Michael Heaps
- Born
- 1801-01-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1880-06-02 12:00:00
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in Australia
The only record of Michael was when he married at Rathmolyon in 1837 to Jane Gunyan in the Church of Ireland.
They emigrated to Van Deimans Land in 1840 with his mother Ellen either born at Kells or Kill in 1780 as were her husband Richard Heaps. The marriage book includes other Heaps in the area around 1838. The Gee family from Rathmolyon and begun to emigrate to Van Diemens Land around 1850, They had a farm called "Coragh". Michael became one of the first tenant farmers at Cullenswood, near Fingal in Van Diemans Land and had a large family one of whom was my gg grand mother Catherine,who liked to be called Kate and who had a son,my granfather she called Henry Heber,in honour of her Irish ancestory. Two other sons opened up one fo richest tin mines on the North East Coast of Tasmania.
