b 1824 Port Dalrymple (now Launceston)
Ellen, along with siblings Anna and William, were baptised on Feb 25th, 1827
in the Roman Catholic Church at Hobart.
Married Edward Cassidy on 5 Feb 1839 in the Catholic Chapel at Launceston.
Edward was the son of Michael Cassidy (transported for 7 years aged 22 in
1801 per “Glatton” for “feloniously stealing, on the 2d of
February , one shirt, value 3s. and a pair of silk stockings, value 2s. the
property of William Bushby”) and Elizabeth Mountford (transported per
“Experiment” in 1804).
Children:
Richard James Cassidy – born 1838 in Tasmania. In 1859 Richard married his
cousin Eliza Jane Hockey, the daughter of James Daniel Hockey and Anna Barefoot
(Ellen’s sister). They had 12 children. After Eliza’s death in 1882, at the age
of 50, he married Amelia Broad, and they went on to have a further 5 children.
Elizabeth Celestine Cassidy – b 1843 Launceston. In 1867 Elizabeth married
Alexander Henry Blair in Launceston. They had 9 children. She died in 1932 in
St Kilda, Victoria.
Edward Herbert Cassidy – b 2 April 1845 Evandale, Tasmania. Married Emma
Smithers Thompson 23 September 1870, d 30 May 1918 at Evandale. They had 12
children.
John Cassidy – b 24 Oct 1847, d 18 Nob 1847, Evandale, Tasmania
Mary Ann Cassidy – b 7 Feb 1849 Evandale, m 25 July 1868 Horton, Tasmania to
William Matthew Burley, d 12 May 1869, Evandale.
Francis James Cassidy – b 1850, Evandale, m Ann Burley
Annie Elizabeth – b 12 March 1853 Campbell Town, Tasmania, m Daniel James
Hockey at Kyneton, Victoria, d 11 Nov 1922 at Footscray. They had 14 children.
John Cassidy – b 8 July 1854 Evandale, m 4 July 1874 Eliza Carter,
Launceston, d 81 Howick St, Launceston 9 May 1938. They had 4 children.
Isabella Cassidy – b 22 Feb 1858 Evandale. Nothing else known.
Margaret Cecilia Cassidy – b 12 Nov 1860, d 6 Dec 1876, Launceston.
Emily Cassidy – b 1862 Launceston, m John Frederick Howell 18 May 1884, d 28
Nov 1948 Launceston. They had 4 children.
Thomson Family History 