According to Wikipedia, she was born Margaret Dwyer on 16 October 1859 in Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland.
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Aisling 20/20 | Australia | VIEW SOURCE |
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia
Daisy's mother died in her infancy and she had an unstable childhood. Suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis, she migrated to Australia in 1884. Within a year, she had acquired three husbands, and gave birth to a son in 1886. In 1889, prompted by atrocities against Aboriginal people, she went to a Trappist mission north of Broome, where she observed sacred and secret ritual life. She recorded wide-ranging data on language, myth, religion, and kinship, then turned to welfare, moved by the miseries of exiled sick and elderly Aboriginal people. She was appointed CBE in 1934, and died in an old people's home in 1951.
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| Date of Birth | 16th Oct 1863 | |
| Date of Death | 18th Apr 1951 | |
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Patricia
Wednesday 20th May 2020 10:56PM -
A transcription of her birth record, from RootsIreland, follows. It indicates she was a twin.
Name:Margaret Dwyer
Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism:21-Oct-1859
Address:Main Street
Parish/District:ROSCREA
Gender:FemaleCountyCo. Tipperary
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:James Dwyer
Mother:Bridget Hunt
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Jas Maher
Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Margart Maher
Notes:
D M [PRIEST]
[MARGARET TWIN OF FRANCIS DWYER]
E * MARGT
E *** BRIDGT
2/5Patricia
Wednesday 20th May 2020 11:00PM -
According to the parish baptism register Margaret & Francis Dwyer were baptised on the 21st October 1859 (https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0805). Brother Francis died before three years had passed. There were six children in all. In order of birth Mary Anne, Catherine, Margaret & twin Francis, James and Anne Josephine. Her mother Bridget tragically died young on 20th February 1864 age 27 and is buried in the Church of Ireland Graveyard Roscrea.
Dick
Friday 4th August 2023 07:01PM
