MOYLAN Thomas Joseph

[sparrett]

Perhaps you need to search a little more laterally.

The children were very young when their mother died,
Who raised them?

Who are the MOYLANS mentioned in the funeral notice?

Life event news notices of people related to your person of interest will sometimes reveal a clue.
Frequently widowed men with young children remarried.
Sue

[philt]

All 3 kids went to a Catholic boarding type school in Perth I believe. I can check up. Whenever there is a funeral notice in the paper I can identify all the relatives. I have searched Trove using names of relatives but no success. Believe me I have spent hours on it. The people I am helping are his grandchildren aged in the 70's and 80's and they have no idea what happened to him. Have searched the ANZACS in case he went to war, One possible is searching criminal registers but they have to be done in person. It is probably the case that 30 or 40 years ago there were people alive that did know what happened to him. The good side is that I have discovered lots about other relatives for the grandchildren including a couple of people that came to WA as convicts.

[sparrett]

The youngest child was one year old at his mother's death, so did not go to a catholic boarding school.

What are the earliest records you can find about that child?
Who looked after him?

Sue

[philt]

Apologies Sparret for the delay in replying. I have been told that although there was family around when the mother of the three boys died, they went into care. Then they attended St Kevins industrial farm school followed by Clontarf. Both in Perth. I have seen the following.….  St Kevin's Industrial School was established in 1897 in Glendalough, near Lake Monger, by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate as an industrial school for Catholic boys aged up to 16 years sent by the courts. Private admissions and boys from orphanages were also accepted. By 1922 all remaining boys had been sent to Clontarf and St Kevin's Industrial School closed. Phil.

[cando]

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82034720

The Daily News Perth
S.S. KAROOLA.
PASSENGERS FOR EAST.
Leaving Fremantle for the Eastern States at noon sharp to-morrow, the s.s. KAROOLA
will embark the following passengers: —
Messrs. Eaxl, Crawford. C. T. Bowey, Palmer. L. R. Spaander. P. Franz. S. Frost. T.
J. Moylan, O. Jones, 'W. P. Davenport, C

[philt]

Thankyou cando. The first time I have seen that

[seeking0]

FYI. "Industrial School" was often more or less a euphemism for Children's Home. That's not to say they were all bad places and this one sounds as if it may have been one of the better ones.

I think this is the website you were quoting.

https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE00194b.htm
"St Kevin's Industrial School (1897 - 1922)"

If the family is interested they can find out through that website and associated support facilities what records are available for the children how to obtain access to them.

[philt]

Thankyou seeking0