Thomas Callaghan

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Carol Duncan @ genes who writes that Thomas Callaghan was already once widowed when he married Jane Dunford. Thomas was a witness at his son John's marriage to Mary McLean. Thomas's age on son John's birth certificate is '48'. It also says Thomas was married in Dugarvan, Ireland, about 1833. This must refer to his first marriage. He is described as a labourer. His father's name on Thomas's death certificate is Thomas Callaghan, but his father's name on Thomas's marriage certificate is John Malachy Callaghan.

• Occupation. labourer / fancer

• Arrival: as a convict on the Calcutta, 4 Aug 1837, Sydney, NSW Australia. ⁵¹¹

Thomas married Jane Danford on 6 Jun 1869 in Star of the Sea Church. (Jane Danford was born in 1831 in County Kildare, Ireland UK and died on 26 May 1904 in West St, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW Australia.)