William FAHEY 1826-1909 and Mary O'SULLIVAN 1822-1909

Portland & Heywood Victoria, Australia

William FAHEY b. 1826 ______, son of ___ FAHEY and ___ was married in ___ at ___, to Mary O'SULLIVAN, b. 1822, ___, daughter of ___ O'SULLIVAN and ___.

William FAHEY 1826-1909 and Mary O'SULLIVAN 1822-1909 had the following known family born at Portland & Heywood, Victoria - Catherine (1854-1941), William (1855-1938), James (1857-1937), John (1858-1934), Timothy (1860-?), Stephen Andrew (1860-1936), Edward (1860-1876), Mary Ann Alice (1863-1936), Magaret Angelas (1865-1878), Honora (1867-1960) & Teresa Cecelia (1870-1967).

William and Mary FAHEY died at Nazareth House, Ballarat and were buried in the Ballarat New Cemetery in 1909.

Two of their sons, James & John lived and had families in the Henty & Merino areas of south-west Victoria.


James FAHEY 1857-1937 and Christina Mary McLEOD 1862-1950

Heywood & Merino, Victoria, Australia

James FAHEY b. 1857 Portland, Victoria, son of William FAHEY and Mary O'SULLIVAN was married in 1883 at ___, Victoria to Christina Mary McLEOD, b. 1862, Branxholme, Victoria, daughter of Norman McLEOD and Susan STEWART.

James FAHEY and Christina Mary McLEOD had the following known family....

  1. Alice Susan FAHEY, b. 1884, Heywood, Vic, d. 1928, Coleriane, Vic, m. ___ ROW
  2. Edward Vernon FAHEY, b. 1885, Heywood, Vic, d. 1870, m. Daisy OLIVER
    • enlisted WW1, 17 Aug 1914, Wangaratta, Vic,
    • served as Pte 364, 7th Battalion, AIF
    • RTA 14 Nov 1915
    • Merino War Memorial

  3. Alexandrina FAHEY, b. 1887, Heywood, Vic, d. 1969
  4. William Lawrence FAHEY, b. 1891, d. 1891, Merino, Vic.
  5. Mary Ann Catherine FAHEY, b. 1896, Merino, Vic, ..........?
  6. James William FAHEY, b. 1905, Merino, Vic, d. 1977




John FAHEY 1858-1934 and Margaret Catherine BLACK 1857-1953

Heywood, Henty & Merino, Victoria, Australia

John FAHEY b. 1858 Portland, Victoria, son of William FAHEY and Mary O'SULLIVAN was married in 1882 at ___, Victoria to Margaret Catherine BLACK, b. 1857, Condah, Victoria, daughter of Andrew BLACK and Winifred WHELAN.

John FAHEY and Margaret Catherine BLACK had the following known family at Heywood, Merino & Henty....

  1. Margaret Angelina FAHEY, b. 1883, Heywood, Vic, d. 1948, Melbourne, Vic, m. John James McCARTHY
  2. Winifred FAHEY, b. 1884, Heywood, Vic, d. 1948, Melbourne, Vic.
  3. John Andrew FAHEY, b. 1886, Heywood, Vic, d. ___, m. Elizabeth MORIARTY in Adelaide, SA.
    • enlisted WW1, 21 Jul 1917
    • served as Spr 552, Mining Corps & 2nd Tunneling Company, AIF
    • RTA 20 Aug 1919

  4. Mary Victoria FAHEY, b. 1888, Heywood, Vic, d. 1952, Melbourne, Vic., m. ___ MYLES.
  5. Katherine Alice FAHEY, b. 1890, Heywood, Vic, d. 1977, Melbourne, Vic., m. ___ FERGUSON.
  6. William James Clarence FAHEY, b. 1892, d. 1893, Merino, Vic.
  7. Irene Veronica FAHEY, b. 1894, Henty, Vic, d. ___, m. Charles Valance LEAR.
  8. Joseph Lawrence FAHEY, b. 1897, Casterton, Vic., d. 1962, Shepparton, Vic
  9. Annie Teresa Audrey FAHEY, b. 1900, Sandford, Vic, d. ___, m. ___.

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