Margaret Josephine (Freeman) Casey (1871 - 1906)

Born 20 Mar 1871 in New Town, Hobart, Tasmania

Wife of Martin Joseph Casey — married 29 Feb 1892 in Sacred Heart, Newtown, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1906 at age 35 in Arglye Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Freeman and Mary Finn, was born on 20 Mar 1871 at New Town, Hobart in Tasmania. ^[1]

Martin Casey and Margaret Freeman were married by licence, on the 29th February 1892, according to Roman Catholic Rites at the Church of Sacred Heart on Newtown, Hobart, Tasmania. Their witnesses were their siblings Thomas Casey and Kate Freeman^[2], ^[3]

In 1906, Margaret, her husband Martin Casey and their daughter Minnie (Mary) were mentioned in the will of her father Thomas Freeman. ^[4]

Margaret passed away on 21 Sep 1906 at Arglye Street, Hobart in Tasmania. A inquest was held on the 22 September 1906 and her cause of death was ruled as Heart failure, caused through excessive drinking. ^[5], ^[6] She was interred in the Roman Catholic section of the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Tasmania on 22 September 1906. ^[7]

After the deaths of Martin Casey and Margaret Freeman in 1906, 3 of their young children were initially fostered by their Uncle - Francis (Frank) Freeman and his wife Mary O'Brien. Mary (aka Minnie), the eldest was taken into the care of Mary Magdalen Home in Hobart. Kathleen the youngest moved into the care of their uncle Walter Freeman and his wife Harriet Sonners. ^[8]

Research Notes

There were two Margaret Freeman's born in Tasmania a few years apart:

Margaret Freeman, daughter of Edward Freeman and Isabella Wright, born Jerusalem, Richmond, on 25 November 1868. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1019755

Margaret Josephine Freeman, daughter of Thomas Freeman and Mary Finn, born 20 March 1871 at New Town in Hobart, Tasmania. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/973752

Evidence to support Margaret Josephine Freeman as wife of Martin Casey.

1. Kate, daughter of Thomas Freeman, Thomas Casey, brother of Martin Casey, are recorded as the witnesses to Margaret Freeman and Martin Casey's marriage. Link to Margaret's marriage record
2. 1896 - Martin Casey witnessed to Kate's 1896 marriage. Kate Freeman, daughter of Thomas Freeman, married James Joseph O'Connor on 23 June 1896 at the Sacred Heart Church in Newtown Hobart, and witnesses were M J Casey of Moonah, and Annie Banks. Link to Kate's marriage record
3. 1893 - Birth for Mary Madeline Casey - mothers full name recorded as Margaret Josephine Freeman link to record
4. 1898 - Birth record for Martin Thomas Casey - mother's full name recorded as Margaret Josephine Freeman. Link to Record
5. 1906 - Margaret, daughter of Thomas Freeman was mentioned in his will, along with mentions of her husband Martin Casey, and their daughter Minnie. Link to Thomas's will
6. 1906 After the early deaths of Margaret Freeman and Martin Casey, 3 of the children were initially fostered by their Uncles and Aunts - Walter Freeman and his wife Harriet Sonnors, Francis (Frank) Freeman and his wife Mary O'Brien Link to file

Sources

1. ↑ BDM Birth - Tas, Tasmanian Names Index, LINC, https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/?, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:973752. "RGD33/1/10/ no 1754 1871 Freeman Margaret Josephine Thomas Mary Finn https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-10$init=RGD33-1-10-p276j2k."
2. ↑ Family Search, https://www.familysearch.org/, Q279-HDB2. ""Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-HDB2 : 16 March 2018), Martin Casey and Margaret Freeman, Feb 1892; citing Marriage Feb 1892, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, line #96290, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,178."
3. ↑ Tas BDM, Tasmanian Names Index, LINC, https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/?, Record ID NAME_INDEXES:912134. "RGD37/1/51 no 292, 1892 Freeman, Margaret Casey Martin", https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-51$init=RGD37-1-51p176j2k.
4. ↑ Tasmania Libraries, "Will No. 6908] Freeman, Thomas", https://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-28-6908$init=946862
5. ↑ Libraries Tasmania, Inquest, SC195-1-77-12018, https://stors.tas.gov.au/SC195-1-77-12018
6. ↑ Tasmania Police Gazette 1906, page 160, https://stors.tas.gov.au/POL709-1-34$init=POL709-1-34p172
7. ↑ Millingtons Funeral Directors, Cemetery Records Search, http://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=14845
8. ↑ Tasmania Libraries, "Custody and Welfare of the Casey children", https://stors.tas.gov.au/AI/SWD1-1-324 .