Descendants of John GAHAN
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John was born most likely in America or Ireland in about 1791. The 1841 census says he was born in foreign parts and the 1851 identified his birth place as America. The 1861 census gives his birth place as Ireland.
According to the 1842 poor house record John Gahan married Ann in 1821 in Cork, Ireland.
He is referred to as John in all the children's marrage records and the census. He is referred to as Patrick in all the children baptism records.
There are a number of referencs to this John Gahan with varying descriptions:
In John's son, Frederick's, birth certificate of 1839 it lists his father as Patrick Gahan, a teacher at a Catholic School and mother as Ann Leary.
In John's son, Newton's, birth certificate of 1843 it lists his father as John Gahan, a Merchantile Clerk and Mother as Ann Leary.
In John's daughter, Catherine's, marriage registration of 1847 her father is John Gahan an Office Clerk.
In John's daughter, Mary Ann's, marriage registration of 1847 her father is John Gahan a Clerk - Monger.
In the 1851 census John Gahan is described as a clerk.
In John's son, Arthur's, marriage registration of January 1854 it lists his father as John Gahan, a Merchantile Clerk.
In John's son, Mark's, marriage registration of April 1858 it lists his father as John Gahan, a Schoolmaster.
In his daughter, Elizabeth's, marriage registration of September 1858 it lists her father as John Gahan, a grocer.
In his death registration of 1865 he was listed as a Lawyer's Clerk.
In John's son, Henry's, marriage registration of 1866 (Henry was a Lather -ie worked with Plasterers) his father John is described as Plaster(sic) and mother as Ann O'Leary.
In his wife, Ann Gahan's, death registration of 1875 she is described as the widow of John Gahan, Merchantile Clerk.In the marriage of John Gahan born 1825 (a Plasterer) to Anstey McCarthy, the marriage registration lists the father of John b1825 as a Plasterer. It is possible but not certain that this John b 1825 is the first son of this John born 1791 and Ann Leary.
It would thus seem that John Gahan also went by the name Patrick and had occupations of grocer, Merchantile Clerk, Lawyers Clerk, Clerk Monger, Office Clerk, Grocer, and Schoolmaster and possibly Plasterer.
In the 1841 Census St Katherine Cree London Middlesex
Three Herring Court Cree Church Lane 3
John Gahan 45 Clerk Foreign Parts
William Gahan 17 (could be 47?) Y
Ann Gahan 38 Laundress Ild
Mary Ann Gahan 15 Y
Catherine Gahan 12 Y
Mark Gahan 10 Y
Arthur Gahan 7 Y
Elizabeth Gahan 6 Y
Frederick Gahan 2 Y
Henry Gahan 3 months YIt is not clear who the William Gahan listed immediately under John Gahan in the 1841 census is. Some interpret the age as 47 so if that is the case he is probably a relative visiting - noting he is born in Middlesex. Some interpret the age as 17 - so could he be a son? Why is he listed above Ann Gahan? John and Ann were maried in about 1821 so he was not from an earlier wife. Is he the John below aged 15 in 1842 poor house record below, but by a different name - who was a son? In the 1851 census a William, aged 25, born Middlesex, is found living with his mother Catherine in Manchester. On his marriage to Mary Moran in 1853 his father is given as Richard Gahan and mother Catherine. It is thus suspected that William was a relative of John Gahan born abt 1791. Perhaps a nephew? The William can also be found in the 1861 census, aged 36, at Manchester with wife Mary and daughter, the 1871 Census at Manchester, aged 45 and the 1881 census aged 56.
London Poor Law Records, 1581-1899
John Gahan
Entry date 15 Jul 1842
Summary 624. 15 Jul 1842 John GAHAN (45), Ann his wife (38) + 7 children. John (15), Catherine (12), Mark (10), Elizabeth (8), Arthur (6), Frederick (7 (probably 2)& Henry (8 (probably 18 mths)) from St Botolph Aldgate to St Katherine Creechurch which appealed. Married his wife in the City of Cork 21 years ago & 3 months ago left 3 Three Herring Ct, Creechurch Lane which he had rented & occupied for 18 months. @ pounds14/a.
