MACKAY Family of Victoria

[Anthonyfromcork]

If anyone is looking for family documents relating to the family of Denis Joseph Canny, the Registry of Deeds in Dublin has lots of Canny deeds going back to the 18th century. The ones that refer specifically to Denis J, Canny are numbered as follows:
1861-23-74
1870-21-218
1871-30-98
1873-20-38
1874-18-227
1875-51-170
They tell the story of his decline into bankruptcy and loss of the mansion house ,farm, offices and lands of Ballycasey,225 acres IPM and the lands of Tullyariga 185 acres IPM. (These are Irish acres, equal to 656 statute acres)
The Registry of Deeds Henrietta St. will send you photostat copies of them. (20 euros each the last time I bought any).  Anthony

[yt2]

Well, hello Anthony .... long time no see!!  And a happy new year to you and your good lady.

As you can see, I continue my search for members of the Canny clan in Australia. I have had some success over the years and in about 3 weeks time will be meeting a gathering of about 10 cousins and their spouses in Sydney - this will be the first time most of us have met. Most of us descend from Denis Joseph Canny, although there will be two couples from Peru joining us as well (they descend from DJC's half brother James, s/o Matthew Canny and  Antoinette Galwey). The Australian cousins are scattered across 5 of the 8 States/Territories of Australia and while it's not quite the same as a trip from Peru, it'll still be quite an effort for some of them to attend.

I'll email you after the gathering and send you a photo of the Canny cousins ~ in the world of family reunions, it's just a small gathering, but it's a very significant one for us nonetheless.

Good to see you're still chasing Cannys ... I still hope to get back to Ireland one day and would love to catch up and show you what I have collected over the years.

Regards

Peter White   

[Anthonyfromcork]

Hi Peter, Remember your visit to Canny-land very well. Still chasing Cannys when I spot the name.  Only this week came across an interesting item in the Ennis Chronicle of Oct. 1797.  Seems the Denis of Clonmoney had agreed a legal separtation with his wife Lucinda Lysaght and she was to get some land.  In a case His Majesty v. Denis Canny some lands at Corcanknockane and Knocksaggartnabanetry wer to be sold for the sum of £1650-18-7 to be paid to wife.
Good luck with the Canny gathering.  My own GG grandfather John Henry McCan went out with at least some of his children and died in Riley St. Sydney in 1854. My G grandfather Joseph McCan
was m.1847 in St. Mary's to Jula O'Brien and my grandfather Francis McCan was born 1848, so you can see that I am an Irishman with a grandfather born in Australia.  John Henry had 12 children but I could never come any of them in Australia.
Best  wishes,
Anthony