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Australia / Re: THomas Patrick HENNESSY and Margaret HENNESSY nee Renehan
« on: Monday 20 April 15 14:07 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I couldn't help but notice the Thomas Patrick Hennessy conversation. My Mum was adopted (sort of) by Thomas Patrick Hennessy and his wife Sarah Jane French after her mother died when she was born. Mum's father (Harry Norman French) was Sarah Jane's brother. I called him Poppa Hennessy and he was the only grandfather I knew of for a very long time. Unfortunately, he died when I was only four and is buried at Botany Cemetery in Sydney. Uncle Frank (Francis Sylvester) was still living in Temora Road well after I was married and I visited him there quite a few times. I knew him much better than the other surviving brothers and he was a lovely man. From memory, he died in about 1976.
I couldn't help but notice the Thomas Patrick Hennessy conversation. My Mum was adopted (sort of) by Thomas Patrick Hennessy and his wife Sarah Jane French after her mother died when she was born. Mum's father (Harry Norman French) was Sarah Jane's brother. I called him Poppa Hennessy and he was the only grandfather I knew of for a very long time. Unfortunately, he died when I was only four and is buried at Botany Cemetery in Sydney. Uncle Frank (Francis Sylvester) was still living in Temora Road well after I was married and I visited him there quite a few times. I knew him much better than the other surviving brothers and he was a lovely man. From memory, he died in about 1976.