Parish St Botolph Aldgate London England
Type Settlement examination/Removal order
Repository Guildhall Library, London
Reference GL Ms 10,034, Box 2/3
Document set title Removal orders/settlement exams 1835-1868
External dataset title City of London Poor Law Records Vol. 2
Record set London Poor Law Records, 1581-1899
Category Institutions & organisations
Subcategory Workhouses and Poor Law
Collections from England, Great BritainIn the 1851 census at St Dionis Back Church Middlesex
Ipswich Arms
John Gahan Head M 60 Clerk America
Ann Gahan Wife M 50 Ireland
Kilby Gahan Son 18 Painter Brompton, Middlesex, England
Henry Gahan Son 10 London, England
Miller Gahan Son 8 London Aldgate
James Bell Lodger U 30 Bookseller Stepney, Middlesex, England
George Thomson Lodger U 24 Tailor IrelandIn the 1861 Census at St Katherine Cree City of London Middlesex
2 Three Herring Court
John Gahan Head M 75 Ireland
Ann Gahan Wife M 63 Laundress Ireland
Henry Gahan Son U 20 Labourer London, England
James Bell Lodger M 42 Dock Labourer Tower Hamlets
John Riley Lodger M 38 Dock Labourer Ireland
Catherine Riley Daughter U 6 London, EnglandDeath Registration: John Gahan died 19th December 1865, City of London, Union Workhouse, Bromley. He was aged 79 Years, a Lawyer's clerk. He died of senile decay.
Death: John Gahan
Year of Registration: 1865
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Poplar
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 462
According to the 1842 poor house record John Gahan married Ann in 1821 in Cork, Ireland.
Most of the children's baptisms list the mother as Ann O'Leary or Leary.
In the marriage registration of Henry Gahan of 1866 it lists his mother as Ann O'Leary and in the marriage registration of James Gahan of 1865 his mother was listed as Ann Leary.
The shipping records also indicate that Elizabeth Gahan’s mother may have been Mrs J. Ann GAHAN of Leadenhall St, City London. [SR film 2483].
In the 1841 Census St Katherine Cree London Middlesex
Three Herring Court Cree Church Lane 3
John Gahan 45 Clerk Foreign Parts
William Gahan 17 (could be 47?) Y
Ann Gahan 38 Laundress Ild
Mary Ann Gahan 15 Y
Catherine Gahan 12 Y
Mark Gahan 10 Y
Arthur Gahan 7 Y
Elizabeth Gahan 6 Y
Frederick Gahan 2 Y
Henry Gahan 3 months YLondon Poor Law Records, 1581-1899
John Gahan
Entry date 15 Jul 1842
Summary 624. 15 Jul 1842 John GAHAN (45), Ann his wife (38) + 7 ch. John (15), Catherine (12), Mark (10), Elizabeth (8), Arthur (6), Frederick (7 (probably 2)& Henry (8 (probably 3 mths)) from St Botolph Aldgate to St Katherine Creechurch which appealed. Married his wife in the City of Cork 21 years ago & 3 months ago left 3 Three Herring Ct, Creechurch Lane which he had rented & occupied for 18 months. @ pounds14/a.
Parish St Botolph Aldgate London England
Type Settlement examination/Removal order
Repository Guildhall Library, London
Reference GL Ms 10,034, Box 2/3
Document set title Removal orders/settlement exams 1835-1868
External dataset title City of London Poor Law Records Vol. 2
Record set London Poor Law Records, 1581-1899
Category Institutions & organisations
Subcategory Workhouses and Poor Law
Collections from England, Great BritainIn the 1851 census at St Dionis Back Church Middlesex
Ipswich Arms
John Gahan Head M 60 Clerk America
Ann Gahan Wife M 50 Ireland
Kilby Gahan Son 18 Painter Brompton, Middlesex, England
Henry Gahan Son 10 London, England
Miller Gahan Son 8 London Aldgate
James Bell Lodger U 30 Bookseller Stepney, Middlesex, England
George Thomson Lodger U 24 Tailor IrelandIn the 1861 Census at St Katherine Creek City of London Middlesex
2 Three Herring Court
John Gahan Head M 75 Ireland
Ann Gahan Wife M 63 Laundress Ireland
Henry Gahan Son U 20 Labourer London, England
James Bell Lodger M 42 Dock Labourer Tower Hamlets
John Riley Lodger M 38 Dock Labourer Ireland
Catherine Riley Daughter U 6 London, EnglandLondon, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930
Ann Gahan
Admission Age 68
Discharge Age 68
Record Type Admission and Discharge
Birth Date abt 1798
Admission Date 25 Mar 1866
Admission Place City of London City of London London, England
Discharge Date 7 May 1866
Discharge Place London, England - City of London City of London1871 Census Mile End Old Town
28 Regent Street North
Arthur Gahan Head Wid 40 Grocer General Dealer Middlesex Chelsea
Mary Ann Gahan Daughter UnM 17 Middlesex Whitechapel
Ann Gahan Mother Wid 70 Ireland
John Goodertens Uncle UnM 57 Clerk Norfolk BeestonLondon, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930
Ann Gahan, from Homeston, a widow, not able bodied,
Admission Age 79, Birth Date abt 1796
Record Type Admission and Discharge
Admission Date 10 Sep 1875 - admitted by the Board.
