Thomas Mackey, was from Co Limerick, Ireland. He was baptised on April 24, 1853 in Kilduff in the Parish of Pallasgrean & Templebredon in Co Limerick. His godparents were Patrick Mackey and Mary Treacy. His mother was Bridget Treacy and his father Thomas Mackey, a farmer.His grandparents were Patrick Mackey and Catherine Dwyer.
In Griffiths Valuation in the townland of Kilduff (1.5 kms from Pallasgrean) published in Nov 1850 there is a Thomas Mackey a farmer and also a John Mackey.
Griffiths Valuation for Kilduff Townland Co Limerick c 1850
Mackey Family Griffiths Valuation Showing Kilduff Townland Co Limerick c1850
I have started looking for connections between the various Mackey families in the areas surrounding Kilduff. Trying to find my 4x great grandparents, the parents of Patrick Mackey who married Catherine Dwyer.
Mackey – 1853. Co. Limerick. Griffith’s Valuation extracts
John, Kilballyowen, Knockainy
Patrick, Loughgur (Village of Loughgur), Knockainy
John, Kilballyowen, Knockainy
Patrick, Loughgur (Village of Loughgur), Knockainy
John, Kilballyowen, Knockainy
Timothy, Castlefarm, Hospital
Timothy, Castlefarm, Hospital
Patrick, Loughgur (Village of Loughgur), Knockainy
James, Ballinacurra Hore’s St Lc, Limerick St. Michaels
Michael, Gooig, Stradbally
Patrick, Gooig, Stradbally
Timothy, Cloon and Commons, Stradbally
Anthony, Lacka, Castleconnell Vill, Stradbally
Anthony, Lacka, Stradbally
Anth, Lacka, Castleconnell Vill Stradbally
Anthony, Gooig, Stradbally
Timothy, Castlefarm, Hospital
William, Corelish West, Grean
Patrick, Dromkeen South, Dromkeen
James, Carnane, Fedamore
James, Carnane, Fedamore
Patrick, Ballybeg, Dromkeen
Patrick, Dromkeen South, Dromkeen
Patrick, Dromkeen South, Dromkeen
Patrick, Ballybeg, Dromkeen
James, Carnane, Fedamore
John, Kilduff, Grean
William, Corelish West, Grean
John, Kilduff, Grean
Thomas, Kilduff, Grean
Thomas, Kilduff, Grean
John, Kilduff, Grean
Thomas, Kilduff, Grean
William, Corelish West, Grean
Patrick, Ballybeg, Dromkeen
In the 1901 Census for Kiduff Co Limerick Patrick Mackey and his family are listed. He was born about 1851 and is most likely an older brother of Thomas.
Thomas Mackey came out to Victoria about 1880 and was a draper. One of his descendants told me he was a floor walker in a major department store in Melbourne at some time in his working life.
In 1882 his address was Bourke St Melbourne and he was a draper. From 1903-1924 he lived in McPherson St Essendon.
Three of Thomas’s brothers and one sister and an uncle all came out to Australia, although not at the same time. There may also have been cousins as well who made the journey from Ireland.
His sister Catherine, born in 1835, and who married William Real in Co Limerick, came out in 1857. She died in 1900 in Northcote, Victoria.
Daniel Mackey who was born in 1842, died in Bendigo, at age 30, after being out here for only three years. He is buried in Sandhurst Cemetery, Bendigo, Victoria. There was a Daniel Mackey with a William and Nicholas Mackey (possibly cousins) who came out on the “Ocean Empress” in 1862. Catherine and Daniel Mackey are listed as being born in Pallasgrean Co Limerick. Edmond Mackey born 1856, also emigrated to Victoria. There he married Julia Ann Briscoe and they had a family of eight children. He died in Fitzroy in 1906.
Thomas Mackey aged 29, married Bridget Christina Burns, aged 23, on May 1, 1882 at St Mary’s Church, Echuca, Victoria. Bridget Christina Burns was born in Sunbury, Victoria in 1859. Her parents were Bryan Burns and Mary Canavan, both from Co Galway Ireland.
Below is their wedding record and a wedding notice from The Argus. Bridget’s father’s name is given as Berned Burns:
Thomas and Bridget had nine children: Thomas Bernard 1883-1957, who married Anastasia Hearn; Eileen Alana 1884-1929 married, Joseph Glass and lived at Yackandandah; Victor Francis 1886-1944, married Adelaide Mathews; Mary Margaret 1888-1981, married Archibald Breen, Ida Theresa 1890-1974, married Francis Collins Fanning; Edmond John 1893-1951, married Ethel Belden; Christopher Patrick 1894-1958, married Barbara Pleasant Lohman; Alfred William 1896-1963, married Alice May Shanks; Doris Catherine 1899-1954, married Francis Cyril Antonie.
Thomas Mackey died on the first of June, 1926, aged 73, from bronchitis and cardiac failure. He is buried in the Fawkner Cemetery Melbourne Victoria Australia.
The following detailed genealogy report from Family Tree Maker traces the descendants of Thomas Mackey of Pallasgreen Co Limerick Ireland born about 1808 and Bridget Treacy his wife to present day Mackey family in Victoria Australia:
