Person Sheet


Name Michael Luke WHELAN12
Birth 1836, Queens County, Ireland
Death 1906, Buchan, Victoria Age: 70
Father Joseph WHELAN (WHELIHAN)
Mother Mary BRACKEN
Spouses:
1 Elizabeth Julia Jane COX12
Birth 9 Nov 1842, Flemington, Victoria
Death 1920, Lockhart, NSW Age: 77
Burial 1920, Lockhart, NSW Age: 77
Father Thomas COX
Mother Ellen HOGAN
Children: Joseph Leslie (1861-1932)
John (Died as Infant) (1862-1863)
Thomas Mortimer (1865-1939)
William (1866-1931)
Mary Helena (1867-1935)
Ellen (Died as Child) (1869-1881)
John Michael (1871-1936)
Arthur James (1873-1937)
Louisa Catherine (1875-1950)
Percival Reginald (1876-1917)
Eveline Margaret (1878-1922)
Beatrice Violet Alice Margaret (1880-1963)
Herbert Sydney Patrick (1882-1946)
Charles Alfred (1883-1968)
George Henry Cyril (Died as Child) (1884-1891)
Rose Eleanor Amy (1886-1967)
Notes for Michael Luke WHELAN
About Whelan, Michael Luke
Emigration: 1855-07-14 on board Balnaguith, from Plymouth to Portland 29/10/1855. Book 12 Pg 156
Emigrated to Melbourne (Australia) from Ireland in October 1855 on a ship called Balnaguith (sponsored to work for Mr Winter of Murrindal and married Elizabeth Cox. Elizabeth was the daughter of the Cox family of Mooney Ponds who did not approve of Michael and disowned Elizabeth. (Apparently the Cox family went on to sponsor the WS Cox Plate Race in the Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Race Course.) Michael and Elizabeth went to live and raise their family (12-16 children) in Buchan, East Gippsland.
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