Tobins and O'Briens of Newcastle
Stephen Tobin was born in or near Newcastle in December 1824 to parents John Tobin and Elizabeth/Ellen O'Brien. Stephen had siblings Mary, Catherine, Ellen, John and William. John Tobin (Snr) died in Dublin in 1837 aged 37, buried Glasnevin Cemetery. Stephen married Mary Driscoll in 1857 at Clonmell and emigrated to New South Wales, Australia that same year. BDM records in Australia suggest Mary was born 1839/40 at Clogheen to parents Timothy Driscoll and Mary Whitehead, but a baptismal record of a Mary Driscoll, parents Timothy Drsicoll and Mary White dated 18 May 1835 at Parish of Ballyporeen, address named as 'Araglin' which is on the Cork side of the border with Tipperary and Waterford.
Stephen was well educated and politically active as a pioneer of the small settlement of Tallebudgera, part of the Gold Coast of Queensland during the period 1870-1893, Author Robert Lonhurst described Stephen Tobin as "especially literate and forthright man who figured as a prominent community leader". He also described him as a "determined lobbyist, an articulate man who obviously had previous experience rattling the bones of government. Tobin early on assumed a commanding role."
Stephen and Mary Tobin had 11 children in Australia. Stephen died 1904 and Mary in 1913.
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