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From: woozel <>
Subject: [GEELONG] Dwyers in Geelong
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:30:20 +1000

Hi Everyone

My name is John Dwyer, I was born and raised in suburban Melbourne but
now live near Bathurst NSW. I've had an interest in genealogy for most
of my life, but was really bitten 6 months ago. My fathers forebears
settled in Geelong & districts - Gnarwarre, Mt Moriac etc. Surnames I am
researching from the area are Dwyer; Curtain/Curtin; Gurrie/Gurry;
Fanning; Wood; Keogh; Ryan.

Bizarrely I live in an area rich in Dwyer's - just not mine!

My grandfather Edward John Dwyer was born Mt Moriac in 1883 and married
Ellen Veronica Wood at St Mary's in 1907. They had 5 children - Eric
1908 (my father); Gladys; Leila, John (Jack) & William (Bill). The
family settled in Carlton/Richmond areas of Melbourne. My
great-grandfather was Thomas Michael Dwyer, born Gnarwarre in 1852, a
farmer and policeman who married Elizabeth Gurrie in 1878 at Mt Moriac.
Offspring were William (1880), Mary Jane (1882), Edward (1883),
Anastasia (1884), John (1885) & Thomas (1890). Thomas Michael Dwyer died
in police service, Little Myers St Geelong in 1894 and is interred at
Eatern cem'. Elizabeth then remarried a Nicholls and had James (c1899).
Thomas was a son of William Dwyer (about 1817 in TIPP) & Mary Curtain
(variously Curtin/Carti/Cotten on certificates) who were wed at St
Francis Melbourne on 4/2/1844 by Fr Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan. I
believe at the time William was a farmer at Heidelberg. Mary was also
from Heidelberg. Witnesses were Patrick King & Ellen (?)Geary (?).
William died aged 36, Mt Moriac, in 1853 and is interred at Eastern Cem'
also. Snippets of research suggest Williams parents were Matthew Dwyer &
Fanny Condon but I have not confirmed this as yet. Elizabeth Gurrie's
parents were Edward (died Mt Mo 1907) and Anne Connelly from Co. Meath.

So this is a quick look at the swiss cheese of my knowledge - boy, there
are a lot of holes! If anyone recognises anything here, or can help in
any way at all, your contact would be really appreciated.

Thanks and Regards

Johnno

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