Dennis Curran (1862 - 1946)

Born 8 Nov 1862 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (English) Curran — married 9 Nov 1895 in St Michael's Catholic Church, Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 9 May 1946 at age 83 in Grafton, New South Wales Australia

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Dennis Curran

Biography

Dennis was born November 8, 1862, Warrenheip, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, he was born the same year as his elder Twin Siblings, Susannah McCoy nee Curran who would later marry John McCoy and Daniel Curran (Daniel never married).

Dennis Curran was the Third Son and Forth Child to Daniel Curran and Susan Curran nee Patton

Dennis' older brother, John, (who only lived, just over 12 months), passed away just 7 months beforehand.

BIRTH REGISTRATIONS

ALL THREE ELDER SIBLINGS REGISTERED CONSECUTIVELY THE SAME YEAR AS DENNIS WAS REGISTERED.

DENNIS CURRAN BIRTH REGISTRATION

Dennis, for some time his spelt name with only 1 "n"; he taught himself how to write by putting down his day to day life in a diary for five years. That diary is now in the University of New England at Armidale, New South Wales, Australia; Numerous people have transcribed it over the years, as it is filled with a lot of personal history it s a shame he stopped writing it.

Marriage

He stopped about the same time he married Elizabeth English.

Dennis Curran married Elizabeth English on November 9, 1895 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia. ^[1]

He grew up farming and mining with his father, and around 1880, he moved with his family, except his stepmother, Mary Anne, commonly known as Anne, from Victoria to New South Wales, where he continued farming and mining.

He worked for a long time for at least two of the many mining companies, Bakers Creek and the Eleanora mining companies of Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia.

Life was not all smooth sailing as three years after arriving in New South Wales, the family lost their youngest stepbrother, James when he fell of a horse and was killed, at the tender age of 11 years old.

As Dennis got older, he also became an inventor, he invented an Apparatus for Separating the Laying Hens from the Non-Laying Hens in a Poultry Yard and For Other Purposes. ^[2]

He also invented an Automatic gate - Opening and Closing Means. ^[3]

Death

Dennis Curran Passed away on May 9, 1946 in Grafton, New South Wales Australia. ^[4]

There is more to this man I am still researching him ^[5]

Sources

• Victorian Births, Deaths, and Marriages - Birth Certificate

1. ↑ New South Wales - Births, Deaths, and Marriages - MARRIAGES - On-Line Index
   7107/1895 | CURRAN | DENIS | ENGLISH | ELIZABETH | HILLGROVE
2. ↑ Apparatus for Separating the Laying Hens from the Non-Laying Hens (9 pages)
3. ↑ Automatic gate - Opening and Closing Means (85 pages)
4. ↑ New South Wales - Births, Deaths, and Marriages - DEATHS - On-Line Index
   9550/1946 | CURRAN | DENNIS | DANIEL | UNKNOWN | GRAFTON
5. ↑ This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

• On-Line Index of New South Wales - Births Deaths and Marriages
• Australian Cemeteries Index - Dennis Curran - Headstone
• This headstone can be found in the Clarence Lawn Cemetery, South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

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