1. Edward Byrne (1798-1849) & Mary ? (1790-1859) 1.1 Patrick Byrne (1823-1889) & Mary Doyle (-1889) 1.1.1 Edward Lawrence Byrne (1855-1910) & Mary Elizabeth Rishton (1854-1914) 1.1.1.1 Charles Alexander Byrne (1878-1898) 1.1.1.2a Frederic Lawrence Byrne* (1881-1961) & Alice Eliza Day (1880-1940) 1.1.1.2a.1 Charles Norman Byrne (1906-1910) 1.1.1.2a.2 Eric James Edward Byrne (1907-) & Lorna Tait Had Issue 1.1.1.2a.3 Marjorie Alice Byrne (1911-1994) married Henry James Moore (1910-2003) Had Issue 1.1.1.2b Frederic Lawrence Byrne* (1881-1961) & Mavis Evelyn Webb 1.1.1.3 Harold Leslie Byrne (1884-1963) & Mabel Beatrice Johnston (1886-1974) Had Issue 1.1.2 Mary Byrne (1853-1887) & Thomas Kennedy (1849-) 1.1.2.1 Mary Donaldson Kennedy (1877-) & Bob Potter Had Issue 1.1.2.2 Elizabeth Catherine Kennedy (1880-1959) & Percy Hazeldine Had Issue 1.1.2.3 Agnes Winifred Kennedy (1879-1880) 1.1.2.4 Adam Kennedy (1881-1881) 1.1.2.5 Isabel Kennedy (1886-1887) 1.1.2.6 Kate Mary Kennedy (1883-) 1.1.3 John Byrne (1860-1860) |
The following are known descendents of Edward Byrne and his wife Mary, who are buried in the Graveyard at Glendalough, County Wicklow.. These graves are in the grounds at the ruins of the old Monastic Churchyard |
Edward and Mary's son Patrick emigrated to Australia with his wife Mary Doyle,arriving in Melbourne after 31 July 1853 as this was when their first child Mary was born on the sea near Melbourne(This information given on her Marriage and Death Certificate ) At this stage there is no indication as to which ship the family arrived on. In 1864-65 they were living at 83 Little Collins St Melbourne, behind the old Radio Station,near the Mail Exchange at the corner of Russell and Little Collins Sts . Later on they lived at 47 Argyle St,Nth Fitzroy. The Directory lists this after 1889 as 73 Argyle St..This house was still standing in 1984, sandwiched between 2 brick factories. They lived here until Patrick's death on July 18 1889. After this Mary went to live with her son Edward at Epsom Rd Ascot Vale until her death 31 Dec 1889. Patrick was born in the townland of Mullinnavique,Wicklow and his wife Mary was born Annamoe,Glendalough,Wicklow. She was christened 23.10.1831. Their son Edward attended the parish school of St Francis Church at the cnr. of Elizabeth and Swanston Sts Melb. This was their Parish Church. Edward was Baptised at St Francis and his sponsers were Thomas Byrne and Lucy Byrne. Edward's wife Mary Elizabeth was born April 1854 in the 2 storeyed grocery shop built by her father on the Cnr. of Moor and George Sts. Fitzroy. |