John O'BRIEN, b. c.1823, Co Cork, Ireland son of Thomas O'BRIEN and Mary ___ was married in 1855 in Co Cork, Ireland to Margaret O'BRIEN, b. c.1835 Co Tipperay, Ireland, daughter of ___ O'BRIEN and ___.

John O'BRIEN was a shepherd on "Muntham" Station at Carapook which was the place of birth for his five children and that is where he died in 1869. He is buried in the Coleraine Cemetery and his headstone indicates that he was from Clandough, Co Tipperary, Ireland.

Margaret O'BRIEN remarried in 1876 to Thomas FLYNN, died in 1915 and was buried in the Sandford Cemetery.

John O'BRIEN & Margaret O'BRIEN had the following known family:

1. Thomas O'BRIEN b. 1856, "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Vic, m. Sarah Ann McEWAN
   1. Ann O'BRIEN b. 1882, Sandford, Vic, m. Archibald CLARK
   2. Mary Agnes Josephine O'BRIEN b. 1884, Sandford, Vic, m. Clarence Henry WEBBER
   3. Margaret Josephine O'BRIEN b. 1885, Edenhope, Vic, m. ___ THOMAS
   4. Sarah Ann O'BRIEN b. 1887, Edenhope, Vic, m. John REEVE
   5. Agnes O'BRIEN b. 1889, Edenhope, Vic, m. Alexander CLARK
   6. John 'Jack' Thomas O'BRIEN b. 1891, Edenhope, Vic, m. Margaret ___
   • 1st AIF, Pte 4894, 14th Battalion
   • enlisted ___, RTA ___
   • Booroopki Avenue of Honour
   • Glenorchy Estate (Merino) Soldier Settler
   7. James O'BRIEN b. 1893, Edenhope, Vic
   • 1st AIF, ___
   • enlisted ___, RTA ___
   • Booroopki Avenue of Honour
   8. Ernest Arden O'BRIEN b. 1903, Natimuk, Vic, [ Market Gardener and Butcher at Natimuk ].

2. John O'BRIEN b. 1861, "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Vic, ___?

3. James O'BRIEN b. 1864, "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Vic, d. 1887.

4. Cornelius O'BRIEN b. 1866, "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Vic, m1. Helena Agnes RYAN, m2. Mary Ann RYAN, chn at Sandford & Casterton from both marriages.

5. Mary Ann O'BRIEN b. 1868, "Muntham" Station, Carapook, Vic, m. William McEWAN