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James Maguire

James Maguire

Born
1834-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1915-01-13 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

James Maguire was born in 1834 in Limerick. 

At some point in his early years, James made the journey to Australia, setting in Perth. There he met his wife, Elizabeth Carberry, an orphan girl from Mountbellew Workhouse. The pair were married on the 31st of May 1855. They would go on to have nine children together. Their names were John (1856), Thomas (b. 1857), Mary Jane (b. 1859), Sarah Anne (b. 1861), James (b. 1863), Michael (b.1866), Annie (b, 1868), Elizabeth Margaret (b. 1870), Michael (b. 1873).

James also had a brother in Australia. His name was Joseph Maguire. 

In 1869, James assisted Fenian John Boyle O'Reilly to make his escape from Australia to America. 

James died on the 13th of January 1915. 

This Chronicle was created with thanks to the Mountbellew Workhouse Orphan Girls Project

Associated communities

Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Old Abbey House, Shanagolden, Co Limerick

    Location: Limerick

  • Treanmanagh TOWNLAND

    Location: Limerick

    Treanmanagh, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick

  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

    Location: Limerick

    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

    Location: Limerick

Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00