Admission Place City of London City of London London, England
Discharge Date 23 Oct 1875, dead.
Discharge Place London, England - City of London City of LondonDeath: Ann Gahan
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Year of Registration: 1875
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 79
District: Mile End Old Town
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Page: 396Death: 23 October 1875 at the City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End, Ann Gahan aged 79 years the Widow of John Gahan a Merchantile Clerk died. Informant was John Landers a Steward at the City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End.
Marriage:
Name: Mary Ann Gahan
Spouse: John Smith
Year of Registration: 1847
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Whitechapel
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 2
Page: 535Marriage Registration: 22 June 1847 at the Parish Church of St Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex. John Smith of full age, bachelor, Surgeon of Mansel Street son of John Smith the East India - agent married Mary Ann Gahan, of full age, spinster of Great Alice Street, daughter of John Gahan a Chu?? - monger. In the presence of John Jagea and John Gahan.
Note Mary Ann and her sister Catherine were married on the same day at different churches.
Possible Death: England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
MARY ANN GAHAN
Gender Female
Birth year abt 1832
Age 38
Death quarter 3
Death year 1870
District Mile End Old Town
County London
Volume 1C
Page 385
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England
England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Mark Gahan
Parish Chelsea Westminster Middlesex England
Mother Ann O'leary
Father Patrick Gahan
Page 110 & 111
Birth date 27 Sep 1827
Baptism date 04 Nov 1827
Sponsors: Caroluse McCarthy, Jane Walsh
Church St Mary Deanery Kensington & Chelsea Ecclesiastical province Westminster
Archive Westminster Archdiocesan Archives
Register type Baptisms
Records year range 1804-1836
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish BaptismsEngland Deaths & Burials 1538-1991
Mark Gayhan
Gender Male
Age at death 1m 21d
Burial date 12 Dec 1827
Burial date note Officiator: P. Felix
Burial place St. Luke Chelsea, Middlesex
Cemetery St. Luke Chelsea, Middlesex
Street address Wonder-What Place
Residence St. Luke Chelsea, Middlesex
Place Chelsea
County Middlesex
Country England
Record set England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Burials
Collections from England, Great Britain
England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Catharine Gahan
Parish Chelsea Westminster Middlesex England
Mother Ann Colim Leary
Father Patrick Gahan
Birth date 02 Mar 1829
Baptism date 12 Mar 1829
Sponsors: Victore Amagst, Virginia Street
Church St Mary Deanery Kensington & Chelsea Westminster
Archive Westminster Archdiocesan Archives
Register type Baptisms
Records year range 1827-1831
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish BaptismsCriminal Register: Catherine Gahan
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Date of Trial: 5 May 1846
Trial Year: 1846
Location of Trial: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Charge: LarcenyMarriage: Catherine Gahan
Spouse: Thomas Beach
Year of Registration: 1847
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Whitechapel
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 2
Page: 515Marriage Registration: On 22 June 1847 in the Parish Church of Christ Church, Middlesex Thomas Beach, of full age, bachelor and printer of No.1 Batheu Street, son of Richard Beach also a printer married Catherine Gahan, of full age, spinster of No.3 Duke Street, daughter of John Gahan an Office Clerk. In the presence of George Redlurn and ?aithe Baxkworth.
Note Catherine and her sister Mary Ann were married on the same day at different churches.
Note: Thomas' father Richard was listed as a painter in Thomas'marriage of 1847 and as a weaver at Thomas' baptism in 1826.
