Fannings from Little Flinders St Melbourne Victoria Australia

Johannah Fanning wife of John Fanning a merchant from Thurles Co Tipperary emigrated to Victoria Australia c1853 with her children. She may well be related.

These Fannings came from Thurles and could well be related. As yet I haven’t been able to link them with my family.

Marriage notice for Mary Jane Fanning and John Boland The Argus 15 Feb 1866
Funeral notice for John Fanning The Argus, 12 April 1877

 

FANNING – On  the 11th April, at the Hen and Chicken Hotel, Little Flinders Street, Melbourne, John, third son of the late Mr John Fanning, merchant of Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ireland, aged-years.R.I.P

Funeral notice for Johanna Fanning The Argus 12 May 1877
Death notice Johanna Fanning The Argus May 1877


 

 

Johanna Fanning, the wife of the late John Fanning, merchant of Thurles, came out to Australia c1853.

Jeremiah Fanning age 13, Mary Fanning age 19, John Fanning age 9 and Joseph Fanning age 7 are listed aboard the “Bloomer”, which arrived in Victoria July, 1853.

Johanna’s father was Jeremiah Carroll and her mother Mary O’Mara. She was born c1814 in Thurles Co Tipperary. She married John Fanning of Thurles in Drom Parish on Sept 25, 1830. Witnesses were Pat Fanning and Johanna Mara.

Her children were Mary, Patrick, Margaret, Jeremiah, Kate, John and Joseph. Johanna is buried in the Melbourne Cemetery with her sons John and Joseph, and her daughter, Mary Boland. John died in 1877 aged 33. He was a compositor and single. He resided at Flinders Lane Melbourne. He died of consumption. Joseph was also unmarried and died in May 1894 aged 48. He was a printer and lived in Darlington Parade Richmond.

Mary who married John Boland in 1866 lived to the age of 80 and died in 1922. I have not been able to trace any Boland children. John Boland her husband died age 61 in 1886.

Looking through the National Library of Ireland’s online parish registers for Thurles Parish I came across these baptism records for five of the children of Johanna and John Fanning:

Mary of John Fanning and Joanna Carroll, 14 Nov 1833. Sponsors were Pat and Elen Fanning.

Patrick, 28 July 1835 sponsors were James Fanning and Margaret Carroll.

Cath, Nov 1840 sponsors were John Maher and Mary Ann Armstrong.

John, 29 Oct 1842 sponsors were Walter Bourke and Cath O’Mara.

Joseph, Sept 1844 sponsor was Valentino O’Meara.

There is a John Fanning a Thurles merchant buried in St Marys Church of Ireland Cemetery in Thurles who may well be the husband of Johanna, He died in 2 Dec 1844 aged 42. His brother is a Patrick Fanning, who is also buried there.

John Fanning died 1844 St Mary's Cemetery Thurles
John Fanning died 1844 St Mary’s Cemetery Thurles
Thurles St Mary's Graveyard Mary Fanning erected by Patrick Fanning of Thurles
Thurles St Mary’s Graveyard Mary Fanning erected by Patrick Fanning of Thurles

The Fanning Family from Lisdonowley, Co Tipperary, Ireland

The genealogy of the Fanning family from Lisdonowley Co Tipperary Ireland from 1731.

A branch of my Fanning family, the descendants of William Fannin and Sarah Ryan of Lissaroon, live in Lisdonowley in Moyne, Co Tipperary, Ireland.

Patrick Fanning (1809-1895) was a first cousin of my gggrandfather William Patrick Fanning, “Big Bill”, who emigrated to Victoria Australia in 1841 and settled at Bulla.

Patrick Fanning was the son of William Fanning and Hanera Cormick and was born about 1809 and died in 1895. He married Margaret Cantwell. I believe (can’t be 100% sure as parents’ names were not included in marriage records) that she was the daughter of Anthony Cantwell and Bridget Carroll of Ballyerk Moyne Co Tipperary.

Patrick Fanning of Lisdonowly

 

 

 

1901 Census for Lisdonowley James Fanning_0002
Census Return for James Fanning Lisdonowley 1901

 

1911 Census Lisdonowley_0002
1911 Census Fanning Family Lisdonowley Co Tipperary Ireland
Loughmore Cemetery Co Tipperary Ireland James Fanning Lisdonowley (2)
Grave of James Fanning of Lisdonowley, his wife Anne Hogan and their children Richard, Hanorah and Mary. Loughmore Cemetery Co Tipperary Ireland