Michael
McCarthy
Born about in County Kerry, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John McCarthy
and Honora (Tangney) McCarthy
Brother of
James McCarthy, John McCarthy, Jeremiah McCarthy, Dennis McCarthy, Patrick McCarthy and Mary McCarthy
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Michael McCarthy was born in Ireland.
Birth Michael McCarthy was born in about 1851 in County Kerry, Ireland. He was son of John McCarthy and Honora (Tangney) McCarthy,
Baptism Michael McCarthy, of Clash, was baptised in the Catholic parish of Milltown, Kerry, Ireland, on 7 December 1851. The Baptism sponsors were Patrick Tangney and Mary Tangney. [1]
Michael McCarthy migrated from Ireland to Australia.
Immigration Michael immigrated to Victoria, Australia in 1866 on the ship White Star, with his parents John McCarthy and Honora (Tangney) McCarthy and sister-in-law Ellen (O'Sullivan) McCarthy. [2]
Michael was still living at the time of his mother Honora's death on 4 November 1873. He was listed on her death certificate as aged 21 years. [3]
Research Notes
After his parents death Michael gradually lost touch with his two married brothers and the family thinks that he was the Michael McCarthy who drowned in the Ovens River at Wangaratta, Victoria, on 17th March 1880.[4]
Sources
- ↑ National Library of Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, Parish of Milltown, Diocese of Kerry, County of Kerry, Microfilm 04266 / 04, Page 57. (https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000634350#page/57/mode/1up accessed 18 January 2019)
- ↑ "Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923)", database with images, Public Record Office Victoria(https://prov.vic.gov.au : accessed 28 March 2023), entry for MICHAEL MCCARTHY, age 10, arrived OCT 1866 aboard the WHITE STAR, citing Public Record Office Victoria, Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (VPRS 947).
- ↑ Victoria, Australia, death certificate no. 9883(1873), Honora McCarthy; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
- ↑ Kirk, Margaret M.,The McCarthy Families of Heathcote, Victoria, Australia (Australia: McCarthy Descendants, 16 March 1998). Copy in the possession of A. O'Brien.
- HEATHCOTE POLICE COURT. (1872, March 8). The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser (Heathcote, Vic. : 1863 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved February 26, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89691106
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Michael by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Michael:
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