Private Cornelius Whelan (c.1822......1868.)
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Born :
c.1822,
Where Born :
Ballaghokeen . Wexford County: Wexford
Occupation : Servant /
Soldier
Date Arrived :
Victoria 1860
Date Arrived : Aug
1861 - arrives in Dunedin NZ
Ship Arrived on : "
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Rank attained : Private
Regimental # :
1519
Date of Enlistment :
9 Sept 1840
Where Enlistment : Cork England
Date of Discharge :
Sept 1865
Where Discharged : New Zealand
Died :
6 May 1868
Where Died /
Buried :
Parents Names : James
Whelan(labourer) (b.......d.) and Ellen Murphy.
(b.......d.)
Spouse's Name :
Margaret McInerney at
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Date Married :
1860
Where Married : St
Francis Church, Melbourne
Died :
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Buried :
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- Descendants
Information kindley supplied
Jill Compton jcompton@xtra.co.nz
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- Children :
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- History &
Achievements :
- - Born c1822, Ballaghkeen, Co Wexford,
Ireland, son of James Whelan(labourer) and Ellen Murphy.
1840 - enlists in 40th Foot regiment. 1852 - arrives in
Victoria 1860 - marries Margaret McInerney at St Francis
Church, Melbourne giving his age as 35yrs, occupation
labourer, and born Co. Wexford, Ireland. Aug 1861 -
arrives in Dunedin NZ Sept 1861 - sworn in as a member of
the NZ Armed Constabulary, Dunedin. Age given as 38yrs,
occupation 'Victoria Army'. I have read that many British
Army soldiers were recruited in Victoria for
the fledgling Armed Constabulary later the NZ Police.
Sept 1865 - discharged from Armed Constabulary. It would
seem that at this point the family moved to Christchurch
as Cornelius and Margaret's 3rd child was born there in
Sept 1866. In April 1866 a new jail had been opened in
Hokitika and the Governor was Mathew Cleary who
was known to Cornelius (was a sponsor at one of
Cornelius's children's christening) and had been in
Victoria in the 1850s and in Dunedin in the early 1860s,
so we assume it was through Cleary that Cornelius got the
job. June 1867 - joins Hokitika Gaol as Chief Warder. Set
1867 - resigns as Chief Warder and continues as a warder.
Cornelius collapsed and died on 6 May 1868. He was
survived by his wife and 2 daughters, Mary and
Margaret. A son, John born in 1862 died at 5months
but as his wife and children were not mentioned in the
newspaper reports we assume they weren't in Hokitika
which was a pretty wild/frontier town at this time.
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