Marriage Registration: On 22 June 1847 in the Parish Church of Christ Church, Middlesex Thomas Beach, of full age, bachelor and printer of No.1 Batheu Street, son of Richard Beach also a printer married Catherine Gahan, of full age, spinster of No.3 Duke Street, daughter of John Gahan an Office Clerk. In the presence of George Redlurn and ?aithe Baxkworth.
England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Elizabeth Gahan
Parish Chelsea Westminster Middlesex England
Mother Anna Leary
Father Patricii Gahan
Page 240
Birth date 17 Oct 1834
Baptism date 09 Nov 1834
Sponsors: George Ireland, Catharine McCarthy
Church St Mary Deanery Kensington & Chelsea, Ecclesiastical province Westminster
Archive Westminster Archdiocesan Archives
Register type Baptisms
Records year range 1804-1836
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish BaptismsElizabeth Gahan first appears in the 1841 census when aged 6.
The 1841 Census St Katherine Cree London Middlesex
Three Herring Court Cree Church Lane 3
John Gahan 45 Clerk Foreign Parts
William Gahan 17 Y
Ann Gahan 38 Laundress Ild
Mary Ann Gahan 15 Y
Catherine Gahan 12 Y
Mark Gahan 10 Y
Arthur Gahan 7 Y
Elizabeth Gahan 6 Y
Frederick Gahan 2 Y
Henry Gahan 3 months Y1851 Census Allhallows Barking London
21 Seething Lane - Richard and Jane Jones Family
Elizabeth Gains Servant Unmarried 16 Servant Middlesex ChelseaThe parish of Allhallows Barking is situated next to the Tower of London and in the City of London.
Westminster Marriages
Elizabeth Gahan
Age Full
Marriage year 1858
Parish St Martin-In-The-Fields
Spouse William Storey
Spouse age Full
Father John Gahan
Spouse's father John Storey
County Middlesex England
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish MarriagesMarriage: Elizabeth Gahan married William Storey at St Matthew’s Chapel, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London on 19 September 1858. William, a shipwright was a bachelor of full age living in Cranbourn St,. William's father was John Storey a shipwright. Elizabeth was full age, a spinster also living in Cranbourn St. Her father was John Gahan a grocer. Witnesses were W Froile and M Baker.
William was born at Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, England on 27 June 1838.
1861 Census All Saints Poplar
No.7 Mocant St
William Storey Head Mar 23 Shipwright Aperent Durham Sunderland
Elizabeth Storey Wife Mar 23 Middlesex Chelsea
Mary Ann Storey Daughter 2 Middlesex Poplar
Elizabeth Jane Storey Daughter 1 Month Middlesex PoplarPoplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
William is thought to have migrated to Australia ahead of his family in about 1863.
Elizabeth, with two children, arrived in Sydney aboard the St Hilda on 30 January 1865. The shipping records state William Storey’s address as Mort Street, Balmain, which indicates he was already in Sydney awaiting his family’s arrival. The shipping records also indicate that Elizabeth’s mother was Mrs J. Ann Gahan of Leadenhall St, City London. [SR film 2483]. Leadenhall Street is a major street in the City of London. It runs from Cornhill to Aldgate. Aldgate Pump is at the junction with Aldgate. Historically it has been the location of Lloyd's of London and the East India Company.
The immigration list and the shipping records give Elizabeth's birth place as Chelsea London, a house servant, religion as Church of England and that she could read and write. [SR Film 2139]. As there was no mention of a father of Elizabeth it can be assumed that he was deceased as at 1864.St. Luke's Chelsea, is 3.62 miles southwest of the centre of the City of London, a parish in the Kensington division of the hundred of Ossultone, county of Middlesex. This place was anciently called Chelcheth, or Chelchith, probably from the Saxon Ceosl, or Cesol, sand, and Hythe, a harbour, from which its present name is derived.
When William paid the assisted passage money, for his family to come to Australia, on 29 March 1864, Elizabeth was aged 26 (b1838), Mary Ann was 5 and William was 1. They were all British and were living in Bow Common, London. Elizabeth was listed as a servant with a referee of "C.E. Clergyman, St Ann's Church, Limehouse" [SR Reel 2671 Cert 2550 No. 1741 29 March 1864] They arrived in Sydney on the St Hilda on 30 January 1865.[SR Reel 2502 and SMH 31 January 1865].
