Is this Patrick Malone 'ours'?

I knew ages ago that a Patrick Malone was buried in Darfield Catholic Cemetery, where my great-grandfather Patrick Riordan is also buried. But I never tried to find out any more about him, as I had no evidence he was related. Courtesy of electoral rolls, I know that my Malone grandmother Margaret, and two of her siblings, Bridget and Patrick, were at one stage all living on Patrick Riordan's farm in Charing Cross. But as far as I knew, they weren't related to the Patrick Malone resident in Darfield with his wife Ellen. 

However, I have recently discovered that the 'other' Malone family in Ballinadrideen had a child Patrick who was baptised in 1855 in Ballyhea Parish. And I haven't managed to find out any more about this Patrick in Ireland. So I decided it was worth trying to find out if he might be  related. It wouldn't be the first time I have found an unknown Irish relative living in 'proximity' in New Zealand. 

So what have I done so far? First I rechecked the cemetery listing for Darfield Catholic Cemetery, where there is a  headstone for "Ellen Malone 1863-1895,  Patrick Malone 1855-1949 RIP." 1855 is the right birth year for my 'lost' Patrick from Ballinadrideen.

I have had a bit of a poke around for more information about Patrick and Ellen. From Luke Howison's website I have found their 'intentions to marry' certificate in 1894 for the Roman Catholic Church in Darfield, with Ellen's maiden name given as Kearin.

By checking Archives via Family Search, I found there was a will for Ellen, written when she was close to death in 1895, where she left everything in trust for her children John, Margaret, May, Kate, Patrick and Timothy. The youngest, Timothy, was born in 1895, the year of her death. It would be interesting to follow up on the baptisms for these children, to see if any of them have a Riordan sponsor.

Just as an aside here, Ellen's name is not mentioned in her funeral notice: she is simply listed as Patrick's 'late wife'. When Patrick was buried with her many years later in 1948, when he was aged 93, he had a private interment.

So all this has been very interesting, but I am still no closer to working out whether this Patrick Malone who lived in Darfield was related to my Ballinadrideen Malones. I don't splash out the cash very often on a death registration printout, especially when there is doubt someone is even related, but I decided to order the death registration printout for Patrick. Chances are probably quite high when he is 93 at death that his parents will simply be recorded as 'unknown'- but if they are John and Mary, and his birthplace is somewhere close to Ballyhea Parish, then chances are higher that he is related. Time will tell. 

The other thing I have ordered, via NSZG certificates collection, is Ellen's death certificate- not that I really think I will learn much about Patrick from it, but it might fill out the picture. I'll keep you posted.

Margaret Jane LALOR- married William Hewlett

When I first began exploring my family history, a Lalor cousin generously sent me a lot of material, including some exquisite photos.  Included was this four generation photo, with my great-grandmother Catherine Lalor (née Rowland) seated on the right. Standing is her eldest daughter Margaret Hewlett (née Lalor), and her eldest daughter Eileen Hamilton (née Hewlett) is seated on the left. The child is said to be "Popsy" Hamilton, Eileen's daughter. Eileen had two daughters, Eileen (born 1922) and Daphne (born 1928) and at this stage I am assuming Popsy is the eldest daughter, Eileen. (Let me know if you are reading this and know that I am wrong!)

The eldest daughter and firstborn child for my Lalor-Rowland great-grandparents was Margaret Jane LALOR who was born in August 1872 while the family was residing at South Beach. She was baptised in the Greymouth Catholic parish by Fr Henry Belliard SM in early September 1872. 1.

The details on the Intentions to Marry form for her in August 1897 said that she was to marry William Hamilton HEWLETT, a sawmiller, and the marriage was to be performed by Rev D.P. Carew at her parents house at South Beach near Paroa. (1897b- page 280- District of Greymouth) 2.

Thanks to Luke Howison whose work scanning these Intentions to Marry registers has made them available to us all! https://itm.howison.co.nz/

There were six children in the Hewlett family, the first stillborn, then four more natural-born children, before the youngest was adopted. The first child, born stillborn in June 1898, was recorded in the burial register for Karoro Cemetery.  
The second child was Eileen Catherine, who was born just under a year later, in May 1899. She married William Anthony HAMILTON.
The third child, born in 1902, was James William, who became a printer, and who remained living in the area with his parents, and never married.  
The fourth child, William Thomas, was born in 1906, and had only a short life. He died as a baby, aged 5 months old, and is buried in what became his Lalor grandparents' plot. (The date of his death on the headstone has errors). He is buried along with his cousin Evelyn Schroeder who had accidentally drowned a few years earlier, as a toddler. 3.4.

The fourth child born in the family was their second daughter, Margaret Alice, who was born in 1908, and later married Bernard MYER, and they raised their family in Greymouth.

The last child in the family was David John (Jack) Hewlett, who was adopted in 1910. He married in Wellington in 1936 to Marie Eugene Denia, and they lived in Christchurch for many years, having one daughter called Marie. 5.

 

Margaret Hewlett and her husband William lived in the Paroa/ South Beach area for many years, and there is in fact a Hewlett Rd there. I haven't confirmed this is named for them, but it seems likely. 6.

 

Margaret lived to be 68 years old, and died in Grey River Hospital in March 1942. Her husband William died just under a year later, and is buried with her. Their son James died in 1955 and is also named on the same headstone at Karoro Cemetery. Their grave is in Section 3, Row 9 of Karoro Cemetery. 7.

 

If you are reading this, and are a descendant of Margaret Hewlett (Lalor) please feel free to contact me. I am a granddaughter of her younger brother James who settled in Kumara. 

1. Birth details from Historic BDMs, Ancestor Search Helper, and baptism certs from Chch Catholic Archives

2. ITM details courtesy of Luke Howison's scans of ITM registers at Archives NZ 

https://itm.howison.co.nz/

3. NZSG Cemetery Records (Kiwi Collection)

 4. Funeral notice: Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1907, page 2. Headstone photo held by author.

5: wedding report- Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, page 1 

6: Photo of Hewlett Rd & sign taken by author
7. headstone photo taken by author

8. Death notice, Margaret Hewlett- Greymouth Evening Star, 21 March 1942, page 4.