Cotter family of New Farm Queensland - Falvey charts (page 1 of 2,
charts 3 - 7 are on page 2).
These 7 sheets of various Queensland Falvey families contain people who
appear in released Queensland births, marriages and deaths records, or
are shown as eg parents even if not in Australia. It is possible some
have been missed, so a particular line of interest could be progressed
by going to the source microfiche and CD available in many Queensland
(and perhaps major interstate) libraries.
At the time of putting up these charts only the families of Daniel
Falvey the elder and Alice O'Brien
(sheet 1) and their son Daniel Joseph and his wife Margaret
Boyle (sheet 2) appear linked to the Cotter family of New Farm,
Daniel the elder and Alice being Mary Healy's grandparents.
However the other sheets, having been drawn up as part of the process,
may as well be put up too and may be of use to someone.They may later
be shown to have a link to the first two.
In all cases there may be people not on
the sheets who should be there. Generally only people appearing
in Queensland records are included. For example if a sibling stayed in
Ireland, or was in another Australian state they probably are not
picked up.
Sheet 1 below - this family was around Toowoomba, Queensland. Daniel
(at least) came to Australia about 1875 and settled near Cambooya. It
appears this was at "the Sugar Loaf" ,
an area about 9k from Cambooya. Two of his sons are subsequently shown
to have been at Ramsay, adjacent to (now) Sugarloaf.
FALVEY QUEENSLAND SHEET 1/7
(14.3.2003)
Daniel Falvey & Alice O'Brien family.
_______________________________
DANIEL FALVEY
son of John Falvey (farmer) and ?. Born circa 1814 (Killarney, Kerry)
died 3.2.1897 (Monkey Waterholes [now Blanchview] near Helidon Qld)
farmer. Came to
Queensland 1875. Buried Toowoomba cemetery.
Married c. 1832 in Ballymacelligot, Kerry) ALICE O'BRIEN daughter of Patrick O'Brien
and Julia Ready b c.1815 (Killarney, Kerry) d 4.3.1900 (Monkey
Waterholes near Helidon Qld). Buried Toowoomba cemetery.
CHILDREN living in 1897 - except
Patrick, died 1888.
MARGARET FALVEY b c.
1837 d 17.10.1907
m John Healy d 30.9.1907
JULIA FALVEY b c. 1842 d 1.7.1913
(##)
m George Gordon 24.6.1867 (in Victoria) (see photo
below)
JOHN FALVEY b c. 1848 d 10.7.1913
(*)
KATE FALVEY b c.
1853
m Rutherford
PATRICK FALVEY b c. 1854 d
17.2.1888(*) (Killed riding accident, unmarried, of Ramsay
nr Toowoomba, Selector)
BRIDGET FALVEY b c. 1857 d
27.11.1924 (##)
m Robert Gordon 8.4.1875
Ipswich (see photos below)
MARIA FALVEY b c. 1860 d
8.6.1920
m William
Zeller 17.5 1881 Toowoomba
There is information about some of Maria Falvey's decendents at
http://www.bushlife.com.au/genie/webpages/fam03924.htm
Click here to go to that site
DANIEL JOSEPH FALVEY b c. 1862 d
26.9 1939
m Margaret Boyle 16.2.1887
(of Ramsay as at 1897) (see sheet 2)
Note: One other female sibling died prior to 1897
(*) These two in same grave Toowoomba cemetery.

Above - Falvey family gravesites within fence - Drayton cemetery,
Toowoomba,
Queensland.

Above - This stone also records the burial here of Patrick d
17.2.1888 (result of horse riding accident) aged 32 years as can be
made out at the top of the photo. The stone was erected originally for
Patrick and the other inscriptions added later. Daniel and Alice were
Mary Healy's grandparents and Daniel J was her uncle.
##
George Gordon was born at Burnside Scotland, 5.9.1834. He went to sea
at 13 and while gold digging in New Zealand about 1860 met Julia
Falvey who had migrated from Ireland. They were married in Victoria
24.6.1867, returning to Scotland and Ireland for their honeymoon. When
they departed London 23.4.1868 to return to Australia they were
accompanied by George's younger brother Robert and Julia's younger
sister Bridget. They lived at "Heatherwick" near Boonah from 1869.
Robert and Bridget were married in the Presbyterian church Ipswich
8.4.1875 and returned to Robert's farm "Gibraltar", near George's farm.
It seems therefore that at least two of Daniel the elder and
Alice's children were in Australia when they arrived in 1875.

George and Julia (nee Falvey) Gordon - 1913
(Julia was Mary Healy's aunt)
(photo courtesy C. Matheson)
Robert and Bridget (nee Falvey) Gordon and family as captioned
above.
Bridget was the sister of Margaret and Julia etc and Mary Healy's aunt.
The chidren were Mary Healy's cousins. Circa 1905.
(photo courtesy John Roberts)

Stanley, Charles, Bridget and Rosie.
Milbong, near Boonah,
Queensland. (photo courtesy John Roberts)

Bridget and Julia (Mary Healy's aunts) and George Gordon circa 1912
at Heatherwick, Milbong, near Boonah Queensland.
Probably four grandchildren (unknown woman on right).
(photo courtesy John Roberts)
Sheet 2 below - this family was also from
around Toowoomba and Daniel Joseph was the son of Daniel and
Alice in sheet 1 above. Daniel Joseph was shown as living at Ramsay
nr Cambooya in 1897. He had previously worked as a shearer and also a
butcher in Toowoomba before settling at Hillview, Ramsay in 1887.
It is believed some of his five sons farmed
at Greenmount, also near Cambooya.
FALVEY QUEENSLAND SHEET 2/7
(14.3.2003)
Daniel JosephFalvey
& Margaret Boyle family.
_______________________________
Daniel
Joseph Falvey
Margaret (nee
Boyle)
DANIEL JOSEPH FALVEY (**) son of Daniel Falvey,
farmer, and Alice O'Brien. b c. 1862 d 26.9.1939. Buried Toowoomba
cemetery.
Married 16.2.1887 MARGARET BOYLE
(#) daughter of William Boyle and Kate Lee b c. 1867 d 27.2.1909.
Buried Toowoomba cemetery.
CHILDREN
DANIEL MARK b 15.7.1887 d
19.5.1951
m Mary
Ellen McGovern
MARY b 4.11.1888
KATE b 24.3.1889
PATRICK b 26.2.1891 d 7.3.1942
JOHN (**) b 24.11.1892
ALICE b 21.10.1894
WILLIAM b 22.12.1896
MARGARET MARY b 17.8.1901 d
22.7.1980 (buried Lutwyche cemetery)
MICHAEL JOSEPH KEVIN (#) b
25.1.1904 d 9.5.1938
Note: May be more siblings
** These two in same grave
# " " "
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John Falvey,
son of Daniel Joseph and Margaret Boyle
(cousin of
Mary Healy)
Daniel Mark
Falvey, son of Daniel Joseph and Margaret Boyle
(cousin of
Mary Healy)
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