Falloon

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NameFalloonDescriptionSamuel Falloon was born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland about 1835. He married Ann McGuire in 1856 and they came to Australia the same year, aboard ‘Winifred. Samuel was 22 and Ann was 23.

The couple had eight children;

Margaret b.1858 (married Alfred Edmund Sawtell)
Joseph b.1861
Mary b.1863
Jane b.1865 (died 1894)
Samuel b.1867 (died 1867, six days old of ‘yellow gum’)
John b.1868 (died 1868, 21 days old of jaundice)
Unnamed male b.1871 (died 1871, ten days old of jaundice)
Ann b.1877 (married David O’Keefe)

Samuel, Ann and family farmed at Tongarra until Samuel’s death in 1899. The couple had lost four of their children; three died of jaundice, just days old.

Samuel and Ann’s eldest son Joseph continued running the farm with his mother and sister Mary. The farm was on portions 53 and 18 and was known as 'Black Springs'.

Joseph's sister Jane died quite suddenly of heart disease at the family farm in 1894, when she was just 29 years old.

Margaret married Alfred Sawtell and they farmed at ‘Riversford’, Tullimbar.

Oh his retirement from farming, Joseph went to live with his sister Annie and brother-in-law David O'Keefe at Jamberoo.

The Falloon family were active members of the Tongarra Dairy Company. The Creamery was managed by David O'Keefe and Joseph Fallon was a director.

External LinkSudden Death 1894Tongarra Dairy Company 1895Obituary Samuel Falloon 1899Bush Fires at Albion Park 1909Mrs Anne Falloon 1920Death Ann Falloon 1920Death Ann Falloon 1920Auction Sale Tongarra 1921Death Mary Falloon 1929Mary Falloon Probabte 1929Sudden Death Jane Falloon 1894Mr Joseph Falloon 1940Obituary Me EA Sawtell 1941Mrs Annie O'Keefe 1953

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Joseph Falloon, c.1890.

Joseph was the son of Samuel and Annie Falloon.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilySawtellO'KeefeLocalityTongarraJamberooPersonSawtell, AlfredPlaceRiversfordAlbion Park Pioneer CemeteryTongarra Creamery (Butter Factory)

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