William Joseph Tynan (1871 - 1910)

Born 23 Apr 1871 in Ballybrittas, Queen's County, Ireland

Husband of Johanna (Enright) Tynan — married 21 Apr 1897 (to 27 Nov 1910) in Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1910 at age 39 in Dumbleton, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Bill Tynan was born in Ireland.

Bill Tynan migrated from Queens Co., Ireland to Queensland on board RMS Taroba in 1889.

William was born in Ballybrittas, Queen's County, Ireland, in 1871 to John Tynan and Bridget Keegan.^[1]

In 1889 William emigrated to Mackay in the Colony of Queensland with a John Tynan, on board the mail ship Taroba.^[2]

At 25 years of age William married another Irish immigrant, Hannah Enright, on 21 April 1897 in the Catholic Church at Mackay, Queensland.^[3] Their children were:

• Mary Ilene (born 1899)
• William Lawrence (born 1900)
• Bridget Lily (born 1903)
• Johanna Mabel (born 1905)
• Ellen (born 1906)

William was murdered by his brother Peter Tynan and nephew John Farrington over an argument involving alleged missing beer, after Peter accused William's wife Hannah of taking it; an allegation Hannah denied.^[4][5][6]

At the trial, Martin Farrington testified that William Tynan was his uncle, John Farrington was his brother, and Peter Tynan's wife was his sister.^[7]

William was interred in the Mackay Cemetery.^[8] His killers were originally sentenced to death,^[9] which was commuted to life in prison.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Civil Births (Irish Genealogy, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ : accessed 25 Aug 2021) birth registration (image) for Tynan, William (Birth Date: 23 Apr 1871, Birth Place: Ballybrittas, Father: John Tynan, Father's Occupation: labourer, Mother: Bridget Keegan, Residence: Ballybrittas, Superintendent Registrar's District: Mountmellick)
2. ↑ Assisted Immigration 1848-1912. Passenger list for the R.M.S. Taroba, arrived Brisbane 24 May 1889, page 353. (Queensland Government Open Data Portal, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/assisted-immigration-1848-to-1912/resource/fe6f1bf9-6d70-4859-a90f-cae1e2eea378 : accessed 24 Aug 2021) passenger list includes Tynan, William (Age: 20, County of Origin: Queen's, Port of Disembarkation: Mackay) and Tynan, John (Age: 21, County of Origin: Queen's, Port of Disembarkation: Mackay) Microfilm: Z1964, M1703 & M1704.
3. ↑ Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Queensland. Marriage Certificate - Marriage (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/, accessed 9 Mar 2021) certificate for William Tynan (Condition: bachelor, Age: 25y, Birthplace: Ballibriltas [sic], Kings Co., Ireland, Occupation: farmer, Residence: Pleystowe near Mackay, Parents: John Tynan & Bridget Kegan, Father's Occupation: Farmer) and Hannah Enright (Condition: spinster, Age: 23y, Birthplace: Newmarket, Cork, Ireland, Residence: Mackay, Parents: John Enright & Mary Twomey, Father's Occupation: Farmer) married in the Catholic Church, Mackay, on 21 Apr 1897. Witnesses: Michael Farrington, Ellen Farrington. Registration Number: 1897/C/1309. PDF copy of marriage certificate in the possession of Leandra Ford.
4. ↑ Daily Mercury, Mackay, Queensland, 28 November 1910, Page 4, Column 7, Tragedy at Dumbleton. Brothers' Fatal Quarrel. (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 9 March 2021)
5. ↑ Daily Mercury, Mackay, Queensland, 20 December 1910, page 7, Mackay Police Court (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 24 August 2021)
6. ↑ Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Queensland. Online index - Death (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/, accessed 9 Mar 2021) index entry for Tynan, William Joseph (Death Date: 27 Nov 1910, Father: John Tynan, Mother: Bridget Davie, Registration Number: 1910/C/2314).
7. ↑ Truth, Brisbane, Queensland, 2 April 1911, Page 7, Column 1, Murder at Mackay (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 9 March 2021)
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 9 March 2021), memorial page for William Joseph “Bill” Tynan (1868–27 Nov 1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #199267352, citing Mackay City Cemetery, Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. Memorial plaque has birth date as 1871.
9. ↑ Daily Mercury, Mackay, Queensland, 24 March 1911, page 6, column 3, Sentence of Death Passed (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 25 August 2021)
10. ↑ The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, 29 April 1911, page 2, column 4, Sentences Commuted (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 24 August 2021)