Michael Ahern (1819 - 1898)

Born 1819 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Husband of Mary (Butler) Ahern — married 26 Jan 1847 in Colobah, Mumbai, Bombay Presidency, India

Descendants

Died 7 May 1898 at about age 79 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Michael was born in 1819 in the City of Cork, Shandon District, County Cork, Province of Munster, South West Ireland. He was the son of Michael Ahern and Mary Ann Kenny. He passed away in 1898 in the Port Town of Fremantle, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australian Colonies.

NAME

Surname: AHERN

Given Name: Michael^[1].

BIRTH

Date: 1819

Place: City of Cork, Shandon District, County Cork, Province of Munster, South West Ireland^[2].

BAPTISM

Date: 20 NOV 1819

Place: Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne (aka St Mary's Cathedral), Roman Street, Blackpool, Cork, Ireland^[3].

MARRIAGE

Date: 26 JAN 1847

Spouse: Mary BUTLER

Child: Elizabeth (b.24 March 1849)

Child: Alexander (b.15 October 1855)

Child: Fanny (b.10 October 1857 in East Indies---d.18 October 1864 in Perth, Western Australia

Child: Mary Ann (b.27 May 1864 in Fremantle, Western Australia)

Child: Arthur (b.21 Jan 1867)

Child: Stillborn Male (b.1870---d.1870)

Child: Maria (b.6 June 1873)

Place: Locality of Colabah, Mumbai, Presidency of Bombay, East Indies (aka India)^[4].

IMMIGRATION

Date of Departure: 1862

Place of Departure: Portland Harbour, in between Portland and Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Ship Name: York

Passenger Details: 1 Male, 1 Female, 3 Children

Date of Arrival: 31 DEC 1862

Port of Arrival: Port of Fremantle, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australian Colonies^[5].

SHIPPING NOTICE

Date: 2 JAN 1863

Source: 1863 'Shipping Intelligence.', The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), 2 January, p. 2.

Item Details: SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED. On the 31st ult., the York, 939, tons, Redpath, master, from Portland, with convicts^[6].

Date: 7 JAN 1863

Source: 1863 'Shipping Intelligence.', The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), 7 January, p. 2.

Item Details: Shipping Intelliegence. ARRIVED. January 2.—Amelia, 24 tons, Pettit, master, from Vasse aud Bunbury. Cargo — 35 kegs butter, 12 bales wool, 34 bags potatoes, and 20 pkgs sundries.

Same day.—Guyon, 145 tons, Pringle, master from Singapore with general cargo.

Same day.—Ship York, 940 tons, C. J. Brearey, commander, from England, with 299 convicts; 49 guard, 40 women, and 58 children. Passengers—Babington, Esq., R.N., and Mr. Moore, Religious Instructor, in cabin ; Mr. King and Warder Marran in the steerage^[7].

RESIDENCE

Date: 24 MAR 1849

Description: Living with his wife Mary (Butler) and their daughter Elizabeth

Place: Kurrachee (aka Karachi), East Indies (aka India)^[8].

Date: 15 OCT 1855

Description: Living with his wife Mary (Butler) and their children Elizabeth and Alexander

Place: City of Agra, on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, East Indies (aka India)^[9].

Date: 1861

Description: Living with his wife Mary (Butler) and their children Elizabeth and Alexander

Place: Gosport District Barracks, Town of Gosport, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom^[10].

OCCUPATION

Date: 24 MAR 1849

Occupation: Sergeant

Unit: 8th Regiment of Foot, H.M. The King's Regiment (aka The Liverpools)

Place: East Indies (aka India)^[11].

Date: 15 OCT 1855

Occupation: Private

Unit: 8th Regiment of Foot, H.M. The King's Regiment (aka The Liverpools)

Place: East Indies (aka India)^[12].

Date: 1861

Occupation: Corporal

Unit: 8th Regiment of Foot, H.M. The King's Regiment (aka The Liverpools)

Place: Gosport District Barracks, Town of Gosport, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom^[13].

Date: 31 DEC 1862

Occupation: Pensioner Guard

Place: Aboard the "York"^[14].

GENERAL NOTICE

Date: 2 JAN 1863

Source: 1863 'GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.', The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA : 1848 - 1864), 2 January, p. 3.

Item Details: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE....The York, convict ship, anchored in Gage's Roads Wednesday afternoon.....A Pensioner force of 100 men will in future form the garrison, and will be obtained from the convict guards of the York and Merchantman, which on this account each brings 50 pensioners. The new force requires more extended accommodation than sufficed for the regular troops, as each married man is entitled to two rooms, therefore in addition to the former military quarters, Mr. Ougden's premises have been hired for two years, by which time it is expected the new barracks to be erected on the rising ground at the west end of St. George's Terrace will be completed....^[15].

DEATH

Date: 7 MAY 1898

Cause: Unknown

Place: Port of Fremantle, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australian Colonies^[16].

FUNERAL NOTICE

Date: 9 MAY 1898

Source: 1898 'Family Notices', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 9 May, p. 4.

Item Details: FUNERAL NOTICES. The remains of the late Mr. MICHAEL AHERN will leave his son's residence, Queen-street, Fremantle, at 3 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON for interment in the Roman Catholic portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. Friends will please accept this intimation. ARTHUR E. DAVIES, Undertaker, Market-street, Fremantle^[17].

BURIAL

Date: 9 MAY 1898

Place: Old Fremantle Cemetery (aka Skinner Street Cemetery), Skinner Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australian Colonies

Grave Location: Not Known (see below)^[18].

