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William Costelloe

William Costelloe

Born
1 Jan 1800
Gender
Male

Arrived as a convict to Australia for stealing a sheep. His mother was Brigid née Hogan and his father William Costello. She was a widow with a disabled son and wrote an appeal for her son William to not be sent off as she needed him to help with her other children. She lost the appeal. He later settled in the Goulburn region of New South Wales where he died at the reputed age of 111. He was married in Goulburn to Martha Whittaker and they had a number of children.

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William Costelloe