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Edward Molloy

Edward Molloy

Born
1804-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1854-08-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

Edward Molloy was born in 1804 in Killian, Cavan. ( Hellian Shanorcke Cavan ??) At 23 in 1827 he enlisted in the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot, Military Company 5, Rank: Private. His regiment embarked for duty in NSW and Van Diemen's Land accompanying convict ships 1828-1833.  He was detached to Port Arthur VDL July 1831, then Macquarie Harbour in Oct 1831 and then Launceston from Oct 1832 until the regiment sailed for India in 1833. He served in VDL for five years and one month.

He served in India and Burma for thirteen years and three months. The regiment was deployed from India to Mawlamyine and Moulmein Burma in 1838 and then back to India in 1842. The regiment embarked for England in 1847.

A daughter Mary Anne Molloy was born in Madras in 1839. Marriage date unknown. Spouse unknown possibly Mary Anne McConnon.

Edward Molloy became a Chelsea Pensioner/Enrolled Pensioner in 1847. 

He died in Victoria, Australia in 1854 after an accident falling from a horse. 

Mary Anne Molloy his widow received a five acre land grant in 1858 on Veteran's Row in Westbury Tasmania.

His daughter Mary Anne Molloy married Edward Daniel Sullivan in Launceston, Tasmania in 1857.

 

  

Associated communities

Cavan

County Cavan, or An Cabhán in Irish, lies in Ulster and borders on Northern Ireland.  It is known as "The Lakeland County" as it is reputed to have 365 lakes.  Our county town is Cavan and we have a population of approximately 76,092.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors' place of origin. 

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Clements Estate & Tenant Maps KILDRUMSHERDAN

    Location: Cavan

    Kildrumsherdan, Co Cavan

  • First Presbyterian (Corglass) Church

    Location: Cavan

    Bailieborough, County Cavan

  • House 1 Drumcoghill Lower, Killashandra, Tullyhunco, Cavan, Ireland

    Location: Cavan

    House 1 Drumcoghill Lower, Killashandra, Tullyhunco, Cavan, Ireland

  • Cloughoughter Castle

    Location: Cavan

    Lough Oughter, Cavan, Ireland

Timeline events in this community

  • 1850s

    Emigration to Australia - John & Jane (Leahy) Duignan & 2 sons

    <p>John, Jane, and their 2 sons, John Joseph and James Henry, departed on 'The Lucy' from Liverpool, arriving 4 months later on 25 Jul 1850, at Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. In the few years prior to their departure, the family was living in Killashandra parish, Cavan (potentially Cornafane).</p>

    1850-03-25 12:00:00

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1938-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1920s

    1925 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1926-01-10 12:00:00

  • 1920s

    1928 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1928-09-30 12:00:00

Edward Molloy