Mary Ann McCooey

Widow Mary Ann Shannon was born in 1842 in Hinton NSW (near Morpeth), the daughter of Martin Ambrose Shannon born in County Cork, Ireland in 1804 and Catherine Kelleher born 1815 also in County Cork, Ireland. Martin was a convict convicted of pig stealing and transported in 1830 on the ‘Hercules’ for 7 years. OnContinue reading “Mary Ann McCooey”