Person in this family
Margaret Hickey
This entry is about Margaret Hickey (about 1841 – 1935). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Margaret Ellen Hickey (18 May 1864 – 17 June 1928).
about 1841 – 1935
Margaret Hickey, born about 1841, was a daughter of William Hickey and Mary Grady. She married a McGuire and lived to 1935 — the longest life recorded in this branch, spanning from before the Famine emigration to the middle of the twentieth century.
Proved by a record
Margaret Hickey, born about 1841, was a daughter of William Hickey and Mary Grady. She married a McGuire and lived to 1935 — the longest life recorded in this branch, spanning from before the Famine emigration to the middle of the twentieth century.
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Ellen Condon, who is a great-great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Abigail Ann Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Ellen Condon, who is a great-great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Ellen Condon, who is a great-grandparent's sibling
Kevin Leahey’s connected in this tree, but not by a line this tool can name
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
Life
A written life story has not been added for this person yet.
References for this account: [1]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
- John Joseph Hickey
- Johanna Hickey
- Margaret Hickey (this person)
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Ireland
- Dinmore, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
- County Tipperary, Ireland
- Limerick Junction, County Tipperary, Ireland
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
John Hickey memorial, Ipswich General Cemetery
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, born 11 March 1827 at Limerick Junction, County Tipperary, Ireland; died 18 July 1906 at Dinmore, City of Ipswich, Queensland, aged 79. Buried Ipswich General Cemetery, Roman Catholic, grave 7922. Parents William Hickey 1799-1862 and Mary Grady Hickey 1800-1876. Married Ellen Condon in 1860.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
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…
Reading Irish Civil Registration
The year 1864 is the dividing line in this family’s Irish paper trail. Civil registration began in 1845 for non-Catholic and civil marriages, but from 1 January 1864 the law required registration of all births,…
Farmers and Labourers in North Cork
Two words in the Cork records—“farmer” and “labourer”—describe different positions in the same rural economy. When John Fitzgerald married Margaret Fraher at Kildorrery in 1870, the register called John, his fa…
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
- Her husband's given name. Note that her niece Margaret Ellen Hickey also married a McGuire, which may be a family connection or may be coincidence; nothing links them yet.