Jeremiah Quinane - was born in Upperchurch, County Tipperary,  Ireland 1845. He arrived in Australia in 1852 after a voyage on the "Wanata" with his parents and two sisters.

At the age of 24,Jeremiah married Mary Agnes Whelan (who was 22) on 15 June 1870 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Geelong, VIC. At the time he stated that his occupation was that of "Farmer" and both he and Mary lived at Drysdale. Mary's parents were Denis Whelan and Catherine Bergen, one of the witnesses to the marriage was Ellen Whelan - possibly one of Mary's sisters.

Jeremiah also gets a mention in the Bellarine Rate Books Index for the years of 1868 and  1875 to 1877 and the Post Office Directories from 1868-1870.

Jeremiah and Mary had the following children:

Patrick John Quinane (1871) married Camilla Jane Atkins in 1907 at Barooga and they had 4 children - Mary Bridget or Mollie (1908), Jeremiah Francis (1912), Leo William (1914) and Eileen (1919).

Ellen Quinane (1874) married Michael Conway in 1898 at Yarrawonga and they had 7 children - Denise (DOB unknown), Bridget (1899), Mary Therese (1901), Catherine Monica (1902), Thomas Terrence Jeremiah (1905), Anne (1907) and Josephine (1910).

Lewis Quinane (1876) - nothing is known of Lewis or any family he may have had.

Mary Margaret Quinane (1878) married Thomas James Quinane in 1905 at Burramine and they had 3 children - Catherine Ellen (1907), Mary Agnes (1909) and John Daniel (1918). This wedding joined the families of Patrick Quinane (1821)  who arrived on the Wanata with that of Daniel Quinane (1825). 

Peter Alphonus Quinane (1883) married Abigail O'Keefe in 1919 and they had 5 children - Mary Agnes (1920), Joan Quinane (DOB unknown), Teresa Quinane (DOB unknown), Patrick (DOB unknown) and Gerald (DOB unknown).

Dennis Francis Quinane (1876) - Dennis was accidentally killed at the age of 35 in 1912, possibly in a chaff cutting accident. He was a gifted violinist.

 Annie Veronica Quinane (1887) - never married and died in 1969.

Kathleen Eileen Quinane (1888) married Geoge William Shuttleworth in 1918 and they had three children Aileen, Norah and Patrick Jeremiah - nothing further is known of these children.

The following extract is from the local history "Burramine and Beyond" which looked at the history of the Burramine, Telford and Boosey districts in Victoria from 1879 to 1979. It tells the story of Patrick's oldest son, Jeremiah or Jerry.

"In the late 1870's the family moved to Burramine. The eldest son Jerry brought with him, his wife, Mary Whelan. Patrick selected land where Mr and Mrs Lawless now live and Jerry selected the farm where his grandson Patrick now lives.

Jerry and Mary also had seven children. They remained on the farm at Burramine and watched their children grow. One by one their children married and moved away from home. Ellen, Paddy, Mary and Katie all moved away. Tragedy struck the family in 1912 when Denis was killed in an accident. He had been a gifted violinist who had entertained the district at dances and social evenings. He died at the young age of 35. Jerry and Mary retired in 1926 to Tungamah and Peter took over the farm. Annie went to Tungamah with the parents and her cousin Kate Coster whom Jerry and Mary had adopted. In 1927 Mary died and in 1934 Jerry joined his wife and parents in Tungamah Cemetery.

Peter, who remained on the farm, had married Abbie and they had five children: Mary lives in Sydney, Joan married Jack Foley and lives in Katamatite with their two sons, Theresa married Leo Fitzgerald and lives in Murrumbeena, Pat and Gerald. Mary died in 1939. Peter worked on the farm until illness forced him into hospital where he died in 1965, aged 81 years. Their son Patrick now owns the farm which his grandfather selected over a century ago."

 

 

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