William Storey was one of the pioneer shipbuilders of Australia. He came from Sunderland, England, and later brought his wife, formerly Elizabeth Gahan, and two children, to build ships at Jervis Bay, later at Bateman's Bay, and then proceeded to Waterview Bay, Sydney, to build for Captain Rowntree. At age of 45, Elizabeth, sailed a 16-22 ft skiff from Clyde River Jervis Bay to Bateman's Bay and then on to Sydney with her eight children. Two of her sons later became members of parliament.
The Standard Weekly - Official Organ of the Australian Labor Party
Thursday 2 March 1944
"Was One Of A Famous Family
EARLY PIONEERS
A perilous voyage of 200 miles in an open boat by a woman and her eight children in the last century was recalled by the recent death of a well-known identity on the water-front of Sydney Harbour, Mr. Henry Storey, the head of the firm of H. Storey, Engineering and Boiler making firm, Sussex Lane, Sydney.
Came To Build Ships
The boat was among the first built in this state by Mr. William John Storey, who was one of the pioneer shipbuilders of Australia. He came from Sunderland, England, with his wife, formerly Elizabeth Ann Gahan, the daughter of a schoolmaster, and two children, in the "Sixties" of the last century, to build ships at Jervis Bay, later at Bateman's Bay, and then proceeded to Waterview Bay, Sydney, to build a ship for Captain Rowntree. His wife undertook the voyage from Clyde River to Batesman's Bay and then on to Sydney with her eight children, who were later to attain fame. Mr. Henry Storey, late of Drummoyne, was one of that gallant boat party. Others among those children were:
John Storey, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly representing Balmain, for 29 years, and became premier of New South Wales;
Thomas Storey, who was for 13 years a member of the Legislative Council of N.S.W. Parliament, and now retains the title of "Honorable";
Gilbert Storey, who was Mayor of Balmain for three years, and was a champion bowler of Gladstone Park Bowling Club.
The only surviving member of the family at the present time is the Hon. Thomas Storey.
One of the last acts of Mr. Henry Storey, in his lifetime, was to have the remains of his father and mother removed from the old Balmain Cemetery, Leichhardt, and placed in his family vault at the Field of Mars Cemetery."William Storey died in Balmain District Hospital on 23 June 1877. Elizabeth also died in Balmain District Hospital on 17 January 1889.
On her husband William's death certificate in 1877, Elizabeth is given the surname of Graham (it should have been Gahan).
Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday 30 May 1885, page 10
"At the BALMAIN POLICE COURT, yesterday, before Mr. Yates, D.S.M., ...
Elizabeth Storey, Edward Glover, James Hyde, and Peter M Kern, three cases, were prosecuted by Edward Sharpe, school attendance officer, for neglecting to send their children to school for the required period of days during the half-year ended 31st December last, and were fined in sums varying from 5s. to 10s. in each case, with 7s. 6d. costs, and in default of immediate payment to go to gaol for two and three days respectively. Several other cases were postponed for the appearance of the parents."Death: NSW BDM 2135/1889 STOREY ELIZABETH AGE 48 YEARS DIED BALMAIN BALMAIN. Elizabeth died on 17 January 1889 at Tronton St. Balmain aged 48. Her parents were not known by her son William Storey who was the informant. She was buried at the Church of England Cemetery Balmain. Her birth was recorded as being in England having been 22 years in Sydney. She married William Storey in England in 1860. The children from the marriage were recorded as: Mary Ann 30; William 28; Jane 21; Elizabeth 19; John 18; Thomas 17; Henry 15; Gilbert 13 with one girl deceased.
Witnesses to the burial were William Storey and Charles King.Elizabeth was initially buried at Balmain Cemetery and subsequently moved to Field of Mars North Ryde. The Balmain Cemetery records show: Elizabeth Storey died 17 January 1889, C of E, Balmain aged 48 years.
Background to Batemans Bay
Located 279 km south of Sydney, Batemans Bay, at the mouth of the Clyde River. Various sources have cited several Aboriginal groups in the general vicinity prior to white settlement, these being the Walbanga, Murrinjari and Bergalia tribes.The bay was sighted by Captain Cook from the Endeavour on April 22, 1770. He named it after Nathaniel Bateman, his superior on the Northumberland which was engaged in a survey of the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Cook considered the bay too open to easterly winds to be of much practical use.
