Person in this family
Mary Hefferan
Dates not recorded
Mary Hefferan is named as the mother of Ellen O'Shea on Ellen's 1930 Queensland death registration. Hefferan — a Queensland clerk's spelling of what is usually Heffernan — is a new surname in this archive.
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Mary Hefferan is named as the mother of Ellen O'Shea on Ellen's 1930 Queensland death registration. Hefferan — a Queensland clerk's spelling of what is usually Heffernan — is a new surname in this archive.
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through William Hickey, who is a first cousin three times removed
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 William Hickey, who is a first cousin four times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through William Hickey, who is a first cousin twice removed
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
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- Ipswich, Queensland
- Queens, New York City, New York
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What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
Queensland civil registrations for Ellen O'Shea Hickey
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Marriage: Ellen Shea and William Hickey, 31 August 1887, registration 1887/B/11701. Death: Ellen Hickey, 8 March 1930, father John O'Shea, mother Mary Hefferan, registration 1930/C/514.
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What we still don't know
- Her birth, her marriage to John O'Shea and her death are unrecorded.
- The surname is written Hefferan on the registration. Heffernan is the ordinary Irish form and is very likely what it should be, but the register's spelling is kept.