James Maguire 1834 : Short Biography

James Maguire 1834

County Limerick

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Place of migration

Migrated to/Born in Australia

James Maguire was born in 1834 in Limerick.

At some point in his early years, James made the journey to Australia, setting in Perth. There he met his wife, Elizabeth Carberry, an orphan girl from Mountbellew Workhouse. The pair were married on the 31st of May 1855. They would go on to have nine children together. Their names were John (1856), Thomas (b. 1857), Mary Jane (b. 1859), Sarah Anne (b. 1861), James (b. 1863), Michael (b.1866), Annie (b, 1868), Elizabeth Margaret (b. 1870), Michael (b. 1873).

James also had a brother in Australia. His name was Joseph Maguire.

In 1869, James assisted Fenian John Boyle O'Reilly to make his escape from Australia to America.

James died on the 13th of January 1915.

This Chronicle was created with thanks to the Mountbellew Workhouse Orphan Girls Project

Additional Information
Date of Birth	1st Jan 1834
Date of Death	13th Jan 1915

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I may have information about Elizabeth Carberry and James McGuire

I am researching the Lives of Thomas and Eliza Little. Thomas (b.1900) was from Carraroe and Eliza (b. 1797, nee Lally) from Kiltullagh. After years in India, Thomas and Eliza settled in Western Australia, eventually at Dardanup. Thomas was a founding father of WA, renowned for his support of Catholic and Irish causes. He is reputed to have given Irish immigrants 100 acres of land to get them started. He gave the land for the building of the first Catholic church in the WA Countryside and was instrumental in raising money to get it built. I have copies of two original documents.

“1856 Dardanup inhabitants” shows James McGuire with 6 people in his family, including one child. It also shows a John Mcguire with 11 in his household, including 6 children.

“Donors to church building fund” shows that James McGuire committed to £10 for the building of the church in 1857. This was a very substantial amount of money.

I have almost completed the Australian part of my biography of Thomas and Eliza and it includes a lot of information about Dardanup and Thomas’ tenants of whom I suspect the McGuires were one. If you would like more information I would be happy to provide it.

Do you know of living descendants of the McGuires who may have information that would help me, particularly as to how Thomas Little helped his tenants?