Wholohan Family

1.  JAMES¹ HOLOHAN was born in Ireland, and died in Ireland. 

He married JULIA DWYER.  She was born in Ireland, and died in Ireland.

Child of JAMES HOLOHAN and JULIA DWYER is:

2.                i.    CORNELIUS² WHOLOHAN, b. Abt. 1801, Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland; d. 17 Nov 1879, Bob's Range, New South Wales.

Generation No. 2

2.  CORNELIUS² WHOLOHAN (JAMES¹ HOLOHAN) was born Abt. 1801 in Thurles, Tipperary,

Ireland, and died 17 Nov 1879 in Bob's Range, New South Wales. 

He married BRIDGET (BIDDY) MOLLOY 25 Sep 1826 in Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland, daughter of

JOHN MOLLOY and NORAH MOLLOY. 

She was born Abt. 1805 in Rahelty, Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland, and died 01 May 1890 in Bob's

Range, near Camden, New South Wales.

 Bridget

Notes for CORNELIUS WHOLOHAN:

Cornelius Holohan (later Wholohan) was charged with highway robbery in Tipperary, Ireland in

1831. He was convicted and sentenced to transportation for life.  He arrived in Australia aboard

the "Norfolk" in 1832. He was assigned to John Dickson, the owner of Orielton Estate at

Cowpastur

In 1835, the Reverend Therry told him that the government was assisting numbers to come to this

country for free. On hearing this news he decided to apply for his wife and children to join him.

As he could neither read nor write, the Reverend Therry  wrote two letters on his behalf.  The first

to his wife Biddy ,extract;  " I am happy to inform you that I remain in good health and spirits. You

and my children alone makes me happy the painful thought of being seperated from you in whom

my soul is centered brings forth many a sigh from my bosom, but I fervently hope the time will not

belong before you are restored to him whose every act shall be to make you comfortable and

happy" the second to the Reverend  Byrness of Thurles. These lettters are in the Mitchell Library.

(CY 543 dispatches 1832,35)

In 1839 a formal petition was written to Sir George Gibbs, Governor and Commander - in - Chief of

N.S.W.attesting to the good behavior of Connor and recommending that his request to be

reunited withhis family be approved.  The petition was granted. Bridget and her children sailed on

the"Isabella" in Feb, 1840. Three months after their arrival Cornelius, received his Ticket of Leave.

Children born in the colony.

Bridget,       born  24th May  1842   Mulgoa

John,           born  15th  Feb  1844   Greendale

Ellen,           born  20th  Sep 1846   Vermont

Michael,      born  15th  Mar  1853  Greendale

Cornelius was granted a Conditional Pardon in 1848. He was living in Greendale ,when on the 25th

March, 1862 he applied for a conditional purchase , the land selected was in the County of

Camden, parish Werombi, consisting of 104 acres.  Land purchase documents and maps, show his

surname as Wholohan.  This property is still in the family to this day (1997

Cornelius died 17th November 1879 at Bob's Range. His wife Bridget (Biddy) died 1st May, 1890.

I hereby agree the information on these pages may be used at the discretion of the Camden Area 

Family History Society and may be published in a further edition of the Camden Wollondilly and

Campbletown Pioneer Register.

Signed................

Name .............. Elizabeth Johnson (also known as Ann Huolohan)

Address ..............  35 Asquith Ave, Rosebery, NSW 2018.   Date 1st September, 1997

Note: Rev John Joseph Therry who wrote Cornelius's letter home in June 1835 was appointed

"Vicar General of Tasmania" in 1838

 John Therry was born in Cork in 1790. He studied in Carlow College (1812-15) and

was ordained priest in 1815. For the following five years he ministered in Cork city, for the last

three years of which he was attached to the Cathedral. Walking one day in the streets, a wagon of

Irish convicts passed him. These he learned were being conveyed to Botany Bay, a penal

settlement near the present city of Sydney. He resolved to follow them as their chaplain.

He arrived in Sydney on 3rd May 1820 and for eighteen years he laboured among the neglected

and degraded convicts, earning for himself the grand title of Parish Priest of Australia. He

purchased the site on which the present St Mary's Cathedral stands, and on it, largely by Irish

convict labour he built the first permanent church in Australia. In 1838 he went to Van Dieman's

land, the present Tasmania. In 1858 he returned to Sydney where he was given the title of

Archpriest, and where for the next six years he laboured as Parish Priest of Balmain until his death

in 1864. He was buried in the crypt of St. Mary's Cathedral. Vid. his Life and Letters of Archpriest

John Joseph Therry by Eris O'Brien

More About CORNELIUS WHOLOHAN:

Burial: 19 Nov 1879, Roman Catholic Cemetery, The Oaks, New South Wales

 Headstone - Cornelius

Cause of Death: Cancer Of the lower lip.

Death Ref.: No. 4852/1879

Fact 2: 15 Oct 1831, Departed Cork

Immigration: 09 Feb 1832, Norfolk

Notes for BRIDGET (BIDDY) MOLLOY:

Bridget (Biddy) Molloy, born about 1805 in Ireland, father John Molloy and mother Norah.

Bridget married Cornelius Holohan (later spelt Wholohan) in the Parish of Thurles. In 1831 Bridget

was the mother of two children, Honora 2, Patrick a baby, when she received the terrible news that

her husband was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation to the NSW

colony.

