Children of Thomas and Catherine (Kate) Mannix
With various O’Dowd addresses and Thomas O’Dowd’s occupations
| Mary | Born | March 13th 1866 in Francis Street Melbourne, Victoria – a narrow thoroughfare between Collins and Little Collins Street in the city of Melbourne. By the time she was registered 3 months later, the family were living in Elsternwick. Thomas’s occupation – Groom and Coachman. |
| Married | Joseph Fitzgibbon July 5th 1892 in South Yarra, Victoria. He was born in 1866 in Sale, Victoria and died in 1938 in West Brunswick. |
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| Children of Union | Mary (May), Edward, Thomas, Joseph and Francis | |
| Died | July 12th 1931 in Brunswick, Victoria aged 65 years. | |
| Julia | Born | December 19th 1867 at Willowbank in Gisborne Victoria. Her baptismal sponsors were Anne and John Sheedy, a young newly-married couple who were neighbours at nearby ‘Sheedy’s Swamp’. Thomas’s occupation – Overseer – head gardener? |
| At the time of Julia’s birth in Gisborne and baptism in St Brigid’s Church, the O’Dowds were occupying the gate house (lodge) of a large property where Thomas’s gentleman employer lived. After that employer returned to Ireland, the O’Dowds moved back to Melbourne. Barry Tobin (grand nephew of Julia) Parish Priest of St Brigid’s Church Gisborne (1979 – 1992). | ||
| Married | Peter Murphy September 13th 1899 in South Yarra, Victoria. He was born in 1861 in Glasgow, Scotland and died in 1922 in Oakleigh, Victoria. | |
| Children of Union | Kathleen, Francis, Marie, Peter, Thomas, George, Julia and John. | |
| Died | October 1948 in Melbourne, aged 80 years. | |
| Catherine | Born | January 1st 1870 at Whitmuir Hall Brighton, Victoria. Thomas’s occupation – Overseer – head gardener? |
| Whitmuir Hall is located in Yawla Street Bentleigh and now owned by the Bentleigh Club. It was the first and only ‘grand mansion’ in the area of East Brighton, now re-named Bentleigh. Whitmuir Hall was located on that part of Dendy’s Special Survey, (1841), known as ‘Dendy’s Farm’. The mansion was surrounded by about 158 acres. In the garden there were lovely marble statues and a fountain which still remain. Inside the home was a beautiful staircase and large, expensive stained glass windows, imported from Italy in the 1850s. Over many years Whitmuir Hall has undergone several name changes and had many owners, including being bought and sold twice by Sir Thomas Bent – Land Speculator and Premier of Victoria. [Courtesy of the City of Moorabbin Historical Society.] | ||
| Died | May 24th 1876 of Infantile Remittent Fever (18 days) – aged six. At the time of little Catherine’s death in 1876, the family were again living in the city. On her Death Certificate and in Sands and McDougall, the address is – off 137 Flinders Lane West near Spencer Street. She is buried with her parents in St Kilda Cemetery. Thomas’s occupation – Labourer. |
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| Alice | Born | May 7th 1872 at Canterbury Road Toorak, Victoria. Thomas’s occupation – Gardener. |
| Married | Thomas Tobin April 20th 1898 in Fremantle, Western Australia. He was born in Ireland on March 8th 1863 and died in East Camberwell, Victoria on July 6th 1953 aged 90 years. They had 9 children (3 died as infants) and he had 4 with his first wife (2 died as infants). | |
| Children of Union | Mollie, Leo, (Joseph), Alphonsus, (Bernard), Noel, Thomas, Kevin and (Catherine). | |
| Died | January 28th 1944 at Kent Street Ascot Vale aged 71 years. | |
| Francis | Born | May 26th 1874 at Canterbury Road Toorak, Victoria. Thomas’s occupation – Coachman. |
| Married | Mary Jane Lonie June 14th 1899 in St Kilda, Victoria. She was born in 1879 in St Kilda and died in 1940 in Ballarat, Victoria aged 61 years. | |
| Children of Union | James Andrew Francis (Frank), Thomas Richard, Ernest Patrick and John Augustine. | |
| Died | 1952 in Parkville, Victoria aged 78 years. | |
| Kate Margaret (Maggie) | Born | October 14th 1876 at 139 Flinders Street, five months after the death of the first Catherine, she was her mother’s second namesake. According to Sands and McDougall, Maggie was born at the same address where Catherine died. Thomas’s occupation – Labourer. |
| Married | Roger Vincent Morris October 23rd, 1907 in South Yarra, Victoria. He was born in 1878 in West Beach Tasmania and died in 1864 in Heidelberg, Victoria aged 86 years. | |
| Children of Union | Marie, Brendan, Margaret Philomena, Alice, Therese and Sylvester Owen. | |
| Died | February 21st 1965 in Melbourne, Victoria aged 87 years. | |
| Eleanor (Ellen / Nell) | Born | September 2nd 1879 at Grieve Street Saint Kilda, Victoria. On her birth certificate, it states that Catherine was 41 and Thomas 37. Catherine was probably 44 or older. Thomas’s occupation – Coachman. |
| Married | John Benedict Shanahan January 10th 1906 in South Yarra, Melbourne. He was born in 1879 in Carlton, Victoria and died in 1961 in West Brunswick, Victoria aged 82 years. They had 9 children and her grandchildren lovingly refer to her as ‘Nine‘. | |
| Children of Union | Bernard, Sheila, Clare, Mary Magdalen, Patricia, Ellen, Monica, John and Francis. | |
| Died | December 1954 in West Brunswick, Victoria aged 74 years. | |
Read more about the family in the O’Dowd Family Stories, such as the girls’ education and Maggie’s wedding dress.