Foley (Denis Branch)

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NameFoley (Denis Branch)DescriptionDenis Foley was born about 1803 in County Sligo, Ireland. He married Margaret McDonough/McDonagh in 1839.

The couple arrived in Sydney aboard the 'Marchioness of Bute', in 1842, with their two children,

Ellen/Eleanor b. 1840 (married Michael Foley, died 1912, Glebe)
Patrick b 1841 (married Margaret Kearny, died 1911, Waverly)

Two of Denis' nieces, Anne and Eleanor are listed on the same immigration list, as being under the protection of their Uncle Denis Foley, and his wife.

Denis and Margaret had several more children in the Illawarra,

John b.1843 (married Mary McEncroe, died 1876, Sydney)
Bartholomew b.1844 (married Elizabeth Grainer, died 1923, Randwick)
Thomas b.1845 (married Sarah Jane McBrien, died 1931, Grafton)
Mary b.1847 (died 1877, Wollongong)
Denis Ambrose b.1850 (married Ellen McEncroe, died 1881, Arundel)
Jane b.1851 (married Patrick Kearney, died 1901, Annandale)
Margaret b.1853 (married Matthew Kearney, died 1942, Bondi)
Michael b. 1855 (married Mary Ann Cummins, died 1934, Drummoyne)
Henry b.1857 (died 1879, Wollombi)
Charles b. 1859 (married Rachel Collins, died 1931, Waverly)
Hannah Theresa b.1861 (died 1951, Woollahra)
Kate/Catherine b. 1863 (married James Purcell, died 1943 Woollahra)
William Ambrose b.1864 (married Catherine Gallagher, died 1944, London)

From at least the 1850s, Denis and family lived near Fairy Meadow. In the 1860’s the family farmed land at Terragong (Dunmore/Jamberoo) in the 1860's.

Margaret Foley Snr died at Glebe in 1895, and Denis Snr died four years later. They were both buried at Wollongong Cemetery.

Their son John, married Mary McEncroe from a neighbouring farm, in 1869. They had three children, Margaret, Denis and John Patrick before John's death in 1876.

Another son, Denis Ambrose Foley, married Mary's sister, Ellen Frances McEncroe in 1877. They had two sons, Denis Patrick and John Joseph (died June 1881, aged 14 months) before Denis Ambrose died, just five months later in November 1881.

External LinkKiama Police Court 1862District Intelligence Shellharbour 1862Marriages Foley-McEncroe 1869To Let by Tender 'Eden Vale' Denis Foley Farm 1874Death Denis Foley 1881Marriage Foley - Grainger 1885Denis Foley Death 1889Deaths Foley 1889Death Jane Kearney 1901Death Patrick Foley 1911Obituary Patrick Foley 1911Death of Mr BW Foley 1923Reminiscences of Illawarra 1925Mr CH Foley Death 1931Death Margaret Kearney 1942Obituary Mr MS Foley 1934Death Hannah Theresa Foley 1951

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Foley (Denis Branch)