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Ellen Condon
This entry is about Ellen Condon (about 1842 – 24 August 1882). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Ellen Condon (Born 11 April 1870; death not recorded).
about 1842 – 24 August 1882
Ellen Condon is named as the mother of William Hickey on his 1861 Queensland birth registration. Her memorial gives 1840 to 1882, so she died at about forty-two, five years after her youngest recorded child was born. Condon is a surname this archive already holds on the Irish side, in the Mitchelstown country of County Cork; no connection between the two is established.
Partly proved
A Queensland cemetery inscription names John Hickey’s wife as Ellen Condon; her exact Irish identity remains unproved.
Born at Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland Died at Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Recorded as: Six Mile Bridge, County Clare, Ireland, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s great-grandparent's sibling
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Ellen Condon is your 2× great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
A FamilySearch entry from Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802–2005 records John Hickey’s death at Ipswich on 18 July 1906 and names his spouse as “ELLEN CONDON.” This is the first Australian source in the archive to supply his wife’s maiden name. It moves the Queensland branch from unnamed and unconnected to named and now testable.
The limit is important: the inscription proves that John’s wife was named Ellen Condon. It does not prove that she was the Ellen Condon of Castlelyons, County Cork, or a sister of Patrick Condon. Condon is a common Irish surname, and the inscription gives no Irish birthplace. The proposed Cork connection therefore remains unproved.
Our family tree places Ellen’s birth at "Six Mile Bridge / County Clare / Ireland" and assigns John Condon and Mary Cashin as her parents, but those claims have not been confirmed by an original record. A separate Ipswich cemetery record documents an Ellen Hickey, age 40, who died on 24 August 1882 and was buried the next day in the Roman Catholic section. That record does not name a spouse or maiden name, so it cannot yet be merged confidently with John’s wife.
A death certificate, marriage record, passenger record, and the probate file are still needed to distinguish Ellen from other Irish women of the same common name.
How we know this: The 1906 cemetery inscription directly supports the wife’s name Ellen Condon. It does not establish her birthplace, parents, identity with the 1882 Ellen Hickey burial, or connection to the Castlelyons Condons. [1][2][3][4]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- Patrick Condon
- Ellen Condon (this person)
Spouse
Children
See this family in the family treeWhere they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland
- Clara, County Cavan, Ireland
- Castlelyons, County Cork, Ireland
- Maghna, County Cork, Ireland
- County Cork, Ireland
- Ireland
- Ireland (County Cork)
- 200 18th Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Coole, County Cork, Ireland
- Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
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Timeline
Born
Ipswich’s cemetery database states “Ellen Hickey,” “Age 40 years,” “Date of Death 24 Aug 1882,” “Buried Date 25 Aug 1882,” and “Ipswich General Cemetery”. Death 24 August 1882; burial 25 August 1882, Roman Catholic section, Ipswich General Cemetery. Birth about 1842 follows only from the recorded age. Cemetery field says “Occupation Unknown”. Ellen Hickey died at only forty and was buried the next day in the Roman Catholic ground at Ipswich General Cemetery. [1]
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Died
Ipswich’s cemetery database states “Ellen Hickey,” “Age 40 years,” “Date of Death 24 Aug 1882,” “Buried Date 25 Aug 1882,” and “Ipswich General Cemetery”. Death 24 August 1882; burial 25 August 1882, Roman Catholic section, Ipswich General Cemetery. Birth about 1842 follows only from the recorded age. Cemetery field says “Occupation Unknown”. Ellen Hickey died at only forty and was buried the next day in the Roman Catholic ground at Ipswich General Cemetery. [1]
Proved by a record
Died
An Ipswich, Queensland woman attached by the tree to John Condon and Mary Cashin; she is geographically distinct from the documented Cork branch. It is recorded here, without supporting documentation, that “Six Mile Bridge / County Clare / Ireland” and death “24 AUG 1882” at Ipswich.
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Buried
Ipswich’s cemetery database states “Ellen Hickey,” “Age 40 years,” “Date of Death 24 Aug 1882,” “Buried Date 25 Aug 1882,” and “Ipswich General Cemetery”. Death 24 August 1882; burial 25 August 1882, Roman Catholic section, Ipswich General Cemetery. Birth about 1842 follows only from the recorded age. Cemetery field says “Occupation Unknown”. Ellen Hickey died at only forty and was buried the next day in the Roman Catholic ground at Ipswich General Cemetery. [1]
Proved by a record
Named as John Hickey’s wife
A FamilySearch cemetery-inscription entry for John Hickey names his spouse as “ELLEN CONDON.” This establishes the wife’s name, not her Irish birthplace or parentage. [2]
Proved by a record
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyCivil birth register, Ellen Condon, 11 Apr 1870, Moherna
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Ellen Condon.
