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Keyran Devereux Hickey
about 1904 – 1987
Keyran Devereux Hickey was born about 1904 at Ipswich, Queensland, the eldest child of Thomas James Hickey and Mary Kathleen Devereux. **His middle name is his mother's maiden name** — the habit that preserves a woman's family name when nothing else does. He died in 1987, aged about eighty-three.
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Keyran Devereux Hickey was born about 1904 at Ipswich, Queensland, the eldest child of Thomas James Hickey and Mary Kathleen Devereux. **His middle name is his mother's maiden name** — the habit that preserves a woman's family name when nothing else does. He died in 1987, aged about eighty-three.
Born at Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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Andrew John Leahey’s second cousin twice removed
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's second cousin twice removed (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s second cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s second cousin once removed
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's second cousin once removed (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:
Keyran Devereux Hickey is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
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- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
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What the records say
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Record exhibit
Thomas James Hickey memorial, Ipswich General Cemetery
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Thomas James Hickey, born 29 November 1877 Ipswich, died 4 July 1957 aged 79; buried Roman Catholic 3A, Row 25, Grave 27. Spouse Mary Kathleen Devereux 1876-1958, married 1903. Children: Keyran Devereux 1904-1987, Mary Margaret (Burns) 1908-2001, Kathleen Winifred (Mahon) 1911-1997, Teresa Mary (Brown) 1920-2008.
Historical context
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What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
Most branches on this site point toward New York or New Jersey. The Hickey–McGreevy–McGuire cluster points in the opposite direction, to Ipswich, Queensland. The Australian evidence is uneven: cemetery records …
What we still don't know
- Dates come from the family's Find a Grave memorials rather than the Queensland register.