard (b. 18 June 1847)
DaughterSarah Jane Howard (b. 9 November 1849, d. 4 May 1922)

Residence information

On 11 July 1817 he resided with parent (Thomas Tobin) in Johnswell, Kilkenny, Ireland.3,4 Mary Tobin emigrated on 4 August 1837 from Ireland. SS Sir Charles Forbes2,7 She immigrated on 25 December 1837. SS Sir Charles Forbes5,8,2 She and Thomas Howard resided at Auburn Vale in Byron, NSW, Australia, in December 1856 They lived in a tiny hut, later described as a gunyah by Mr Borthwick.9

Involvement in crime

Mary Tobin was tried on 24 June 1836 in Kilkenny. feloniously killing sheep5,8,2,7 She was applied to marry on 3 December 1838 in Bathurst. The application was approved but the marriage never went ahead.8,10 She was granted permission to marry on 8 December 1838 in Bathurst.11 She was granted permission to marry on 22 December 1838 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The application was approved but the marriage never went ahead.12 She was granted a Ticket of Leave on 9 April 1846 in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. She was to live with her husband Thomas Howard of Woolloomoolloo.7,13 On on 12 December 1856, Martin and Sarah (aged) were victims of Filley who in Byron, NSW, Australia. was described as "a Chinaman"5,14,15,16

Working life

  • On 24 June 1836 Mary Tobin was a country servant in Kilkenny.2
  • On 8 December 1838 Mary Tobin was in the service of Morris Hennesy in Bathurst.11

Death

Mary Tobin died on 12 December 1856 at age 39 at Auburn Vale in Bundarra. brutally murdered by "a Chinaman named Filley"1,5,14

Citations

  1. [S622] "Research Report: Tobin, Mary on WikiTree by Leeane Godfrey", 22 Jun 2013, Leeane Godfrey; WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowen-1865.
  2. [S633] Convict Departure Indents: 1837 SS Sir Charles Forbes Tobin Mary, Convict Departure Indents SS Sir Charles Forbes, Kingswood; Archives Office of NSW. Hereinafter cited as Convict Departure Indents: 1837 SS Sir Charles Forbes Tobin Mary.
  3. [S1081] Baptismal Record: Mary Tobin 1817, (11 Jul 1817), St John's Church, Irish Family History Foundation, Ireland
  4. [S1110] "RR: Lahy family origins - Essay by James Michael Fleming", 2019, James Michael Fleming (4 Currawang Street, Cammeray); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
  5. [S623] "Research Report: Tobin, Mary by Peter Page", 7 Jul 2004, Peter Page (email address); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
  6. [S641] Marriage Certificate, Thomas Howard and Mary Tobin, 6 Jan 1841, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW. 1841/167.
  7. [S639] Mary Howard nee Tobin, Convict Ticket Of Leave Butt: 1846 Howard Mary nee Tobin, (Kingswood: NSW State Archives), 9 Apr 1846
  8. [S470] "RR: Isaac Kemp summary by Lorraine Voigt", 29 Jan 1991, Lorraine Voigt (5 Kenworth Street Brassall Qld 4305); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
  9. [S643] Murder at Auburn Vale, New England, The Maitland Mercury, 3 Jan 1857.
  10. [S636] Isaac Kemp to Mary Tobin, Convict Permission to Marry: 1838 1203 Kemp Isaac to Tobin Mary, (Kingswood: NSW Archives), 3 Dec 1838
  11. [S1596] Marriage Certificate, Isaac Kemp and Mary Tobin, 8 Dec 1838, NSW.
  12. [S635] Isaac Kemp to Mary Tobin, Convict Permission to Marry: 1838 1222 Kemp Isaac to Tobin Mary, (Kingswood: NSW Archives), 22 Dec 1838
  13. [S1791] Mary Lahy, Convict TOL Butt: 1846 Lahy Mary, (Kingswood: NSW State Archives), 9 Apr 1846, 46/524
  14. [S644] Murder by a Chinaman, The Moreton Bay Courier, 10 Jan 1857.
  15. [S642] Mary Howard nee Tobin, Police Gazette Vic: 1857 Howard Mary nee Tobin, (Kingswood: NSW State Archives), 8 Jan 1857
  16. [S640] Mary Howard nee Tobin, Police Gazette NSW: 1856 Howard Mary nee Tobin, (Kingswood: NSW State Archives), 31 Dec 1856
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