What the records say
4 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
cemetery record
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Ellen Hickey, | Age 40 years, | Date of Death 24 Aug 1882, | Buried Date 25 Aug 1882, | Ipswich General Cemetery | Occupation Unknown | Died 24 Aug 1882, | Aged 40 Years, | Buried 25 Aug 1882. [COMPILED] The fetched profile presented “Just a moment...” and could not be rechecked; no challenge was bypassed. The reported Sixmilebridge, County Clare origin conflicts geographically with the Castlelyons, County Cork household.
Record exhibit
Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802–2005: John Hickey
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
John Hickey, age 70, estimated birth year 1836, died 18 July 1906, buried Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland; mother May Hickey; spouse ELLEN CONDON. [COMPILED] “Your web browser is not fully supported.” The fetched shell exposed no underlying inscription and was not used to strengthen identity or parentage.
Record exhibit
civil image
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865, | Roman Catholic Chapel of Castlelyons | 25 years, | Maghna, | John Condon deceased, | 22 years, | resident with her Parents, | Coole, | James Ryan, | John Condon deceased | Mary Cashin | Maghna | Coole | 200 18th | Bachelor | Labourer, | James Ryan | Labourer | Marriage of PATRICK CONDON and MARY RYAN on 07 September 1865 | Mary Ryan, | Spinster, | resident with her Parents.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| deceased, | PATRICK CONDON … 25 years [RECORD] “September 7th 1865” | “Patrick Condon” | “25 years” | “Bachelor” | “Labourer” | “Maghna” | “John Condon deceased” | “Mary Ryan” | “22 years” | “Spinster” | “resident with her Parents” | “Coole” | “James Ryan” | “Labourer.”
Record exhibit
Hickey family memorials, Ipswich General Cemetery, Queensland
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Family links on Find a Grave memorial 186088783. Parents: John Hickey 1827-1906, Ellen Condon Hickey 1840-1882. Siblings: Mary Ann McGreevy 1862-1934, Margaret Ellen McGuire 1864-1928, John 1866-1955, Patrick 1868-1957, Joanna 1870-1880, Catherine Jarvis 1873-1967, Bridget Elizabeth Rodgers 1875-1963, Thomas James 1877-1957. Children: Mary Ellen Dolan 1888-1947, John Joseph 1890-1975, Ida Maud Collins 1891-1961, William Michael 1897-1940, Patrick James 1898-1969, Eileen Dorothy 1902-1967, Cecilia Anne 1906-1985.
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What we still don't know
- Birth and parents
- Marriage details and children
- Arrival in Queensland
- Death certificate
- Whether she was the Ellen Hickey buried at Ipswich in 1882
- Whether she belonged to the Castlelyons family of Patrick Condon; surname alone is insufficient
- [HER MOTHER IS UNSUPPORTED] Her parents are carried as John Condon and **Mary Cashin**. The Catholic parish registers were searched for an Ellen Condon of 1835–1850 with a father John: **seven candidates appear, with mothers named Mary Wall, Mary Tobin, Honora Brien, Johanna Nunan and Catharine O'Brien — and not one Mary Cashin.** Seventy-seven people descend through her. See Mary Cashin Condon's page.
- Determine which Irish Ellen Condon became John Hickey’s wife. The cemetery inscription gives no Irish birthplace, and Condon is a common surname; it does not connect her to Patrick Condon or the Castlelyons family.
- Queensland marriage/death certificates, passenger arrival, and records naming parents. The tree-supplied Clare birth conflicts with treating her as a sibling in the Cork family.
- [CONFLICT] A reported Sixmilebridge, County Clare origin conflicts geographically with treating Ellen as a sibling in the Castlelyons, County Cork household. No fetched record ties her to John Condon, Mary Cashin or Patrick Condon.
- Her origin. The Condons in the Cork half of this archive are from the Mitchelstown union; whether this Queensland Ellen Condon belongs to them is entirely unknown and should not be assumed from the surname alone.
- Dates here come from a Find a Grave memorial rather than from the Queensland register itself. The registration would confirm them.
- [MERGED 7 August 2026] This person had been entered twice — as `ellen-condon-1842` and as `ellen-condon-hickey` — when the Queensland families were built out from Find a Grave without first checking the names already in the archive. The two records are one person and are now joined; the old address redirects.
- [CONTROLLED NEGATIVE — AND IT DEFINES THE LIMIT FOR 154 PEOPLE] Australian death certificates name **both** parents, including the mother's maiden name, which would settle this link at a stroke. **FamilySearch does not have them.** What it holds for Queensland is a **cemetery index** — a name and a burial year and nothing else — and an **immigration index**. Searched for Ellen Condon and for William and John Hickey: every hit is a bare index line. The certificates themselves are at the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, whose historical search this archive has already recorded as needing a person at a keyboard. **Seventy-seven people hang below Ellen Condon and seventy-seven below John Joseph Hickey**, and one Queensland death certificate each would document both.
References
- [1] cemetery recordBack to citation 1a Back to citation 1b Back to citation 1c Back to citation 1d
- [2] Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802–2005: John HickeyBack to citation 2a Back to citation 2b
- [3] civil imageBack to citation 3
- [4] Hickey family memorials, Ipswich General Cemetery, QueenslandBack to citation 4