Michael Tobyn Keon and other Tobyn Keons

[Dundee]

I can't see any obvious immigration record for Susan or the sister Margaret.

Debra 

[Jamjar]

I can't see any obvious immigration record for Susan or the sister Margaret.

Debra 

And I can't see a marriage or death for an Emily. 🤔

J.

[sparrett]

 Michael T. KEON of Mudgee is described as a brother to all three however it is probable that Margaret was his mother and she was closer to 70 in age.

Debra 

Yes, the  Margaret who died was 70 1885, which would be a year or so after the immigration Debra has spotted.  The Margaret on the manifest was 56.

However the advertisement from  Maria in Massachusetts placed in 1900 does say sister Margaret.
The implication is that Margaret the sister did also immigrate.

Interestingly, Maria does not seem to seek the whereabouts of her other siblings in Australia, just Margaret and Michael.

Sue

 

[majm]

Probate may have been proven in more than one state for a Philip Tobyn KEON who died in WA in 1935, his dad was also named Philip Tobyn KEON.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2TW-9GZG

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32846502 19 March 1935, The West Australian.  NB there's 4 notices including family members and also funeral.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12220883 20 March 1935 The Argus, (Victoria).


http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59441431  Sunday Times 19 May 1935 (WA)

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17194794  SMH 29 July 1935
And
NSW State Archives has in their Series 4-
206725  Philip Tobyn KEON - died 18/03/1935, Granted on 11/09/1935   https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research

JM

[sparrett]

I can't see any obvious immigration record for Susan or the sister Margaret.

Debra 

Well, perhaps FitzMurray, our OP, who has been online today will soon let us all know whether the information we have found is of interest.

Meantime, I wondered about this passenger arrival.

From London. Arrived August 24th, 1889
Coptic
Steerage for Sydney Misses Bridget and Susan KEON.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9218662
Did Bridget KEON return to UK, collect Susan then come back to Sydney?

In 1920, Susan A KEON of Roseville donated in memory of parents and sisters.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115587982

Sue

[Jamjar]

Looks like Susan did come out, Debra.

NSW deaths:

120/1917 Bridget Keon parents Michael T and Margaret SYDNEY

12401/1931 Susan A Keon parents Michael T and Margaret RANDWICK

Also a son of Michael T Jnr and Bridget: 9972/1882 Bernard T MUDGEE

J.
 Added: Bridget and Susan are buried at Rookwood Catholic:

Keon   Bridget 66 25-1-1917   SEC*M2*P**1298

Keon   Susan H 74 24-9-1931 SEC*M2*P**3361

The Bridget buried at Rookwood is with: Heaney Thomas 29-8-1908 age 77 SEC*M2*P**1298

Susan is with: Simmons Margaret 24-9-1931 age 50 SEC*M2*P**3361

No headstone inscriptions, unfortunately.

J.

[sparrett]

This Memorial Inscription from Rookwood for Margaret Keon (the mother)seems to  confirm that Margaret the daughter was in Australia at the time of the mother's death.

 
Margaret KEON
Age-71
Born abt 1814
Death Date- 4 Nov 1885
Location Section CC Row 22 Old Catholic Mortuary 1
 
Inscription:
Wife of Michael Tobyn Keon of Drumshambo, Co Leitrum, Ireland, who died at 81 Macleay St. Potts Point.
Erected by her daughters Margaret & Susan Keon (Iron rail surround)

 

[Jamjar]

Could Bridget be Margaret jnr, as in Margaret Bridget, or Bridget Margaret?

Or maybe she arrived in Australia married.

Jamjar

[FitzMurray]

Wow! Thank you all, I'm blown away by all the information you've come up with! I do feel a bit silly that I didn't first check newspapers for information, a lesson learned! Many more siblings of Michael and Phillip have come to light now, and you've found their mother's emigration and death as well! The mother Margaret's husband Michael Tobyn Keon the elder died in Carricknabrack, Drumshanbo in 1877 (with Susan A Keon present), so that ties in with her coming to Australia in 1884 with Bridget and Emily. On rereading my notes, I'm not certain which ship Michael emigrated on as there are 2 references I've found - as unassisted immigrant to Victoria aged 17 in 1863 on the Camperdown; and to Sydney, as assisted immigrant on the Ocean Empress aged 23 in 1864. You were right to suggest I check, Dundee - on Phillip's 1874 marriage his parents are listed as Michael Tobyn Keon and Margaret O'Beirne. Thanks again everyone!