lewis foley, launceston tasmania

[dentony1]

Trying to find any information on Lewis Foley who appears as a witness on our ancestor's marriage certificate at St Joseph's Church Launceston in 1854.  I believe Lewis may be a brother to the bride, Mary Foley therefore he would have been born in County Cork, possibly at Lyradane, Grenagh Parish.
Another Mary Foley was the other witness, possibly Lewis' wife??

Mary (the bride) & her brother Denis arrived in Launceston in 1853 from Ireland, they both travelled with their spouses to Victoria in 1854.  I can't find Lewis in Victoria's records although there is one listed in NSW records as having travelled from Brisbane to Sydney in 1879.

Denis Foley did work on a dairy farm at Deloraine for a year before he left for Melbourne.

[sparrett]

Hi,
Please could you tell us the parents' names for Lewis, Denis and Mary.
Also, are the given names you have listed complete as far as you know?  No second given names?

Sue

[dentony1]

Hi Sue,

No second names that I know of but the parents were Timothy Foley & Elizabeth A'Hearn (variations on the spelling of her surname).

Lewis was witness at the marriage of Bartholomew Cashman to Mary Foley, she was the sister of Denis.  Fairly sure Denis' wife, Margaret, was a sister to Bartholomew but her death cert doesn't show parent's names.
I think the other witness, also Mary Foley, may be Lewis' wife.  Just a hunch.

Denis was born circa 1805, the next known sibling was born circa 1818, so I think there are a few siblings in the middle there somewhere. 

thank you
Debra

[tropicalj]

Hello

I  checked the Tasmanian Pioneer index to 1899  and  there is no  BDM for a Lewis Foley or Louis Foley

Jenn

[dentony1]

Thank you Jen.

He'll turn up eventually, just need patience.

bye
Debra

[mbiggar]

Hi Debra,

No luck with Lewis, but I did find the following info, in case you don't have access to these CDs:


Death: Timothy Foley, son of Timothy Foley and Elizabeth Aheran, died 1859, aged 24, born Cork, death registered Victoria 1859/244.
[LDS Australian Vital Records Index]

Death: Timothy Foley, aged 41, died 1873, parents Louis and Ann Foley, born "Lime" (Limerick?), death registered Victoria 1873/3205.
[LDS Australian Vital Records Index]

Death: Ann Foley, daur of Timothy Foley and Elizabeth Ahern, died 1855, aged 24, born Cork, death registered Victoria 1855/2450.
[LDS Australian Vital Records Index]

Marriage: Mary Foley, aged 27, married Bartholomew Cashman, aged 38, 18 Jan 1854 in Tasmania, 1854/998.
[LDS Australian Vital Records Index] The Tasmanian Pioneer Index says they were married in Launceston 998/1854 RGD37.

Denis Foley, aged 35, died 4 Oct 1853 at Tasmania, 1853/133.
[LDS Australian Vital Records Index] The Tasmanian Pioneer Index says he died Westbury 133/1853 RGD35. 

There appear to have been three or four couples in Tasmania with families with the last name Foley.  The names Timothy and Denis appear mostly in Victoria Foleys however (just a quick observation of mine, not scientific fact, so you will have to check yourself).

Hope something there helps.  Good luck with your research.

Monica

[dentony1]

Hi Monica,

Those belonging to Timothy & Elizabeth (A'Hearn) are our greatx3 grandparents, so I have those but I didn't have the Timothy who died 1873, son of Louis.  Now he is interesting and I'll be getting his death cert to see if I can find any thing else about him.  Thank you for that one.
We just found the marriages for Mary & Bartholomew in Tassie & discovered they were entered as Caskman on the trip from Launceston to Hobart.  Found that yesterday & there are no Caskmans in Victorian VPI so must be Cashman.  The Denis in Tassie, I don't have & the family did spell it that way, with one "n" right down the tree, so could be a cousin of our Denis.  I think one of my documents for a confirmed Foley says Limerick too & I'm told if they lived near the border of two counties people could be entered in either, guess it depended on which Church you attended? 

You are right about the Victorian Denis & Timothy - probably all ours, they tended to use the names quite a lot down the tree. 


Thank you, you have been most helpful. 

bye
Debra

[mbiggar]

Hi Debra,

The Australian Vital Records Index has 33 births to fathers with the spelling of Denis Foley (I did not check alternative spellings). THe parent combos are:
Denis and Margaret (NSW)
Denis and Mary Crowley (NSW and Victoria)
Denis and Ellen Keary/Henry (Victoria)
Denis and Margaret Cashman (Victoria)

The births and deaths listed for father Denis and mother Margaret are:
Bartholomew ch. 1844/v1844120462 at Illawarra, Wollongong Roman Catholic, NSW
Charles b. 1859/14115 NSW chr. as Charles H. 1859/V18592121121A at Illawarra (as above)
Denis A. no birth reg, but died 1881/3116 at NSW
Eliza b. 1854/5877 at Melbourne, Victoria
Henry J. b. 1857/12260 NSW
Jane chr. 1851/V18511682121A Illawarra (as above)
John chr. 1843/V18431527121A Illawarra (as above)
John died 1876/2907 NSW
Kate b. 1863/14929 NSW
Louisa C. chr. 1863/V18632284121A Illawarra (as above)
Margaret S. chr. 1853/V18531829121A Illawarra (as above)
Mary chr. 1847/360264 Illawarra (as above)
Mary died 1877/9617 NSW
Thomas chr. 1845/V1845219463 Illawarra (as above)
William b. 1864/9391 NSW

5 marriages listedL
Denis Foley and Mary Neill 1869 NSW
DF and Ellen Neary 1872 Kilkenny, Victoria
DF and Bridget Buckley 1873 NSW
DF and Ellen McEnroe 1877 NSW

5 Denis Foley deaths listed, 3 in NSW, 1 Victoria and 1 Tasmania
I gave you the Tasmania one already.

If you would like me to look up anything else, let me know. Cheers.

Monica

[mbiggar]

I forgot to include that the only birth that clearly states Margaret Cashman as the mother is Eliza b. 1854 Victoria. I thought the rest are likely for this couple when one of the children christened at Illawarra had the name Bartholomew!

Monica