Hugh Brady
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Background
Hugh Brady was born in 1819 at County Cavan, Ireland, the son of John and Julia Brady. Hugh
She married Hugh Brady/O’Brady married Margaret Baker at St Alipius', Ballarat East on 16 May 1853. The marriage is not registered in the Victorian registrations, but handwritten in the St Alipius' Registers.[1]
Hugh and Margaret produced at least three children in Victoria: James Hugh (b.27 August 1854, Ballarat); John (b.12 February 1856, Ballarat); Hannah (b.1858, Ballarat). Their son, James, was baptised at St Alipius' with sponsors John Power and Ann Maguire. Another son, John, was baptised under the name O’Brady on 12 February 1856, the sponsors being James Keys and Bridget Holihan.[2]
Hugh Brady died on 10 February 1861, [3] aged 41[4], and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery on 18 February (CN 1 8). Margaret moved to Little Bendigo near Ballarat East. She died on 16 December 1876 aged 46, and was buried in the same grave as her husband.[5]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Hugh Brady seconded the proposal made by Peter Lalor regarding the resolution for the Ballarat Reform League.[6]
Hugh and Margaret Brady's son, James, was four months old and in his parents' tent during the Eureka Stockade battle. James later moved to Minyip where he selected land.[7]
Post 1854 Experiences
Hugh Brady ran a store at Magpie.[8]
See also
Margaret Baker (later Brady)
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004..
- ↑ Dorothy Wickham, Women of the Diggings: Ballarat 1854, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2009
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
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