Bridget (Brennan) Kellaway (1853 - 1923)

Born 1853 in Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Wife of John England Kellaway — married 5 Jun 1876 in Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1923 at about age 70 in West End, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Bridget Brennan was born in 1853 in Ballycallan, County Kilkenny, Ireland.^[1]

Bridget (22) and John England Kellaway (33) were married on 5 June 1876 in Queensland ^[2]. John was born in 1842 in Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. Their known daughter was Ellen Elizabeth Lillington Kellaway (20 September 1891 – 4 August 1970).

Bridget died on 4 December 1923 in West End, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, aged 69 ^[3]. She was buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland.^[1]

Funeral Notice

KELLAWAY.—The Funeral of the late Mrs. BRIDGET KELLAWAY, late of Rockhampton, will leave her residence, Grange street, West End, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock, for the Toowong Cemetery. Private interment. ^[4]

Obituary

There passed away at her residence, at West End, Brisbane on Tuesday last, an old resident of Rockhampton in the person of Mrs. J. E. Kellaway at the age of sixty-eight years, after a short illness. When a child, she migrated from Ireland with her parents, Mr and Mrs Brennan and other members of the family, who came out in the Beejapore, landing at Rockhampton in 1863. A few months later the Brennan family went out to Arcadia Downs on the Dawson River. There Mr. Brennan died. After four years during which they experienced the vicissitudes, of pioneering families and trouble with the blacks, Mrs. Brennan and family returned to Rockhampton, where a few years afterwards, Miss Brennan, the subject of this sketch, was married to Mr. John England Kellaway, who was carrying on business at various places along the Central Railway, including Emerald, where be conducted an hotel and aerated water business, as well as a saddlery business, Messrs. Kellaway and Lee, commanding a large share of the western trade. Subsequently Mr. Kellaway disposed of his interests in the west and came to Rockhampton, where he acquired the aerated water works in Denison Street from Mr. Whitehouse. These works were continued by him under the title of Messrs. Kellaway and Co. until his death, four years later and thereafter by Mrs. Kellaway herself for fifteen years, when she disposed of her interests to Messrs. Edward and Murphy and left to reside in Brisbane. The only surviving members of the Brennan family are Mrs. McCormack, mother of the Minister for Lands (the Hon. W. McCormack) and Mr. John Brennan, West Street, Rockhampton. Mrs. Kellaway is also survived by (three daughters, Mrs. S. Hunting and Misses N. and S. Kellaway (Brisbane)— and three sons— Messrs. H. Kellaway (Brisbane), R. B. Kellaway (BIair Athol) and T. E. Kellaway (Rockhampton). ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221725515/bridget-kellaway: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial page for Bridget Brennan Kellaway (1853–4 Dec 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #221725515, citing Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by F.P.McLoughlin (contributor 48316713).
2. ↑ Queensland Marriage registration: John England Kelloway Marriage date:05/06/1876 Spouse's name: Bridget Brennan Registration details:1876/C/706
3. ↑ Queensland Death registration: Bridget Kellaway Death date:04/12/1923 Mother's name:Mary Nolan Father/parent's name:John Brennan Registration details:1923/B/41659
4. ↑ Family Notices (1923, December 5). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 6. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20694005
5. ↑ PERSONAL NEWS. (1923, December 6). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved April 13, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54116925