The first Europeans to explore the area were the survivors from the wreck of the Sydney Cove who reached the banks of a river, thought to have been the Clyde, on April 16, 1797. Nine of them became the first Europeans to die in the Batemans Bay area. The remainder crossed the river by a canoe they found nearby the next day. Only three survived the difficult journey to Sydney.
George Bass was prompted by the survivors' reports to venture south and on December 14, 1797, he entered Batemans Bay. He observed signs of severe drought and reiterated Cook's view that it was too exposed to function as a port. The bay was regularly visited during the 1820s and 1830s. Timber cutters and fishermen were known to be in the district at the time but there was little settlement, despite a land sale in 1841.
In 1853 James McCauley, a pioneer settler, piloted the first steamer up the Clyde River to Nelligen. The township was gazetted in 1854 and a major road from Nelligen to the goldfields at Braidwood was completed in 1856. A township was laid out at Batemans Bay in April 1859. The postal service commenced operations that year though an official building was not erected until 1894.
Shipbuilding and oyster farming were established around 1860. Limeburners operated on the coastal estuaries for some years, burning live oysters for the oxide.
A timber mill was opened at Batemans Bay by Francis Guy in 1868. In fact the timber trade remained the backbone of local industry throughout the century with steamers carrying milled timber to Sydney twice a week or more. Being almost entirely dependent upon the Sydney building trade the locals were hit hard by downturns, with mills closing, opening, moving and burning down with some regularity. Schools were frequently located near the timber mills and dependent upon their fate. Children often had to walk miles in flourbag clothes to attend half-week schooling in small, bark-roofed slab huts. Apparently baked or stewed koala was not an uncommon dish during times of economic hardship. In 1912 shipwright and timber merchant, Francis Guy, sold Bawley Point Sawmill to A. & E. Ellis of Sydney.
The editor of The Ulladulla and Milton Times (1893) described 'a crude light line of timber railway servicing Guy' Mill at Bawley Point.' Goodlet and Smith had built the Kioloa sawmill at O'Hara Head five kilometres south of Bawley Point in 1891 and about this time, Francis Guy Jnr., son of Francis Guy, who had sawmilling, mining and shipbuilding interests around Batemans Bay since 1870 commenced milling at Bawley Point (MUDHS 1979:4, 9-10).A provisional school opened at Batemans Bay in 1869, with the population of the district recorded at around 60. It was declared a public school in 1872.
In 1871 a ferry service was established across the Clyde at the township of Batemans Bay. It drew some of the trade away from Nelligen, the major centre in the area at that time. A police station was built in 1876, an Anglican church in the early 1880s (services previously being held in makeshift premises) and a two-storey courthouse and police residence in 1885 where the Clyde River Lodge now stands at 3 Clyde St. It burned down in 1903 and was replaced by another at the corner of Beach Rd and Orient St in 1905.
In 1892, the year gold was discovered at Batemans Bay, the population of the township was still only 200, with the same number at Mogo and some 500 at Nelligen.
Birth UK GRO: Frederick George Gahan
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1839
Registration district: Kensington
Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 3
Page: 198England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Fredricus Georgius Gahan
Parish Chelsea Westminster Middlesex England
Mother Anna O'leary
Father Patricii Gahan
Page 45
Birth date 28 Dec 1838
Baptism date 27 Jan 1839
Sponsors: David O'Keefe and Maria Crane
Church St Mary Deanery Kensington & Chelsea Ecclesiastical province Westminster
Archive Westminster Archdiocesan Archives
Register type Baptisms
Records year range 1836-1844
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish BaptismsFrederick's birth certificate of December 1838 (Frederick George Gahan) lists his father as Patrick Gahan, a teacher at a Catholic School and mother as Ann Leary.
In the 1841 Census St Katherine Cree London Middlesex
Three Herring Court Cree Church Lane 3
John Gahan 45 Clerk Foreign Parts
William Gahan 17 Y
Ann Gahan 38 Laundress Ild
Mary Ann Gahan 15 Y
Catherine Gahan 12 Y
Mark Gahan 10 Y
Arthur Gahan 7 Y
Elizabeth Gahan 6 Y
Frederick Gahan 2 Y
Henry Gahan 3 months YPossible Death:
Name: Frederick Gahan
Year of Registration: 1850
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: City Of London
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 2
Page: 122Not found in the 1851 census.