BURIAL NOTE

Skinner Street Cemetery was the main burial ground for Fremantle from 1852 to 1899. Although the cemetery formally opened in 1852, the first known burial was Alice Wray, the 15-year old daughter of Lt Wray, Royal Engineer, in 1851. The cemetery closed in November 1899 when it was replaced with the Carrington Street Cemetery. Burials of family members were permitted at Skinner Street in special circumstances, and the last burial was in 1917.

The cemetery fell into disrepair from around 1909 and, following public concern at its condition, some remains were exhumed in the 1930s. Approximately 200 headstones were relocated to Carrington Street Cemetery in 1935, leading to an estimate that remains of approximately 200 burials remain at the Skinner Street site.

The area was used as an anti-aircraft battery during World War Two, and from 1941 manual arts training associated with Fremantle Technical High School was relocated to the site. In an expansion of secondary education across the metropolitan area in the 1950s, John Curtin College of the Arts (then John Curtin Senior High School) opened at the place in 1956. The cemetery site was levelled for use as playing fields with the only visual remains being the limestone wall aligned with the Vale Street^[19].

The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians

AHERN. Michael (Cpl), arr. 31.12.1862 per York (with wife) as a Pensioner Guard, m. Mary BUTLER. Chd. ?Frances d. 1864, Mary Ann b. 1864, Arthur b.1867, still b. chd. b. 1870, Mary b. 1873 (All Frem RC). ^[20]

AHERNE. Michael, arr. 4.1.1866 per Belgravia as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard with wife Mary Ann & family. Chd. Alexander b. Calcutta, Elizabeth b. 1849 d. 1887. Enlisted 17th Regt. 1840, transferred to 8th. Saw 21 yrs service including E. Indies for 19 yrs. Corporal 1844: Sgt. 1846 (Involved in relief of Lucknow, India). Frem. warder. Land grant 5.8.1884 Cockburn. ^[21]

Research Notes

Father and family arrived Via York NOT Belgravia.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI: Baptisms Jan. 1808 to 26 Mar. 1834 (National Library of Ireland, Dublin); Reference: (Baptism Year-1819); Registration Place: Cork; County: Cork; St. Mary's, Cork city | Microfilm 04782 / 02; Diocese of Cork and Ross | County of Cork; (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633154#page/178/mode/1up)
2. ↑ Source: Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI: Baptisms Jan. 1808 to 26 Mar. 1834 (National Library of Ireland, Dublin); Reference: (Baptism Year-1819); Registration Place: Cork; County: Cork; St. Mary's, Cork city | Microfilm 04782 / 02; Diocese of Cork and Ross | County of Cork; (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633154#page/178/mode/1up)
3. ↑ Source: Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI: Baptisms Jan. 1808 to 26 Mar. 1834 (National Library of Ireland, Dublin); Reference: (Baptism Year-1819); Registration Place: Cork; County: Cork; St. Mary's, Cork city | Microfilm 04782 / 02; Diocese of Cork and Ross | County of Cork; (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633154#page/178/mode/1up)
4. ↑ Source: British India Office Marriages: Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948 (FindMyPast, Brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd & The British Library Board, London); Archive reference: N-3-21; Folio number: 32; (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005137665%2F00344&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FM%2F119652%2F1)
5. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2934199)
6. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2934199)
7. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69137514)
8. ↑ Source: Whitehouse-Wilson Family Tree (Ancestry.com Operations & Jude_52); Reference: (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/56173169/person/48022508782/facts)
9. ↑ Source: British India Office Births & Baptisms (FindMyPast, Brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd & The British Library Board, London); Reference: (Baptism Year-1855); Registration Place: Agra; Diocese: Agra; (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005137026%2F00447&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FB%2F132390)
10. ↑ Source: 1861 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations & The National Archives of the UK (TNA)); Reference: Registration District: Alverstoke; County: Hampshire; Class: RG 9; Piece: 647; Folio: 48; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542677
11. ↑ Source: British India Office Births & Baptisms (FindMyPast, Brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd & The British Library Board, London); Reference: (Baptism Year-1849); Registration Place: Sindh; Diocese: Bombay; (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005141974%2F00162&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FB%2F648286)
12. ↑ Source: British India Office Births & Baptisms (FindMyPast, Brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd & The British Library Board, London); Reference: (Baptism Year-1855); Registration Place: Agra; Diocese: Agra; (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005137026%2F00447&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FB%2F132390)
13. ↑ Source: 1861 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations & The National Archives of the UK (TNA)); Reference: Registration District: Alverstoke; County: Hampshire; Class: RG 9; Piece: 647; Folio: 48; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542677
14. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2934204)
15. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2934204)
16. ↑ Source; Western Australian Pioneer Indexes: Deaths (WA Government; Births, Deaths and Marriages, Perth); Reference: (Death Year-1898); Registration District: Fremantle; Registration Details: 1961 / 1898
17. ↑ Source: TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Reference: (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3212550)
18. ↑ Source: Memorial Search (Find A Grave Database); Reference: (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206974594/michael-ahern)
19. ↑ Source: InHerit: Our Heritage Places (Heritage Council of Western Australia); Reference: (boundary.http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/c6fc7df9-142c-4a68-a1a2-877104bd18ce
20. ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Vol 1, A, pg 17. [compiled by Rica Erickson] https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
21. ↑ The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Vol 1, A, pg 18. [compiled by Rica Erickson] https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary

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