Orphan Number: 3516

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Gordon Sloan wrote:

This is Henry's life story as per my Ancestry Page.

● Birth
21 Dec 1851 • Ross Female Factory, Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia
21 Dec 1851 as per convict record of his mother
3 sources
● 1853
● 1
● Death of half-sister Harriett Keach (1818–1853)
07 Dec 1853 • Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia
● 1854
● 2
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● Residence
24 Nov 1854 • New Town, Tasmania, Australia
Entered Queens Orphan School
1 media
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● 1856
● 4
● Death of father Henry Joseph Keach (1785–1856)
22 Feb 1856 • "Weobley", Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia
● 1858
● 7
● Birth of half-brother George Marsh (1858–1916)
1858 • Tasmania, Australia
● 1860
● 8
● Death of half-sister Elizabeth Catherine Keach (1807–1860)
9 April 1860 • Chelsea, Middlesex, London, England
● 1862
● 10
● Death of half-sister Eliza Rosa Keach (1831–1862)
13 Aug 1862 • Swan Street, Richmond, Victoria, Australia
● 1865
● 13
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● Employment
20 Oct 1865 • Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
Apprenticed to Henry Newnham, Coal River
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● 1869
● 17
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● Employment
6 Nov 1869 • Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
Finished apprenticeship
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● 1878
● 26
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● Marriage
24 Jan 1878 • Weering, Victoria, Australia
Thomaszenia Paterson *
(1855–1912)
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● 1878
● 26
● Birth of daughter Minnie Jane McCarthy (1878–1933)
18 Mar 1878 • Weering, Victoria, Australia
● 1879
● 27
● Birth of daughter Margaret Janet McCarthy * (1879–1971)
14 Dec 1879 • Ondit, , Victoria, Australia
● 1881
● 29
● Birth of son William Henry McCarthy * (1881–1965)
7 Aug 1881 • Birchip, Victoria, Australia
● 1883
● 31
● Birth of son Albert James McCarthy * (1883–1966)
1 Jul 1883 • Morton Plains, Victoria, Australia
● 1883
● 31
● Birth and death of daughter Violet McCarthy (1883–1883)
1 Jul 1883 • Corack, Victoria, Australia
● 1885
● 33
● Birth of daughter Ada Mary McCarthy * (1885–1956)
12 Apr 1885 • Birchip, Victoria, Australia
● 1887
● 35
● Death of half-brother Francis Henry Keach (1824–1887)
7 May 1887 • Ross, Tasmania, Australia.
● 1887
● 35
● Birth of daughter Lillian May McCarthy * (1887–1973)
12 Jun 1887 • Corack, Victoria, Australia
● 1889
● 37
● Birth of daughter Jesse Elizabeth McCarthy * (1889–1970)
14 Jun 1889 • Birchip, Victoria, Australia
● 1892
● 40
● Birth of son Archibald Thomas McCarthy * (1892–1976)
14 Dec 1892 • Birchip, Victoria, Australia
● 1893
● 41
● Death of half-brother George William Keach (1825–1893)
10 Feb 1893 • Campbell Town, Tasmania
● 1894
● 42
● Death of mother Ellen Smith (1827–1894)
26 Aug 1894 • New Town Charitable Infirmary Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
● 1895
● 43
● Death of half-brother Henry Keach (1809–1895)
12 Feb 1895 • Rumbolds Wyke, Westhampnett, Sussex, England
● 1900
● 48
● Death of half-sister Jane Eliza Keach (1816–1900)
08 Nov 1900 • 41 Cardigan Place, South Melbourne, Victoria
● 1906
● 55
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● Residence
1906 • Birchip, Wimmera, Victoria, Australia
1 source
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● 1909
● 57
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● Property
26 Jan 1909 • Warmur, Victoria, Australia
Purchase of farm land
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● 1912
● 60
● Death of wife Thomaszenia Paterson * (1855–1912)
10 Dec 1912 • Birchip, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia
● 1914
● 63
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● Residence
1914 • Victoria, Australia
1 source
● 1916
● 64
● Death of half-brother George Marsh (1858–1916)
12 Jan 1916 • Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
● 1919
● 67
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● Death
16 Aug 1919 • St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
● Burial
Birchip, Buloke Shire, Victoria, Australia

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