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Peter REYNOLDS

Peter REYNOLDS

Born
1828-04-01 12:00:00
Died
1910-05-02 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

Francis REYNOLDS, Born about 1798, Mohill Leitrim, Baptised 1798 in Kiltubbrid parish, Sth Leitrim. He married Ann McCarthy/ McCartney c 1824 in Leitrim & he died c1868 in Mohill.

His son Peter Reynolds, born c1829 in Durngawna[?] He left Ireland & in 1850 was recorded as marrying Harriet Kenworthy/Kennerley, in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was 26yrs & Harriet 23yrs. 

In 1855, Peter, Harriet & son Francis immigrated to Fremantle, Western Australia, per the ship the "Berkshire". The ship also brought much needed supplies to the Swan River Colony, arriving 13 March 1855. Peter was listed as a bleacher by trade & came as free settlers to the new colony. Soon Peter applied for 20 acres at York district, north of Fremantle, where he employed  at least 2-3 "Ticket -of Leave" men [ex convicts] employed as farmhands. 

In about 1866, Peter & his growing family moved further northwards, to the Greenough Flats District, where he applied for a pastoral lease & in 1868 he was granted a Public House licence, where he built & kept a wayside hotel at Bookara, called the "Traveller's Rest". [Bookara was positioned half way between Dongara & Greenough.[which after extensive renovations, still serves the community & tourist trade as tearooms, Bed & Breakfast& reception venue], today]  

In 1900, He & Harriet celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary [50yrs] with a great many of the Greenough settler pioneers in attendance. Peter did much towards building up the  agricultural interests of the district, despite severe hardships as floods, fire & grain rust. Peter died in 1910, aged 85yrs & Harriet died in 1903, aged 75yrs & had a total of 6 children & many grandchildren. 

They are both buried at the Dominican cemetery, Dongara. [Dongara is a very beautiful coastal tourist town, north of Greenough.] There is a plaque at the cemetery - "Peter Reynolds, March 1828, Leitrim, Ireland..60yrs in Western Australia".

My 3xgrt grandfather, Peter, left an amazing Irish legacy today, to be proud of. I hope to find more relations in Ireland to connect with.

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Leitrim

County Leitrim, or Liatroim in Irish, is located in the north-western region of Ireland.  It is famous for its many beautiful lakes.  Carrick-on-Shannon is our county town and we have a population of approximately 31,972.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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Timeline events in this community

  • 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

  • 1960s

    John McGahern's Book 'The Dark' is banned

    1965-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    Sligo Death Notices From Cholera, Ireland

    <p>DEATH NOTICES (from the Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet) during the height of the cholera pandemic in Ireland.</p>

    1832-09-13 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Leitrim in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

Peter REYNOLDS