Denis HURLEY b. ca 1830, Ireland, son of ____ HURLEY and ____ was married in ___ at ____ to Mary DARCY, b. ca 1828, ___, daughter of ___ DARCY and ___.

Denis and Mary HURLEY may have arrived in Victoria on the 'Carleton' in 1857.

Mary died at Merino in 1912.

Denis HURLEY and Mary DARCY had the following known family:

1. James Thomas HURLEY b.1858, Barabool Hills, Vic, m. Ellen Mary Josephine COSTELLO and they had a large family near Colac;
2. Denis HURLEY b.1860, Mt Duneed, Vic, m1. Mary Jane MOLONEY and they had a large family of 12 children, near Colac. Mary Jane died in 1901 and Denis was remarried to Mary Ann MOLONEY in 1903 and they had a family of 11 children. Denis and his family were share farmers at Wurt Wurt Koort, near Merino from about 1910 and three of his sons died in WW1. The children of Denis HURLEY appear to be...
1. Mary Agnes HURLEY, b. 1887, Colac, Vic, m. John James SMITH
2. James HURLEY, b. 1889, Colac, Vic, d. 1909, Camperdown, Vic
3. Jeremiah HURLEY, b. 1890, Colac, Vic, d. 1918, France
• enlisted WW1, 28 May 1915
• served as Sgt 2392, 46th Battalion, AIF
• DOW 13 Jul 1918, France
• Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Named on Casterton War Memorial
• Named on Merino War Memorial
4. Denis HURLEY, b. 1892, Colac, Vic., d. 1916, France
• enlisted WW1, 15 Jul 1915
• served as Pte 3869, 5th & 46th Battalion, AIF
• KIA 13 Aug 1916, France
• Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Named on Casterton War Memorial
• Named on Merino War Memorial
5. Thomas Joseph HURLEY, b. 1892, Colac, Vic, d, 1917, France
• enlisted WW1, 12 dec 1914
• served as Pte 249, 13th Light Horse Regt & 2nd Pioneer Battalion, AIF
• DOW 12 Oct 1917, 10th Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium
• Named on Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Named on Casterton War Memorial
• Named on Merino War Memorial
6. William Patrick HURLEY, b. 1893, Colac, Vic, m. Margaret Elizabeth O'SULLIVAN
7. John HURLEY, b. 1894, d. 1894, Colac, Vic
8. Joseph HURLEY, b. 1894, d. 1894, Colac, Vic
9. Ellen Margaret HURLEY, b. 1896, Colac, Vic, m. Harold PRETLOVE
10. John Vincent HURLEY, b. 1897, Colac, Vic, m. Ethel Victoria MILLER
11. Eveline Jane HURLEY, b. 1900, Colac, Vic, m. ___ GRIFFIN
12. Ivy Bridgit HURLEY, b. 1901, Colac, Vic, m. ___ RHOOK
13. Gilles Michael HURLEY, b. 1903, Colac, Vic, d. 1958. Geelong, Vic
14. Kathleen Mary HURLEY, b. 1905, Colac, Vic, d. 1929, Horsham, Vic
15. Vera HURLEY, b. 1906, Camperdown, Vic..........?
16. Mildred HURLEY, b. 1908, Colac, Vic, d. 1912, Merino, Vic
17. Peter James HURLEY, b. 1909, Colac, Vic, d. 1978, Hamilton, Vic
18. Francis HURLEY, b. 1911, Merino, Vic...........?
19. Philip Kevin HURLEY, b. 1914, Merino, Vic...........?
20. Edward HURLEY, b. 1915, Casterton, Vic...........?
21. Lawrence HURLEY, b. 1917, Sandford, Vic...........?
22. Matthew HURLEY, b. 1918, Henty, Vic [WW2, RAAF]
23. Josephine HURLEY, b. 1920, Casterton, Vic...........?

3. John HURLEY b.1860, d. 1860, Barabool Hills, Vic;

4. Patrick HURLEY b.1866, Mt Duneed, Vic, m. Ellen Winifred DARCY;