She was left to care for her children, at a time when the decline in living standads were both rapid

and dangerous. Food was scarce, milk had practically disappeared from the diet of the poorest

two million of the population. During bad seasons 1822,1831,1835-37, potato crops failed whole

localities were destitute and famine and starvation were rife. They would have held little hope of

seeing Cornelius again in Ireland.

Bridget kept in touch with Cornelius by letter .  In 1835 the reverand Therry on Cornelius's behalf

wrote entreating Biddy to come to the colony with the children. At the Constabulary Office in

Ireland on the 23rd November, 1839 a reference was written recommending that Bidddy Molloy

and her children join Connor at the Governments expence. This petition was granted and they

sailed on the "Isabella' in February, 1840.  The vessel was chartered for the transportation of

female convicts. Biddy was said to be 37, Honora 11, and Patrick 9.

They arrived in Sydney on the 24th July, 1840, ending 160 days at sea. Nine long years had

passed since Biddy saw Cornelius, One can only imagen their joy at being reunited. Bridget their

third child was born at Mulgoa, John at Greendale, Ellen at Vermont and Michael at Greendale. 

They acquired land in the Parishof Werombi in 1862. After his death Cornelius left his real estate

to Biddy who was to hold it in trust for her grandson.

In 1885 Biddy , Post office Brownlow Hill had 152 acres, 2 horses, 10 cattle and 2 pigs.

Bridget Wholohan died the 1st May, 1890 of old age (85) at Bobs Range, 

More About BRIDGET (BIDDY) MOLLOY:

Fact 2: 05 Mar 1840, Departed Dublin

Immigration: 05 Mar 1840, Isabella

More About CORNELIUS WHOLOHAN and BRIDGET MOLLOY:

Marriage: 25 Sep 1826, Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland

Children of CORNELIUS WHOLOHAN and BRIDGET MOLLOY are:

                   i.    HONORA (MARY ANN)³ WHOLOHAN, b. Abt. 1827, Tipperary, Ireland; d. 30 Dec 1911,

                         Stevey's Forest, New South Wales;

                         m. HENRY LONGHURST, 01 Jan 1843, Roman Catholic, Mulgoa,  New South Wales; b.

                         1815, Bexhill, East Sussex, England; d. 01 Jul 1897, The Oaks, New South Wales.

                  ii.    PATRICK WHOLOHAN, b. Abt. 1830, Tipperary, Ireland; d. 15 Aug 1883, Greendale,

                         Penrith, New South Wales;

                         m. CATHERINE MARY CROSS, 24 Jul 1855, St Nicholas Catholic Church, Penrith, New

                         South Wales; b. 1835, Westwood, New South Wales; d. 13 Sep 1911, Greenndale, Penrith, New South Wales.

                 iii.    BRIDGET WHOLOHAN, b. 24 May 1842, Mulgoa, New South Wales; d. 13 Oct 1916, 38

                         Terry St, Sydney, New South Wales;

                         m. JOHN HIGGINS, 21 Jul 1860, St Nicholas' Church, Penrith, New South Wales; b. Abt.

                        1815, Roscrea County Tipperary, Ireland; d. 03 May 1880, Brawlin, New South Wales.

                 iv.    JOHN WHOLOHAN, b. 15 Feb 1844, Greendale. New South Wales, died 1902 in Campbelltown, New South Wales

                         More About John Wholohan:

                         Death Ref.: 13333/1902

                         Death date and place possible only - no parents listed on death.

                  v.    ELLEN WHOLOHAN, b. 06 Sep 1846, Vermont, New South Wales; d. 17 Dec 1914, Bob's

                         Range Rd, New South Wales;

                         m. (1) THOMAS HUOLAHAN; b. 13 Dec 1841, Bringelly, Camden, New South Wales; d. 30

                         Sep 1907, Geurie, New South Wales;

                         m. (2) JOHN FARRELL, 1865, Sydney, New South Wales;

                         m. (3) PATRICK BLIGH, 1871, Sydney, New South Wales; b. 1841; d. 06 May 1908, The

                         Oak's, New South Wales;

                         m. (4) GEORGE W HEARNE, 07 Oct 1914, Camden, New South Wales; d. 1916, Bellingen,

                         New South Wales.

More About ELLEN WHOLOHAN:

Burial: 19 Dec 1914, Roman Catholic Cemetery, The Oaks, New South Wales

Fact 1: 1865, m. John Farrell 2030

Fact 2: 1871, m p. bligh 3910

Fact 3: 1846, birth reg as Houlihan

More About THOMAS HUOLAHAN:

Burial: 03 Oct 1907, Roman Catholic Cemetery, The Oaks, New South Wales

Death Ref.: No. 6223/1907

More About JOHN FARRELL and ELLEN WHOLOHAN:

Marriage: 1865, Sydney, New South Wales

More About PATRICK BLIGH:

Burial: Roman Catholic Cemetery, The Oaks, New South Wales

More About PATRICK BLIGH and ELLEN WHOLOHAN:

Marriage: 1871, Sydney, New South Wales

Unknown-Ending: 1871

More About GEORGE W HEARNE:

Death Ref.: No. 2898/1916

More About GEORGE HEARNE and ELLEN WHOLOHAN:

Marriage: 07 Oct 1914, Camden, New South Wales

                 vi.    MICHAEL WHOLOHAN, b. 15 Mar 1853, Greendale, Penrith, New South Wales.

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