William
Fagan
Born about in Londonberry, Ireland
Son of Peter Fagan
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anne (Waddell) Fagan
— married
5 Dec 1848 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Annie Fagan, Mary G Fagan, Jane (Fagan) Knight, Margaret Fagan, John Fagan, William Fagan and Samuel Fagan
Died
at about age 70
in Dural, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2013
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Biography
William Fagan was born in Ireland.
William Fagan was an Assisted Immigrant to New South Wales.
William was born in Londonberry, Ireland in 1826.[1]
He was an early Australian Free Settler aged 20 on arrival in 1848.[2]
Fagan Park at Galston is named after him.
He married Anne Waddell in 1848. There are two records of their marriage in the New South Wales BDM Register. The only difference between the two is the registration number.[3][4]The district shown in the New South Wales BDM register was "JB" which was an early New South Wales Church Code for the Presbyterian Church - St Andrew's Scots Church, Parish of Sydney. [5][6]
They had 7 children.
He passed away in Dural in 1896.[7]
He was buried at the Dural Uniting church Cemetery.[8]
Sources
The Dural and District Historical Society, Dooral Roundup, May 2016, p28
- ↑ Family Search Genealogy website - record for William Fagan. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLXP-LZ5. Retrieved on 3 Jan 2022 by Nigel Clark
- ↑ FAGAN William. Assisted Immigrants Index 1839-1896 Age: 20 | Ship: Hyderabad | Year: 1848 | Copy: Reel 2135, [4/4786] Page 9 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=61SRA&lang=en_US&docid=INDEX868482
- ↑ https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ NSW Marriage Certificate Registration No. 1660/1848 V18481660 73B. William Fagan married Anne Waddell. District - JB. Retrieved on 3 Jan 2022 by Nigel Clark
- ↑ https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ NSW Marriage Certificate Registration No. 783/1848 V1848783 78. William Fagan married Anne Waddell. District - JB. Retrieved on 3 Jan 2022 by Nigel Clark
- ↑ Early New South Wales Church codes - https://www.nsw.gov.au/family-and-relationships/family-history-search/early-church-codes.
- ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ6-36V : 28 January 2020), William Fagan, 1848.
- ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed by Nigel Clark 03 Jan 2022), Index entry for FAGAN WILLIAM; Parents: WILLIAM J & UNKNOWN; District: PARRAMATTA; Registration Number: 14881/1896
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23R-7FP4 : 2 August 2020), William Fagan, ; Burial, Dural, The Hills Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Dural Uniting Church Cemetery; citing record ID 162372508, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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Just checking on William's parents - on this profile, his father is listed as "Peter Fagan". However, on William's death record in the New South Wales BDM, his father is listed as "William Fagan" and mother "unknown". On the Family search Genealogy website, his parents are listed as William John Fagan (1798 - 1870) and Nancy Wilson (1800-1855). kind regards..........Nigel Clark