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Mary Kathleen Devereux
about 1876 – 1958
Mary Kathleen Devereux was born about 1876 and married Thomas James Hickey at Ipswich, Queensland, in 1903. Four children are recorded. **Her maiden name was given to her eldest son** — he was christened Keyran Devereux Hickey — which is the ordinary Irish and Australian habit of carrying a mother's family name forward as a middle name, and the reason a surname like hers survives at all. She died in 1958, the year after her husband.
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Mary Kathleen Devereux was born about 1876 and married Thomas James Hickey at Ipswich, Queensland, in 1903. Four children are recorded. **Her maiden name was given to her eldest son** — he was christened Keyran Devereux Hickey — which is the ordinary Irish and Australian habit of carrying a mother's family name forward as a middle name, and the reason a surname like hers survives at all. She died in 1958, the year after her husband.
Recorded as: Mary Kathleen Hickey
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- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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What the records say
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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
- Her own parents and birth are unrecorded. Devereux is an uncommon name in Queensland and should be searchable.