Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:1057
| SURNAME | KILMURRY |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| OTHER NAME | KILLMURRAY |
| CONVICT NO | 2135 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1830 Ireland – 01.06.1893 Dongara |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o Patrick KILMURRY and Rebecca nee McAULIFFE, unmarr, lab |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | County Kildare, Ireland 21.03.1850 cattle stealing, 10yrs |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 8ins, black hair, dark grey eyes, oval visage, florid complexion, stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Robert Small 19.08.1853 from Ireland |
| CERTIFICATES | TL26.05.1854 CE, CP28.09.1857 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | Perth, Guildford; ¹Aug 1857 Champion Bay money owing on passage before CP can be delivered; ^1868 farm servant; ^1870 Dongara, Irwin, employed 2 TL men; 25 years of service, Mrs Kilmurray was a mid-wife, not losing a single patient; photo of Mrs Kilmurrary (The Western Mail, 10 Jan 1929) |
| FAMILY | Marr – ^Bridget MURPHY (b.1847 Ireland, d/o William, arr 02.01.1867 per The Bride) 21.02.1868 Greenough (The Western Mail, 10 Jan 1929)
Children: Mary Ann KILMURRY: 1869 - 1905 Irwin, marr John PAYNE 1890 Dongara; Agnes Ann KILMURRAY: 12.03.1871 Irwin - 22.05.1898 Irwin, aged 27, having given birth to a stillborn female, marr Charles VINNIER 1892 Greenough - criminally assaulted by Thomas Collins (The Herald, 02 Feb 1878); Henry KILMURRY: 17.07.1873 Irwin River - 01.05.1948 Perth, marr Mena COOK 1906 Irwin; James KILMURRAY: 24.06.1875 Irwin - 01.09.1953 Geraldton, marr Elizabeth COLLINS 1895 Dongara; William KILMURRY: 24.09.1877 Dongara - 22.12.1955 Irwin, marr1. Esther Maude COUSINS, marr2. Emma B LOOKE 1906 Irwin; Patrick KILMURRAY: 1880 Dongara - 1933 East Murchison; Catherine KILMURRAY: 24.02.1882 Dongara - 02.07.1963, marr Donald McLEAN 1907 Murchison; Eleanor KILMURRAY: 24.02.1883 Dongara - 1965 |
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| COMMENTS | Note: Initial information for Location/Employment taken from Dictionary of Western Australians Convicts in Western Australia 1850 - 1887 Vol IX - entries for Perth & Guildford yet to be established from a primary source; daughter Mary Anne Kilmurray and husband John Payne had seven children – son James Payne b1894 married Holly Evelyn Brandis in 1901 Dongara |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; ¹Comptroller General Letterbook Acc 1156 C11/778; WAGS Convict Links Vol 27, No3 p7 & 8; Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p1742 |
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