Raftery

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NameRafteryDescriptionJohn Raftery was born in 1811, Ballinasloe, Galway, Ireland, to Patrick and Ellen Raftery. He married Bridget Cleary in 1841, and the following year arrived in Australia aboard ‘Champion’.

John took the position of overseer and manager for David Johnston Esquire, Johnston’s Meadows estate, until the land was subdivided into farms. When John became unable to perform heavier physical work required in farming, a representative of his late employer Mr. David Johnston, gave him a farm to live on for the remainder of his life.

John and Bridget had nine children before Bridget’s death in 1863;

Patrick Bernard b.1843 (married Hannah Mundy, died 1931, Dapto)
William b.1844 (married Mary Ann Brownlee, died 1913, Albion Park)
Catherine Louisa b.1846 (married Thomas Cronean, died 1910, Kiama)
Margaret Matilda b.1849 (listed as Roftree NSW BDM, married Peter Riley, died 1936, North Sydney)
John b.1851 (married Ann Crowley, died 1898, Albion Park)
Gerald b.1853
Charles b.1855 (married Johanna Carroll, died 1923, Albion Park)
Timothy b.1858 (died 1889, Dapto)
Mary b.1863 (married James Downes, died 1940, Wollongong)

Bridget Raftery died in 1863 aged 43 years and was buried at West Dapto Cemetery.

Three years later in 1866 John married Jane Quinn (nee Brownlee), daughter of John and Jane (nee Hughes)

John and Jane had five children;

Thomas James b.1867 (married Charlotte Ann Sawtell, died 1922, Albion Park)
Ernest Edward b.1869 (married Eliza Jordan, died 1943, Wollongong)
Alfred Herbert b.1871 (died 1905, Liverpool Asylum)
Michael Henry b.1873 (married Elizabeth Brodie, died 1938, Albion Park)
Jane b.1875 (married Patrick James McCarthy, died 1961, Queensland)

John Raftery Snr died in 1886 and was buried at West Dapto Cemetery.

Johns Raftery’s son, William b. 1844, married Mary Ann Brownlee in 1877. William operated the mail and passenger coach from Albion Park to Robertson, Nowra to Wollongong, and later operated the Commercial Hotel at Albion Park. Many official functions were held at the Commercial Hotel including the banquet for the opening of Macquarie Pass in 1898, with Mrs Raftery preparing the meal. After William’s death in 1913, his wife Mary Ann continued on at the hotel. Later their son, John Augustine Raftery, took over the license with the help of his sister Cecilia ‘Blanche’.

John Augustine Raftery married Mary Bateman, daughter of Dr. Arthur Bateman of 'Ravensthorpe', Tongarra Road, Albion Park. John and Mary’s five children were born in the Commercial Hotel.

The Commercial Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1954 and the site remained vacant until purchased by Shellharbour Council and renamed L.R. Mood Park in 1969 in honour of the former mayor and coach builder, Louis Robert Mood.

External LinkDeath of Mr John Raftery 1887Mrs Charles Raftery 1897Round The Kennels - No 13 Mr William Raftery's At Albion Park 1903Obituary Miss Raftery 1904Round the Kennels A Visit to Albion Park - No 15 Mr W Raftery's 1902Round The Kennels - No 1 Mr William Raftery's At Albion Park 1904Round The Kennels - No 10 Mr William Raftery's At Albion Park 1904Round The Kennels - No 4 Mr William Raftery's At Albion Park 1906Mrs Jane Raftery 1910Obituary Mrs Raftery Snr 1910Obituary Mrs William Raftery 1922Obituary Mr Thomas Raftery 1922Obituary John Reginald Raftery 1928Mr Patrick Bernard Raftery 1931Obituary Mrs Charlotte Ann Raftery 67 Years 1938

William and Mary Anne Raftery in the backyard of the Commercial Hotel, Albion Park, c.1910

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CollectionFamiliesFamilyBatemanBrownleeLyonsCrowleyLocalityAlbion ParkPlaceRavensthorpe, Grounds and Workers CottagesCommercial HotelRavensthorpeRelated ItemChildren of John and Mary Raftery (nee: Bateman)Raftery, John SnrRaftery, ColinRaftery, JoyceRaftery, Keith FrederickRaftery, William DaubenyTennis players Mary Raftery & Freda CondonThis house was formerly the Raftery Family homeMary and Winifred Raftery outside 'Ravensthorpe'Kevin Raftery grading and sampling cream, Illawarra Dairy Farmers CooperativeKevin Raftery at the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy factory storeJohn Augustine Raftery and his sister, BlancheJohn Augustine and Mary RafteryJohn Augustine and Mary RafteryJohn A (Jack) Raftery playing cricketJack Raftery and members of the Light Horse at military camp, LiverpoolJack and Mary RafteryDoc Raftery's home, Albion Park

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