Charles McKANNA

[Full]

Google only called up the Yarras near Bathurst, but there is another on the oxley highway west of Wauchope, shows on the google map but doesn't come up on the search.

[Katharine75]

Hi Full.
Wondered if you have made any progress on your McKANNA / McKENNA family. I would be interested to know if they were from around Bathurst, as they might have a link to my family.
Katharine.

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

1875 NSW PO Directory.

South Grafton.
McKanna Laurence, carrier.
McKanna Thomas, carrier.

Gerry

[Full]

Hi Katharine,
With the help of a very talented Rootschat team and the purchase of certificates we have been able to go back a bit from where we were:

Felix McKanna, occ Butcher, married Catherine Ford, Ireland.

Son: John McKanna b.1809 Armagh, Northern Island, occ Farmer. d.1863 Maitland NSW Australia
married (1st ) Ellen of Helen Caffrey b.1822 County Galway, Ireland. d.1858, Ravensworth NSW Australia.

They had 5 children:
Thomas b.1844 Port Macquarie, married Mary Carney & lived in the Grafton area.
John b.1846 Port Macquarie, married Sarah McPherson.
Catherine b.1846/48 Port Macquarie, married Hugh McPherson.
Laurence b.1849 Maitland, married Mary Ann McLennan & also lived in the Grafton area.
Helen b.1851 Port Macquarie, married John McLennan.

John's ist wife Ellen/Helen died in 1858 so John re-married in 1859 to Mary Macquarie b. abt 1837 NSW
They then had 3 children:
Margaret b.1859 Port Macquarie.
Charles b.1862 Yarras, NSW, married Annie Ada Francesca Beissel b.1864 New Zealand.
Mary b.1864 d.1864 Port Macquarie.

Katharine, I haven't found any link with Bathurst area, they seemed to mainly around the mid north coast of NSW, although I don't know where John 1846 and Sarah went.

Rob 

[Katharine75]

Thank for that - doesn't look like it connects. Katharine.

[RobertGG]

Hi Rob,

Charles McKanna is my great great uncle.
I didn't know much about him or his siblings until earlier this year.

May I ask what your connection to him is?

kind regards
Robert

[RobertGG]

BTW,  Yarras (previously known as Yarrows, was a property owned by Major Innes, before his financial problems) is located in the upper Hastings River valley.
Charles' maternal grandmother worked for Major Innes at his Lake Innes property.
Llanthony (a property located at Bagnoo & along the Hastings River), where Mary was working prior to marrying John McKenne/McKanna, was owned by the Browning family, friends of Major Innes.