Patrick Howard
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Background
Patrick Daniel Howard was born in 1826, and was raised in the seaside village of Balldoyle, County Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Daniel Howard and Mary Anne Dunne. Patrick arrived in Victoria in 1845. He married Eliza Darcy from County Clare, Ireland on 15 July 1855 at Geelong, and they had twelve children. There daughter, Alicia, was named after Alicia Lalor (nee Dunne). [1]
Patrick Howard died at Birragurrra on 07 July 1900 and was burred in the Irrewarra Cemetery.[2]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Patrick Howard was a miner and was arrested on 03 December 1854 after the storming of the Eureka Stockade. He was subsequently released by the authorities without being charged.[3]
Along with Jacob Sorenson and William Molloy, Howard was charged with “divert other false traitors at present unknown, fire upon, attack and kill certain troops of our Sovereign Lady the Queen” on 9 December 1854. James Louge of the 40th Regiment was a witness against Jacob Sorenson, William Molloy and Patrick Howard and said “I belong to the party at the attack on the 3rd Inst. I was close when Captain Wise fell. I saw the prisoner Howard by a tent where a lot of men where standing. He was facing a little to the right. I fired at the mob but not at him.”[4]
Post 1854 Experiences
Howard at Ballarat, and was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Miner’s Right. [5]
Reminiscences
Leo Howard, grandson of Patrick Howard, attended the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade in 2004 in memory of his grandfather, who was arrested after the Eureka battle, but was released without going to trial. According to Leo Howard "A trooper took his musket up to fire at my grandfather Patrick as he stood outside his tent in the early hours of the morning. Patrick leapt for his gun but fortunately for him, and possibly for me, there was a body of diggers who burst out of the tent that he slept in. The trooper fired at the men as they burst out but Patrick couldn't fire because he had no powder in his gun.[6]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Ballarat Courier, 06 December 2004.
External links
Singer/songwriter Shane Howard is a descendant of Patrick Howard. Listen to Shane Howard's 'Rebel Song' at http://unionsong.com/u419.html
